Acadamy Awards 2012

84th Acadamy awards will honor the best film of the year 2011. It will be held on feb 26 at Kodak Theatre. As the previous year it will be shown live on ABC.

The nominations where announced in january 24. The host of the show is billy crystal. Eddie murphy was supposed to host but left when the producer was replaced

These are some importent nominations.

BEST PICTURE (name of the film and producer)

 1)The Artist – Thomas Langmann

 2)The Descendants – Jim Burke, Jim Taylor and Alexander Payne

 3)Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close – Scott Rudin

 4)The Help – Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan

 5)Hugo – Graham King, Martin Scorsese and Johnny Depp

 6)Midnight in Paris – Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum

 7)Moneyball – Michael De Luca, Rachel Horowitz and Brad Pitt

 8)The Tree of Life – Dede Gardner, Sarah Green, Grant Hill and Bill Pohlad

 9)War Horse – Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy.

BEST DIRECTOR

1)Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris

2)Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist

3)Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life

4)Alexander Payne – The Descendants

5)Martin Scorsese – Hugo

BEST ACTOR

1)Demián Bichir – A Better Life 

2)George Clooney – The Descendants 

3)Jean Dujardin – The Artist 

4)Gary Oldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 

5)Brad Pitt – Moneyball

BEST ACTRESS

 1)Glenn Close – Albert Nobbs

 2)Viola Davis – The Help 

 3)Rooney Mara – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 

 4)Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady 

 5)Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn