Oscars 2012: Jonah Hill... Oscar Nominee?

[ExileOnDaytonStreet]

... And it wasn't for The Sitter? Crazy. Must be to make up for that Get Him To The Greek snub.

http://oscar.go.com/nominees

[French Rage]

Re: Oscars 2012: Jonah Hill... Oscar Nominee?

The Artist seems to me making a lot of noise.

[ExileOnDaytonStreet]

The Artist seems to me making a lot of noise.

Irony.

[jmh]

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I did not know: Bret McKenzie (of Flight of the Conchords) was the music supervisor for The Muppets, and wrote "Man or Muppet", one of the (only two?) nominees for Best Original Song.

[St. Clown]

Re: Oscars 2012: Jonah Hill... Oscar Nominee?

I did not know: Bret McKenzie (of Flight of the Conchords) was the music supervisor for The Muppets, and wrote "Man or Muppet", one of the (only two?) nominees for Best Original Song.

That list does seem short to me, too. Granted, I'm not a guy who sees a lot of movies when they're released anymore, but given how many hundreds are released each year, how can there only be two original songs worthy of being nominated?

[Kepler]

Re: Oscars 2012: Jonah Hill... Oscar Nominee?

Must be to make up for that Get Him To The Greek snub.

http://oscar.go.com/nominees

My daughter says, "he's not funny now that's he not fat."

I actually have no idea whether he's still fat or funny, but I like Get Him to the Greek, personally.

The Oscars site is more evidence that every site needs a "strip out all the goo and just give me a ****ing list" mode.

Actor in a Leading Role

Demián Bichir in "A Better Life"
George Clooney in "The Descendants"
Jean Dujardin in "The Artist"
Gary Oldman in "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"
Brad Pitt in "Moneyball"

Actor in a Supporting Role

Kenneth Branagh in "My Week with Marilyn"
Jonah Hill in "Moneyball"
Nick Nolte in "Warrior"
Christopher Plummer in "Beginners"
Max von Sydow in "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"

Actress in a Leading Role

Glenn Close in "Albert Nobbs"
Viola Davis in "The Help"
Rooney Mara in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
Meryl Streep in "The Iron Lady"
Michelle Williams in "My Week with Marilyn"

Actress in a Supporting Role

Bérénice Bejo in "The Artist"
Jessica Chastain in "The Help"
Melissa McCarthy in "Bridesmaids"
Janet McTeer in "Albert Nobbs"
Octavia Spencer in "The Help"

Animated Feature Film

"A Cat in Paris "Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
"Chico & Rita "Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
"Kung Fu Panda 2" Jennifer Yuh Nelson
"Puss in Boots" Chris Miller
"Rango" Gore Verbinski

Art Direction

"The Artist" Production Design: Laurence Bennett; Set Decoration: Robert Gould
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
"Hugo" Production Design: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
"Midnight in Paris" Production Design: Anne Seibel; Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil
"War Horse" Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales

Cinematography

"The Artist" Guillaume Schiffman
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Jeff Cronenweth
"Hugo" Robert Richardson
"The Tree of Life" Emmanuel Lubezki
"War Horse" Janusz Kaminski

Costume Design

"Anonymous" Lisy Christl
"The Artist" Mark Bridges
"Hugo" Sandy Powell
"Jane Eyre" Michael O'Connor
"W.E." Arianne Phillips

Directing

"The Artist" Michel Hazanavicius
"The Descendants" Alexander Payne
"Hugo" Martin Scorsese
"Midnight in Paris" Woody Allen
"The Tree of Life" Terrence Malick

Documentary (Feature)

"Hell and Back Again" Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner
"If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front" Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman
"Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory" Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
"Pina" Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel
"Undefeated" TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas

Documentary (Short Subject)

"The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement" Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin
"God Is the Bigger Elvis" Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson
"Incident in New Baghdad" James Spione
"Saving Face" Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
"The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom" Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen

Film Editing

"The Artist" Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
"The Descendants" Kevin Tent
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
"Hugo" Thelma Schoonmaker
"Moneyball" Christopher Tellefsen

Foreign Language Film

"Bullhead" Belgium
"Footnote" Israel
"In Darkness" Poland
"Monsieur Lazhar" Canada
"A Separation" Iran

Makeup

"Albert Nobbs" Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight and Lisa Tomblin
"The Iron Lady" Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland

Music (Original Score)

"The Adventures of Tintin" John Williams
"The Artist" Ludovic Bource
"Hugo" Howard Shore
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" Alberto Iglesias
"War Horse" John Williams

Music (Original Song)

"Man or Muppet" from "The Muppets" Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
"Real in Rio"from "Rio" Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown Lyric by Siedah Garrett

Best Picture

"The Artist" Thomas Langmann, Producer
"The Descendants" Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers
"Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" Scott Rudin, Producer
"The Help" Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers
"Hugo" Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers
"Midnight in Paris" Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, Producers
"Moneyball" Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, Producers
"The Tree of Life" Nominees to be determined
"War Horse" Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers

Short Film (Animated)

"Dimanche/Sunday" Patrick Doyon
"The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore" William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
"La Luna" Enrico Casarosa
"A Morning Stroll" Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
"Wild Life" Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby

Short Film (Live Action)

"Pentecost" Peter McDonald and Eimear O'Kane
"Raju" Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren
"The Shore" Terry George and Oorlagh George
"Time Freak" Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
"Tuba Atlantic" Hallvar Witzø

Sound Editing

"Drive" Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Ren Klyce
"Hugo" Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon" Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
"War Horse" Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom

Sound Mixing

"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson
"Hugo" Tom Fleischman and John Midgley
"Moneyball" Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon" Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin
"War Horse" Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson

Visual Effects

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
"Hugo" Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning
"Real Steel" Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg
"Rise of the Planet of the Apes" Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon" Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

"The Descendants" Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
"Hugo" Screenplay by John Logan
"The Ides of March" Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
"Moneyball" Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin. Story by Stan Chervin
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" Screenplay by Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan

Writing (Original Screenplay)

"The Artist" Written by Michel Hazanavicius
"Bridesmaids" Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
"Margin Call" Written by J.C. Chandor
"Midnight in Paris" Written by Woody Allen
"A Separation" Written by Asghar Farhadi

[collegehcky2]

Re: Oscars 2012: Jonah Hill... Oscar Nominee?

That list does seem short to me, too. Granted, I'm not a guy who sees a lot of movies when they're released anymore, but given how many hundreds are released each year, how can there only be two original songs worthy of being nominated?

It's the way the nomination process is, there probably other songs on nomination ballots, but they didn't get enough votes to meet the threshold for a nomination.

Edit: And I'm disappointed Armie Hammer didn't get a nomination for Best Supporting Actor for J. Edgar. He was fantastic.

[The Rube]

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Rooney is going to get screwed out of an Oscar. Dam you, Meryl (although I haven't see "The Iron Lady," because I heard it was a sh* movie with Streep having an outstanding performance).

And very surprised that "The Girl With..." didn't even make the cut for Best Picture.

[ScoobyDoo]

Re: Oscars 2012: Jonah Hill... Oscar Nominee?

Rooney is going to get screwed out of an Oscar. Dam you, Meryl (although I haven't see "The Iron Lady," because I heard it was a sh* movie with Streep having an outstanding performance).

And very surprised that "The Girl With..." didn't even make the cut for Best Picture.

Michelle Williams should get the Best Actress award and she still might. Meryl was evidently very good but the movie she was in overall sucked. Did not see "The Girl With..." yet but first timers don't usually get the big award.

[Kepler]

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I was surprised by all the Moneyball love. Perfectly ordinary movie -- nothing to dislike about it -- but Best Actor and Best Picture nominations? Come on.

Also if I could go back in time I'd kill John Williams before Hitler.

[Scarlet]

Re: Oscars 2012: Jonah Hill... Oscar Nominee?

Rooney is going to get screwed out of an Oscar. Dam you, Meryl (although I haven't see "The Iron Lady," because I heard it was a sh* movie with Streep having an outstanding performance).

And very surprised that "The Girl With..." didn't even make the cut for Best Picture.

Michelle Williams should get the Best Actress award and she still might. Meryl was evidently very good but the movie she was in overall sucked. Did not see "The Girl With..." yet but first timers don't usually get the big award.

It really should be Viola Davis' award to win.

[ScoobyDoo]

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It really should be Viola Davis' award to win.

I've heard that as well. I'd have no problem with that. This year could be a lot like 1950 where Gloria Swanson should have won, everyone though Bette Davis was going to win, and in swooped Judy Holliday to win the award.

1950 Best Actress Nominees

Winnner -JUDY HOLLIDAY in "Born Yesterday", Anne Baxter in "All About Eve", Bette Davis in "All About Eve", Eleanor Parker in "Caged", Gloria Swanson in "Sunset Boulevard"

[ExileOnDaytonStreet]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQilqtEWleg&sns=em

[Kepler]

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I've heard that as well. I'd have no problem with that. This year could be a lot like 1950 where Gloria Swanson should have won, everyone though Bette Davis was going to win, and in swooped Judy Holliday to win the award.

1950 Best Actress Nominees

Winnner -JUDY HOLLIDAY in "Born Yesterday", Anne Baxter in "All About Eve", Bette Davis in "All About Eve", Eleanor Parker in "Caged", Gloria Swanson in "Sunset Boulevard"

Great reference, but wrong premise.

Anne Baxter not getting that Oscar was criminal. Swanson and Davis were scenery chewers in those roles; she acted.

Two other things: (1) How many times does a comedienne beat a dramatic role for best actress? (2) What the heck was "Caged"? Sounds like Ilsa: "She Wolf of the SS."

[state of hockey]

Re: Oscars 2012: Jonah Hill... Oscar Nominee?

Evidently Sacha Baron Cohen's tickets have been revoked until he agrees to not come dressed as the dictator.