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It’s finally here! The time of year where I can write a paragraph that no one will read because they’ve already scrolled down to see who’s won. But even though this won’t be seen by humans, here’s a personal reminder that this night may be about politics and back-slapping, but it’s also about the splendor of cinema. It’s about the magic of movies. The genius of thousands of images all strung together with blood, sweat and tears to create characters and a journey through the heart of a story.
There are some great stories on display tonight. That’s what matters second most. What matters most, of course, is crushing your enemies, seeing them driven before you and hearing the lamentation of their women.
Let’s get to the winning, right?
And the Oscar goes to…
BEST PICTURE
War Horse
The Artist
Moneyball
The Descendants
The Tree of Life
Midnight in Paris
The Help
Hugo
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
BEST ACTOR
Demian Bichir – A Better Life
George Clooney – The Descendants
Jean Dujardin – The Artist
Gary Oldman – Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Brad Pitt – Moneyball
BEST ACTRESS
Glenn Close – Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis – The Help
Rooney Mara – The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams – My Week With Marilyn
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Kenneth Brannagh – My Week With Marilyn
Jonah Hill – Moneyball
Nick Nolte – Warrior
Christopher Plummer – Beginners
Max Von Sydow – Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Berenice Bejo – The Artist
Jessica Chastain – The Help
Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer – Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer – The Help
BEST ANIMATED PICTURE
A Cat in Paris
Chico and Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango
BEST DIRECTOR
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Alexander Payne – The Descendants
Terrance Malick – The Tree of Life
Martin Scorsese – Hugo
Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash – The Descendants
John Logan – Hugo
George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon – Ides of March
Steve Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Stan Chervin – Moneyball
Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughan – Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Kristen Wiig, Annie Mumolo – Bridesmaids
J.C. Chandor – Margin Call
Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
Asghar Farhadi – A Separation
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Bullhead (Belgium)
Footnote (Israel)
In Darkness (Poland)
Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)
A Separation (Iran)
ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION
Laurence Bennett, Robert Gould – The Artist
Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiago – Hugo
Anne Seibel, Hélène Dubreuil – Midnight in Paris
Rick Carter, Lee Sandales — War Horse
ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Guillaume Schiffman – The Artist
Jeff Cronenweth – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Robert Richardson – Hugo
Emmanuel Lubezki – The Tree of Life
Janusz Kaminski – War Horse
ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
Lisy Christl – Anonymous
Mark Bridges – The Artist
Sandy Powell – Hugo
Michael O’Connor – Jane Eyre
Arianne Phillips – W.E.
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Hell and Back Again
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Pina
Undefeated
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
God is the Bigger Elvis
Incident in New Baghdad
Saving Face
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING
Anne-Sophie Bion, Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Kevin Tent – The Descendants
Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall – The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Thelma Schoonmaker – Hugo
Christopher Tellefsen – Moneyball
ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP
Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston, Matthew W. Mungle – Albert Nobbs
Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk, Yolanda Toussieng – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Mark Coulier, J. Roy Helland – The Iron Lady
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
John Williams – The Adventures of Tintin
Ludovic Bource – The Artist
Howard Shore – Hugo
Alberto Iglesias – Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
John Williams – War Horse
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Man or Muppet,” by Bret McKenzie – The Muppets
“Real in Rio,” by Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown, Siedah Garrett – Rio
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Dimanche/Sunday
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
La Luna
A Morning Stroll
Wild Life
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Pentecost
Raju
The Shore
Time Freak
Tuba Atlantic
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
Lon Bender, Victor Ray Ennis – Drive
Ren Klyce – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty – Hugo
Ethan Van der Ryn, Erik Aadahl – Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Richard Hymns, Gary Rydstrom – War Horse
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING
David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, Bo Persson – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Tom Fleischman, John Midley – Hugo
Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco, Ed Novick – Moneyball
Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush, Peter J. Devlin – Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson, Stuart Wilson – War Horse
ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler, John Richardson – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman, Alex Henning – Hugo
Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor, Swen Gillberg – Real Steel
Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White, Daniel Barrett – Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler, John Frazier – Transformers: Dark of the Moon
What do you think?
