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Tinker Tailor, Tree of Life, Bridesmaids among 2012 Oscar nominees

By Andrea Miller | Monday, January 23, 2012 | On the movies , Oscars | () Comments | Add a Comment

Jennifer Lawrence and Tom Sherak speak onstage during the 84th Academy Awards announcement (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

While the usual suspects were well represented in this morning's Oscar nomination announcement, the Academy threw some curve balls by including less visible contenders like Tinker Tailor Solider Spy, The Tree of Life, Bridesmaids and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, shutting out Steven Spielberg's animated shoe-in The Adventures of Tintin and swapping Tilda Swinton (We Need To Talk about Kevin) for Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) in the Best Actress category.

Oscar nominee Jennifer Lawrence (your big-screen Katniss Everdeen) was awake and looking statuesque as ever beside Tom Sherak, Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences president, who announced the nominations in the big 10 categories amid sporadic cheers and hollers, notably after Max von Sydow's name was mentioned in the Best Supporting Actor field for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, director Terrence Malick got a deserved nod for The Tree of Life and Gary Oldman finally got his first Oscar nomination EVER (!) for playing George Smiley in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

In the Foreign Language Film category, Canada has a chance to pick up Oscar gold with Philippe Falardeu's Monsieur Lazhar among the five nominees. The drama, directed and written by Falardeau from a play by Evelyn de la Cheneliere, follows an Algerian immigrant (Mohamed Fellag) at risk of being deported who is hired to replace an elementary school teacher whose tragic death haunts the students.

And Woody Allen continues to enjoy a banner year with critical lauds and awards nominations for his whimsical and devilishly clever Midnight in Paris scoring Best Picture, Best Screenplay and Best Director nods for the prolific director.

BBFs and writing partners Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo have reason to party hard since their R-rated comedy Bridesmaids is surely the only nominee among the other Best Original Screenplay contenders to feature acrobatic sex with Jon Hamm, a violently ill bridal party and topless driving. Melissa McCarthy, herself responsible for making some of those scenes laugh-till-you-cry hysterical, earned a Best Supporting Actress nomination for her unhinged turn in the Judd Apatow-produced laffer.

The 84th annual Academy Awards will be presented on February 26 and hosted by the one and only Billy Crystal. Go here for all the latest awards news, interviews, photos and more.

Full Nominations for the 2012 Oscars

Performance by an 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"

Performance by an 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"

Performance by an 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"

Performance by an 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"

Best 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

Achievement in 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

Achievement in 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

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

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

Best 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

Best 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

Achievement in 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

Best foreign language film of the year
* "Bullhead" Belgium
* "Footnote" Israel
* "In Darkness" Poland
* "Monsieur Lazhar" Canada
* "A Separation" Iran

Achievement in 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

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (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

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (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 motion picture of the year
* "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

Best animated short film
* "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

Best live action short film
* "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

Achievement in 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

Achievement in 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

Achievement in 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

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

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

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