Nominations

There was good news for Gary Oldman after the 2012 Oscar nominations were announced.


Smiles better... Gary Oldman got a Oscar nod

The British thesp was not considered a dead cert for ‘Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy’ after missing out on a Golden Globe nomination, but he was given a nod for Best Actor.

There was disappointment for fellow Brit Tilda Swinton though, who missed out for ‘We Need to Talk About Kevin’.

Martin Scorsese's 'Hugo' got the most nominations with 11, while Best Picture favourite 'The Artist' got 10. Here's the full list of nominations:

Best Picture

The Artist

The Descendants

War Horse

Moneyball

The Tree Of Life

The Help

Midnight In Paris

Hugo

Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close



Best Actor

Jean Dujardin (The Artist)

George Clooney (The Descendants)

Demian Bachir (A Better Life)

Gary Oldman (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)

Brad Pitt (Moneyball)



Best Actress

Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)

Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs)

Michelle Williams (My Week With Marilyn)

Viola Davis (The Help)

Rooney Mara (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo)



Best Supporting Actor

Kenneth Branagh (My Week With Marilyn)

Jonah Hill (Moneyball)

Nick Nolte (Warrior)

Christopher Plummer (Beginners)

Max Von Sydow (Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close)



Best Supporting Actress

Berenice Bijou (The Artist)

Jessica Chastain (The Help)

Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids)

Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs)

Octavia Spencer (The Help)



Best Director

Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)

Alexander Payne (The Descendants)

Martin Scorsese (Hugo)

Woody Allen (Midnight In Paris)

Terrence Malick (The Tree Of Life)



Animated Feature

A Cat In Paris

Chico & Rita

Kung Fu Panda 2

Puss In Boots

Rango



Art Direction

The Artist

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Hugo

Midnight In Paris

War Horse



Cinematography

The Artist

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Hugo

The Tree Of Life

War Horse



Costume Design

Anonymous

The Artist

Hugo

Jane Eyre

W.E.



Documentary Feature

Hell And Back Again

If A Tree Falls Short: A Story Of The Earth Liberation Front

Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory

Pina

Undefeated



Documentary Short

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



Editing

The Artist

The Descendants

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Hugo

Moneyball



Foreign Language Film

Bullhead

Footnote

In Darkness

Monsieur Lazhar

A Separation



Music (Score)

The Adventures Of Tintin

The Artist

Hugo

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

War Horse



Music (Song)

The Muppets

Rio



Short Film (animated)

Dimanche/Sunday

The Fantastic Flying Books Of Mr Morris Lessmore

La Luna

A Morning Stroll

Wild Life



Short Film (live action)

Pentecost

Raju

The Shore

Time Freak

Tuba Atlantic



Sound Editing

Drive

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Hugo

Transformers: Dark Of The Moon

War Horse



Sound Mixing

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Hugo

Moneyball

Transformers: Dark Of The Moon

War Horse



Visual Effects

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2

Hugo

Real Steel

Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes

Transformers: Dark Of The Moon



Writing (Adapted)

The Descendants

Hugo

The Ides Of March

Moneyball

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy



Writing (original)

The Artist

Bridesmaids

Margin Call

Midnight In Paris

A Separation



The 84th Academy Awards will be presented on February 26th 2012 by Billy Crystal.