One of our favourite ladies of Hollywood, Meryl Streep, has been nominated for the Best Actress prize at this year’s Academy Awards. The two-time Oscar-winning star has won a nomination for her portrayal of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the Phyllida Lloyd-directed The Iron Lady. Meryl – who has now been nominated for 17 Academy Awards – will fight off tough competition, against Glenn Close, Rooney Mara, Michelle Williams and Viola Davis in the category. And we can’t wait to see who wins!
Among the hunk men of Hollywood, George Clooney is up for two separate Oscars, firstly for his performance in The Descendants and secondly for Best Adapted Screenplay with Ides of March. In the Best Actor category he will go up against Brad Pitt, Gary Oldman, Jean Dujardin and Damien Bichir.
Nine movies are up for Best Picture: War Horse, The Artist, Moneyball, The Descendants, The Tree of Life, Midnight in Paris, The Help, Hugo and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.
In the Best Supporting Actor category are Kenneth Branagh, Jonah Hill, Nick Nolte, Christopher Plummer and Max von Sydow.
Among the surprises in this year’s nominations are a lack of a nod for Michael Fassbender in Shame and two potential prizes for standout 2011 comedy Bridesmaids– Best Supporting Actress for Melissa McCarthy and another for Original Screenplay.
The 84th Academy Awards will take place at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood on February 26 – and you could join us all on the red carpet at the GLAMOUR screening of the Oscars! Check in Feb’s issue to find out how to get your tickets!
Full list of nominees at the 84th Academy Awards:
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 Tatto o – 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
Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
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
Moneyba ll– 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
Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
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 lyrics by Bret McKenzie
‘Real in Rio’ from Rio– music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown, lyrics 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
