My Oscar Nomination Predictions 2012

BEST PICTURE:

• THE ARTIST
• THE DESCENDANTS
• THE HELP
• HUGO
• MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
• MONEYBALL
• WAR HORSE
• THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
• THE IDES OF MARCH
• BRIDESMAIDS

BEST ACTOR:

• DEMIÁN BICHIR – “A BETTER LIFE”
• GEORGE CLOONEY – “THE DESCENDANTS”
• LEONARDO DiCAPRIO – “J. EDGAR”
• JEAN DUJARDIN – “THE ARTIST”
• BRAD PITT – “MONEYBALL”

BEST ACTRESS:

• GLENN CLOSE – “ALBERT NOBBS“
• VIOLA DAVIS – “THE HELP”
• MERYL STREEP – “THE IRON LADY”
• TILDA SWINTON – “WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN”
• MICHELLE WILLIAMS – “MY WEEK WITH MARILYN“

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

• KENNETH BRANAGH – “MY WEEK WITH MARILYN”
• ALBERT BROOKS – “DRIVE”
• JONAH HILL – “MONEYBALL”
• NICK NOLTE – “WARRIOR”
• CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER – “BEGINNERS”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

• BÉRÉNICE BEJO – “THE ARTIST”
• JESSICA CHASTAIN – “THE HELP”
• JANET McTEER – “ALBERT NOBBS”
• OCTAVIA SPENCER – “THE HELP”
• SHAILENE WOODLEY – “THE DESCENDANTS”

BEST DIRECTOR:

• WOODY ALLEN – “MIDNIGHT IN PARIS”
• DAVID FINCHER – “THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO“
• MICHEL HAZANAVICIOUS – ” THE ARTIST “
• ALEXANDER PAYNE – “THE DESCENDANTS”
• MARTIN SCORSESE – “HUGO”

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

• WOODY ALLEN – “MIDNIGHT IN PARIS”
• MICHEL HAZANAVICIOUS – “THE ARTIST”
• KRISTEN WIIG & ANNIE MUMULO  – “BRIDESMAIDS”
• WILL REISER  – “50/50”
• TOM MCCARTHY & JOE TIBANI – “WIN WIN”

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

• NAT FAXON, ALEXANDER PAYNE & JIM RASH – “THE DESCENDANTS”
• AARON SORKIN & STEVEN ZAILLIAN – “MONEYBALL”
• JOHN LOGAN – “HUGO”
• TATE TAYLOR – “THE HELP”
• STEVEN ZAILIAN – “THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO”