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BEST PICTURE
1. The Artist
2. The Descendants
3. The Help
4. Hugo
5. Midnight in Paris
6. Moneyball
7. War Horse
8. The Tree of Life
9. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

BEST DIRECTOR
1. Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
2. Martin Scorsese (Hugo)
3. Alexander Payne (The Descendants)
4. Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris)
5. Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life)

BEST ACTOR
1. George Clooney (The Descendants)
2. Brad Pitt (Moneyball)
3. Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
4. Gary Oldman (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
5. Demian Bichir (A Better Life)

BEST ACTRESS
1. Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)
2. Viola Davis (The Help)
3. Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn)
4. Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs)
5. Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
1. Christopher Plummer (Beginners)
2. Kenneth Branagh (My Week with Marilyn)
3. Jonah Hill (Moneyball)
4. Nick Nolte (Warrior)
5. Max von Sydow (Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1. Octavia Spencer (The Help)
2. Jessica Chastain (The Help)
3. Berenice Bejo (The Artist)
4. Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids)
5. Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
1. The Descendants
2. Moneyball
3. Hugo
4. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
5. The Ides of March

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
1. Midnight in Paris
2. The Artist
3. Bridesmaids
4. A Separation
5. Margin Call

ANIMATED FEATURE
1. Rango
2. Puss in Boots
3. Kung Fu Panda 2
4. Chico & Rita
5. A Cat in Paris

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
1. Pina
2. Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
3. Hell and Back Again
4. Undefeated
5. If a Tree Falls

FOREIGN FILM
1. A Separation (Iran)
2. In Darkness (Poland)
3. Footnote (Israel)
4. Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)
5. Bullhead (Belgium)


ART DIRECTION
1. Hugo
2. The Artist
3. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
4. War Horse
5. Midnight in Paris

CINEMATOGRAPHY
1. The Tree of Life
2. Hugo
3. The Artist
4. War Horse
5. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

COSTUME
1. Hugo
2. The Artist
3. Jane Eyre
4. W.E.
5. Anonymous

FILM EDITING
1. The Artist
2. Hugo
3. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
4. Moneyball
5. The Descendants

MAKEUP
1. The Iron Lady
2. Harry Potter
3. Albert Nobbs

SCORE
1. The Artist
2. War Horse
3. Hugo
4. The Adventures of Tintin
5. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

SONG
1. Man or Muppet (The Muppets)
2. Real in Rio (Rio)

SOUND EDITING
1. War Horse
2. Transformers
3. Hugo
4. Drive
5. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

SOUND MIXING
1. Hugo
2. War Horse
3. Transformers
4. Moneyball
5. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

VISUAL EFFECTS
1. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2. Harry Potter
3. Hugo
4. Transformers
5. Real Steel

DOC SHORT
1. Incident in the New Baghdad
2. The Barber of Birmingham
3. God is the Bigger Elvis

ANIM SHORT
1. The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
2. La Luna
3. Wild Life
4. A Morning Stroll
5. Dimanche

LIVE ACTION SHORT
1. Raju
2. Time Freak
3. Pentecost
4. The Shore
5. Tuba Atlantic

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