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The Oscars AKA The Academy AwardsOn Tuesday, January 24th, the nominations for the 84th Annual Academy Awards were announced.

Below are the lists, first, taking note of which movie got how many noms…  First by category and then I sort the Academy Award nominations by movie title.

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Presented below are the nominations for this year’s Oscars, the 84th Annual Academy Awards…

Movie Nomination Tally:

11     “Hugo”
10     “The Artist”
6     “Moneyball”
6     “War Horse”
5     “The Descendants”
5     “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
4     “Midnight in Paris”
4     “The Help”
3     “Albert Nobbs”
3     “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2″
3     “The Tree of Life”
3     “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
3     “Transformers: Dark of the Moon”
2     “Bridesmaids”
2     “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”
2     “My Week with Marilyn”
2     “The Iron Lady”

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The nominations seemed a little light on the original song & makeup below.  The number of nods are not surprising for a few of these films, but I would have thought that if a movie had nominations for writing, or best picture, or directing, that those same nods would have potentially garnered some actors getting their own nods off that work.  But that’s just me wondering out-loud about the celebrated processes at work behind the scenes of Hollywood.

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Nominations by Category

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”

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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”

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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”

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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”

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This is a movie review of Moneyball, starring Brad Pitt.  It’s directed by Bennett Miller (Capote) off a screenplay by Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network) and Steven Zaillian (American Gangster).

MONEYBALL movie poster

Moneyball is

the story of Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane’s successful attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget by employing computer-generated analysis to draft and deploy his players.

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Jonah Hill in MONEYBALL

Brad Pitt plays Billy Beane…  Jonah Hill (Get Him to the Greek) plays Beane’s right-hand man, the statistician behind his plan, Peter Brand.  Other cast includes Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Ides of March, Mission: Impossible III) as Art Howe, Robin Wright (The Conspirator) & Chris Pratt (What’s Your Number?, Take Me Home Tonight).

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