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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 The Help.  The surprise hit movie starring Emma Stone.

New on DVD The Help

The Help is rated PG-13 and runs 2 hours and 17 minutes long.  But don’t worry, that movie runtime is not too long for this very entertaining movie.  It stars Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jessica Chastain and others in this movie directed by actor/director Tate Taylor (Pretty Ugly People)… who also penned the screenplay.

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I finally got a chance to catch The Help, and I had the opportunity to watch it with someone who read the book.  It was interesting to hear what she had to say about the differences between the movie and the book, but for the most part, there seemed to be more details up front in the story in the book.  But the details were also things that could either be surmised from what was being seen in the movie, or more or less presumed from other aspects that the movie goer may bring to the movie experience.  Like in this movie review.

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