2012 Academy Award Winners

We've listed the 2012 Academy Award nominees below, with the winners highlighted in gold. Please keep refreshing this list as we'll be updating it in real time throughout the Oscar ceremony.

The 2012 Academy Award Winners



Best Picture

THE ARTIST

THE DESCENDANTS
EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE
THE HELP
HUGO
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
MONEYBALL
THE TREE OF LIFE
WAR HORSE



Directing

THE ARTIST – Michel Hazanavicius

THE DESCENDANTS – Alexander Payne
HUGO – Martin Scorsese
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS – Woody Allen
THE TREE OF LIFE – Terrence Malick

Actor in a Leading Role

Demian Bichir – A BETTER LIFE
George Clooney – THE DESCENDANTS
Jean Dujardin – THE ARTIST
Gary Oldman – TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
Brad Pitt – MONEYBALL

Actor in a Supporting Role

Kenneth Branagh – MY WEEK WITH MARILYN
Jonah Hill – MONEYBALL
Nick Nolte – WARRIOR
Christopher Plummer – BEGINNERS
Max von Sydow – EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE

Actress in a Leading Role

Glenn Close – ALBERT NOBBS
Viola Davis – THE HELP
Rooney Mara – THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Meryl Streep – THE IRON LADY
Michelle Williams – MY WEEK WITH MARILYN


Actress in a Supporting Role

Berenice Bejo – THE ARTIST
Jessica Chastain – THE HELP
Melissa McCarthy – BRIDESMAIDS
Janet McTeer – ALBERT NOBBS
Octavia Spencer – THE HELP


Animated Feature Film

A CAT IN PARIS – Alain Gagnol, Jean-Loup Felicioli
CHICO & RITA – Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal
KUNG FU PANDA 2 – Jennifer Yuh Nelson
PUSS IN BOOTS – Chris Miller
RANGO – Gore Verbinski



Art Direction

THE ARTIST – Laurence Bennett, Robert Gould
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2 – Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan
HUGO – Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS – Anne Seibel, Helene Dubreuil
WAR HORSE – Rick Carter, Lee Sandales

Cinematography

THE ARTIST – Guillaume Schiffman
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO – 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


Documentary (Feature)

HELL AND BACK AGAIN – Danfung Dennis, Mike Lerner
IF A TREE FALLS: A STORY OF THE EARTH LIBERATION FRONT – Marshall Curry, Sam Cullman
PARADISE LOST 3: PURGATORY – Charles Ferguson, Audrey Marrs
PINA – Wim Wenders, Gian-Piero Ringel
UNDEFEATED – TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay, Richard Middlemas

Documentary (Short Subject)

THE BARBER OF BIRMINGHAM: FOOT SOLDIER OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT – Robin Fryday, Gail Dolgin
GOD IS THE BIGGER ELVIS – Rebecca Cammisa, Julie Anderson
INCIDENT IN NEW BAGHDAD – James Spione
SAVING FACE – Daniel Junge, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
THE TSUNAMI AND THE CHERRY BLOSSOM – Lucy Walker, Kira Carstensen


Film Editing

THE ARTIST – Anne-Sophie Bion, Michel Hazanavicius
THE DESCENDANTS – Kevin Tent
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO – Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
HUGO – Thelma Schoonmaker
MONEYBALL – 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, Matthew W. Mungle
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2 – Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk, Yolanda Toussieng
THE IRON LADY – Mark Coulier, 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 (THE MUPPETS) – Bret McKenzie
Real in Rio (RIO) – Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown, Siedah Garrett



Short Film (Animated)

DIMANCHE/SUNDAY – Patrick Doyon
THE FANTASTIC FLYING BOOKS OF MR. MORRIS LESSMORE – William Joyce, Brandon Oldenburg
LA LUNA – Enrico Casarosa
A MORNING STROLL – Grant Orchard, Sue Goffe
WILD LIFE – Amanda Forbis, Wendy Tilby


Short Film (Live Action)

PENTECOST – Peter McDonald, Eimear O’Kane
RAJU – Max Zähle, Stefan Gieren
THE SHORE – Terry George, Oorlagh George
TIME FREAK – Andrew Bowler, Gigi Causey
TUBA ATLANTIC – Hallvar Witzo

Sound Editing

DRIVE – Lon Bender, Victor Ray Ennis
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO – Ren Klyce
HUGO – Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty
TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON – Ethan Van der Ryn, Erik Aadahl
WAR HORSE – Richard Hymns, Gary Rydstrom

Sound Mixing

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO – David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, Bo Persson
HUGO – Tom Fleischman, John Midgley
MONEYBALL – Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco, Ed Novick
TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON – Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush, Peter J. Devlin
WAR HORSE – Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson, Stuart Wilson


Visual Effects

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2 – Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler, John Richardson
HUGO – Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman, Alex Henning
REAL STEEL – Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor, Swen Gillberg
RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES – Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White, Daniel Barrett
TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON – Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler, John Frazier


Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

THE DESCENDANTS – Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
HUGO – John Logan
THE IDES OF MARCH – George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon
MONEYBALL – Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Stan Chervin
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY – Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughan

Writing (Original Screenplay)

THE ARTIST – Michel Hazanavicius
BRIDESMAIDS – Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig
MARGIN CALL – J.C. Chandor
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS – Woody Allen
A SEPARATION – Asghar Farhadi

THE 84TH ACADEMY AWARDS

Tina Fey: Nice dress. Not as crazy about it as the commentators are. Maybe if it was a different color ... like red or coral


Octiva spencer best supporting actress she won


Viola Davis - Nominee, Best Actress (The Help) - I don't know how I feel about this dress though.


Brad pitt and angelina jolie The couple we just love to hate. Why are they working so well together? They're supposed to be miserable together while Jennifer Aniston is laughing her heart out. *


Rooney Mara - Best Actress Nominee (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo) - Really liked her in the movie


George Clooney and his girlfriend, Stacy Kiebler. I don't feel bad that he didn't win the Oscar. His girlfriend already looks like a trophy anyway. That's a compliment by the way.


Jessica Chastain ... they said her dress is special. Oh, well


Michelle Williams - Nominee, Best Actress (My Night With Marilyn). She did not win. Better luck next time


Jennifer Lopez and Cameron Diaz: Whose butt senior pass? I vote for J LO


When Octavia won. Awwwwwwww. One of my favorite moments for sure



Meryl Streep - Best Actress (Iron Lady). This was her 17th nomination and her 3rd dress though.

Oscar Watch: Hanging with Hugo

Hugo would appear to be, in any other given year, the favorite to sweep this year’s Academy Awards. The Martin Scorsese-directed film leads all films with 11 nominations, including Best Picture. In our daily look inside the biggest night in movies, today Oscar Watch goes inside the magic of Hugo.
Scorsese’s first foray in 3D filmmaking is a complete and utter triumph. As we stated in our Hugo review, "It is Martin Scorsese's latest and greatest." The Academy clearly agreed, as it was showered with major nomination adulation. Hugo is the type of film that Oscar voters are pre-programmed to adore and rightfully so. It is a movie that celebrates the art of filmmaking, specifically when the medium was in its infancy.

Inside a Paris train station in the early 1930s, the orphaned Hugo lives inside a clock tower and thanklessly takes care of all the facility’s time-keeping devices. He is kept company by a “robot” that his father rescued, that somehow holds the key to a vast mystery. That mystery may also involve a man, the expertly cast Ben Kingsley, who works in the train station as a shopkeeper.

Not only is Hugo one of the best uses of 3D technology that we’ve ever seen, it also never loses itself in the format by sacrificing story. The tale is a powerful one and not one that will be easily, or ever, forgotten.

When we spoke to one of the film's stars, Sacha Baron Cohen, he described the experience of working on the film as a career highlight. "Scorsese is an artist, a true artist and he makes the movie that he wants to see," Cohen said. "Part of his power and part of the reason why his films are that successful and that enduring is the fact that he’s ready to collaborate fully with all his actors."

If Hugo is one of those Oscar-nominated films that has escaped your eyes, run, don’t walk to the cinema to see its majesty on the big screen. It is a spectacle that is worthy of some serious Oscar love. Of all the films nominated, this one is our “should win,” although we still think The Artist actually will win.