Film News: Live Results For the 2012 Academy Awards

CHICAGO – Welcome to the HollywoodChicago.com coverage of the 84th annual Academy Awards. This awards telecast honors the best in film for 2011 and will be hosted by Billy Crystal at 7:30 p.m. CST tonight on ABC.

Below you will find a list of all the nominees for each category. As winners are announced, the list will be updated with winners appearing with an  Academy Awards icon next to them.

The 84th Academy Awards
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BEST PICTURE
 The Artist
The Descendants
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse

BEST DIRECTOR
Woody Allen, “Midnight in Paris”
 Michel Hazanavicius, “The Artist”
Terrence Malick, “The Tree of Life”
Alexander Payne, “The Descendants”
Martin Scorsese, “Hugo”

BEST ACTOR
Demián Bichir, “A Better Life”
George Clooney, “The Descendants”
 Jean Dujardin, “The Artist”
Gary Oldman, “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
Brad Pitt, “Moneyball”

BEST ACTRESS
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”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Kenneth Branagh, “My Week With Marilyn”
Jonah Hill, “Moneyball”
Nick Nolte, “Warrior”
 Christopher Plummer, “Beginners”
Max Von Sydow, “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Berenice Bejo, “The Artist”
Jessica Chastain, “The Help”
Melissa McCarthy, “Bridesmaids”
Janet McTeer, “Albert Nobbs”
 Octavia Spencer, “The Help”

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
 Rango

BEST FOREIGN FILM
“Bullhead”, Belgium
“Footnote”, Israel
“In Darkness”, Poland
“Monsier Lazhar”, Canada
 “A Separation”, Iran

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
 Woody Allen, “Midnight in Paris”
J.C. Chandor, “Margin Call”
Asghar Farhadi, “A Separation”
Michel Hazanavicius, “The Artist”
Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig, “Bridesmaids”

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
 Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, “The Descendants”
John Logan, “Hugo”
George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon, “The Ides of March”
Steve Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin, “Moneyball”
Bridget O’Connor and Peter Straughan, “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”

BEST ART DIRECTION
The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
 Hugo
Midnight in Paris
War Horse

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Anonymous
 The Artist
Hugo
Jane Eyre
W.E.
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
 “Man or a Muppet” from “The Muppets”
“Real in Rio” from “Rio”

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Adventures of Tintin
 The Artist
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Hell and Back Again
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Pina
 Undefeated

BEST DOCUMENTARY (SHORT)
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
God Is the Bigger Elvis
Incident in New Baghdad
 Saving Face
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Artist
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
 Hugo
The Tree of Life
War Horse

BEST FILM EDITING
The Artist
The Descendants
 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball

BEST MAKEUP
Albert Nobbs
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
 The Iron Lady

BEST SOUND EDITING
Drive
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
 Hugo
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse

BEST SOUND MIXING
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
 Hugo
Moneyball
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
 Hugo
Real Steel
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Transformers: Dark of the Moon

BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
Dimanche/Sunday
 The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
La Luna
A Morning Stroll
Wild Life

BEST SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
Pentecost
Raju
 The Shore
Time Freak
Tuba Atlantic

[13]	By MATT FAGERHOLM [14] Staff Writer HollywoodChicago.com matt@hollywoodchicago.com [13]