A month earlier on January 24th, this year's nominations were announced by the award-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence and Tom Sherak, the president of the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
One month earlier (28/12) the Oscar winners had presented the official poster of this year's awards with the slogan "Life. Camera. Action".
The poster features eight Oscar winners from the last eight decades of the spectacular show. The protagonists of the films Gone with the Wind (1939) Casablanca (1943) Giant (1956) The Sound of Music (1965) The Godfather (1972) Driving Miss Daisy (1989) Forrest Gump (1994) and Gladiator (2000) figure in the brand new poster.
Let us remember the nominations in the main categories.
BEST FILM
- "The Horse of War" by Steven Spielberg
- "The Artist" by Michel Hazanavisius
- "Moneyball" by Bennett Miller
- "The Descendants" by Alexander Payne
- "The Tree of Life" by Terence Malik
- "Midnight in Paris" by Woody Allen
- "The Maids" by Tate Taylor
- "Hugo" by Martin Scorsese
- "Extremely Strong and Incredibly Close" by Steven Daldry
BETTER DECORATION
- Woody Allen
- Michelle Hazanavisius
- Alexander Payne
- Martin Scorsese
- Terence Malik
FIRST MALE ROLE
- Damien Bisir ("A Better Life")
- George Clooney ("The Descendants")
- Jean Desjardins (“The Artist”)
- Gary Oldman ("The Clergy Fell to Smiley")
- Brad Pitt (“Moneyball”)
FIRST WOMAN ROLE
- Glenn Close ("Albert Nobbs")
- Viola Davis ("The Maids")
- Rooney Mara ("The Girl with the Tattoo")
- Meryl Streep ("The Iron Lady")
- Michelle Williams ("Seven Days with Marilyn")
SECOND MALE ROLE
- Kenneth Branagh ("Seven Days with Marilyn")
- Jonah Hill (“Moneyball”)
- Nick Nolte (“Warrior”)
- Christopher Plummer ("The Beginners")
- Max von Sindoff (“Extremely Strong and Incredibly Close”)
SECOND WOMAN ROLE
- Berenice Bezos (“The Artist”)
- Jessica Chastain ("The Maids")
- Melissa McCarthy ("Girlfriends")
- Janet Maktir ("Albert Nobbs")
- Octavia Spencer ("The Maids")
BEST MOVIE MOVIE
- "A Cat in Paris"
- “Chico and Rita”
- “Kung Fu Panda 2”
- "Puss in Boots"
- “Rango”
BEST STRATEGY TAPE
- “Bullhead” (Belgium)
- “Footnote” (Israel)
- “In Darkness” (Poland)
- “Monsieur Lazhar” (Canada)
- "A Separation" (Iran)