2012 Oscar Nominees

 This is a rough list transcribed from quickly taken notes during the announcement. Here is the Full List of Nominees.

The 84th Annual Academy Awards air Sunday, February 26th at 7EST/4PST on ABC.

Best Picture

War Horse
The Artist
Moneyball
The Descendants
The Tree of Life
Midnight In Paris
The Help
Hugo
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 

Best Lead Actor

Demián Bichir - A Better Life
George Clooney - The Descendants
Jean Dujardin - The Artist
Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt - Moneyball 

Best Lead 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 

Bérénice Bejo - The Artist
Jessica Chastain - The Help
Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids
Antonia Campbell-Hughes - Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer - The Help

Best Director

Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist
Alexander Payne - The Descendants
Martin Scorsese - Hugo
Woody Allen - Midnight In Paris
Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life 

Best Original Screenplay

Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist
Kristen Wiig & Annie Mumolo - Bridesmaids
J.C. Chandor - Margin Call
Woody Allen - Midnight In Paris
Asghar Farhadi - A Separation

Best Adapted Screenplay

Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon & Jim Rash - The Descendants
John Logan - Hugo
George Clooney, Grant Heslov & Beau Willimon - The Ides of March
Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin & Stan Chervin - Moneyball
Peter Straughan & Bridget O’Connor - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 

Best Animated Picture

A Cat In Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss In Boots
Rango 

Best Foreign Language Picture

Bullhead (Belgium)
Footnote (Isreal)
In Darkness (Poland)
Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)
A Separation (Iran) 

Cinematography

The Artist
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
The Tree of Life
War Horse

Art Direction

The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Midnight In Paris
War Horse 

Costume Design

Anonymous
The Artist
Hugo
Jane Eyre
W.E.

Documentary Feature

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

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

Film Editing

The Artist
The Descendants
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball