Oscar Academy Awards 2012: Nominees List

Best Picture
"The Artist"
"The Descendants"
"Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"
"Hugo"
"Midnight in Paris"
"The Help"
"Moneyball"
"War Horse"
"The Tree of Life"

Best Actor
Demian 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 Director
Woody Allen, "Midnight in Paris"
Michel Hazanavicius, "The Artist"
Terrence Malick, "The Tree of Life"
Alexander Payne, "The Descendants"
Martin Scorsese, "Hugo"

Best Original Screenplay
Woody Allen, "Midnight in Paris"
JC Chandor, "Margin Call"
Asghar Farhadi, "A Separation"
Michel Hazanavicius, "The Artist"
Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, "Bridesmaids"

Best Adapted Screenplay
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxton, Jim Rash, "The Descendants"
John Logan, "Hugo"
George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon, "The Ides of March"
Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian, "Moneyball"
Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughn, "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy"

Best Animated Feature
"A Cat In Paris"
"Chico & Rita"
"Kung Fu Panda 2"
"Puss in Boots"
"Rango"

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Bullhead (Belgium)
Footnote (Israel)
In Darkness (Poland)
Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)
A Separation (Iran)

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

Best Original Song
"Man or Muppet," The Muppets; Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
"Real in Rio," Rio; Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown, Lyric by Siedah Garrett

Best Achievement in Art Direction
"The Artist"
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
"Hugo"
"Midnight in Paris"
"War Horse"

Best Achievement in Cinematography
"The Artist"
"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
"Hugo"
"The Tree of Life"
"War Horse"

Best Achievement in Costume Design
"Anonymous"
"The Artist"
"Hugo"
"Jane Eyre"
"W.E."

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

Best Documentary Short Subject
"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 Achievement in Film Editing
"The Artist"
"The Descendants"
"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
"Hugo"
"Moneyball"

Best Achievement in Makeup
"Albert Nobbs"
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
"The Iron Lady"

Best Animated Short Film
Dimanche/Sunday
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
La Luna
A Morning Stroll
Wild Life

Best Live Action Short Film
"Pentecost"
"Raju"
"The Shore"
"Time Freak"
"Tuba Atlantic"

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
"Drive"
"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
"Hugo"
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon"
"War Horse"

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
"Hugo"
"Moneyball"
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon"
"War Horse"

Best Achievement in 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"

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Miss Universe 2011 - Bringing Pageantry to Gabon

Miss Universe 2011 - Bringing Pageantry to Gabon (OfficialMissUniverse)

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People Of The Year: Shamcey Supsup, Gwen Ruais & Manny Pacquiao

Shamcey Supsup on People Asia magazine’s People of the Year for 2011: "..it just
makes me more challenged to improve myself,” she said. “I don’t want to disappoint
anyone. Basically nga when you’re put on a pedestal you really have to be a good example.."

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Miss Venezuela Pageant to Be Rebroadcast in China

Miss Venezuela 2011

MIAMI: Shanghai Media Group’s International Channel will rebroadcast the 2011 Miss Venezuela pageant on the eve of the Chinese New Year through a deal with the Cisneros Group of Companies.

The Miss Venezuela 2011 beauty pageant is produced in HD by Venevision and was aired live in Venezuela and throughout Latin America via DirecTV and in the U.S. on the Univision Network. In China, Shanghai Media Group’s International Channel aired the program in three segments from January 1 to January 3, and will rebroadcast it on January 22.

“The spectacular imagery of the Miss Venezuela 2011 pageant in full HD now shines in the beautiful setting of China, thanks to our allies at Shanghai Media Group’s International Channel,” said Miguel Dvorak, the president and COO of the Cisneros Group of Companies. “The alliance with the Shanghai Media Group broadens our horizons in the Asian region as part of our strategic global expansion, initially sharing culturally relevant programming that is so significant and representative of our identity.”

“We are pleased to collaborate with Venevision International and make this cultural exchange happen,” said Cathy Xu, the producer of Shanghai Media Group’s International Channel. “We also look forward to working together in the future.”

Featured Article: Miss Venezuela Pageant to Be Rebroadcast in China originally appeared on Worldscreen.com on Jan 13 2012.

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Miss Earth, a life changing experience: Hasleen

Hasleen Kaur

A beauty with brains, Pantaloons Femina Miss India Earth 2011, Hasleen Kaur, is all set to conquer the earth literally in many ways.

Currently shooting in Mumbai for the brand Pantaloons where the preparations for the coveted Miss India 2012 pageant are on full swing, Hasleen gets a all nostalgic remembering her hectic but enjoyable stint at Femina Miss India pageant and the Miss Earth pageant in Manila, Philippines, last year. She sums it up as a "life changing experience".

She adds with a touch of humour, "It was quite enriching. Just by sitting at one place, I got to know about the whole world. It was not just a competition, as all the girls shared the same dream at the end of the day." (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)

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