Oscar Nominations!!

THe long awaited day has arrived and here are the nominees for the 84th annual Academy Awards: 
(Bolded are my predictions for winner)
(Underlined are my predictions from before the nominees were announced)

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"

Golden Globe Winners

Golden Globe Winners Compared to my Predictions

Here is the complete list of Golden Globe nominees (Film and TV) and the winners and my predictions for each:

Prediction is highlighted in Blue

Winner is highlighted in Red

FILM: 7/14 correct

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA


The Descendants
The Help
Hugo
The Ides of March
Moneyball
War Horse


BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

Glenn Close - Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis - The Help
Rooney Mara - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady
Tilda Swinton - We Need to Talk About Kevin

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

George Clooney - The Descendants

Leonardo DiCaprio - J. Edgar

Michael Fassbender - Shame

Ryan Gosling - The Ides of March

Brad Pitt - Moneyball

BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

50/50

The Artist

Bridesmaids

Midnight in Paris

My Week with Marilyn

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Jodie Foster - Carnage

Charlize Theron - Young Adult

Kristen Wiig - Bridesmaids

Michelle Williams - My Week with Marilyn

Kate Winslet - Carnage

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Jean Dujardin - The Artist

Brendan Gleeson - The Guard

Joseph Gordon-Levitt - 50/50

Ryan Gosling - Crazy, Stupid, Love

Owen Wilson - Midnight in Paris

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

The Adventures of Tintin

Arthur Christmas

Cars 2

Puss in Boots

Rango

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

The Flowers of War (China)

In the Land of Blood and Honey (USA)

The Kid with a Bike (Belgium)

A Separation (Iran)

The Skin I Live In (Spain)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

Berenice Bejo - The Artist

Jessica Chastain - The Help

Janet McTeer - Albert Nobbs

Octavia Spencer - The Help

Shailene Woodley - The Descendants

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

Kenneth Branagh - My Week with Marilyn

Albert Brooks - Drive

Jonah Hill - Moneyball

Viggo Mortensen - A Dangerous Method

Christopher Plummer - Beginners

BEST DIRECTOR - MOTION PICTURE

Woody Allen - MIdnight in Paris

George Clooney - The Ides of March

Michael Hazanavicius - The Artist

Alexander Payne - The Descendants

Martin Scorsese - Hugo

BEST SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE

The Artist

The Descendants

The Ides of March

Midnight in Paris

Moneyball

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - MOTION PICTURE

The Artist

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Hugo

W.E. 

War Horse

BEST ORIGINAL SONG - MOTION PICTURE

"Hello Hello" - Gnomeo and Juliet

"The Keeper" - Machine Gun Preacher

"Lay Your Head Down" - Albert Nobbs

"The Living Proof" - The Help

"Masterpiece" - W.E.

TELEVISION: 9/11 correct

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

American Horror Story

Boardwalk Empire

Boss
Game of Thrones

Homeland

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

Claire Danes - Homeland

Mireille Enos - The Killing

Julianna Margulies - The Good Wife

Madeleine Stowe - Revenge

Callie Thorne - Necessary Roughness

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

Steve Buscemi - Boardwalk Empire

Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad

Kelsey Grammer - Boss

Jeremy Irons - The Borgias

Damian Lewis - Homeland

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Enlightened

Episodes

Glee

Modern Family

New Girl

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES –COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Laura Dern - Enlightened

Zooey Deschanel - New Girl

Tina Fey - 30 Rock

Laura Linney - The Big C

Amy Poehler - Parks and Recreation

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock

David Duchovny - Californication

Johnny Galecki - The Big Bang Theory

Thomas Jane - Hung

Matt LeBlanc - Episodes

BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Cinema Verite

Downton Abbey

The Hour

Mildred Pierce

Too Big to Fail

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Romola Garai - The Hour

Diane Lane - Cinema Verite

Elizabeth McGovern - Downton Abbey

Emily Watson - Appropriate Adult

Kate Winslet - Mildred Pierce

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Hugh Bonneville - Downton Abbey

Idris Elba - Luther

William Hurt - Too Big to Fail

Bill Nighy - Page Eight

Dominic West - The Hour