The Oscar awards are big indeed as all the shows that happens from January to March are guide by the Oscar.

The nominations of 2012 Oscar award show are announced finally. They were announced by Jennifer Lawrence and Tom Sherak. There are many surprises also and the nomination is well organized.

There are nine nominations for the Best Picture. That is more than much. All the nine movies are just awesome and it will be very interesting to see that what will be the results.

Best Actress class is having strong characters. It is a difficult task to decide that who will be winning this award.

Melissa McCarthy is nominated for supporting category that is so nice to see. Melissa was not in Golden Global nominations. As her work is best so she should be nominated. Melissa is not even nominated for Best Animated Feature.

On the other hand Jonah Hill is also nominated and is hoped to get this award this year.

At the end only two songs are selected for Best Original Song “Real in Rio” and “Man or Muppet”.

The nominations for the Oscar are listed below.

Best Actress

• Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
• Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
• Viola Davis, The Help
• Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
• Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn

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 Picture

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

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 Director

• Michel Hazanivicus, The Artist
• Alexander Payne, The Descendants
• Martin Scorsese, Hugo
• Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
• Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life

Supporting Actress

• Berenice Bejo, The Artist
• Jessica Chastain, The Help
• Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
• Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
• Octavia Spencer, The Help

Best Adapted Screenplay

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

Best Original Screenplay

• Michel Hazanivicius, The Artist
• Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumulo, Bridesmaids
• Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
• J.C. Chandor, Margin Call
• Asghar Farhadi, A Separation

Best Animated Feature

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

Best Foreign Feature

• Bullhead
• Footnote
• In Darkness
• Monsieur Lazhar
• A Separation

Cinematography

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

Costume Design

• Anonymous
• The Artist
• Hugo
• Jane Eyre
• W.E.

Art Direction

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

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

Documentary Feature

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

Film Editing

• Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
• Kevin Tent, The Descendants
• Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
• Thelma Schoonmaker, Hugo
• Christopher Tellefsen, Moneyball

Music (Original Song)

• “Man or Muppet” from The Muppets, Bret McKenzie
• “Real in Rio” from Rio, Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown and Siedah Garrett

Short Film (Animated)

• Dimanche/Sunday
• The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
• La Luna
• A Morning Stroll
• Wild Life

Short Film (Live Action)

• Pentecost
• Raju
• The Shore
• Time Freak
• Tuba Atlantic

Sound Editing

• Drive
• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
• Hugo
• Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon
• War Horse
• Sound Mixing
• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
• Hugo
• Monyeball
• Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon
• War Horse

Visual Effects

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
• Hugo
• Real Steel
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes
• Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon

Makeup

• Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle, Albert Nobbs
• Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
• Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland, The Iron Lady
• Music (Original Score)
• John Williams, The Adventures of Tintin
• Ludovic Bource, The Artist
• Howard Shore, Hugo
• Alberto Iglesias, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
• John Williams, War Horse

The 84th Academy Awards will air on February 26, 2012 at 7pm EST/ 4pm PST on ABC.