Hugo and The Artist lead Critic's Choice nominations

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BEST PICTURE

The Artist

The Descendants

Drive

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

The Help

Hugo

Midnight in Paris

Moneyball

The Tree of Life

War Horse

 

BEST ACTOR

George Clooney – The Descendants

Leonardo DiCaprio – J. Edgar

Jean Dujardin – The Artist

Michael Fassbender – Shame

Ryan Gosling – Drive

Brad Pitt – Moneyball

 

BEST ACTRESS

Viola Davis – The Help

Elizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene

Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady

Tilda Swinton – We Need to Talk About Kevin

Charlize Theron – Young Adult

Michelle Williams – My Week With Marilyn

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Kenneth Branagh – My Week With Marilyn

Albert Brooks – Drive

Nick Nolte – Warrior

Patton Oswalt – Young Adult

Christopher Plummer – Beginners

Andrew Serkis – Rise of the Planet of the Apes

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Berenice Bejo – The Artist

Jessica Chastain – The Help

Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids

Carey Mulligan – Shame

Octavia Spencer – The Help

Shailene Woodley – The Descendants

 

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS

Asa Butterfield – Hugo

Elle Fanning – Super 8

Thomas Horn – Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Ezra Miller – We Need to Talk About Kevin

Saoirse Ronan – Hanna

Shailene Woodley – The Descendants

 

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE

The Artist

Bridesmaids

The Descendants

The Help

The Ides of March

 

BEST DIRECTOR

Stephen Daldry – Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist

Alexander Payne – The Descendants

Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive

Martin Scorsese – Hugo

Steven Spielberg – War Horse

         

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius

50/50 – Will Reiser

Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen

Win Win – Screenplay by Tom McCarthy, Story by Tom McCarthy & Joe Tiboni

Young Adult – Diablo Cody

 

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

The Descendants – Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close – Eric Roth

The Help – Tate Taylor

Hugo – John Logan

Moneyball – Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin, Story by Stan Chervin

 

BEST ART DIRECTION

The Artist
Production Designer: Laurence Bennett, Art Director: Gregory S. Hooper

 

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Production Designer: Stuart Craig, Set Decorator: Stephenie McMillan

 

Hugo
Production Designer: Dante Ferretti, Set Decorator: Francesca Lo Schiavo

 

The Tree of Life
Production Designer: Jack Fisk, Art Director: David Crank

 

War Horse 

Production Designer: Rick Carter, Set Decorator: Lee Sandales

 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

The Artist – Guillaume Schiffman

Drive – Newton Thomas Sigel

Hugo – Robert Richardson

The Tree of Life – Emmanuel Lubezki

War Horse – Janusz Kaminski

 

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

The Artist – Mark Bridges

The Help – Sharen Davis

Hugo – Sandy Powell

Jane Eyre – Michael O’Connor

My Week With Marilyn – Jill Taylor

 

BEST EDITING

The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius and Anne-Sophie Bion

Drive – Matthew Newman

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo – Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall

Hugo – Thelma Schoonmaker

War Horse – Michael Kahn

 

BEST MAKEUP

Albert Nobbs

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

The Iron Lady

J. Edgar

My Week With Marilyn

 

BEST SONG

"Hello Hello" – performed by Elton John and Lady Gaga/written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin – Gnomeo & Juliet

 

"Life’s a Happy Song" – performed by Jason Segel, Amy Adams and Walter/written by Bret McKenzie – The Muppets

 

"The Living Proof" – performed by Mary J. Blige/written by Mary J. Blige, Thomas Newman and Harvey Mason, Jr. – The Help

 

"Man or Muppet" – performed by Jason Segel and Walter/written by Bret McKenzie – The Muppets

 

"Pictures in My Head" – performed by Kermit and the Muppets/written by Jeannie Lurie, Aris Archontis and Chen Neeman – The Muppets

 

BEST SCORE

The Artist – Ludovic Bource

Drive – Cliff Martinez

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross

Hugo – Howard Shore

War Horse – John Williams

 

BEST SOUND
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Super 8
The Tree of Life
War Horse

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

Hugo

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Super 8

The Tree of Life

 

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

The Adventures of Tintin

Arthur Christmas

Kung Fu Panda 2

Puss in Boots

Rango

 

BEST ACTION MOVIE

Drive

Fast Five

Hanna

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Super 8

 

BEST COMEDY

Bridesmaids

Crazy, Stupid, Love

Horrible Bosses

Midnight in Paris

The Muppets

 

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

In Darkness

Le Havre

A Separation

The Skin I Live In

Where Do We Go Now

 

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Buck

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

George Harrison: Living in the Material World

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Undefeated

 

The awards air on VH1 January 12th. One major question, though... Why is Chloe Moretz not nominated for Best Young Actor/Actress? That is ridiculous. She was fantastic in Hugo.