Before I go off on my rant about how sh!tty the Oscar noms are, I just want to give my sympathies to Billy Crystal who has nothing to work with this year. Him and his SNL co-star Eddie Murphy who not won’t be hosting the shindig. Murphy’s movie Tower Heist would’ve been a shoe-in for at least one nom had Brett Ratner and him been part of the telecast like they were going to do before the Rush Hour director said a lot of stupid sh!t.
Now back to the Academy Awards the ratings for Awards shows down, so they figure to get them up they are going to nominate the A-Listers (Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Glenn Close, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Gary Oldman and Woody Allen) whether they deserved the nomination or not. But that will not make up for the fact that almost all of the movies that are nominated in the top categories came out in limited release during December and barely anyone who will watch the show have or will ever see the movies that AMPAS says are the best. Seriously how many of the Best Pictures have you seen? I have seen one and it will stay that way for me.
When it comes to the acting categories, I think Best Supporting might go to Nick Nolte who has yet to have a statuette on his mantle. Either him or Christopher Plummer. Good thing Melissa McCarthy won the Emmy for Bridesmaids because there is no way she is getting the Oscar for it. I would like Brad Pitt to get the Best Actor award so he can tell Clooney to shove his where the sun don’t shine. And finally I am so happy that Michelle Williams gave such a beautiful speech at the Golden Globes because she will be the best actress and Rooney Mara will win the bitchiest.
What do you think of the Oscar nominations? Will you watch on February 26th.
Best Picture
“The Artist” Thomas Langmann, Producer
“The Descendants” Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers
“Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” Scott Rudin, Producer
“The Help” Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers
“Hugo” Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers
“Midnight in Paris” Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, Producers
“Moneyball” Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, Producers
“The Tree of Life” Nominees to be determined
“War Horse” Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers
Actor in a Leading Role
Demián Bichir in “A Better Life”
George Clooney in “The Descendants”
Jean Dujardin in “The Artist”
Gary Oldman in “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
Brad Pitt in “Moneyball”
Actor in a Supporting Role
Kenneth Branagh in “My Week with Marilyn”
Jonah Hill in “Moneyball”
Nick Nolte in “Warrior”
Christopher Plummer in “Beginners”
Max von Sydow in “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”
Actress in a Leading Role
Glenn Close in “Albert Nobbs”
Viola Davis in “The Help”
Rooney Mara in “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
Meryl Streep in “The Iron Lady”
Michelle Williams in “My Week with Marilyn”
Directing
“The Artist” Michel Hazanavicius
“The Descendants” Alexander Payne
“Hugo” Martin Scorsese
“Midnight in Paris” Woody Allen
“The Tree of Life” Terrence Malick
