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Nominees for the 84th

Academy Awards

Makeup

m “Albert Nobbs,” Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and

Matthew W. Mungle

m “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2,” Nick Dud-

man, Amanda Knight and Lisa Tomblin

m “The Iron Lady,” Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland

Music (Original Score)

m “The Adventures of Tintin,” John Williams

m “The Artist,” Ludovic Bource

m “Hugo,” Howard Shore

m “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,” Alberto Iglesias

m “War Horse,” John Williams

Music (Original Song)

m “Man or Muppet,” from “The Muppets,” Music and Lyric

by Bret McKenzie

m “Real in Rio,” from “Rio,” Music by Sergio Mendes and

Carlinhos Brown; Lyric by Siedah Garrett

Best Picture

m “The Artist,” Thomas Langmann, Producer

m “The Descendants,” Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim

Taylor, Producers

m “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close,” Scott Rudin,

Producer

m “The Help,” Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael

Barnathan, Producers

m “Hugo,” Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers

m “Midnight in Paris,” Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenen-

baum, Producers

m “Moneyball,” Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and

Brad Pitt, Producers

m “The Tree of Life,” Sarah Green, Bill Pohlad, Dede Gard-

ner and Grant Hill, Producers

m “War Horse,” Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy,

Producers

Short Film (Animated)

m “Dimanche/Sunday,” Patrick Doyon

m “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore,”

William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg

m “La Luna,” Enrico Casarosa

m “A Morning Stroll,” Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe

m “Wild Life,” Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby

Short Film (Live Action)

m “Pentecost,” Peter McDonald and Eimear O’Kane

m “Raju,” Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren

m “The Shore,” Terry George and Oorlagh George

m “Time Freak,” Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey

m “Tuba Atlantic,” Hallvar Witzø

Sound Editing

m “Drive,” Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis

m “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” Ren Klyce

m “Hugo,” Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty

m “Transformers: Dark of the Moon,” Ethan Van der Ryn

and Erik Aadahl

m “War Horse,” Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom

Sound Mixing

m “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” David Parker, Michael

Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson

m “Hugo,” Tom Fleischman and John Midgley

m “Moneyball,” Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, David Giammarco

and Ed Novick

m “Transformers: Dark of the Moon,” Greg P. Russell, Gary

Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin

m “War Horse,” Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson

and Stuart Wilson

Visual Effects

m “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2,” Tim Burke,

David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson

m “Hugo,” Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann and

Alex Henning

m “Real Steel,” Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and

Swen Gillberg

m “Rise of the Planet of the Apes,” Joe Letteri, Dan Lem-

mon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett

m “Transformers: Dark of the Moon,” Scott Farrar, Scott

Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

m “The Descendants,” Screenplay by Alexander Payne and

Nat Faxon & Jim Rash

m “Hugo,” Screenplay by John Logan

m “The Ides of March,” Screenplay by George Clooney &

Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon

m “Moneyball,” Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron

Sorkin; Story by Stan Chervin

m “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,” Screenplay by Bridget O’Con-

nor & Peter Straughan

Writing (Original Screenplay)

m “The Artist,” Written by Michel Hazanavicius

m “Bridesmaids,” Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig

m “Margin Call,” Written by J.C. Chandorm “Midnight in Paris,” Written by Woody Allenm “A Separation,” Written by Asghar Farhadi

Nominees for the 84th

Academy Awards

Actor in a Leading Role

m Demián Bichir in “A Better Life”m George Clooney in “The Descendants”

m Jean Dujardin in “The Artist”

m Gary Oldman in “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”

m Brad Pitt in “Moneyball”

Actor in a Supporting Role

m Kenneth Branagh in “My Week with Marilyn”

m Jonah Hill in “Moneyball”

m Nick Nolte in “Warrior”

m Christopher Plummer in “Beginners”

m Max von Sydow in “Extremely Loud & Incredibly

Close”

Actress in a Leading Role

m Glenn Close in “Albert Nobbs”

m Viola Davis in “The Help”

m Rooney Mara in “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”

m Meryl Streep in “The Iron Lady”

m Michelle Williams in “My Week with Marilyn”

Actress in a Supporting Role

m Bérénice Bejo in “The Artist”

m Jessica Chastain in “The Help”

m Melissa McCarthy in “Bridesmaids”

m Janet McTeer in “Albert Nobbs”

m Octavia Spencer in “The Help”

Animated Feature Film

m “A Cat in Paris,” Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli

m “Chico & Rita,” Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal

m “Kung Fu Panda 2,” Jennifer Yuh Nelson

m “Puss in Boots,” Chris Miller

m “Rango,” Gore Verbinski

Art Direction

m “The Artist,” Production Design: Laurence Bennett;

Set Decoration: Robert Gould

m “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2,”

Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration:

Stephenie McMillan

m “Hugo,” Production Design: Dante Ferretti; Set Dec-

oration: Francesca Lo Schiavo

m “Midnight in Paris,” Production Design: Anne Seibel;

Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil

m “War Horse,” Production Design: Rick Carter; Set

Decoration: Lee Sandales

Cinematography

m “The Artist,” Guillaume Schiffman

m “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” Jeff Cronenweth

m “Hugo,” Robert Richardson

m “The Tree of Life,” Emmanuel Lubezki

m “War Horse,” Janusz Kaminski

Costume Design

m “Anonymous,” Lisy Christl

m “The Artist,” Mark Bridges

m “Hugo,” Sandy Powell

m “Jane Eyre,” Michael O’Connor

m “W.E.,” Arianne Phillips

Directing

m “The Artist,” Michel Hazanavicius

m “The Descendants,” Alexander Payne

m “Hugo,” Martin Scorsese

m “Midnight in Paris,” Woody Allen

m “The Tree of Life,” Terrence Malick

Documentary (Feature)

m “Hell and Back Again,” Danfung Dennis and Mike

Lerner

m “If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front,”

Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman

m “Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory,” Joe Berlinger and Bruce

Sinofsky

m “Pina,” Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel

m “Undefeated,” TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Rich

Middlemas

Documentary (Short Subject)

m “The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil

Rights Movement,” Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin

m “God Is the Bigger Elvis,” Rebecca Cammisa and

Julie Anderson

m “Incident in New Baghdad,” James Spione

m “Saving Face,” Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-

Chinoy

m “The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom,” Lucy Walker

and Kira Carstensen

Film Editing

m “The Artist,” Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanav-

icius

m “The Descendants,” Kevin Tent

m “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” Kirk Baxter and

Angus Wall

m “Hugo,” Thelma Schoonmaker

m “Moneyball,” Christopher Tellefsen

Foreign Language Film

m “Bullhead,” Belgium

m “Footnote,” Israel

m “In Darkness,” Polandm “Monsieur Lazhar,” Canadam “A Separation,” Iran

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Oscar Night Ameri-ca Party guest

Carolyn Sohoza at-tended the eventlast year as Nina

Sayers (NataliePortman) from the

“Black Swan.”

are eligible to win prizes(MJR gift cards). Doors open7 p.m., Oscar premiere show-ing in the theater at 8 p.m.,followed by the AcademyAward presentations. OscarNight America is sponsoredby MJR Southgate, SweetArangements, The News-Herald Newspaper, Comcast,Tubby’s and Crystal Gar-dens.

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being there, so infectious,”

Hansen said. “It’s really a lot

of fun.“All proceeds go to benefit

the Southgate Community

Players, the Overture Socie-

ty and Ballet Americana,”

Hansen said.Advance tickets are $25, or

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“All of these restaurants

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and there’s a ton of raffles,”

said Robin Hansen, market-

ing director for MJR. Film

buffs — some dressed in cos-

tumes inspired by their fa-

vorite Oscar-nominated

character — mingle, debate

who’s going to win and chow

down.“Then, when you go into

the theater to actually watch

the Oscars, it’s just like

better and better,” said Mi-

chael Mihalich, owner of

MJR Digital Cinemas, which

has been a Michigan-owned

and operated company for

more than 30 years. “It is the

next best thing to being

there.”Besides the pleasure of

watching the Oscars on a big

screen with surround sound,

there’s the camaraderie

among movie enthusiasts

and a lot of great food.

By Gina Josephgina.joseph@macombdaily.com;

@gljoseph

The Detroit area’s only

Academy of Motion Picture

Arts and Sciences sanctioned

Oscar Night America Party,

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Cinema 20, is your chance to

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gest party of the year, close to

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MJR’s Oscar night keeps getting better

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“The 2012

Academy Awards”

airs this Sunday

at 8:30 p.m. EST

on ABC.

Let’s hear it for the girls

Courtesy of Dale Robinette

Octavia Spencer — “The Help”

The Weinstein Company

Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo — “The Artist”Sony Pictures Classic

Marion Cotillard and Owen Wilson — “Midnight in Paris”www.wendersimages.com

Wim Wenders — “Pina”

Universal Pictures

Attending the Oscars for the first time is former Detroiter and Hollywood director Paul Feig, who is surrounded bythe talented cast of “Bridesmaids,” including , from left, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Ellie Kemper, Melissa McCar-thy, Maya Rudolph, Kristen Wiig and Rose Byrne.

The Weinstein Company/LaurenceCendrowicz

Michelle Williams — “My Weekwith Marilyn”

Sony Pictures Releasing/Baldur Bragason

Rooney Mara — “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”

He is the creator of the short-lived butcritically beloved TV series, “Freaksand Geeks,” which launched the ca-reers of Seth Rogen, James Francoand Jason Segel, and earned Feig twoEmmy nominations for comedy writ-ing. He’s the author of two humornovels, “Kick Me: Adventures in Ad-olescence” and “Superstud.” He’s ap-peared as a character actor on TV, inmovies and has directed some of thisgeneration’s funniest sitcoms includ-ing “Arrested Development,” “TheOffice” and “30 Rock,” a multi-award-winning show created by former “Sat-urday Night Live” head writer TinaFey.

“Tina Fey is an amazing writer, andso funny in the way she expresses her-self,” Feig said.

Feig also considers Katharine Hep-burn, Judy Holiday, Carole Lombardand Irene Dunn funny actresses. How-ever, unlike Fey and Wiig, these ac-tresses had little input into the joke-writing process.

Mindy Kaling, who plays Kelly Ka-

poor on TV’s “The Office,” is humor-

ous onscreen and shares her funny

view of the world as one of two female

writers on the staff of 14. Amy Poehler

is hilarious in “Parks and Recreation”

and she has written several episodes

for the show.

“There’s a bunch” of talented

women who have a funny view of the

world and a fun way of expressing it,

Feig said.

One comic actress that Feig has al-

ways admired is Goldie Hawn. He’ll

soon have the pleasure of working

with her in the HBO comedy pilot, “Vi-

agra Diaries,” which Feig is to direct.

Hawn (“Death Becomes Her,” “Over-

board,” “Private Benjamin,” and TV’s

“Laugh-In”) plays a woman in her 60s

who, after her husband has a midlife

crisis and leaves her, struggles with

being single for the first time in 35

years. “Bridesmaids” cast member

Wendi McLendon-Covey is rumored

to be playing Hawn’s daughter. “I

can’t wait,” said Feig, of the opportu-

nity to work with Hawn. “She’s so

funny, inventive and smart. She was

always one of my comedy heroes.”

manhole cover and squats before therocket launches, saving face anddress.

“That’s how we work-shopped thescript,” said the 49-year-old director,who has done enough work in come-dy to know what makes people laugh.

street.The men on the set envisioned her

running into the street and relievingherself so violently that it knocks heroff her feet. The women’s version hasthe bride thinking on her feet. Afterrunning into the street she sees a

fastened into a bridal dress, whensuddenly you feel the rumbling ofsomething going awry in the pit ofyour stomach. The script called forthe bride to run to the bathroom, andupon seeing it occupied by the othergirls (also suffering) darts into the

By Gina Josephgina.joseph@macombdaily.com;@gljoseph

irector Paul Feig could notbe more proud of his film“Bridesmaids.”

Not only did it win theCritics Choice Award for

Best Comedy Movie and the People’sChoice for Favorite Comedy Movie,but three cast members are up forAcademy Awards. Melissa McCar-thy’s portrayal of Megan, the humor-ous, self-made woman, is nominatedfor Best Supporting Actress, and co-

scribes Kristin Wiigand Annie Mumolo areup for Best OriginalScreenplay.

No shocker there,considering the movieearned $288 million-plus in ticket sales.

Feig’s movie is abouta maid of honor (Wiig)whose life unravels asshe leads her bestfriend, Lillian (MayaRudolph), and her brid-

al party (Rose Byrne, McCarthy,Wendi McLendon-Covey and EllieKemper) on a wild ride down the roadto matrimony. Given that premise,Feig finds it surprising — and a littlesilly — that it’s considered ground-breaking.

“Women have been funny as longas men have been funny,” said Feig,who grew up in Mount Clemens andwill be making his first appearance atthe Oscars. “Funny people are funnypeople. It’s not based on gender. Youeither have a funny view of the worldand a fun way of expressing it or not.”

Whether that view makes it to thebig screen is another story.

“Women have not been given achance to be funny in movies becauseit’s been a male-dominated field. Menare writing their version of what awoman might do,” Feig said. “Whatwe tried to do with our women isallow them to be real.”

Take the gross-humor scene thatfeatures the bridesmaids sufferingfrom bad Brazilian food while at anupscale bridal store. Imagine you’re

Warner Bros./Francois Duhamel

Thomas Horn and Tom Hanks —“Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”

D