2011 OSCAR NOMINATIONS and how I did predicting

This year I correctly predicted 70 out of 104 nominations, bump that up to 89 including my alternates.

Here are the Academy Award nominations for 2011.

BEST PICTURE -- 7/9

• The Artist
• The Descendants
• Extremely Loud & Incredible Close (missed)
• The Help
• Hugo
• Midnight in Paris
• Moneyball
• The Tree of Life (alternate)
• War Horse

BEST DIRECTOR -- 4/5

• Woody Allen - "Midnight in Paris"
• Michel Hazanavicius - "The Artist"
• Terrence Malick - "The Tree of Life" (alternate)
• Alexander Payne - "The Descendants"
• Martin Scorsese - "Hugo"

BEST ACTOR -- 4/5

• Demian Bichir - "A Better Life" (alternate)
• George Clooney - "The Descendants"
• Jean Dujardin - "The Artist"
• Gary Oldman - "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"
• Brad Pitt - "Moneyball"

BEST ACTRESS -- 4/5

• Glenn Close - "Albert Nobbs"
• Viola Davis - "The Help"
• Rooney Mara - "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" (alternate)
• Meryl Streep - "The Iron Lady"
• Michelle Williams - "My Week with Marilyn"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR -- 3/5

• Kenneth Branagh - "My Week with Marilyn"
• Jonah Hill - "Moneyball"
• Nick Nolte - "Warrior" (alternate)
• Christopher Plummer - "Beginners"
• Max Von Sydow - "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" (missed)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS -- 4/5

• Berenice Bejo - "The Artist"
• Jessica Chastain - "The Help"
• Melissa McCarthy - "Bridesmaids"
• Janet McTeer - "Albert Nobbs" (alternate)
• Octavia Spencer - "The Help"

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY -- 4/5

• The Artist
• Bridesmaids
• Margin Call (missed)
• Midnight in Paris
• A Separation

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY -- 3/5

• The Descendants
• Hugo
• The Ides of March (missed)
• Moneyball
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (alternate)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE -- 3/5

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

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY -- 5/5

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

BEST FILM EDITING -- 3/5

• The Artist
• The Descendants (alternate)
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• Hugo
• Moneyball (alternate)

BEST ART DIRECTION -- 4/5

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

BEST COSTUME DESIGN -- 3/5

• Anonymous (alternate)
• The Artist
• Hugo
• Jane Eyre
• W.E. (missed)

BEST SOUND MIXING -- 2/5

• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (missed)
• Hugo
• Moneyball (missed)
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon (alternate)
• War Horse

BEST SOUND EDITING -- 1/5

• Drive (alternate)
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (missed)
• Hugo (missed)
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon (alternate)
• War Horse

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS -- 4/5

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

BEST MAKEUP -- 1/3

• Albert Nobbs (alternate)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
• The Iron Lady (alternate)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE -- 3/5

• The Adventures of Tintin (missed)
• The Artist
• Hugo
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (alternate)
• War Horse

BEST ORIGINAL SONG -- 1/2

• "Man or Muppet" - The Muppets
• "Real in Rio" - Rio (missed)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM -- 4/5

• Bullhead [Belgium]
• Footnote [Israel]
• In Darkness [Poland]
• Monsieur Lazhar [Canada] (alternate)
• A Separation [Iran]

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE -- 3/5

• Hell and Back Again (missed)
• If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front (alternate)
• 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 LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM

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

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

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

NOMINATIONS BY FILM

11 nominations
Hugo*

10 nominations
The Artist*

6 nominations
Moneyball*
War Horse*

5 nominations
The Descendants*
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

4 nominations
The Help*
Midnight in Paris*

3 nominations
Albert Nobbs
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
The Tree of Life*

2 nominations
Bridesmaids
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close*
The Iron Lady
My Week with Marilyn
A Separation

1 nomination
The Adventures of Tintin
Anonymous
Beginners
A Better Life
Bullhead
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Drive
Footnote
The Ides of March
In Darkness
Jane Eyre
Kung Fu Panda 2
Margin Call
Monsieur Lazhar
The Muppets
Puss in Boots
Rango
Real Steel
Rio
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Warrior
W.E.