The award season is at its highest point. Everyday some or the other awards are being given away or the nominations are being announced. And now the 2011 Critics Choice Awards have gone ahead and listed out the nominations of this year. And two movies have received the highest number of nominations this year, the two movies are Hugo and The Artist. They both have received 11 nominations each.
Movies fighting it out for the best movie are movies like The Descendants, Drive, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, The Help, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, The Tree of Life, and War Horse. Watch the other nominations below here for each and every category. Winners for this award will be announced on January 12th 2012.
Here are the nominations:

BEST PICTURE

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

BEST ACTOR

• Leonardo DiCaprio – “J. Edgar”
• Michael Fassbender – “Shame”
• Ryan Gosling – “Drive”
• Brad Pitt – “Moneyball”
• George Clooney – “The Descendants”
• Jean Dujardin – “The Artist”

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 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 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 CINEMATOGRAPHY

• “The Artist” – Guillaume Schiffman
• “Drive” – Newton Thomas Sigel
• “Hugo” – Robert Richardson
• “The Tree of Life” – Emmanuel Lubezki
• “War Horse” – Janusz Kaminski

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 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 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 MAKEUP

• Albert Nobbs
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
• The Iron Lady
• J. Edgar
• My Week With Marilyn

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 SOUND

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

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
• Page One: Inside the New York Times
• Project Nim
• Undefeated

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

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