Snart dags för årets Oscarsgala som går av stapeln natten mellan den 26 och 27 februari. Själv kommer jag dock att vara i Västerås eller Stockholm då så jag vet inte om jag kommer att ha möjlighet att se den. Jag önskar verkligen att jag kan hitta en lösning. Jag kommer nämligen inte att hinna hem till ön innan det är över. Kommer inte hinna med sista färjan.

Så vi får väl se om det blir första Oscars galan jag har missar på ca 8 år. Hoppas verkligen att det löser sig. Jag vet bara inte riktigt hur. Hoppas att hitta någon vän som vill se den tillsammans med mig i Västerås eller Stockholm. Kanske någon med en lägenhet eller rum med tv att låna ut där jag kan se den.

Jag kommer närmare galan att skriva ihop en gissning/önskning över resultatet så får vi se hur många rätt jag har efteråt.

Listan nedan är de nominerade. Jag ska försöka att se allihopa. Jag kommer antagligen inte att lyckas då vissa har varit nästintill omöjliga att få tag i. De jag redan har sett har jag markerat med en *.

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
A Better Life
George Clooney
*The Descendants
Jean Dujardin
The Artist
Gary Oldman
Tink er Tailor Sold ier Spy
Brad Pitt
*Moneyball
Actor in a Supporting Role
Kenneth Branagh
My Week with Marilyn
Jonah Hill
*Moneyball
Nick Nolte
Warrior
Christopher Plummer
*Beginners
Max von Sydow
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Actress in a Leading Role
Glenn Close
Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis
*The Help
Rooney Mara
*The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep
The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams
My Week with Marilyn
Actress in a Supporting Role
Bérénice Bejo
The Artist
Jessica Chastain
*The Help
Melissa McCarthy
*Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer
Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer
*The Help
Animated Feature Film
A Cat in Paris
Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
Chico & Rita
Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
*Kung Fu Panda 2
Jennifer Yuh Nelson
*Puss in Boots
Chris Miller
*Rango
Gore Verbinski
ART DIRECTION
The Artist
Production Design: Laurence Bennett
Set Decoration: Robert Gould
*Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Production Design: Stuart Craig
Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
Hugo
Production Design: Dante Ferretti
Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
Midnight in Paris
Production Design: Anne Seibel
Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil
War Horse
Production Design: Rick Carter
Set Decoration: Lee Sandales
CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Artist
Guillaume Schiffman
The Girl with the Dragon Tatt oo
Jeff Cronenweth
Hugo
Robert Richardson
The Tree of Life
Emmanuel Lubezki
War Horse
Janusz Kaminski
COSTUME DESIGN
Anonymous
'Lisy Christl
The Artist
Mark Bridges
Hugo
Sandy Powell
Jane Eyre
Michael O’Connor
W.E
Arianne Phillips
DIRECTING
The Artist
Michel Hazanavicius
*The Descendants
Alexander Payne
Hugo
Martin Scorsese
Midnight in Paris
Woody Allen
The Tree of Life
Terrence Malick
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Hell and Back Again
Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
Pina
Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel
Undefeated
TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas
Documentary Short Subject
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin
God Is the Bigger Elvis
Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson
Incident in New Baghdad
James Spione
Saving Face
Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen
FILM EDITING
The Artist
Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
*The Descendants
Kevin Tent
*The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
Hugo
Thelma Schoonmaker
Moneyball
Christopher Tellefsen
Foreign Language Fil m
Bullhead
Belgium
Footnote
Israel
In Darkness
Poland
Monsieur Lazhar
Canada
A Separation
Iran
MAKEUP
Albert Nobbs
Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and
Matthew W. Mungle
*Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pa rt 2
Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight and Lisa Tomblin
The Iron Lady
Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland
Music (Original Score )
The Adventures of Tintin
John Williams
The Artist
Ludovic Bource
Hugo
Howard Shore
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Alberto Iglesias
War Horse
John Williams
Music (Original Song)
Man or Muppet
The Mupp ets
Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
Real in Rio
Rio
Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown
Lyric by Siedah Garrett
Short Film (Animated)
Dimanche/Sunday
Patrick Doyon
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
La Luna
Enrico Casarosa
A Morning Stroll
Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
Wild Life
Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby
Short Film (Live Action)
Pentecost
Peter McDonald and Eimear O’Kane
Raju
Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren
The Shore
Terry George and Oorlagh George
Time Freak
Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
Tuba Atlantic
Hallvar Witzø
SOUND EDITING
*Drive
Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
*The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Ren Klyce
Hugo
Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
*Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
War Horse
Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom
SOUND MIXING
*The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and
Bo Persson
Hugo
Tom Fleischman and John Midgley
*Moneyball
Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and
Ed Novick
*Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush
and Peter J. Devlin
War Horse
Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and
Stuart Wilson
VISUAL EFFECTS
*Harry Potter and the Deat hly Hallows Part 2
Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and
John Richardson
Hugo
Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and
Alex Henning
*Real Steel
Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and
Swen Gillberg
*Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White
and Daniel Barrett
*Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and
John Frazier
Writing (Adapted Screenplay )
*The Descendants
Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon &
Jim Rash
Hugo
Screenplay by John Logan
The Ides of March
Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and
Beau Willimon
*Moneyball
Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin
Story by Stan Chervin
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Screenplay by Bridget O’Connor & Peter Straughan
Writing (Original Screenplay )
The Artist
Written by Michel Hazanavicius
*Bridesmaids
Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
Margin Call
Written by J.C Chandor
Midnight in Paris
Written by Woody Allen
A Separation
Written by Asghar Farhadi



-Are you sure you're ready for this?
-I'll do my best.
-Your "best"! Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and fuck the prom queen.
-Carla was the prom queen.
-Really?
[cocks his gun]-Yeah