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Picture

• The Artist

• The Descendants

• Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

• The Help

• Hugo

• Midnight in Paris

• Moneyball

• The Tree of Life

• War Horse

Director

• Woody Allen

  Midnight in Paris

• Michel Hazanavicius

  The Artist

• Martin Scorsese

  Hugo

• Terrence Malick

  The Tree of Life

• Alexander Payne

  The Descendants

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Actor in a Leading Role

• Demián Bichir

  A Better Life

• George Clooney

  The Descendants

• Jean Dujardin

  The Artist

• Gary Oldman

  Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

• Brad Pitt

  Moneyball

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

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 and Incredibly Close

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Bérénice Bejo

  The Artist

• Jessica Chastain

  The Help

• Melissa McCarthy

  Bridesmaids

• Janet McTeer

  Albert Nobbs

• Octavia Spencer

  The Help

Original Screenplay

• The Artist

  Michel Hazanavicius

• Bridesmaids

  Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig

• Margin Call

  J.C. Chandor

• Midnight in Paris

  Woody Allen

• A Separation

  Asghar Farhadi

Adapted Screenplay

• The Descendants

  Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash

• Hugo

  John Logan

• The Ides of March

  George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon

• Moneyball

  Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian, Stan Chervin

• Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

  Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan

Foreign Language Film

• Bullhead

  Belgium

• Footnote

  Israel

• In Darkness

  Poland

• A Separation

  Iran

• Monsieur Lazhar

  Canada

Animated Feature

• A Cat in Paris

  Alain Gagnol, Jean-Loup Felicioli

• Chico & Rita

  Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal

• Kung Fu Panda 2

  Jennifer Yuh Nelson

• Puss in Boots

  Chris Miller

• Rango

  Gore Verbinski

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

Original Song

• Man or Muppet

  The Muppets

• Real in Rio

  Rio

Art Direction

• The Artist

  Laurence Bennett, Robert Gould

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

  Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan

• Hugo

  Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo

• Midnight in Paris

  Anne Seibel, Hélène Dubreuil

• War Horse

  Rick Carter, Lee Sandales

Cinematography

• The Artist

  Guillaume Schiffman

• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

  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

Makeup

• Albert Nobbs

  Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston, Matthew W. Mungle

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

  Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight, Lisa Tomblin

• The Iron Lady

  Mark Coulier, J. Roy Helland

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Documentary Feature

• Hell and Back Again

  Danfung Dennis, Mike Lerner

• If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front

  Marshall Curry, Sam Cullman

• Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory

  Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky

• Pina

  Wim Wenders, Gian-Piero Ringel

• Undefeated

  TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay, Richard Middlemans

Sound Mixing

• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

  David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, Bo Persson

• Hugo

  Tom Fleischman, John Midgley

• Moneyball

  Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco, Ed Novick

• Transformers: Dark of the Moon

  Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush, Peter J. Devlin

• War Horse

  Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson, Stuart Wilson

Sound Editing

• Drive

  Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis

• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

  Ren Klyce

• Hugo

  Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty

• Transformers: Dark of the Moon

  Ethan Van der Ryn, Erik Aadahl

• War Horse

  Richard Hymns, Gary Rydstrom

Visual Effects

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

  Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler, John Richardson

• Hugo

  Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman, Alex Henning

• Real Steel

  Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor, Swen Gillberg

• Rise of the Planet of the Apes

  Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White, Daniel Barrett

• Transformers: Dark of the Moon

  Dan Glass, Brad Friedman, Douglas Trumbull, Michael Fink

Film Editing

• The Artist

  Anne-Sophie Bion and Michael Hazanavicius

• The Descendants

  Kevin Tent

• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

  Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall

• Hugo

  Thelma Schoonmaker

• Moneyball

  Christopher Tellesfsen

Short Film, Animated

• Dimanche / Sunday

  Patrick Doyon

• The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore

  William Joyce, Brandon Oldenburg

• La Luna

  Enrico Casarosa

• A Morning Stroll

  Grant Orchard, Sue Goffe

• Wild Life

  Amanda Forbis, Wendy Tilby

Short Film, Live Action

• Pentecost

  Peter McDonald, Eimear O'Kane

• Raju

  Max Zähle, Stefan Gieren

• The Shore

  Terry George, Oorlagh George

• Time Freak

  Andrew Bowler, Gigi Causey

• Tuba Atlantic

  Hallvar Witzø

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, Julie Anderson

• Incident in New Baghdad

  James Spione

• Saving Face

  Daniel Junge, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

• The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom

  Lucy Walker, Kira Carstensen

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Picture

• The Artist

• The Descendants

• Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

• The Help

• Hugo

• Midnight in Paris

• Moneyball

• The Tree of Life

• War Horse

Director

• Woody Allen

  Midnight in Paris

• Michel Hazanavicius

  The Artist

• Martin Scorsese

  Hugo

• Terrence Malick

  The Tree of Life

• Alexander Payne

  The Descendants

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Actor in a Leading Role

• Demián Bichir

  A Better Life

• George Clooney

  The Descendants

• Jean Dujardin

  The Artist

• Gary Oldman

  Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

• Brad Pitt

  Moneyball

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

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 and Incredibly Close

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Bérénice Bejo

  The Artist

• Jessica Chastain

  The Help

• Melissa McCarthy

  Bridesmaids

• Janet McTeer

  Albert Nobbs

• Octavia Spencer

  The Help

Original Screenplay

• The Artist

  Michel Hazanavicius

• Bridesmaids

  Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig

• Margin Call

  J.C. Chandor

• Midnight in Paris

  Woody Allen

• A Separation

  Asghar Farhadi

Adapted Screenplay

• The Descendants

  Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash

• Hugo

  John Logan

• The Ides of March

  George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon

• Moneyball

  Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian, Stan Chervin

• Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

  Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan

Foreign Language Film

• Bullhead

  Belgium

• Footnote

  Israel

• In Darkness

  Poland

• A Separation

  Iran

• Monsieur Lazhar

  Canada

Animated Feature

• A Cat in Paris

  Alain Gagnol, Jean-Loup Felicioli

• Chico & Rita

  Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal

• Kung Fu Panda 2

  Jennifer Yuh Nelson

• Puss in Boots

  Chris Miller

• Rango

  Gore Verbinski

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

Original Song

• Man or Muppet

  The Muppets

• Real in Rio

  Rio

Art Direction

• The Artist

  Laurence Bennett, Robert Gould

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

  Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan

• Hugo

  Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo

• Midnight in Paris

  Anne Seibel, Hélène Dubreuil

• War Horse

  Rick Carter, Lee Sandales

Cinematography

• The Artist

  Guillaume Schiffman

• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

  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

Makeup

• Albert Nobbs

  Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston, Matthew W. Mungle

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

  Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight, Lisa Tomblin

• The Iron Lady

  Mark Coulier, J. Roy Helland

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Documentary Feature

• Hell and Back Again

  Danfung Dennis, Mike Lerner

• If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front

  Marshall Curry, Sam Cullman

• Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory

  Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky

• Pina

  Wim Wenders, Gian-Piero Ringel

• Undefeated

  TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay, Richard Middlemans

Sound Mixing

• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

  David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, Bo Persson

• Hugo

  Tom Fleischman, John Midgley

• Moneyball

  Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco, Ed Novick

• Transformers: Dark of the Moon

  Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush, Peter J. Devlin

• War Horse

  Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson, Stuart Wilson

Sound Editing

• Drive

  Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis

• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

  Ren Klyce

• Hugo

  Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty

• Transformers: Dark of the Moon

  Ethan Van der Ryn, Erik Aadahl

• War Horse

  Richard Hymns, Gary Rydstrom

Visual Effects

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

  Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler, John Richardson

• Hugo

  Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman, Alex Henning

• Real Steel

  Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor, Swen Gillberg

• Rise of the Planet of the Apes

  Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White, Daniel Barrett

• Transformers: Dark of the Moon

  Dan Glass, Brad Friedman, Douglas Trumbull, Michael Fink

Film Editing

• The Artist

  Anne-Sophie Bion and Michael Hazanavicius

• The Descendants

  Kevin Tent

• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

  Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall

• Hugo

  Thelma Schoonmaker

• Moneyball

  Christopher Tellesfsen

Short Film, Animated

• Dimanche / Sunday

  Patrick Doyon

• The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore

  William Joyce, Brandon Oldenburg

• La Luna

  Enrico Casarosa

• A Morning Stroll

  Grant Orchard, Sue Goffe

• Wild Life

  Amanda Forbis, Wendy Tilby

Short Film, Live Action

• Pentecost

  Peter McDonald, Eimear O'Kane

• Raju

  Max Zähle, Stefan Gieren

• The Shore

  Terry George, Oorlagh George

• Time Freak

  Andrew Bowler, Gigi Causey

• Tuba Atlantic

  Hallvar Witzø

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, Julie Anderson

• Incident in New Baghdad

  James Spione

• Saving Face

  Daniel Junge, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

• The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom

Al Roker

The "Today" show weatherman

Best Picture:Hugo

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Anthony Bourdain

Chef, author and Travel Channel host

Best Picture:The Tree of Life

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B.J. Novak

A star and executive producer of "The Office"

Best Picture:The Artist

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Elizabeth Vargas

Anchor on ABC's "20/20"

Best Picture:The Artist

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James Lipton

Creator and host of Bravo's "Inside the Actors Studio"

Best Picture:

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Jeffrey Eugenides

Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Middlesex" and "The Marriage Plot"

Best Picture:The Tree of Life

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Nick Jonas

Lead singer for The Jonas Brothers

Best Picture:The Artist

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Pat Kiernan

Morning anchorman on the NY1 cable channel

Best Picture:The Artist

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Perez Hilton

Founder of Perezhilton.com

Best Picture:The Artist

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Randy Jackson

"American Idol" judge

Best Picture:The Help

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Tabatha Coffey

Star of Bravo's "Tabatha Takes Over"

Best Picture:The Artist

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Terry Moran

Anchor on ABC's "Nightline"

Best Picture:The Artist

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Picture

“The Artist” is the strong favorite for best picture among NYTimes.com readers.

The Artist	32%
The Descendants	14%
Midnight in Paris	13%
The Help	11%
Hugo	10%
The Tree of Life	8%
Moneyball	5%
War Horse	4%
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close	3%

Director

Martin Scorsese, who won the Golden Globe for best director with “Hugo,” leads the pack, but only by a slim margin.

Martin Scorsese Hugo	27%
Michel Hazanavicius The Artist	24%
Woody Allen Midnight in Paris	22%
Terrence Malick The Tree of Life	13%
Alexander Payne The Descendants	13%

Actor in a Leading Role

Readers favored George Clooney as their pick for best actor; he also won a Golden Globe for his performance in “The Descendants.”

George Clooney The Descendants	36%
Jean Dujardin The Artist	27%
Gary Oldman Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy	18%
Brad Pitt Moneyball	15%
Demián Bichir A Better Life	4%

Actress in a Leading Role

Meryl Streep and Viola Davis were the early frontrunners among readers.

Meryl Streep The Iron Lady	35%
Viola Davis The Help	29%
Rooney Mara The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	15%
Michelle Williams My Week With Marilyn	12%
Glenn Close Albert Nobbs	8%

Actor in a Supporting Role

The strongest consensus among readers for the main awards was for Christopher Plummer in “Beginners.” Mr. Plummer played a man embracing his gay identity after becoming a widower at age 75.

Christopher Plummer Beginners	45%
Jonah Hill Moneyball	21%
Max von Sydow Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close	13%
Kenneth Branagh My Week With Marilyn	13%
Nick Nolte Warrior	8%

Actress in a Supporting Role

Octavia Spencer, already a winner at the Golden Globes and the Screen Actors Guild Awards, is a strong favorite among readers for an Oscar.

Octavia Spencer The Help	42%
Bérénice Bejo The Artist	22%
Melissa McCarthy Bridesmaids	19%
Jessica Chastain The Help	12%
Janet McTeer Albert Nobbs	5%

Readers' choices on the other awards

Original Screenplay
Midnight in Paris	45%
The Artist	28%
Bridesmaids	14%
A Separation	7%
Margin Call	6%

Adapted Screenplay
The Descendants	32%
Hugo	22%
Moneyball	21%
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy	16%
The Ides of March	9%

Foreign Language Film
A Separation	66%
In Darkness	11%
Footnote	10%
Monsieur Lazhar	9%
Bullhead	5%

Animated Feature
Rango	39%
Puss in Boots	23%
A Cat in Paris	20%
Kung Fu Panda 2	11%
Chico & Rita	8%

Original Score
The Artist	42%
War Horse	22%
Hugo	17%
The Adventures of Tintin	9%
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy	9%

Original Song
Man or Muppet	66%
Real in Rio	34%

Art Direction
Hugo	33%
The Artist	25%
Midnight in Paris	17%
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2	15%
War Horse	9%

Cinematography
The Tree of Life	26%
Hugo	20%
The Artist	20%
War Horse	18%
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo	16%

Costume Design
The Artist	43%
Hugo	26%
Jane Eyre	21%
W./E.	5%
Anonymous	4%

Makeup
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2	37%
The Iron Lady	35%
Albert Nobbs	29%

Documentary Feature
Pina	33%
Hell and Back Again	19%
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front	19%
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory	17%
Undefeated	12%

Sound Mixing
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo	31%
War Horse	26%
Hugo	26%
Transformers: Dark of the Moon	9%
Moneyball	7%

Sound Editing
War Horse	25%
Hugo	25%
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo	24%
Drive	18%
Transformers: Dark of the Moon	8%

Visual Effects
Hugo	40%
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2	34%
Rise of the Planet of the Apes	19%
Transformers: Dark of the Moon	5%
Real Steel	2%

Film Editing
The Artist	38%
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo	23%
Hugo	21%
The Descendants	11%
Moneyball	7%

Short Film, Animated
La Luna	33%
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore	30%
Dimanche / Sunday	13%
Wild Life	13%
A Morning Stroll	10%

Short Film, Live Action
The Shore	30%
Raju	22%
Time Freak	19%
Pentecost	18%
Tuba Atlantic	10%

Documentary Short Subject
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom	33%
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement	28%
God is the Bigger Elvis	14%
Incident in New Baghdad	13%
Saving Face	11%

“The Artist,” the top choice for the Oscar for best picture among New York Times voters — who may or may not be members of the Academy — widened its lead over “The Descendants” and “Midnight in Paris.” Cast your vote.

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By LARRY ROHTER

The directors behind the Oscar nominees for best foreign-language film discuss their work: “A Separation,” “Footnote,” “In Darkness,” “Monsieur Lazhar” and “Bullhead.”

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