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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

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

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

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

Challenge Your Friends!

Start an Oscar pool by inviting your friends via Facebook or e-mail. And come back on Oscar night to see who will win.

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

Hugo

Anthony Bourdain

Chef, author and Travel Channel host

The Tree of Life

B.J. Novak

A star and executive producer of "The Office"

The Artist

Elizabeth Vargas

Anchor on ABC's "20/20"

The Artist

James Lipton

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

Jeffrey Eugenides

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

The Tree of Life

Nick Jonas

Lead singer for The Jonas Brothers

The Artist

Pat Kiernan

Morning anchorman on the NY1 cable channel

The Artist

Perez Hilton

Founder of Perezhilton.com

The Artist

Randy Jackson

"American Idol" judge

The Help

Tabatha Coffey

Star of Bravo's "Tabatha Takes Over"

The Artist

Terry Moran

Anchor on ABC's "Nightline"

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 Paris45%
The Artist28%
Bridesmaids14%
A Separation7%
Margin Call6%
Adapted Screenplay
The Descendants32%
Hugo22%
Moneyball21%
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy16%
The Ides of March9%
Foreign Language Film
A Separation66%
In Darkness11%
Footnote10%
Monsieur Lazhar9%
Bullhead5%
Animated Feature
Rango39%
Puss in Boots23%
A Cat in Paris20%
Kung Fu Panda 211%
Chico & Rita8%
Original Score
The Artist42%
War Horse22%
Hugo17%
The Adventures of Tintin9%
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy9%
Original Song
Man or Muppet66%
Real in Rio34%
Art Direction
Hugo33%
The Artist25%
Midnight in Paris17%
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 215%
War Horse9%
Cinematography
The Tree of Life26%
Hugo20%
The Artist20%
War Horse18%
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo16%
Costume Design
The Artist43%
Hugo26%
Jane Eyre21%
W./E.5%
Anonymous4%
Makeup
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 237%
The Iron Lady35%
Albert Nobbs29%
Documentary Feature
Pina 33%
Hell and Back Again19%
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front19%
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory17%
Undefeated 12%
Sound Mixing
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo31%
War Horse26%
Hugo26%
Transformers: Dark of the Moon9%
Moneyball7%
Sound Editing
War Horse25%
Hugo25%
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo24%
Drive18%
Transformers: Dark of the Moon8%
Visual Effects
Hugo40%
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 234%
Rise of the Planet of the Apes19%
Transformers: Dark of the Moon5%
Real Steel2%
Film Editing
The Artist38%
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo23%
Hugo21%
The Descendants11%
Moneyball7%
Short Film, Animated
La Luna33%
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore30%
Dimanche / Sunday 13%
Wild Life13%
A Morning Stroll10%
Short Film, Live Action
The Shore30%
Raju22%
Time Freak19%
Pentecost18%
Tuba Atlantic10%
Documentary Short Subject
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom33%
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement28%
God is the Bigger Elvis14%
Incident in New Baghdad13%
Saving Face11%

“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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