The 2012 Oscar Nominees Have Been Announced!

Best Picture

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

Best Supporting Actor

• Kenneth Branagh, My Week with Marilyn
• Jonah Hill, Moneyball
• Nick Nolte, Warrior
• Christopher Plummer, Beginners
• Max Von Sydow, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Best Supporting Actress

• Berenice Bejo, The Artist
• Jessica Chastain, The Help
• Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
• Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
• Octavia Spencer, The Help

Best Actress

• 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

Best Actor

• Demian Bichir, A Better Life
• George Clooney, The Descendants
• Jean Dujardin, The Artist
• Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
• Brad Pitt, Moneyball

Best Director

• Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
• Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
• Alexander Payne, The Descendants
• Martin Scorsese, Hugo
• Terrence Malick, Tree of Life

Best Adapted Screenplay

• The Descendants, Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash
• Hugo, John Logan
• The Ides of March, George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
• Moneyball, Steve Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin. Story by Stan Chervin.
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Bridget O’ Connor and Peter Straughan

Best Original Screenplay

• The Artist, Michael Hazanavicius
• Bridesmaids, Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig
• Margin Call, J.C. Chandor
• Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen
• A Separation, Asghar Farhadi

Best Animated Feature

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



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 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

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" Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs

"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 Film

"Bullhead" Belgium

"Footnote"

"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 Part 2" Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng

"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" from "The Muppets" Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie

"Real in Rio" from "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 Deathly 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

Kim Kardashian takes the co-host seat on Live! with Kelly

Kim Kardashian co-hosted Live! With Kelly today and as I DVR Live! every day, today was interested in seeing if Kim would even mention the divorce. Kim was the first woman to host with Kelly and it was seriously a treat.

first snow of 2012!

This was the first time B insisted on sledding by himself, and WOW, did he have a GREAT time!

I got teary eyed watching him run up and down the hill with the neighbors. He just seemed like such a big boy. He would position his sled all by himself, jump in, and push himself to the edge until he would starts moving. His face as he raced down the hill was priceless. He was so thrilled and having the best time.

He was also exhausted!

He came inside and started to watch Spiderman on the iPad and fell sound asleep sitting up!

What a great first snow... for his sake, I hope there are many more!

As for R, she wasn't as thrilled with the snow storm. She did the same thing B did at her age- refused to wear her gloves and the second her hands touched the snow the tears started flowing and did not stop, maybe better luck next time.

90210

Tuesday night was the premiere of 90210 and the entire cast was back, and this includes a shirtless Teddy (Trevor Donovan), who was rumored to have been leaving the show.

Naomi’s pregnancy turns out to be a false alarm and she decides to have a party to help her get her mind off of it.

Navid and Silver move in together after Navid’s mom moves to Switzerland and somehow his sister ends up living with the two, which is the least bit cozy.

As for all those juicy plot twists at the end of last season, well in the fourth season they seem all be gone and they are pretty much starting from scratch. Annie loses her inheritance and instead of Carnegie Mellon, she needs to stay at California University for a year.

Liam is back proposes! And not only once, but twice!

After Annie rejects him both times, he starts drinking at a beach bar and ends up buying the place (our new Peach Pit??).

Adrianna is back and showing up at Silver’s apartment and Naomi’s party, trying to get Silver to forgive her. After being yelled at by Silver, (how could you blame her) Adrianna confides in Austin (Dixon’s new roommate and Naomi’s new nemesis) and they are next shown the morning after.

The episode was titled Up In Smoke, I won't ruin anything you definitely find out the reason for this title at the end.



Juror #2 Speaks : "I Wish We Had More Evidence To Put Her Away"

In the aftermath of Casey Anthony being found not guilty of murdering her two-year old-daughter, people responded with everything from anger to sadness to outrage over the outcome. In their rage, the masses have taken aim at everyone from Casey herself to the judge to of course, the jury who ultimately decided the young mother's fate.

In the hours that followed the verdict, none of the jurors came forward to the media to explain their decision. Yesterday, Juror #3 broke her silence to talk about the case, pleading with people to understand that they acted purely on the evidence that was provided. Today, Juror #2 is doing the same, but adds a bit more about the mindset of the 12 people who let Casey walk free.

The juror from Pinellas county, who wishes to remain anonymous, said the collective group agreed that if they were to judge the case "fully on feelings and emotions, [Casey] was done." However, as it stands, the only fair way to judge the case was to "go on the evidence that was presented," the juror explains and adds, "But it wasn't there."

Then, the juror added this, overcome with tears:

"I just swear to God … I wish we had more evidence to put her away. I truly do …"

So do we, friend. So do a lot of people.

It's a tough situation for everyone and we don't wish any ill-will on the 12 people who had to make this extraordinarily hard decision. We just hope they've made the decision they can live with and bear for the rest of their lives.