BEST DIRECTOR
1. Michel Hazanavicius: The Artist
2. Martin Scorsese: Hugo
3. Alexander Payne: The Descendants
4. Woody Allen: Midnight in Paris
5. David Fincher: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

ALSO POSSIBLE
6. Terrence Malick: The Tree of Life
7. Steven Spielberg: War Horse
8. Nicolas Winding Refn: Drive
9. Tate Taylor: The Help
10. Bennett Miller: Moneyball
11. Tomas Alfredson: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
1. Michel Hazanavicius: The Artist
2. Woody Allen: Midnight in Paris
3. Will Reiser: 50/50
4. Thomas McCarthy and Joe Tibani: Win Win
5. Mike Mills: Beginners

ALSO POSSIBLE
6. Asghar Farhadi: A Separation
7. Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumulo: Bridesmaids
8. Diablo Cody: Young Adult
9. J.C. Chandor: Margin Call
10. Terrence Malick: The Tree of Life
11. Steve McQueen and Abi Morgan: Shame
12. Kenneth Lonergan: Margaret

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
1. Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rush: The Descendants
2. Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin: Moneyball
3. Tate Taylor: The Help
4. John Logan: Hugo
5. Bridget O'Connor and Peter Strong: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

ALSO POSSIBLE
6. Steven Zaillian: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
7. George Clooney and Grant Heslov: The Ides of March
8. Lynne Ramsay and Rory Kinnear: We Need to Talk About Kevin
9. Hossein Amini: Drive

BEST ACTOR
1. George Clooney: The Descendants
2. Jean Dujardin: The Artist
3. Brad Pitt: Moneyball
4. Michael Fassbender: Shame
5. Gary Oldman: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

ALSO POSSIBLE
6. Leonardo DiCaprio: J. Edgar
7. Michael Shannon: Take Shelter
8. Ryan Gosling: Drive
9. Ryan Gosling: The Ides of March
10. Demián Bichir: A Better Life

BEST ACTRESS
1. Viola Davis: The Help
2. Meryl Streep: The Iron Lady
3. Michelle Williams: My Week With Marilyn
4. Tilda Swinton: We Need to Talk About Kevin
5. Rooney Mara: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

ALSO POSSIBLE
6. Glenn Close: Albert Nobbs
7. Charlize Theron: Young Adult
8. Elizabeth Olsen: Martha Marcy May Marlene
9. Kirsten Dunst: Melancholia
10. Kristen Wiig: Bridesmaids
11. Bérénice Bejo: The Artist

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
1. Christopher Plummer: Beginners
2. Albert Brooks: Drive
3. Kenneth Branagh: My Week With Marilyn
4. Jonah Hill: Moneyball
5. Nick Nolte: Warrior

ALSO POSSIBLE
6. Corey Stoll: Midnight in Paris
7. Armie Hammer: J. Edgar
8. Andy Serkis: Rise of the Planet of the Apes
9. Patton Oswalt: Young Adult
10. Brad Pitt: The Tree of Life
11. Max von Sydow: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
12. Viggo Mortenson: A Dangerous Method
13. Ben Kingsley: Hugo
14. Robert Forster: The Descendants
15. Phillip Seymour Hoffman: The Ides of March
16. Alan Rickman: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1. Octavia Spencer: The Help
2. Bérénice Bejo: The Artist
3. Jessica Chastain: The Help
4. Janet McTeer: Albert Nobbs
5. Melissa McCarthy: Bridesmaids

ALSO POSSIBLE
6. Shailene Woodley: The Descendants
7. Vanessa Redgrave: Coriolanus
8. Carey Mulligan: Shame
9. Jeannie Berlin: Margaret
10. Sarah Bayet: A Separation

BEST ART DIRECTION
1. Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo: Hugo
2. Laurence Bennett, Austin Buchinsky, and Robert Gould: The Artist
3. Mark Ricker and Rena DeAngelo: The Help
4. Stuart Craig and Stephenie McMillan: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
5. Maria Djurkovic: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

ALSO POSSIBLE
6. Will Hughes-Jones and Tina Jones: Jane Eyre
7. Sarah Greenwood, Alison Harvey, and Katie Spencer: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
8. Jack Fisk and Jeanette Scott: The Tree of Life
9. Rick Carter and Lee Sandales: War Horse
10. Sebastian T. Krawinkel and Simon-Julien Boucherie: Anonymous
11. Anne Seibel : Midnight in Paris

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1. Emmanuel Lubezki: The Tree of Life
2. Robert Richardson: Hugo
3. Guillame Schiffman: The Artist
4. Jeff Cronenwerth: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
5. Janusz Kaminski: War Horse

ALSO POSSIBLE
6. Hoyte van Hoytema: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
7. Eduardo Serra: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
8. Newton Thomas Sigel: Drive
9. Wally Pfister: Moneyball
10. Tom Stern: J. Edgar

BEST EDITING
1. Anne-Sophie Bion: The Artist
2. Thelma Schoonmaker: Hugo
3. Christopher Tellefson: Moneyball
4. Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
5. Kevin Tent: The Descendants

ALSO POSSIBLE
6. Michael Kahn: War Horse
7. Conrad Buff IV and Mark Goldblatt: Rise of the Planet of the Apes
8. Dino Jonsater: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
9. Matthew Newman: Drive

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
1. Star Spangled Man: Captain America: The First Avenger
2. Life's a Happy Song: The Muppets
3. Pictures in My Head: The Muppets
4. Hello Hello: Gnomeo and Juliet
5. The Living Proof: The Help

ALSO POSSIBLE
6. Lay Your Head Down: Albert Nobbs
7. Man or Muppet: The Muppets
8. The Keeper: Machine Gun Preacher
9. Coeur Volant: Hugo
10. Some Stupid Some Song That I Don't See Coming: Fuck This Category

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
1. Ludovic Bource: The Artist
2. Howard Shore: Hugo
3. John Williams: War Horse
4. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
5. Thomas Newman: The Help

ALSO POSSIBLE
6. Alberto Iglesias: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
7. Alberto Iglesias: The Skin I Live In
8. Alexandre Desplat: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
9. Alexandre Desplat: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
10. John Williams: The Adventures of Tintin
11. Mychael Danna: Moneyball
12. Michael Giacchino: Super 8
13. Alexandre Desplat: The Ides of March

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
1. Sandy Powell: Hugo
2. Mark Bridges: The Artist
3. Michael O'Connor: Jane Eyre
4. Sharen Davis: The Help
5. Arianne Phillips: W.E.

ALSO POSSIBLE
6. Jill Taylor: My Week With Marilyn
7. Jacqueline Durran: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
8. Lisy Christl: Anonymous
9. Jenny Beavan: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
10. Alexandra Byrne: Thor

BEST MAKE-UP
1. Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life
2. The Iron Lady
3. The Artist

ALSO POSSIBLE
4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
5. Hugo
6. Albert Nobbs
7. Anonymous

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
1. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2. Hugo
3. Transformers: Dark of the Moon
4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
5. The Tree of Life

ALSO POSSIBLE
6. Captain America: The First Avenger
7. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
8. X-Men: First Class
9. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
10. Real Steel

BEST SOUND MIXING
1. Hugo
2. Super 8
3. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
4. Moneyball
5. The Artist

ALSO POSSIBLE
6. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
7. War Horse
8. Hanna
9. Drive
10. Captain America: The First Avenger
11. Thor
12. The Adventures of Tintin

BEST SOUND EDITING
1. Hugo
2. Super 8
3. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
4. Transformers: Dark of the Moon
5. War Horse

ALSO POSSIBLE
6. Hanna
7. Drive
8. Captain America: The First Avenger
9. Thor
10. Moneyball
11. The Adventures of Tintin

BEST ANIMATED FILM
1. Rango
2. The Adventures of Tintin
3. Puss in Boots
4. Cars 2
5. Arthur Christmas

ALSO POSSIBLE
6. Chico and Rita
7. Kung Fu Panda 2
8. Rio
9. Winnie the Pooh
10. Happy Feet 2

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
1. Project Nim
2. Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
3. We Were Here
4. Hell and Back Again
5. Pina

ALSO POSSIBLE
6. Buck
7. Bill Cunningham New York
8. Undefeated
9. The Loving Story
10. Sing Your Song
11. If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
12. Under Fire: Journalists in Combat
13. Battle For Brooklyn
14. Semper Fi: Always Faithful
15. Jane's Journey

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
1. A Separation
2. Pina
3. Monsieur Lazhar
4. Footnote
5. Omar Killed Me

ALSO POSSIBLE
6. In Darkness
7. Bullhead
8. Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
9. SuperClásico

BEST PICTURE
1. The Artist
2. The Descendants
3. Hugo
4. The Help
5. Midnight in Paris
6. Moneyball
7. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

ALSO POSSIBLE
8. The Tree of Life
9. War Horse
10. Drive
11. Bridesmaids
12. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
13. The Ides of March
14. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
15. A Separation

SO!

The Artist (12)
Hugo (11)
The Help (9)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (6)
The Descendants (5)
Moneyball (5)
Midnight in Paris (3)
Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy (3)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (3)
War Horse (3)
Beginners (2)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2)
The Iron Lady (2)
The Muppets (2)
My Week With Marilyn (2)
Pina (2)
Super 8 (2)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2)
The Tree of Life (2)
50/50 (1)
Albert Nobbs (1)
Bridesmaids (1)
Captain America: The First Avenger (1)
Drive (1)
Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life
Gnomeo and Juliet (1)
Jane Eyre (1)
Shame (1)
W.E. (1)
Warrior (1)
We Need to Talk About Kevin (1)
Win Win (1)



I reserve the right to be incorrect about any of these.