The 84th Academy Awards is coming up on February 26th, 2012 at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood and is going to be televised on ABC. Originally, the host was scheduled to be Eddie Murphy but Billy Crystal will now be hosting (it will be his ninth time hosting),, so there are definitely high expectations for some great sketches and monologues! The Academy Awards have come a long way from 1929 when they began. Today, the Academy Awards are an eagerly anticipated and globally televised event, but when they began two hundred and seventy people attended what was then just a banquet at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Any guesses as to how much it cost to go? Guest tickets cost only $5! There also must have been a different atmosphere to the event, considering the recipients of the awards had been announced three months prior. Well, 84 years later, much has changed but one thing has remained the same…we love watching the Academy Awards! In case you haven’t had time to watch the movies that were nominated, here are some of the top nominees for the most anticipated categories at the Academy Awards. Plus, did you know that this year is the first year nine films have been nominated for Best Picture (the rule changed in 2011 to allow from five to ten films)? Its also worthy to note that Hugo got a whopping 11 nominations so I would call it a “must see!”
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 Actor Demián Bichir George Clooney Jean Dujardin Gary Oldman Brad Pitt
Best Actress Glenn Close Viola Davis Rooney Mara Meryl Streep Michelle Williams
Director The Artist The Descendants Hugo Midnight in Paris The Tree of Life Supporting Actor Kenneth Branagh Jonah Hill Nick Nolte Christopher Plummer Max von Sydow
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