Leading the pack - and this is a bit of a 'who knew?' - is Martin Scorsese's 3D epic adventure film Hugo has 11 nods while the big winners in other ceremonies to date, aka, Meryl Streep and George Clooney are nominated for best acting prizes.
And on the funny-ha-ha front, Bridesmaids' Melissa McCarthy (also of Mike and Molly fame) Woody Allen's laughathon, Midnight in Paris are flying the flag.
Anyway, here's the shortlist for the 84th Academy Awards - we're not going to bother you with Best Editor and such things, however...
Best picture
War Horse
The Artist
Moneyball
Descendants
Tree of Life
Midnight in Paris
The Help
Hugo
Extremely Loud
Actor
Demián Bichir in A Better Life
George Clooney in The Descendants
Jean Dujardin in The Artist
Gary Oldman in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt in Moneyball
Actress
Glenn Close in Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis in The Help
Rooney Mara in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams in My Week with Marilyn
Supporting actor
Kenneth Branagh in My Week with Marilyn
Jonah Hill in Moneyball
Nick Nolte in Warrior
Christopher Plummer in Beginners
Max von Sydow in Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Supporting Actress.
Bérénice Bejo in The Artist
Jessica Chastain in The Help
Melissa McCarthy in Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer in Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer in The Help
Best Director
The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius
The Descendants - Alexander Payne
Hugo - Martin Scorsese
Midnight in Paris - Woody Allen
The Tree of Life - Terrence Malick
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
The Descendants
Hugo
The Ides of March
Moneyball
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Writing (Original Screenplay)
The Artist
Bridesmaids
Margin Call
Midnight in Paris
A Separation
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