And Here Are 'The Oscar 2012' Nominees...

With the Academy Awards not too far in the distance you know we gotta take a look at the nominees... 2011 was quite the interesting year at the movies, if I had to describe it in two words... JAW-DROPPING!! And the nominees are...

Best Picture

The Artist

The Descendants

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

The Help

Hugo

Midnight in Paris

Moneyball

The Tree of Life

War Horse

Actor in a Leading Role

Demian Bichir (ABetter 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 (Alber 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 & Incredibly Close)

Actress in a Supporting Role

Berenice Bejo (The Artist)

Jessica Chastain (The Help)

Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids)

Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs)

Octavia Spencer (The Help)

Animated Feature Film

A Cat in Paris

Chico & Rita

Kung Fu Panda 2

Puss in Boots

Rango

Cinematography

The Artist

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

Hugo

The Tree of Life

War Horse

Documentary Feature

Hell and Back Again

If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front

Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory

Pina

Undefeated

Music (Original Score)

The Adventures of Tintin (John Williams)

The Artist (Ludovic Bource)

Hugo (Howard Shore)

Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy (Alberto Iglesias)

War Horse (John Williams)

So tell me folks, who made your list, what are your predictions, and who got robbed?? Your thoughts...

For the complete listing of nominees go to The Oscars 2012 . The Oscars will be televised LIVE on Sunday February 26th at 7pm EST/4 pm PST on ABC.

Mon'Nique to play Trailblazer Oscar-Winner Hattie McDaniel

Academy Award and Golden Globe winner Mo'Nique is set to star in a biopic of Hattie McDaniel's life as the trailblazer herself. Hollywood has already been buzzing about her performance in the movie Precious: Based on the novel PUSH. So this should be a treat to see what Mo'Nique can do!! This would be an ideal role and another role that just might bring her to the Oscar table again. Now just in case you didn't know, Hattie McDaniel was the first African American to win an Academy Award for her role as Mammy, in the the film, Gone With The Wind.

She’s the reason that movie was what it was; in my humble opinion, she was the most intelligent character in it. What makes McDaniel’s story amazing goes beyond her standing as the first African-American to win an Academy Award. She took heat from both sides, the black community called her a sell-out to Hollywood. But those mammies were real – they were very real, and they took care of those white families. And Hattie did that role so well that white people couldn’t separate it from the actress playing her. Amazing. (The Baltimore Sun)


Lee Daniels, who also directed "Precious", is set to direct the biopic.

Check the video to hear Mo’Nique talk about the upcoming role. Fast foward to the 8:00 minute mark.

The Oscars are only 2 DAYS away!!

Just as a reminder the 82nd Annual Academy Awards will be televised on this Sunday March 7th at 8PM EST/ 5PM Pacific.

For Oscar nominees and more insde info, check out the website for more info: http://oscar.go.com/

What are YOUR predictions?!