TORONTO – Martin Scorsese’s Paris adventure “Hugo” leads the Academy Awards with 11 nominations, among them best picture and the latest director slot for the Oscar-winning filmmaker.
Because of a rule change requiring films to receive a certain number of first-place votes, the best-picture field has only nine nominees rather than the 10 that were in the running the last two years.
Here’s a look at the Best Picture nominees below:
Film: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Stars: Thomas Horn, Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock
Director: Martin Scorsese
Stars: Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz and Christopher Lee
Film: Midnight in Paris
Director: Woody Allen
Stars: Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams and Kathy Bates
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Film: Moneyball
Director: Bennett Miller
Stars: Brad Pitt, Robin Wright and Jonah Hill
Film: The Artist
Director: Michel Hazanavicius
Stars: Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo and John Goodman
Film: The Descendants
Director: Alexander Payne
Stars: George Clooney, Shailene Woodley and Amara Miller
Film: The Tree of Life
Director: Terrence Malick
Stars: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Jessica Chastain
Film: The Help
Director: Tate Taylor
Stars: Emma Stone, Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer
Film: War Horse
Director: Steven Spielberg
Stars: Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson and David Thewlis
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