TORONTO – The 84th annual Academy Awards, taking place this Sunday February 26 in Hollywood, celebrate the best in film.
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.
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Also nominated for best picture: the silent film “The Artist”; the family drama “The
Descendants”; the Sept. 11 tale “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”;
the Deep South drama “The Help”; the romantic fantasy “Midnight in
Paris”; the sports tale “Moneyball”; the family chronicle “The Tree of
Life”; and the World War One epic “War Horse.”
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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.
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