And the Oscar goes to....

We here at imabogan are salivating over the reality that the Oscars are almost here! The glamour! The glitz! The Seacrest! We will be tracking all the red carpet hits and hot messes right here and we cannot wait!The nominations were released yesterday and we can't help but think there were some GLARING oversights....

BEST PICTURE
The Artist
The Descendants
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
Warhorse

And our choice: Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son (You can NEVER have too many Big Mommas, never gets old...NEVER!).

BEST ACTRESS
Glenn Close, Alfred Nobbs
Viola Davis, The Help
Rooney Mara, Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep, Iron Lady
Michelle Williams, My Week

And our choice: Jennifer Aniston in 'Just go with it'. (Poor lass, overlooked for so many years.)

BEST ACTOR
Demián Bichir, A Better Life
George Clooney, The Descendants
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt, Moneyball

And our choice: Alvin from Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked




BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Bérénice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help

We actually agree with the Academy on this one: Melissa McCarthy by a LANDSLIDE!



BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Nick Nolte, Warrior
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Max von Sydow, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

And our choice: The monkey in 'Zookeeper'. (He out-acted Kevin James in every scene).


ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius
Bridesmaids - Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumulo
Margin Call - J.C. Chandor
Midnight in Paris - Woody Allen
A Separation - Asghar Farhadi

We agree with the Academy again: BRIDESMAIDS!

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Descendants - Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash
Hugo - John Logan and Brian Selznick
Ides of March - George Clooney, Grant Heslov, and Beau Willimon
Moneyball - Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, and Stan Chervin
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan

And our choice: ANYTHING by Nicholas Sparks...he's a literary EINSTEIN!




CARTOON MOVIE
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango

And our choice: Oh who cares, honestly!


FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Bullhead (Belgium)
Footnote (Israel)
In Darkness (Poland)
Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)
A Separation (Iran)

And our choice: Keeping up with the Kardashians (Armenia)




The Countdown to the Oscars is on! We are reaching fever pitch here at imabogan. Stay tuned for more updates!