Best Actress: 1960s

1960: Shirley MacLaine, The Apartment

Oscar winner: Elizabeth Taylor, Butterfield 8

Was she nominated?: Yes

84th Oscar Nominations are here!

Best Picture:
--The Artist
--The Descendants
--Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
--The Help
--Hugo
--Midnight in Paris
--Moneyball
--The Tree of Life
--War Horse

Best Director:
--Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
--Michel Haznavicius, The Artist
--Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
--Alexander Payne, The Descendants
--Martin Scorsese, Hugo

Best Actor:
--Demian Bichir, A Better Life
--George Clooney, The Descendants
--Jean Dujardin, The Artist
--Gary Oldman, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
--Brad Pitt, Moneyball

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

Best Actress:
--Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
--Viola Davis, The Help
--Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
--Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
--Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn

Best Supporting Actress:
--Berenice Bejo, The Artist
--Jessica Chastain, The Help
--Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
--Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
--Octavia Spencer, The Help

Best Adapted Screenplay:
--The Descendants
--Hugo
--The Ides of March
--Moneyball
--Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Best Original Screenplay:
--The Artist
--Bridesmaids
--Margin Call
--Midnight in Paris
--A Separation

Best Art Direction:
--The Artist
--Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
--Hugo
--Midnight in Paris
--War Horse

Best Cinematography:
--The Artist
--The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
--Hugo
--The Tree of Life
--War Horse

Best Costume Design:
--Anonymous
--The Artist
--Hugo
--Jane Eyre
--W.E.

Best Film Editing:
--The Artist
--The Descendants
--The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
--Hugo
--Moneyball

Best Original Score:
--The Adventures of Tintin
--The Artist
--Hugo
--Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
--War Horse

Best Original Song:
--"Man or Muppet", The Muppets
--"Real in Rio", Rio

Best Makeup:
--Albert Nobbs
--Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
--The Iron Lady

Best Sound Mixing:
--The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
--Hugo
--Moneyball
--Transformers: Dark of the Moon
--War Horse

Best Sound Editing:
--Drive
--The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
--Hugo
--Transformers: Dark of the Moon
--War Horse

Best Visual Effects:
--Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
--Hugo
--Real Steel
--Rise of the Planet of the Apes
--Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Best Animated Feature Film:
--A Cat in Paris
--Chico & Rita
--Kung Fu Panda 2
--Puss in Boots
--Rango

Best Documentary Feature Film:
--Hell and Back Again
--If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
--Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
--Pina
--Undefeated

Best Foreign Language Film:
--Bullhead
--Footnote
--In Darkness
--Monsieur Lazhar
--A Separation

Best Actress: 1950s

1950: Gloria Swanson, Sunset Blvd.

Oscar winner: Judy Holliday, Born Yesterday

Was she nominated?: Yes

Final 84th Oscar Predictions

My final predictions for next week's Oscar nominations announcement are on the Oscar Predictions page above. More posts coming very soon.

UPDATE: 1/23 - Added the Documentary Feature category and tweaked my Animated Feature picks.

Best Actress: 1940s

1940: Vivien Leigh, Waterloo Bridge

Oscar winner: Ginger Rogers, Kitty Foyle
Was she nominated?: No
 

Best Actress: 1930s

1930: Marlene Dietrich, The Blue Angel

Oscar winner: Norma Shearer, The Divorcee ('29/'30)

Was she nominated?: No

Happy 2012