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" Earlier this morning at the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Beverly Hills, the nominees for the 84th annual Academy Awards were announced, with Hugo and The Artist picking up the most nominations. The choices for Best Picture are The Artist, The Descendants, Extremely Loud &amp;amp;amp; Incredibly Close, The Help, Hugo, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, The Tree of Life and War Horse.  Along with George Clooney and Brad Pitt, the Best Actor contenders are Demian Bichir in A Better Life, Jean Dujardin in The Artist and Gary Oldman in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. In the Best Actress in a Leading Role category, the nominees are Glenn Close for Albert Nobbs, Viola Davis in The Help, Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady, Michelle Williams in My Week With Marilyn and rookie Rooney Mara for her starring role in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Best Animated Film picks are: A Cat in Paris, Chico and Rita, Kung Fu Panda 2, Rango and last but not least, Puss in Boots.  For a full list of nominations click here.  Billy Crystal is set to host; here&amp;#039;s hoping he puts on a more entertaining ceremony than the lackluster duo of 2011, James Franco and Anne Hathaway. The Oscars will air on ABC Sunday, February 26th, at 7 p.m. EST. - Jennifer Fiorentino, WomansDay.Com Intern "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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