Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock in Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close Photo: Paramount/Everett / Rex Features
4:58PM GMT 24 Jan 2012
Oldman is shortlisted for his role as George Smiley in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and his name was greeted with cheers when it was announced at a dawn ceremony in Los Angeles.
The adaptation of John Le Carré’s labyrinthine spy novel was ignored at the Golden Globes and its makers expected the same treatment by the Academy.
Oldman, 52, a staple of British and Hollywood films since the 1980s, described his nomination as an “amazing” honour.
“You may have heard this before, but it has never been truer than it is for me today: it is extremely humbling, gratifying and delightful to have your work recognised by the Academy, and to join the celebrated ranks of previous nominees and colleagues,” he said.
A complicated change in the voting process led to nine contenders for best picture this year. They include Hugo, Martin Scorsese’s ode to cinema, which leads the field with 11 nominations. The Artist, frontrunner for the award, has 10 nominations in total.
Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock in Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close Photo: Paramount/Everett / Rex Features
4:58PM GMT 24 Jan 2012
Oldman is shortlisted for his role as George Smiley in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and his name was greeted with cheers when it was announced at a dawn ceremony in Los Angeles.
The adaptation of John Le Carré’s labyrinthine spy novel was ignored at the Golden Globes and its makers expected the same treatment by the Academy.
Oldman, 52, a staple of British and Hollywood films since the 1980s, described his nomination as an “amazing” honour.
“You may have heard this before, but it has never been truer than it is for me today: it is extremely humbling, gratifying and delightful to have your work recognised by the Academy, and to join the celebrated ranks of previous nominees and colleagues,” he said.
A complicated change in the voting process led to nine contenders for best picture this year. They include Hugo, Martin Scorsese’s ode to cinema, which leads the field with 11 nominations. The Artist, frontrunner for the award, has 10 nominations in total.
The other best picture nominees are The Descendants, The Help, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, The Tree of Life and War Horse.
Kenneth Branagh is a best supporting actor nominee for My Week With Marilyn, in which he plays Sir Laurence Olivier.
The category also features two 82-year-olds - Christopher Plummer for Beginners and Max Von Sydow for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. The latter is remarkable as Von Sydow’s role is entirely silent.
Meryl Streep landed her 17th Oscar nomination for The Iron Lady and looks all but certain to win in a category that shut out Tilda Swinton (We Need To Talk About Kevin), instead featuring Glenn Close for Albert Nobbs, Viola Davis for The Help, Rooney Mara for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and Michelle Williams for My Week With Marilyn.
Steven Spielberg, director of War Horse, has no place in the list of nominees. The chosen directors are Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist, Alexander Payne for The Descendants, Martin Scorsese for Hugo, Woody Allen for Midnight In Paris and Terrence Malick for The Tree of Life.
British nominees were few and far between - Janet McTeer is a best supporting actress nominee for Albert Nobbs but Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan were overlooked for their roles in Shame.
The Oscars take place on February 26.
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The other best picture nominees are The Descendants, The Help, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, The Tree of Life and War Horse.
Kenneth Branagh is a best supporting actor nominee for My Week With Marilyn, in which he plays Sir Laurence Olivier.
The category also features two 82-year-olds - Christopher Plummer for Beginners and Max Von Sydow for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. The latter is remarkable as Von Sydow’s role is entirely silent.
Meryl Streep landed her 17th Oscar nomination for The Iron Lady and looks all but certain to win in a category that shut out Tilda Swinton (We Need To Talk About Kevin), instead featuring Glenn Close for Albert Nobbs, Viola Davis for The Help, Rooney Mara for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and Michelle Williams for My Week With Marilyn.
Steven Spielberg, director of War Horse, has no place in the list of nominees. The chosen directors are Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist, Alexander Payne for The Descendants, Martin Scorsese for Hugo, Woody Allen for Midnight In Paris and Terrence Malick for The Tree of Life.
British nominees were few and far between - Janet McTeer is a best supporting actress nominee for Albert Nobbs but Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan were overlooked for their roles in Shame.
The Oscars take place on February 26.
To read more: http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2819996155024456954#editor/target=post;postID=3485958595990780528
