Starpulse, By: Kevin Blair, Martin Scorsese's first foray into 3D filmmaking, Hugo and director Michel Hazanavicius' black & white silent comedy-drama The Artist topped this year's list of nominations, pulling in 11 and 10 nominations, respectively, for the 2012 Academy Awards. Both films are nominated for Best Picture, Director, and Screenplay awards. Jennifer Lawrence, who was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar last year for her role in Winter's Boneand stars in the upcoming, highly anticipated The Hunger Games, joined the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Tom Sherak in Beverly Hills to announce the nominations for the 10 biggest categories of the 2012 Academy Awards this morning. The press conference was held at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater. After landing four Golden Globes nominations (winning three), amassing 12 BAFTA nominations and winning the top prize at this year's Producer's Guild Awards, now it seems the film will face heavy contention from Scorsese's 1930s tale of an orphan living in the walls of a train station. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo received five nods, including one for Best Actress (Rooney Mara); andBrad Pitt's baseball flick Moneyball also received five nominations. Steven Spielberg's World War I dramaWar Horse and The Help each garnered four nominations each. This year the Academy has revamped last year's new rule in the Best Picture category and instead of 10 films receiving nominations for the award there can now be anywhere between five and 10 films receiving nods, depending on how many number-one votes each film received on Academy voters' ballots. Nine films are nominated in the category this year. The 84th Academy Awards, hosted by Billy Crystal, air on ABC Sunday, February 26 at 7pm (EST). Read The Full Story At Starpulse.com
