A atriz Jennifer Lawrence (indicada ao Oscar 2011 de Melhor Atriz pela sua atuação em “Inverno da Alma”) e o presidente da Academia de Artes e Ciências Cinematográficas (AMPAS), Tom Sherak, terão a honra de anunciar, na manhã desta terça feira, dia 24 de janeiro, os indicados ao 84th Annual Academy Awards, prêmio mais importante da indústria do cinema.

A edição 2012 do prêmio será apresentada pelo comediante Billy Crystal, um nome clássico desse show, o que promete ser uma volta a um formato mais tradicional da premiação, depois de alguns anos em que a sua estrutura foi bastante modificada tendo em vista a busca por uma maior audiência.

Deixamos aqui a nossa lista de palpites para aqueles que, amanhã cedo, acordarão mais felizes por terem sido lembrados pela AMPAS – afinal, uma indicação para o Oscar pode modificar (para o bem ou para o mal, dependendo dos casos e das escolhas futuras) a carreira de qualquer profissional da indústria cinematográfica.

Best Actor in a Leading Role
George Clooney, The Descendants
Leonardo Di Caprio, J. Edgar
Jean DuJardin, The Artist
Michael Fassbender, Shame
Brad Pitt, Moneyball

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
Albert Brooks, Drive
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Nick Nolte, Warrior
Christopher Plummer, Beginners

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis, The Help
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About Kevin
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Berenice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help
Shailene Woodley, The Descendants

Best Animated Feature Film
“The Adventures of Tintin”
“Arthur Christmas”
“Kung Fu Panda 2″
“Rango”
“Rio”

Best Animated Short Feature
“The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore,” William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg, directors (Moonbot Studios LA, LLC)
“La Luna,” Enrico Casarosa, director (Pixar Animation Studios)
“Magic Piano,” Martin Clapp, director and Hugh Welchman, producer (BreakThru Films)
“A Morning Stroll,” Grant Orchard, director and Sue Goffe, producer (Studio AKA)
“Wild Life,” Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby, directors (National Film Board of Canada)

Achievement in Art Direction
Laurence Bennett, The Artist
Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two
Mark Ricker, The Help
Dante Ferreti, Francesca LoSchiavo, Hugo
Rick Carter, Lee Sandales, War Horse

Achievement in Cinematography
Guillaume Schifman, The Artist
Jeff Cronenweth, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Robert Richardson, Hugo
Emmanuel Lubezki, The Tree of Life
Janusz Kaminski, War Horse

Achievement in Costume Design
Mark Bridges, The Artist
Sharen Davis, The Help
Sandy Powell, Hugo
Michael O’Connor, Jane Eyre
Arianne Philips, W.E.

Achievement in Directing
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
David Fincher, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris

Achievement in Editing
Michael Hazanavicius, Anne-Sophie Bion, The Artist
Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Christopher Tellefsen, Moneyball
Michael Kahn, War Horse
Thelma Schoonmaker, Hugo

Best Foreign Language Film
A Separation, Iran
Footnote, Israel
In Darkness, Poland
Monsieur Lazhar, Canada
Pina, Germany

Best Live Action Short
“Je Pourrais Être Votre Grand-Mère (I Could Be Your Grandmother),” Bernard Tanguy, director-producer (Rézina Productions)
“Love at First Sight,” Michael Davies, director and Sandra Gorel, producer (Spellbound Films)
“The Road Home,” Rahul Gandotra, director-producer and Ameenah Ayub, producer (London Film School)
“The Shore,” Terry George, director-producer (All Ashore Productions Limited)
“Time Freak,” Andrew Bowler, director and Gigi Causey, producer (Team Toad)

Best Documentary Short Subject
“The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement,” Purposeful Productions, Inc.
“In Tahrir Square: 18 Days of Egypt’s Unfinished Revolution,” Downtown Docs
“Incident in New Baghdad,” Morninglight Films
“Saving Face,” Milkhaus/Jungefilm
“Witness,” Buche

Best Documentary Feature
“Battle for Brooklyn” (RUMUR Inc.)
“Bill Cunningham New York” (First Thought Films)
“Project Nim” (Red Box Films)
“Undefeated” (Spitfire Pictures)
“We Were Here” (Weissman Projects, LLC)

Achievement in Make-Up
Albert Nobbs
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two
The Iron Lady

Best Original Score
Ludovic Bource, The Artist
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Alexandre Desplat, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two
Howard Shore, Hugo
John Williams, War Horse

Best Original Song
“Hello Hello” from “Gnomeo & Juliet”
“The Living Proof” from “The Help”
“The Keeper” from “Machine Gun Preacher”
“Life’s a Happy Song” from “The Muppets”
“Man or Muppet” from “The Muppets

Best Motion Picture
The Artist
The Descendants
Drive
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
The Help
Hugo
The Ides of March
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
War Horse

Achievement in Sound Editing
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Super 8
Transformers: The Dark of the Moon

Achievement in Sound Mixing
Hugo
Moneyball
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Strange Tide
Super 8
Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Achievement in Visual Effects
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2″
“Hugo”
“Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol”
“Rise of the Planet of the Apes”
“The Tree of Life”

Best Writing – Adapted Screenplay
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash, The Descendants
Steven Zaillian, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Tate Taylor, The Help
John Logan, Hugo
Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin, Moneyball

Best Writing – Original Screenplay
Michael Hazanavicius, The Artist
Will Reiser, 50/50
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Tom McCarthy, Joe Tiboni, Win Win
Diablo Cody, Young Adult

Lembrando que o E! Entertainment Television transmitirá um especial, ao vivo, sobre as indicações ao Oscar 2012, a partir das 11h30.