Best Picture

• War Horse
• The Artist
• Moneyball
• The Descendants
• The Tree of Life
• Midnight in Paris
• The Help
• Hugo
• Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Best Actress

• Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
• Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
• Viola Davis, The Help
• Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
• Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn

Best Actor

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

Supporting Actress

• Berenice Bejo, The Artist
• Jessica Chastain, The Help
• Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
• Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
• Octavia Spencer, The Help

Supporting Actor

• Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
• Jonah Hill, Moneyball
• Nick Nolte, Warrior
• Christopher Plummer, Beginners
• Max von Sydow, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Best Director

• Michel Hazanivicius, The Artist
• Alexander Payne, The Descendants
• Martin Scorsese, Hugo
• Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
• Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life

Best Original Screenplay

• Michel Hazanivicius, The Artist
• Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, Bridesmaids
• Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
• J.C. Chandor, Margin Call
• Asghar Farhadi, A Separation

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, The Descendants
• John Logan, Hugo
• George Clooney, Beau Willimon and Grant Heslov, The Ides of March
• Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin and Stan Chervin, Moneyball
• Bridget O’Connor and Peter Straughan, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Best Foreign Feature

• Bullhead
• Footnote
• In Darkness
• Monsieur Lazhar
• A Separation

Best Animated Feature

• A Cat in Paris
• Chico & Rita
• Kung Fu Panda 2
• Puss in Boots
• Rango

Art Direction

• The Artist
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
• Hugo
• Midnight in Paris
• War Horse

Cinematography

• The Artist
• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
• Hugo
• The Tree of Life
• War Horse

Costume Design

• Anonymous
• The Artist
• Hugo
• Jane Eyre
• W.E.

Documentary Feature

• Hell and Back Again
• If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
• Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
• Pina
• Undefeated

Documentary Short Subject

• The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
• God Is the Bigger Elvis
• Incident in New Baghdad
• Saving Face
• The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom

Film Editing

• Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
• Kevin Tent, The Descendants
• Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
• Thelma Schoonmaker, Hugo
• Christopher Tellefsen, Moneyball

Makeup

• Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle, Albert Nobbs
• Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight and Lisa Tomblin, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
• Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland, The Iron Lady

Music (Original Score)

• John Williams, The Adventures of Tintin
• Ludovic Bource, The Artist
• Howard Shore, Hugo
• Alberto Iglesias, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
• John Williams, War Horse

Music (Original Song)

• “Man or Muppet” from The Muppets, Bret McKenzie
• “Real in Rio” from Rio, Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown and Siedah Garrett

Sound Editing

• Drive
• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
• Hugo
• Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon
• War Horse

Sound Mixing

• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
• Hugo
• Moneyball
• Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon
• War Horse

Visual Effects

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
• Hugo
• Real Steel
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes
• Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon

Short Film (Animated)

• Dimanche/Sunday
• The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
• La Luna
• A Morning Stroll
• Wild Life

Short Film (Live Action)

• Pentecost
• Raju
• The Shore
• Time Freak
• Tuba Atlantic

Even he is not able to attend the Jaipur Literature Festival in India but all the news channels and social media is covering this event and flashing his news, comments and thoughts 24 x 7.

This time he is in public eye because of his book ‘Satanic Verses’. Salman Rushdie is not able to attend the Jaipur Literature Festival after Rajasthan police and government show security concerns on his visit. Infact reading some lines from the book in the festival also faced oppose from religious groups.

Two days ago Salman tweeted and disclosed that Rajistahn police and government lied to him so that he cancel his visit to India. According to Salman whole story is created to influence religious groups and gain fame in upcoming Uttar Pradesh elections.

In his recent interview to NDTV he openly said his views on government and politician, he said “Politicians in bed with extremist groups” . Salman is highly disappointed with Indian politicians and government of India, he said “Government failed in its responsibility“. He also showed his anger on extremist and said “Extremist are the real enemies of Islam”. Salman feels that it is quite strange and astonishing that what happen suddenly to India, he visited India many times in last few years and this time not his physical presence but his image on video is also not acceptable. It is totally motivated and supported by government just to gain vote bank from Uttar Pradesh elections.

‘Satanic Verses’ is the book written by Salman Ruhdie in 1988 and it is the most controversial work he had done. Salman Rushdie won many awards for this book and one of the finalists for ‘Booker Prize’. ‘Satanic Verses‘ is story based on life of ‘Muhammad’.

In his interview he thanked to writers who read from book ‘Satanic Verses’ and promised that he will come to India.  He also told about his upcoming movie on his book “Midnight’s Children“ .

Watch his full interview with Barkha Dutta from NDTV

Oprah Winfrey a media glam, talk show host, actress and one of the most influential women in the world is in India for “Jaipur Literature Festival” .  Yesterday in her interview with NDTV she said “My life has been a Taj Mahal“.  Many people believe that Barack obama wins and become president of USA because of the  Winfrey campaign for him. Watch Oprah Winfrey full interview with Barkha Dutta.