Academy Award Nominations Announced

Hey folks. The Academy Awards nominees have been announced.

Quick thoughts:

• 9 films are competing for best picture 
• Hugo got the most nominations (11)
• None of the five nominees for best animated film were made by Pixar
• I could be wrong, but I think all but one of the nominated directors have been nominated at least once before (Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist).
• Melissa McCarthy, Jonah Hill, and Rooney Mara were all nominated for acting awards.
• Surprise! Meryl Streep got another nomination. I've lost count, but I think that makes 16 total nominations.

The Oscar contest for the blog will be online soon. The awards will be held Sunday, Feb 26^th.

Ed

Ed enjoys all forms of entertainment and has an unnatural love for quantitative methodology. He operates out of a basement in Northern Virginia (@edomaniac).

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