Are you reading for the 2012 Academy Awards list that were announced this morning (January 24)? Here’s the list:

Best Picture
“The Artist”
“The Descendants”
“Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”
“Hugo”
“Midnight in Paris”
“The Help”
“Moneyball”
“War Horse”
“The Tree of Life”

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

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

Best 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 Supporting Actress
Berenice Bejo, “The Artist”
Jessica Chastain, “The Help”
Melissa McCarthy, “Bridesmaids”
Janet McTeer, “Albert Nobbs”
Octavia Spencer, “The Help”

Best Director
Woody Allen, “Midnight in Paris”
Michel Hazanavicius, “The Artist”
Terrence Malick, “The Tree of Life”
Alexander Payne, “The Descendants”
Martin Scorsese, “Hugo”

Best Original Screenplay
Woody Allen, “Midnight in Paris”
JC Chandor, “Margin Call”
Asghar Farhadi, “A Separation”
Michel Hazanavicius, “The Artist”
Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, “Bridesmaids”

Best Adapted Screenplay
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxton, Jim Rash, “The Descendants”
John Logan, “Hugo”
George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon, “The Ides of March”
Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian, “Moneyball”
Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughn, “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy”

Best Animated Feature
“A Cat In Paris”
“Chico & Rita”
“Kung Fu Panda 2″
“Puss in Boots”
“Rango”

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Bullhead (Belgium)
Footnote (Israel)
In Darkness (Poland)
Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)
A Separation (Iran)

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

Best Original Song
“Man or Muppet,” The Muppets; Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
“Real in Rio,” Rio; Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown, Lyric by Siedah Garrett

Best Achievement in Art Direction
“The Artist”
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2″
“Hugo”
“Midnight in Paris”
“War Horse”

Best Achievement in Cinematography
“The Artist”
“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”
“Hugo”
“The Tree of Life”
“War Horse”

Best Achievement in Costume Design
“Anonymous”
“The Artist”
“Hugo”
“Jane Eyre”
“W.E.”

Best Documentary Feature
“Hell and Back Again”
“If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front”
“Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory”
“Pina”
“Undefeated”

Best 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”

Best Achievement in Film Editing
“The Artist”
“The Descendants”
“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”
“Hugo”
“Moneyball”

Best Achievement in Makeup
“Albert Nobbs”
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2″
“The Iron Lady”

Best Animated Short Film
Dimanche/Sunday
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
La Luna
A Morning Stroll
Wild Life

Best Live Action Short Film
“Pentecost”
“Raju”
“The Shore”
“Time Freak”
“Tuba Atlantic”

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
“Drive”
“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”
“Hugo”
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon”
“War Horse”

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”
“Hugo”
“Moneyball”
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon”
“War Horse”

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2″
“Hugo”
“Real Steel”
“Rise of the Planet of the Apes”
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon”

By Bruno in Salt Lake

Click under the jump to see the list of winners at last night’s 2012 Golden Globe awards in Beverly Hills. Washington Post.
WINNERS FOR MOTION PICTURE:

— Picture, Drama: “The Descendants.”

— Picture, Musical or Comedy: “The Artist.”

— Actor, Drama: George Clooney, “The Descendants.”

— Actress, Drama: Meryl Streep, “The Iron Lady.”

— Director: Martin Scorsese, “Hugo.”

— Actor, Musical or Comedy: Jean Dujardin, “The Artist.”

— Actress, Musical or Comedy: Michelle Williams, “My Week With Marilyn.”

— Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer, “Beginners.”

— Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer, “The Help.”

— Foreign Language: “A Separation.”

— Animated Film: “The Adventures of Tintin.”

— Screenplay: Woody Allen, “Midnight in Paris.”

— Original Score: Ludovic Bource, “The Artist.”

— Original Song: “Masterpiece” (music and lyrics by Madonna, Julie Frost, Jimmy Harry), “W.E.”

WINNERS FOR TELEVISION:

— Series, Drama: “Homeland,” Showtime.

— Series, Musical or Comedy: “Modern Family,” ABC.

— Actor, Drama: Kelsey Grammer, “Boss.”

— Actress, Drama: Claire Danes, “Homeland.”

— Actress, Musical or Comedy: Laura Dern, “Enlightened.”

— Actor, Musical or Comedy: Matt LeBlanc, “Episodes.”

— Miniseries or Movie: “Downton Abbey (Masterpiece),” PBS.

— Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Kate Winslet, “Mildred Pierce.”

— Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Idris Elba, “Luther.”

— Supporting Actress, Series, Miniseries or Movie: Jessica Lange, “American Horror Story.”

— Supporting Actor, Series, Miniseries or Movie: Peter Dinklage, “Game of Thrones.”

By Reese in LA

Back from a weekend of sunning it up in Palm Springs for Saturday night’s Palm Springs International Film Festival gala, George Clooney was seen getting back to business in Upper East Side Manhattan yesterday (January 9).

George Clooney and Stacy Keibler, along with Judy Greer seen at The Descendants after party at the Stone Rose Lounge in New York.

George Clooney films a Mercedes-Benz commercial right off of Rodeo Drive yesterday (September 16) in Los Angeles.

Director Jason Reitman hails a cab as he leaves his hotel in New York.

The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Mr. Reitman has a busy year ahead of him.

In 2009, Reitman and (this time) Paramount are hoping “Up in the Air,” his frequent-flyer tale starring George Clooney that unspools at Toronto, can finish off the hat trick.

Reitman actually wasn’t planning on debuting his pic — in which the bachelor Clooney meets the girl of his dreams just as his jetsetting life is threatened — at this time. The movie wasn’t supposed to be ready for another three months, in fact, but Reitman badly wanted to keep the Toronto streak going.

“We truncated the schedule to make it work,” he told Risky Biz when we caught up with him recently. As a result, it’s now one of three pics that features a principal from “Juno” (the Ellen Page-toplined “Whip It” and the Diablo Cody-penned “Jennifer’s Body,” which Reitman produced, are the others) to debut at the fall festival.

“Up in the Air” is the first pic since “Smoking” that features Reitman’s own writing — something he says gave him less pause than when he was shooting a script someone else (ie, Cody’s “Juno”) wrote. “If an actor misquoted my dialogue I wouldn’t think twice about it,” he said. “I’m allowed to say whether someone can abuse my language. But when it was Diablo it was like I was carrying her child.” Pause. “Figuratively.”

The studio is certainly clearing the decks for the dramedy — with the “Shutter Island” postponement, it now has just one other film releasing this fall (a small pic called “The Lovely Bones”). And Clooney’s is a character of the moment — he’s a hit man of the working world, jetting around the country coolly firing workers on behalf of his bosses, in what marks the second fall movie, after Mike Judge’s “Extract,” to tell a story from the perspective of The Man.

George Clooney recently contracted Malaria on a January trip to Sudan. Nicholas Kristof, our personal hero over at the NY Times is a friend of Clooney’s, and thought this seemed an opportunity to shine a spotlight on malaria, one of the scourges of much of the developing world, and George agreed to respond to reader questions.

Enjoy!

Q.

I am wondering how Mr Clooney is feeling. I had a friend with malaria who was very, very ill!!
— Sue
A.

I’m feeling much better thank you.
— George Clooney

Q.

What side effects did you have? And what were your symptoms when malaria was detected?
— Gayle
A.

Not much in side effects, the symptoms are fever, the chills, and exciting adventures in the toilet..weak..really just very bad flu conditions with a little food poisoning thrown in to make you the perfect party guest.
— George Clooney
Q.

Was Mr. Clooney taking any medications for malaria prophylaxis? And if so, how faithfully was he taking them? I hope he visited a travel medicine specialist prior to his trip!
— Mo
A.

I don’t know about George, but I wasn’t taking malaria pills when I caught malaria in Congo in 1997. I learned my lesson and now usually take Larium when going to a malarial place in Africa. But some people don’t react well to Larium, and so I sometimes steer others toward Malarone. About five Americans die a year from malaria, usually after travel to the developing world, so it’s worth taking it seriously — and seeking treatment immediately if you develop the symptoms after such a trip.

— Nicholas Kristof

Q.

George – A dear friend of mine had malaria…does it recur? And if you’ve had it once, can you get it again?
— BrazenMuse
A.

It can…it depends on what type you get..i didn’t get that strain thankfully.
— George Clooney
Q.

George – How did your treatment for malaria differ from the treatment that the average Sudanese would receive?
— Joy F.
A.

I had drugs to take before during and after…pills that should be just provided to these people, like a polio vaccine..life saving drugs for diseases that kill millions needlessly, belong to mankind not to companies to profit from….we need another Jonas Salk.
— George Clooney
A.

The average Sudanese in rural areas might not receive any treatment for malaria at all. In rural Africa, any fever is regarded as malaria, and people just suffer and usually recover; there seems to be a certain amount of resistance that builds up among healthy adults. So many people suffer malaria many, many times. Children and pregnant women are particularly vulnerable to dying from it, while healthy adults normally survive, although it can be lethal for them as well.
— Nicholas Kristof
Q.

We have plenty of mosquitos here in Minnesota, and in other parts of the U.S. for that matter. Why do people here generally not get malaria?

— J
A.

American mosquitoes don’t normally carry malaria today. Only one kind of mosquito — the anopheles — carries malaria, and it is not much found in the U.S. today and when it does exist it doesn’t carry the parasite. Mosquitoes merely carry malaria from one infected person to another person, so if there isn’t a pool of infected people around then mosquitoes won’t carry it either. That’s one reason why prevention efforts work: by reducing the number of cases, they reduce the pool of malaria that mosquitoes carry.
— Nicholas Kristof
Q.

How helpful are those mosquito net programs?— Jeremy Kareken
A.

They are extremely effective…they save countless lives.
— George Clooney
A.

Bed net programs seem very effective, especially when the nets are treated with insecticide. The problem tends to be getting the nets to rural areas, and then getting people to use them. The kind of mosquito that carries malaria is normally active only in the evening, when people are in bed, and that’s why the nets work so well. But ideally the nets are accompanied by vigorous treatment of suspected cases and also indoor spraying with small amounts of an insecticide like DDT: that keeps the mosquitoes out. That combination seems to work very, very effectively, but even net programs alone have resulted in plummeting rates of malaria in some countries recently. One of the saddest things I’ve seen was a family in Cambodia years ago. The mother had died of malaria, and the grandmother was looking after four children. She had one bed net that could cover three of them — and so every night she had to choose which child to leave out.
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