Au fost date publicitatii potentialii castigatori ai celor mai ravnite statuete din lumea filmului. Printre favoriti se numara 'Hugo", regia Martin Scorsese, cu 11 nominalizari, si'The Artist" cu 10. Gala de decernare a Premiilor Oscar va fi difuzata in direct pe HBO, in varianta originala, nedublata, in noaptea de duminica (26 februarie) spre luni, de la ora 3:00 am, urmand ca marti, 28 februarie, de la ora 20:00, prestigioasa Gala sa fie transmisa in varianta editata si subtitrata tot la HBO.

Actor in rol principal
• Demián Bichir - "A Better Life"
• George Clooney - "The Descendants"
• Jean Dujardin - "The Artist"
• Gary Oldman - "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"
• Brad Pitt - "Moneyball"

Actor in rol secundar
• Kenneth Branagh - "My Week with Marilyn"
• Jonah Hill - "Moneyball"
• Nick Nolte - "Warrior"
• Christopher Plummer - "Beginners"
• Max von Sydow - "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"

Actrita in rol principal
Glenn Close in "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"

Actrita in rol secundar
• Bérénice Bejo - "The Artist"
• Jessica Chastain - "The Help"
• Melissa McCarthy - "Bridesmaids"
• Janet McTeer - "Albert Nobbs"
• Octavia Spencer - "The Help"

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

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

Scenariu adaptat
• "The Descendants" Scenariu Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
• "Hugo" -scenariu John Logan
• "The Ides of March" Scenariu George Clooney , Grant Heslov si Beau Willimon
• "Moneyball"-scenariu Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin Story si Stan Chervin
• "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" Scenariu Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan

Scenariu original
• "The Artist" scenariul Michel Hazanavicius
• "Bridesmaids" scenariul Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
• "Margin Call" scenariul J.C. Chandor
• "Midnight in Paris" scenariul Woody Allen
• "A Separation" scenariul Asghar Farhadi

Imagine
• "The Artist" Guillaume Schiffman
• "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Jeff Cronenweth
• "Hugo" Robert Richardson
• "The Tree of Life" Emmanuel Lubezki
• "War Horse" Janusz Kaminski

Film de animatie
• "A Cat in Paris" Alain Gagnol si Jean-Loup Felicioli
• "Chico & Rita" Fernando Trueba si Javier Mariscal
• "Kung Fu Panda 2" Jennifer Yuh Nelson
• "Puss in Boots" Chris Miller
• "Rango" Gore Verbinski

Art Direction
• "The Artist"
Production Design: Laurence Bennett; Set Decoration: Robert Gould
• "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
• "Hugo"
Production Design: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
• "Midnight in Paris"
Production Design: Anne Seibel; Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil
• "War Horse"
Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales

Costume
• "Anonymous" Lisy Christl
• "The Artist" Mark Bridges
• "Hugo" Sandy Powell
• "Jane Eyre" Michael O'Connor
"W.E." Arianne Phillips

Documentar
• "Hell and Back Again"
Danfung Dennis si Mike Lerner
• "If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front"
Marshall Curry si Sam Cullman
• "Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory"
Charles Ferguson si Audrey Marrs
• "Pina"
Wim Wenders si Gian-Piero Ringel
• "Undefeated"
TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay si Richard Middlemas

Documentar scurt metraj
• "The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement"
Robin Fryday si Gail Dolgin
• "God Is the Bigger Elvis"
Rebecca Cammisa si Julie Anderson
• "Incident in New Baghdad"
James Spione
• "Saving Face"
Daniel Junge si Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
• "The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom"
Lucy Walker si Kira Carstensen

Montaj
• "The Artist" Anne-Sophie Bion si Michel Hazanavicius
• "The Descendants" Kevin Tent
• "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Kirk Baxter si Angus Wall
• "Hugo" Thelma Schoonmaker
• "Moneyball" Christopher Tellefsen

Film strain
• "Bullhead" Belgia
• "Footnote" Israel
• "In Darkness" Polonia
• "Monsieur Lazhar" Canada
• "A Separation" Iran

Machiaj
• "Albert Nobbs"
Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston si Matthew W. Mungle
• "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk si Yolanda Toussieng
• "The Iron Lady"
Mark Coulier si J. Roy Helland

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

Cel mai bun cantec
• "Man or Muppet" din "The Muppets" Muzica si versuri de Bret McKenzie
• "Real in Rio" din Rio" muzica de Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown versuri de Siedah Garrett

Animatie scurt metraj
• "Dimanche/Sunday" Patrick Doyon
• "The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore" William Joyce si Brandon Oldenburg
• "La Luna" Enrico Casarosa
• "A Morning Stroll" Grant Orchard si Sue Goffe
• "Wild Life" Amanda Forbis si Wendy Tilby

Scurt metraj
"Pentecost" Peter McDonald si Eimear O'Kane
• "Raju" Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren
• "The Shore" Terry George and Oorlagh George
• "Time Freak" Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
• "Tuba Atlantic" Hallvar Witzø

Montaj de sunet
• "Drive" Lon Bender siVictor Ray Ennis
• "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Ren Klyce
• "Hugo" Philip Stockton si Eugene Gearty
• "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" Ethan Van der Ryn si Erik Aadahl
• "War Horse" Richard Hymns si Gary Rydstrom

Mixaj de sunet
• "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce si Bo Persson
• "Hugo"
Tom Fleischman si John Midgley
• "Moneyball"
Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco si Ed Novick
• "Transformers: Dark of the Moon"
Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush si Peter J. Devlin
• "War Horse"
Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson si Stuart Wilson
Efecte vizuale
• "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler si John Richardson
• "Hugo"
Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman si Alex Henning
• "Real Steel"
Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor si Swen Gillberg
• "Rise of the Planet of the Apes"
Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White si Daniel Barrett
• "Transformers: Dark of the Moon"
Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler si John Frazier