"The Tree of Life" is the OSCAR's surprise

The Academy of Motion Pictures Art and Sciences announced its nominees for Best Achievements of 2011. Many nominees where pretty much accepted, but it did carry along some surprises. The major surprise was "The Tree of Life" who has earned the Cannes' Palme d'Or received three nominations for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Cinematography. Terrance Malik's film deserves such nomination even though it was ignored by Hollywood Trade Unions.Getting a nomination in all categories, was Martin Scorsese' "Hugo" that collected all 11. And with 10 nominations, comes the French film "The Artis" to become the first candidate to receive the Best Picture Award. The other major surprise was giving "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" by Stephen Daldry a Best Picture nomination. Below, are all the nominations for the Oscars of 2011:Best Picture The Artist The Descendants Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close The Help Hugo Midnight in Paris Moneyball The Tree of Life War HorseBest Director Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist Alexdander Payne, The Descendants Martin Scorsese, Hugo Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris Terrence Malick, The Tree of LifeBest Actor In a Supporting Role Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn Jonah Hill, Moneyball Nick Nolte, Warrior Christopher Plummer, Beginners Max von Sydow, Extremely Loud & Incredibly CloseBest Actress in a Supporting Role Bérénice Bejo, The Artist Jessica Chastain, The Help Mellisa McCarthy, Bridesmaids Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs Octavia Spencer, The HelpBest Actor in a Leading Role Demian Bichir, A Better Life George Clooney, The Descendants Jean Dujardin, The Artist Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Brad Pitt, MoneyballBest Actress in a Leading Role 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 MarilynAnimated Feature Film A Cat in Paris, Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli Chico & Rita, Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal Kung Fu Panda 2, Jennifer Yuh Nelson Puss in Boots, Chris Miller Rango, Gore VerbinskiCinematography The Artist, Guillaume Schiffman The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Jeff Cronenweth Hugo, Robert Richardson The Tree of Life, Emmanuel Lubezki War Horse, Janusz KaminskiForeign Language Film Belgium, “Bullhead”, Michael R. Roskam, director Canada, “Monsieur Lazhar”, Philippe Falardeau, director Iran, “A Separation”, Asghar Farhadi, director Israel, “Footnote”, Joseph Cedar, director Poland, “In Darkness”, Agnieszka Holland, directorMusic (Original Song) “Man or Muppet” from The Muppets, Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie “Real in Rio” from Rio, Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown, Lyric by Siedah GarrettWriting (Adapted Screenplay) The Descendants, Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash Hugo, Screenplay by John Logan The Ides of March, Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon Moneyball, Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin. Story by Stan Chervin Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Screenplay by Bridget O’Connor & Peter StraughanWriting (Original Screenplay) The Artist, Written by Michel Hazanavicius Bridesmaids, Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig Margin Call, Written by J.C. Chandor Midnight in Paris, Written by Woody Allen A Separation, Written by Asghar FarhadiArt Direction The Artist: Laurence Bennett (Production Design); Robert Gould (Set Decoration) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2: Stuart Craig (Production Design); Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration) Hugo: Dante Ferretti (Production Design); Francesca Lo Schiavo (Set Decoration) War Horse: Rick Carter (Production Design); Lee Sandales (Set Decoration)Costume Design Anonymous, Lisy Christl The Artist, Mark Bridges Hugo, Sandy Powell Jane Eyre, Michael O’Connor W.E., Arianne PhillipsDocumentary Feature Hell and Back Again If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory Pina UndefeatedDocumentary Short The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement, Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin God is the Bigger Elvis, Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson Incident in New Baghdad, James Spione Saving Face, Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom, Lucy Walker and Kira CarstensenFilm Editing The Artist, Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius The Descendants, Kevin Tent The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall Hugo, Thelma Schoonmaker Moneyball, Christopher TellefsenMakeup Albert Nobbs, Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight and Lisa Tomblin The Iron Lady, Mark Coulier and J. Roy HellandMusic (Original Score) The Adventures of Tintin, John Williams The Artist, Ludovic Bource Hugo, Howard Shore Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Alberto Iglesias War Horse, John WilliamsShort Film (Animated) Dimanche/Sunday, Patrick Doyon The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg La Luna, Enrico Casarosa A Morning Stroll, Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe Wild Life, Amanda Forbis and Wendy TilbyShort Film (Live Action) Pentecost, Peter McDonald and 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 WitzøSound Editing Drive, Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Ren Klyce Hugo, Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl War Horse, Richard Hymns and Gary RydstromSound Mixing The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson Hugo, Tom Fleischman and John Midgley Moneyball, Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin War Horse, Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart WilsonVisual Effects Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson Hugo, Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning Real Steel, Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Dan Glass, Brad Friedman, Douglas Trumbull and Michael Fink