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84th Academy Awards

Official poster promoting the 84th Academy Awards in 2012.
Official poster

Date February 26, 2012
Site
Hollywood and Highland Center Theatre[a]
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Hosted by
Billy Crystal[1]
Preshow hosts Jess Cagle
Nina García
Tim Gunn
Robin Roberts
Louise Roe[2]
Produced by
Brian Grazer
Don Mischer[3]
Directed by
Don Mischer[3]
Highlights
Best Picture The Artist
Most awards
The Artist and Hugo (5)
Most nominations
Hugo (11)
TV in the United States
Network ABC
Duration 3 hours, 13 minutes[4]
Ratings 39.46 million
23.91% (Nielsen ratings)[5]

The 84th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2011 in the United States and took place on February 26, 2012, at the Hollywood and Highland Center Theatre[a] in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. The ceremony was televised in the United States by ABC, and produced by Brian Grazer and Don Mischer, with Mischer also serving as director. Actor Billy Crystal hosted the show for the ninth time. He first presided over the 62nd ceremony held in 1990 and had last hosted the 76th ceremony held in 2004.[6]


On June 14, 2011, Academy president Tom Sherak announced at a press conference that, in an attempt to further revitalize interest surrounding the awards, the 2012 ceremony would feature between five and ten Best Picture nominees depending on voting results, as opposed to a set number of nominees.[7] In related events, the Academy held its third annual Governors Awards ceremony at the Grand Ballroom of the Hollywood and Highland Center on November 12, 2011.[8] On February 11, 2012, in a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Milla Jovovich.[9]


The Artist won five awards, including Best Actor for Jean Dujardin, Best Director for Michel Hazanavicius, and Best Picture, the first silent feature to win an Academy Award for Best Picture since 1927's Wings, the inaugural winner in 1929.[10][11][12] Other winners included Hugo also with five awards, The Iron Lady with two awards, and Beginners, The Descendants, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Help, Midnight in Paris, The Muppets, Rango, Saving Face, A Separation, The Shore, and Undefeated with one. The telecast garnered more than 39 million viewers in the United States.




Contents






  • 1 Winners and nominees


    • 1.1 Awards


    • 1.2 Honorary Academy Awards


      • 1.2.1 Academy Honorary Award


      • 1.2.2 Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award




    • 1.3 Films with multiple nominations and awards




  • 2 Presenters and performers


    • 2.1 Presenters


    • 2.2 Performers




  • 3 Ceremony information


    • 3.1 Box office performance of nominated films


    • 3.2 Critical reviews


    • 3.3 Ratings and reception




  • 4 In Memoriam


  • 5 See also


  • 6 Notes


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links





Winners and nominees


The nominees for the 84th Academy Awards were announced on January 24, 2012, at 5:38 a.m. PST (13:38 UTC) at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Tom Sherak, president of the Academy, and the actress Jennifer Lawrence.[13]Hugo led all nominees with eleven nominations; The Artist came in second with ten.[14]


The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on February 26, 2012.[15] While many confuse The Artist as a silent feature, it is actually a sound picture with an accompanying soundtrack. The 1927 film Wings is still the only silent film to win Best Picture, an honor received at the inaugural awards ceremony in 1929.[16] Moreover, it was also the first black-and-white feature to win Best Picture since 1993's Schindler's List.[16][b] Best Actor winner Jean Dujardin became the first French actor to win an Oscar.[17] With her latest win for Best Actress, Meryl Streep became the fifth performer to win at least three acting Oscars.[17] At age 82, Best Supporting Actor winner Christopher Plummer also made Oscar history by becoming the oldest ever performer to win a competitive acting Oscar.[17][18]



Awards



Photo of Michel Hazanavicius at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.


Michel Hazanavicius, Best Director winner



Photo of Jean Dujardin at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.


Jean Dujardin, Best Actor winner



Photo of Meryl Streep in the 2016.


Meryl Streep, Best Actress winner



Photo of Christopher Plummer at the 2014 Miami International Film Festival.


Christopher Plummer, Best Supporting Actor winner



Photo of Octavia Spencer in 2016.


Octavia Spencer, Best Supporting Actress winner



Photo of Woody Allen in 2006.


Woody Allen, Best Original Screenplay winner



Photo of Alexander Payne in 2015.


Alexander Payne, Best Adapted Screenplay co-winner



Photo of Nat Faxon at the premiere of You're the Worst in 2014.


Nat Faxon, Best Adapted Screenplay co-winner



Photo of Jim Rash at the San Diego Comic-Con in 2013.


Jim Rash, Best Adapted Screenplay co-winner



Photo of Asghar Farhadi in 2013.


Asghar Farhadi, Best Foreign Language Film winner



Photo of Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy at the World Economic Forum in 2013.


Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Best Documentary Short Subject co-winner



Photo of William Joyce in November 2011.


William Joyce, Best Animated Short Film co-winner



Photo of Bret McKenzie at the premiere of Muppets Most Wanted in 2014.


Bret McKenzie, Best Original Song winner


Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (double-dagger).[19]




















































Best Picture


  • The Artist – Thomas Langmann, producerdouble-dagger


    • The Descendants – Jim Burke, Jim Taylor, and Alexander Payne, producers


    • Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close – Scott Rudin, producer


    • The Help – Brunson Green, Chris Columbus, and Michael Barnathan, producers


    • Hugo – Graham King and Martin Scorsese, producers


    • Midnight in Paris – Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, producers


    • Moneyball – Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz, and Brad Pitt, producers


    • The Tree of Life – Dede Gardner, Sarah Green, Grant Hill, and Bill Pohlad, producers


    • War Horse – Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, producers




Best Director


  • Michel Hazanavicius – The Artistdouble-dagger


    • Alexander Payne – The Descendants


    • Martin Scorsese – Hugo


    • Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris


    • Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life




Best Actor


  • Jean Dujardin – The Artist as George Valentindouble-dagger


    • Demián Bichir – A Better Life as Carlos Galindo


    • George Clooney – The Descendants as Matthew "Matt" King


    • Gary Oldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as George Smiley


    • Brad Pitt – Moneyball as Billy Beane




Best Actress


  • Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady as Margaret Thatcherdouble-dagger


    • Glenn Close – Albert Nobbs as Albert Nobbs


    • Viola Davis – The Help as Aibileen Clark


    • Rooney Mara – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as Lisbeth Salander


    • Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn as Marilyn Monroe




Best Supporting Actor


  • Christopher Plummer – Beginners as Hal Fieldsdouble-dagger


    • Kenneth Branagh – My Week with Marilyn as Laurence Olivier


    • Jonah Hill – Moneyball as Peter Brand


    • Nick Nolte – Warrior as Paddy Conlon


    • Max von Sydow – Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close as The Renter




Best Supporting Actress


  • Octavia Spencer – The Help as Minny Jacksondouble-dagger


    • Bérénice Bejo – The Artist as Peppy Miller


    • Jessica Chastain – The Help as Celia Foote


    • Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids as Megan Price


    • Janet McTeer – Albert Nobbs as Hubert Page




Best Original Screenplay


  • Midnight in Paris – Woody Allendouble-dagger


    • The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius


    • Bridesmaids – Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo


    • Margin Call – J. C. Chandor


    • A Separation – Asghar Farhadi




Best Adapted Screenplay


  • The Descendants – Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemmingsdouble-dagger


    • Hugo – John Logan based on the book entitled The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick


    • The Ides of March – George Clooney, Grant Heslov, and Beau Willimon based on the play Farragut North by Beau Willimon


    • Moneyball – Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin; Story by Stan Chervin based on the book by Michael Lewis


    • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Bridget O'Connor (posthumous nomination) and Peter Straughan based on the novel by John le Carré




Best Animated Feature Film


  • Rango – Directed by Gore Verbinskidouble-dagger


    • A Cat in Paris – Directed by Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli


    • Chico and Rita – Directed by Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal


    • Kung Fu Panda 2 – Directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson


    • Puss in Boots – Directed by Chris Miller




Best Foreign Language Film


  • A Separation (Iran) in Persian – Directed by Asghar Farhadidouble-dagger


    • Bullhead (Belgium) in Dutch and French – Directed by Michaël R. Roskam


    • Footnote (Israel) in Hebrew – Directed by Joseph Cedar


    • In Darkness (Poland) in Polish – Directed by Agnieszka Holland


    • Monsieur Lazhar (Canada) in French – Directed by Philippe Falardeau




Best Documentary – Feature


  • Undefeated – T. J. Martin, Daniel Lindsay, and Rich Middlemasdouble-dagger


    • Hell and Back Again – Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner


    • If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front – Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman


    • Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory – Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky


    • Pina – Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel




Best Documentary – Short Subject


  • Saving Face – Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Daniel Jungedouble-dagger


    • The Barber of Birmingham – Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin (posthumous nomination)


    • God Is the Bigger Elvis – Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson


    • Incident in New Baghdad – James Spione


    • The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom – Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen




Best Live Action Short Film


  • The Shore – Terry George and Oorlagh Georgedouble-dagger


    • Pentecost – Peter McDonald and Eimear O'Kane


    • Raju – Max Zahle and Stefan Gieren


    • Time Freak – Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey


    • Tuba Atlantic – Hallvar Witzø (nomination revoked)[c]




Best Animated Short Film


  • The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore – William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburgdouble-dagger


    • Dimanche – Patrick Doyon


    • La Luna – Enrico Casarosa


    • A Morning Stroll – Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe


    • Wild Life – Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby




Best Original Score


  • The Artist – Ludovic Bourcedouble-dagger


    • The Adventures of Tintin – John Williams


    • Hugo – Howard Shore


    • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Alberto Iglesias


    • War Horse – John Williams




Best Original Song

  • "Man or Muppet" from The Muppets – Music and Lyrics by Bret McKenziedouble-dagger
    • "Real in Rio" from Rio – Music by Sérgio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown; Lyrics by Siedah Garrett



Best Sound Editing


  • Hugo – Philip Stockton and Eugene Geartydouble-dagger


    • Drive – Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis


    • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Ren Klyce


    • Transformers: Dark of the Moon – Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl


    • War Horse – Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom




Best Sound Mixing


  • Hugo – Tom Fleischman and John Midgleydouble-dagger


    • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson


    • Moneyball – Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, David 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 Wilson




Best Art Direction


  • Hugo – Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavodouble-dagger


    • The Artist – Art Direction: Laurence Bennett; Set Decoration: Robert Gould


    • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 – Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan


    • Midnight in Paris – Art Direction: Anne Seibel; Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil


    • War Horse – Art Direction: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales




Best Cinematography


  • Hugo – Robert Richardsondouble-dagger


    • The Artist – Guillaume Schiffman


    • The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo – Jeff Cronenweth


    • The Tree of Life – Emmanuel Lubezki


    • War Horse – Janusz Kamiński




Best Makeup


  • The Iron Lady – Mark Coulier and J. Roy Hellanddouble-dagger


    • Albert Nobbs – Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnson, and Matthew W. Mungle


    • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 – Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight, and Lisa Tomblin




Best Costume Design


  • The Artist – Mark Bridgesdouble-dagger


    • Anonymous – Lisy Christl


    • Hugo – Sandy Powell


    • Jane Eyre – Michael O'Connor


    • W.E. – Arianne Phillips




Best Film Editing


  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Angus Wall and Kirk Baxterdouble-dagger


    • The Artist – Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius


    • The Descendants – Kevin Tent


    • Hugo – Thelma Schoonmaker


    • Moneyball – Christopher Tellefsen




Best Visual Effects


  • Hugo – Robert Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann, and Alex Henningdouble-dagger


    • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 – Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler, and John Richardson


    • 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 – Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew E. Butler, and John Frazier





Honorary Academy Awards


The Academy held its 3rd Annual Governors Awards ceremony on November 12, 2011, during which the following awards were presented.[8][20]



Academy Honorary Award




  • James Earl Jones — For his legacy of consistent excellence and uncommon versatility.


  • Dick Smith — For his unparalleled mastery of texture, shade, form, and illusion.



Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award


  • Oprah Winfrey


Films with multiple nominations and awards









Presenters and performers


The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.[21]



Presenters







































































































Name(s) Role

Melissa Disney
Tom Kane
Announcers for the 84th annual Academy Awards
Morgan Freeman Presenter of the opening montage
Tom Hanks Presenter of the awards for Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction

Cameron Diaz
Jennifer Lopez
Presenters of the awards for Best Costume Design and Best Makeup
Sandra Bullock Presenter of the award for Best Foreign Language Film
Christian Bale Presenter of the award for Best Supporting Actress

Bradley Cooper
Tina Fey
Presenters of the awards for Best Film Editing, Best Sound Editing, and Best Sound Mixing

Kermit the Frog
Miss Piggy
Introducers of the performance by Cirque du Soleil

Robert Downey Jr.
Gwyneth Paltrow
Presenters of the award for Best Documentary Feature
Chris Rock Presenter of the award for Best Animated Feature Film

Ben Stiller
Emma Stone
Presenters of the award for Best Visual Effects
Melissa Leo Presenter of the award for Best Supporting Actor

Tom Sherak (AMPAS President)
Special presentation congratulating host Billy Crystal and producers Brian Grazer and Don Mischer

Penélope Cruz
Owen Wilson
Presenters of the award for Best Original Score

Will Ferrell
Zach Galifianakis
Presenters of the award for Best Original Song
Angelina Jolie Presenter of the awards for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Screenplay
Milla Jovovich Presenter of the segment of the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement and the Gordon E. Sawyer Award

Rose Byrne
Ellie Kemper
Melissa McCarthy
Wendi McLendon-Covey
Maya Rudolph
Kristen Wiig
Presenters of the awards for Best Live Action Short Film, Best Documentary Short Subject, and Best Animated Short Film
Michael Douglas Presenter of the award for Best Director
Meryl Streep Presenter of the segment of the Honorary Academy Awards and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Billy Crystal Presenter of the In Memoriam tribute
Natalie Portman Presenter of the award for Best Actor
Colin Firth Presenter of the award for Best Actress
Tom Cruise Presenter of the Best Picture segment and the award for Best Picture


Performers




























Name(s) Role Performed

Peter Asher
Ann Marie Calhoun
Sheila E.
Junkie XL
Giorgio Moroder
A. R. Rahman
Esperanza Spalding
Martin Tillman
Pharrell Williams
Stephane Wrembel
Hans Zimmer[22]
Musical arrangers Orchestral
Billy Crystal Performer Opening number
Cirque du Soleil Performers Special performance in a tribute to movie memories

Esperanza Spalding
Southern California Children's Chorus
Performers "What a Wonderful World" during the annual In Memoriam tribute


Ceremony information



A picture of a man in his early sixties who is wearing navy blue blazer and an unbuttoned light blue shirt.


Billy Crystal hosted the 84th Academy Awards


Because of the declining viewership of recent Academy Awards ceremonies, the Academy sought ideas to revamp the show while renewing interest with the nominated films. In light of the previous year's telecast, whose performance by co-hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway yielded critically negative reviews and a 9% decline in viewership, many within the Motion Picture Academy proposed new ways to give the awards a more populist appeal.[23][24] After a two-year experiment with ten Best Pictures nominees, AMPAS president Tom Sherak announced that the number of final nominees can now range from five to ten as opposed a fixed number.[7] The nomination voting process would be the same as before, through preferential balloting, but now only films that receive a minimum of 5% of total number-one votes are eligible for Best Picture nominations.[25] Academy then-executive director Bruce Davis explained, "A Best Picture nomination should be an indication of extraordinary merit. If there are only eight pictures that truly earn that honor in a given year, we shouldn't feel an obligation to round out the number."[26][27] Changes in the Best Animated Feature also were announced. In response to the growing number of animated features released per year, the Academy stated in a press release that four to five films would now be nominated per year contingent on how many animated feature films were released in that year.[28]


Originally, the Academy selected director Brett Ratner as co-producer of the ceremony with Don Mischer in August 2011.[29] Actor and comedian Eddie Murphy was hired by Ratner to preside over hosting duties.[30] However, after commenting to radio host Howard Stern during an interview promoting the film Tower Heist that "rehearsal is for fags" and disparaging remarks about actress Olivia Munn, Ratner resigned from his co-producing duties on November 8.[31][32] Murphy subsequently stepped down as host the following day.[33] Immediately, the Academy selected film producer Brian Grazer to replace Ratner as co-producer.[34] Actor and veteran Oscar emcee Billy Crystal was recruited by Grazer to take over hosting duties.[35]


Multiple others participated in the production of the ceremony. Musicians Hans Zimmer and Pharrell Williams composed new music exclusive to the Oscars ceremony, which was later released as an album via the iTunes Store.[22][36] Oscar-winning production designer John Myhre designed a new stage for the ceremony.[37] Director Bennett Miller filmed several vignettes featuring actors discussing movie memories and the business of filmmaking.[38]Cirque du Soleil, who was concurrently renting the Hollywood and Highland Center for their show Iris, performed a dance number at the ceremony inspired by their aforementioned show.[39] Unlike most Oscar ceremonies, however, Grazer and Mischer announced that neither of the two songs nominated for Best Original Song would be performed live.[40]



Box office performance of nominated films


For the first time since 2008, only one of the nominees for Best Picture had grossed over $100 million before the nominations were announced (compared with three from the previous year).[41][42] The combined gross of the nine Best Picture nominees when the Oscars were announced was $518 million with an average gross of $57.7 million per film.[43]


None of the nine Best Picture nominees was among the top ten releases in box office during the nominations. When the nominations were announced on January 24, 2012, The Help was the highest-grossing film among the Best Picture nominees with $169.6 million in domestic box office receipts. Among the remaining eight nominees, Moneyball was the second-highest-grossing film with $75.5 million; this was followed by War Horse ($72.3 million), Midnight in Paris ($56.4 million), Hugo ($55.9 million), The Descendants ($51.3 million), The Tree of Life ($13.3 million), The Artist ($12.1 million) and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close ($10.7 million).[44]


Of the top 50 grossing movies of the year, 36 nominations went to 15 films on the list. Only The Help (13th), Bridesmaids (14th), Kung Fu Panda 2 (15th), Puss in Boots (16th), Rango (22nd), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (28th), Moneyball (43rd), and War Horse (46th) were nominated for Best Picture, Best Animated Feature or any of the directing, acting or screenwriting awards.[45] The other top 50 box office hits that earned nominations were Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (1st), Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2nd), Rise of the Planet of the Apes (11th), Rio (18th), The Muppets (34th), Real Steel (35th), and The Adventures of Tintin (47th).[45]



Critical reviews


The show received a mixed reception from media publications. Some media outlets were more critical of the show. Television critic Lori Rackl of the Chicago Sun-Times criticized Crystal's performance saying that the emcee "left his A game at home Sunday. Crystal's mediocre monologue was consistent with a mediocre 84th installment of Hollywood’s biggest awards ceremony.[46] Columnist Tim Goodman of The Hollywood Reporter quipped that "Somewhere, against all odds, James Franco is buying drinks for everybody." He went on to say that the previous year's critically panned telecast was eclipsed by Crystal's dull antics and that the show itself was "poorly paced as any in recent memory."[47]Alessandra Stanley of The New York Times lamented, "The whole night looked like an AARP pep rally." She also noted that, "For a town that prides itself on tinsel and titillation, the night was pretty tame."[48]


Other media outlets received the broadcast more positively. Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly commented that despite the ceremony running over three hours and honoring films that had earned modest box office numbers, "it was a jolly good show." He also praised the cast and several sketches and segments from the show.[49] Film critic Roger Ebert lauded Crystal's performance saying "As probably the most popular Oscar emcee, he astonished the audience by topping himself." Of the show itself, Ebert added that it was "an unqualified improvement" over the previous year's ceremony.[50]Associated Press critic Frazier Moore pointed out that Crystal's performance "was nothing new or unexpected in his act", but he extolled him for stewarding "a sleek and entertaining Oscarcast."[51]



Ratings and reception


The American telecast on ABC drew in an average of 39.46 million people over its length, which was a 4% increase from the previous year's ceremony.[5][52] An estimated 76.56 million total viewers watched all or part of the awards.[53] The show also earned higher Nielsen ratings compared to the previous ceremony with 23.91% of households watching over a 37.64 share. However the program scored a sightly lower 18-49 demo rating with an 11.67 rating over a 32.68 share among viewers in that demographic, essentially flat with last year's numbers.[54] Many media outlets pointed out that the 54th Grammy Awards held two weeks earlier drew a larger audience with an average 39.92 million people watching.[55][56]


In July 2012, the ceremony presentation received eight nominations at the 64th Primetime Emmys.[57] Two months later, the ceremony won one of those nominations for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special (Paul Sandweiss, Tommy Vicari, Pablo Munguia, Kristian Pedregon, Bob Lamasney, Brian Riordan, Thomas Pesa, Michael Parker, Josh Morton, Patrick Baltzell, Larry Reed, and John Perez).[58]



In Memoriam


The annual In Memoriam tribute, was presented by host Billy Crystal. Singer Esperanza Spalding performed the Louis Armstrong song "What a Wonderful World" alongside the Southern California Children's Chorus during the tribute.[59][60]











See also




  • 18th Screen Actors Guild Awards

  • 32nd Golden Raspberry Awards

  • 54th Grammy Awards

  • 64th Primetime Emmy Awards

  • 65th British Academy Film Awards

  • 66th Tony Awards

  • 69th Golden Globe Awards

  • List of submissions to the 84th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film



Notes




  • aa1 a2 Kodak ended its naming rights deal prior to the ceremony, and was temporarily renamed "Hollywood and Highland Center" for the ceremony.[61] The theater was later named Dolby Theatre on May 1, 2012.[62]


  • b^ :If the color sequences in Schindler's List are taken into consideration, The Artist becomes the first completely black-and-white film to win Best Picture since 1960's The Apartment.[63]


  • c^ :In July 2012, the Academy revoked the Best Live Action Short Film nomination for Tuba Atlantic after the organization learned that the film was broadcast on television in 2010.[64]



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External links






Official websites


  • Academy Awards Official website

  • The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Official website


  • Oscar's Channel at YouTube (run by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)


News resources



  • Oscars 2012 BBC News


  • Oscars Hub 2012 Empire


  • Oscars 2012 The Guardian


Analysis



  • 2011 Academy Awards Winners and History Filmsite


  • Academy Awards, USA: 2012 Internet Movie Database


Other resources



  • 84th Academy Awards show – slideshow by The Indianapolis Star


  • The 84th Annual Academy Awards on IMDb









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