Alternate Oscars: 2011

If you're looking for Shame, Melancholia or The Tree of Life, you've definitely come to the wrong place ...

No Meryl Streep either. She won an Oscar for playing Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady but seriously, come on! Talk about your "dingoes ate mah baby" performances! The Academy can't find somebody else to honor?

Best Picture of 2011

✔ The Artist

Bridesmaids

The Descendants

Drive

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

The Help

Hugo

★ Midnight in Paris

Moneyball

A Separation

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Best Actor of 2011

★ George Clooney (The Descendants)

✔ Jean Dujardin (The Artist)

Ryan Gosling (Drive)

Brad Pitt (Moneyball)

Owen Wilson (Midnight in Paris)

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Best Actress of 2011

Viola Davis (The Help)

Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)

Charlize Theron (Young Adult)

Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaids)

★ Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn)

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Best Director of 2011

Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris)

★ ✔ Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)

Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive)

Martin Scorsese (Hugo)

David Yates (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2)

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Best Supporting Actor of 2011 (Poll Closed)

• ✔ Christopher Plummer (Beginners)  48.89%  (22 votes)  
   
• ★ Alan Rickman (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2)  28.89%  (13 votes)  
   
• Andy Serkis (Rise of the Planet of the Apes)  6.67%  (3 votes)  
   
• Corey Stoll (Midnight in Paris)  15.55%  (7 votes)  
   
• Hugo Weaving (Captain America: The First Avenger)  0%  (0 votes)  
   

 

Total Votes: 45

 

Best Supporting Actress of 2011

Bérénice Bejo (The Artist)

Elle Fanning (Super 8)

Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids)

★ ✔ Octavia Spencer (The Help)

Shailene Woodley (The Descendants)

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Special Award

Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris) (original screenplay)

Robert Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann, Alex Henning (Hugo) (visual effects)

Uggie (The Artist) (best dog)

The Help (worst pie)

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My choices are noted with a ★. A tie is indicated with a ✪. Historical Oscar winners are noted with a ✔. Best foreign-language picture winners are noted with an ƒ. Best animated feature winners are noted with an @. A historical winner who won in a different category is noted with a ✱.