An Illustrated Guide To The Oscar Nominations

Rooney Mara scored a Best Actress nom for her Dragon Tattoo work, which means she can continue to pretend she really is the cyberpunky Swedish hacker Lisbeth Salander.

War Horse was nominated for Best Picture, and that obviously couldn't have happened without the horse. So clearly he should be allowed to attend the show.

Meryl Streep picked up a record sixteenth nomination for her performance in The Iron Lady, which means we can likely expect another speech wherein which she pretends to be utterly baffled that she's won.

The group of nine best picture nominees includes two flicks centering on little brown haired and blue eyed boys. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close...

... and Hugo.

Michael Fassbender and his penis totally got snubbed! Perhaps the Academy was simply embarrassed.

A choice quote from the five Costume Design nominees.