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The nominations for the 84th annual Academy Awards were just announced here in Hollywood and while a lot of the films that have been getting lots of love at other awards shows also scored Oscar noms, there are a few surprises in this new crop of Academy Award nominations. The Artist, the film getting all of the buzz lately, managed to nab 10 nominations but the Martin Scorsese film Hugo (which has gotten almost NO buzz from the public at all) bested it with 11 nominations — including one for Best Picture. The new Oscar nomination rules that went into effect a few years ago make it possible for anywhere between 5 and 10 films to be nominated for Best Picture … this year, there are 9 films up for the biggest prize — The Artist, The Descendants, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, The Help, Hugo, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, The Tree of Life and War Horse. Click below for more about this year’s Oscar noms and find out if your fave films/actors managed to get a nomination this year.

The nominations for the 84th annual Academy Awards have not yet been decided but the voting ballots have been mailed out this week to all members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences so it won’t be long until we find out which films will be competing to take home Oscar trophies next February. While we wait for the votes to come in and tallied, today we get to check out the the just-released official poster for the 2012 Academy Awards. The poster is predictably traditional … but a good reminder that the Academy Awards are just around the corner.

Yesterday we learned that Eddie Murphy will NOT be hosting the 2012 Academy Awards just hours after it was announced that Brett Ratner was forced to resign from producing the Academy Awards due to making homophobic comments. Today we are hearing from 8 time Oscars host Billy Crystal that he will be “doing” the show next year. Billy shared this information on his official Twitter profile, seemingly announcing to the world that he will be hosting the show next year.

One day after Brett Ratner resigned from producing the 2012 Academy Awards (due to the backlash surrounding his homophobic remarks), intended Oscars host Eddie Murphy has pulled out of his involvement with the Academy Awards. Murphy was named host after Ratner was brought on to produce the show and the men are close friends. It would seem that either Eddie no longer wanted to host the show (unlikely, IMHO) or the Academy didn’t want him to host now that they are rid of Ratner (likely). In either event, Eddie is out … click below to read all the deets about the end of Murphy‘s non-existent Oscars hosting career.

Hollywood producer Brett Ratner will no longer be involved with the production of the 2012 Academy Awards after he made an outrageous homophobic remark in front of an audience of fans. During a Q&A with fans after a screening of his film Tower Heist, Ratner was asked about the rehearsal process when making a film. Ratner scoffed at the question and said “rehearsing is for fags”. Just days later, Ratner issued a formal resignation letter to the Academy removing himself as producer of next year’s Oscars NOT, IMHO, by his choice. The Academy received so much heat for their association with Ratner in the wake of his disgusting comment that I’m *certain* he was forced to resign. Click below to read the full text of Ratner‘s resignation letter.

Wow … what started out as a silly rumor turned out to be … reality. The Motion Picture Academy announced today that comedian/actor/Academy Award nominee Eddie Murphy has been chosen as the host of the 84th annual Academy Awards next year. To be honest, I didn’t place one bit of credence to the rumors that Murphy might get the hosting gig … so I’m a bit surprised. But, now that I know that Brett Ratner is directing the show … it makes sense. To bet honest, I’m not even really concerned with the idea of Eddie as the host … I’m much more concerned that Ratner will be directing. Yikes!!

The 2011 Academy Awards were handed out last night, honoring outstanding achievement in film. Read below for a full list of this year’s winners …

And so … the 83rd annual Academy Awards have been handed out, bringing to a close another long awards season. Despite efforts to make the Oscars telecast a “young and hip” affair, this year’s show — IMHO — ended up feeling “old and boring” as usual. BUT, there were some very well-deserved awards handed out last night, tho not many surprises. The biggest award went to The King’s Speech, a British film that ended up with 4 Oscars in total. Inception, which really hasn’t won any major awards all awards season long, tied The King’s Speech with 4 Oscars. The Social Network, once considered a front-runner for Best Picture, ended up with only 3 awards — but one of those Oscars went to my boy Trent Reznor and his collaborator Atticus Ross for Best Original Score. For me, this was an Oscars to remember … but only for Reznor‘s win and not much else.

OMFG!!!! … full post to come … BUT TRENT REZNOR & ATTICUS ROSS WON BEST ORIGINAL SCORE!!!

OK … I’ve composed myself enough to write up some text and post a few photos … of Trent Reznor and his wife Mariqueen Maandig Reznor on the Academy Awards red carpet and some hastily snapped cellphone screencaps of my German TV of Trent and Atticus Ross accepting their Oscars on stage. Read on and please revel with me in my EXTREME glee.

The 83rd annual Academy Awards will air LIVE tonight at 8:30 PM ET, 5:30 PM PT … and 2:30 AM Berlin, Germany time — where I am right now. If you would like to watch the Oscars LIVE with me (along with some pre-show red carpet stuff), you can do so via the Academy Awards live streams below.