BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Prospective Academy Awards nominees have pretty much every decade of the last century covered, from the World War I epic “War Horse” through modern times with the family drama “The Descendants.”
In between at Tuesday morning’s nominations are such contenders as the 1920s and ’30s tales “The Artist” and “Hugo,” the 1950s movie-making story “My Week with Marilyn,” the 1960s Deep South drama “The Help,” the 1970s Cold War thriller “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” and the Margaret Thatcher chronicle “The Iron Lady,” spanning decades from her youth in World War II through her 1980s and ’90s career as Britain’s prime minister.
The Oscar nominations will be announced by Jennifer Lawrence at a 10-minute, predawn ceremony at the headquarters of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
The best-picture prize on Oscar night could become a tussle between the top films at the Golden Globes: best drama recipient “The Descendants,” starring George Clooney as a Hawaii father trying to keep
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