Joya Solid Perfume & Brooch

It’s that beautiful time of year again, restaurants are are overbooked, florists are putting in an abundance of orders and you, you’re either freaking out about what to get your significant others or you’re one of those Type A’s who had it on lock since Feb 15th of last year. What to get is always a questions, well here are some creative and fun gifts to give your hunny.

Joya Studio; Shades of Dusk: One of the greatest and most alluring collaborations I’ve seen in a long time. The magnificent and enticing scents from Joya encompasased in the beautiful mythic amulets from Vane.  The natural solid perfumes are enticing and sexy and the jewelry that houses it is equally so.  No decision making in whether to get fragrance or jewelry, you have both in one here. Click here to purchase.

The Art of Shaving; Full Size Kit. Full Size Badger Black Brush. Coming in three different scents, Lavendar, Sandalwood and Lemon, and one unscented.  This beautiful set comes with  Pre-Shave Oil (2 fl. oz), Shaving Cream (5.0 oz), After-Shave Balm (3.4 fl. oz), and a Pure Badger Black Shaving Brush AKA, the 4 Elements of The Perfect Shave®.  This is a beautiful, fun gift for the sophisticated man. Click here to purchase.

Red Door Spa: The Red Door spa is one of my absolute favorite spas.  You feel completely relaxed walking off the elevator and you are only more so once greeted.  Treat your special someone to a spa day filled with massages, facials and mani/pedi’s or, make it a double gift and do it as a couple.  There is a really sexy feeling knowing your love is right there with you while you enjoy your services. Click here to purchase.

Scenterprises; Create Your Own Fragrance: This may be one of my absolute favorite gifts to give. How many times are you going to get the man or woman in your life another cologne or perfume? Why not get him or her something a little more special, a little more unique.  With the create your own fragrance you can either make them a perfect scent just for them or let them have the fun and do it on their own.  There is something incredibly sexy and beautiful about having a fragrance that is only yours.  And, with the master kit, you can design smells for every part of your world.  From work to a sexy night out, make a scent that fits your every mood.  This is a unique gift that says you were really thinking about your love. Click here to purchase.

Dior; ’5 Couleurs Garden Party Garden Roses Eyeshadow Palette: What an absolutely stunning grouping of the perfect colors of love. These colors are really beautiful with almost any skin tone and would make a stunning luxurious gift of beauty for  the special woman in your life. Click here to purchase.

Rufus Wainwright returns to the pop foray with his eagerly anticipated new album, Out of the Game , to be released May 1st on Decca. Produced by the celebrated Mark Ronson , this is the seventh studio album from one of the most accomplished, contemporary singer-songwriters today.

A labor of love for both Wainwright and Ronson, Rufus calls Out of the Game, “the most pop album I’ve ever made,” while Ronson recently stated, “it’s the best work of my career.” Recorded in New York in the fall of 2011, the twelve songs are hook-laden, memorably arranged tracks reminiscent of Rufus’ early work, following 2010′s more quietly intimate outing, Songs For Lulu.

From the uptempo opening chords of the title track and first single, to the gospel tinged rock of ‘Jericho,’ through the beauty of ‘Sometimes You Need’ and the emotional pull of ‘Candles,’ this new disc ranks alongside Rufus Wainwright’s very best.

Musicians on the album include the Dap-Kings who Mark used for the groundbreaking Amy Winehouse Back To Black album and his own ‘Record Collection’; Wilco’s Nels Cline; Nick Zinner of Yeah Yeah Yeahs; Andrew Wyatt from Miike Snow; Sean Lennon and Martha Wainwright.

Influences, as ever, were all encompassing. Mark says Out of the Game “has a real 70′s, Laurel Canyon spirit” while Rufus cites “all the greats- Elton, Freddie Mercury, David Bowie – basically the brash and beautiful. It’s also very Rufus.”

Affectionately referred to by Elton John as “the greatest songwriter on the planet” and praised by The New York Times for his “genuine originality,” Grammy nominee Rufus Wainwright has established himself as one of the great male vocalists and songwriters of his generation. He is the son of folk singers Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle, and brother of Martha Wainwright, but Rufus has achieved his success by carving out his own singular sound in the worlds of rock, opera, theater, dance and film.

A fragrance bottle is not just a bottle, it is a piece of art.  Something to be respected and treated delicately. It is the first and most visual impression in a scent-directed industry. Fragrance is an art, not only in combining the perfect notes to meet your sensory utopia, but also in the beauty in which it is presented.

Step in Marc Rosen. Mr. Rosen is an icon in the fragrance world. He is an internationally known and idolized bottle designer and seven time FiFi winner. His book Glamour Icons: Perfume Bottle Design is a stunning and stimulating book of Rosen’s own bottle designs, as well as the iconic bottles in the history of perfumery. Glamour Icons is a deep history of a world fragrant with glamour, celebrities, and brilliant icons explaining how these pieces of art came about. From Karl Lagerfeld to Elizabeth Arden, Chanel, and Tiffany, these are only some of the many pieces of art that you will learn about.

I found this book superbly fascinating and honestly could not put it down. It brought me into a world I had not yet encountered with very close up and personal stories about many of my personal beauty icons. This is truly a book not to be missed and I will certainly never look at another fragrance bottle the same way.  I always admired the beauty of certain bottles, but now to know the passion, art, design and true talent put into each bottle, brings a new and beautiful admiration to an art that I already so admired.

 Click here to purchase; $85.00

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Lana Del Rey isn’t necessarily a happy person, but you have to give the girl credit for being so blunt and ballsy about it. On the track “Off to the Races” from her upcoming album, Born To Die, out, Del Rey sings of a partner who “knows every inch of my tar black soul.” To be as straightforward as the singer’s lyrics, the tracks released so far from her album Born To Die are cryptic. But whatever torments Lana Del Rey, she is able to harness the pain into music that is melodic, poetic, and melancholy.

The singles released as of yet offer a great deal of promise for the album’s entirety; each lyric uncovers a veil into Lana’s mind and each video demonstrates a sad metaphor for her thoughts. The track “Born to Die,” whose video was released last month, takes an eerie perspective on the grim truths of life. The message may be somber, but the music is excellent.

The album is now available on iTunes right here.

Several nominees, presenters and guests of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s 69th Annual Golden  Globe Awards were dressed by Giorgio Armani. The show took place at the  Beverly Hilton Hotel and was broadcasted live on Sunday evening, January 15, 2012, on NBC at 5pm PST.

Best actress nominee Glenn Close wore a custom designed navy blue velvet Giorgio Armani Privé evening gown. The strapless dress features a crystal-embedded bust detail and falls into front and back velvet  panels. The gown is cushioned by a flowing pleated chiffon underskirt  that peeks out at the hem and through dramatic side slits. The look is completed with a matching velvet bolero, that outlines the shoulders and features oversized satin cuffs on three-quarter length sleeves. She was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama for her role in “Albert Nobbs.”

Best actress nominee Jodie Foster wore a Mediterranean teal-colored custom designed Giorgio Armani gown. The dress is covered by dramatic all-over beading and features an intricate border that combines rosettes and multi-bead patterns. The strapless corset has a structured crescent-shaped bustier. The cinched waist gathers into a beaded side ruffle, which follows the length of the skirt. She was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress — Motion Picture Comedy or Musical for her work in the feature film “Carnage.” Charlie Foster accompanied his mother to the Golden Globes. He selected an Emporio Armani one-button peak lapel tuxedo with a white evening shirt and a black necktie.

Best actress nominee Emily Watson wore a blush pink sleeveless silk gown with a square neckline and wide-banded waistline that features inverted pleats. The look is completed with a three-tiered pink crystal beaded necklace from the Giorgio Armani Accessories Collection. She was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television for her role in “Appropriate Adult.”

Film producer and creative director of www.eco-age.com Livia Firth wore a custom designed Giorgio Armani gown. The black strapless column dress features a bodice composed of horizontal strips of fabric, highlighted by contrasting white piping. The train is made of geometrical pleats doubled with a floral print in ivory tones. The gown follows the principles of the Green Carpet Challenge, which was created by Ms.

Firth, the wife of Academy Award winning actor Colin Firth. Attendee Nora Arnezeder chose to wear a black form-fitting Giorgio Armani gown that follows a mermaid silhouette cascading into a dramatic train. The dress is accentuated by a satin twist at the bust and sheer black illusion long sleeves. The French actress will star in the upcoming feature, “Safe House,” opposite Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds.

Actress  Dakota Johnson (“21 Jump Street”) attended in a black long-sleeved Giorgio Armani gown, featuring a high neckline and Mandarin collar, detailed with three small knotted ties across the décolleté. The daughter of Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson was Miss Golden Globe in 2006.

Actress Francis Fisher selected a Giorgio Armani vintage blue and silver metallic tiger-print gown. The form-fitting dress features a scoop neckline and spaghetti straps. Ms. Fisher attended the ceremony with Morgan Freeman, who was presented with the prestigious Cecil B. DeMille Award.

George Clooney wore a Giorgio Armani classic tuxedo. Winner of Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Drama for “The Descendants.” He was also nominated for Best Director — Motion Picture and Best Screenplay — Motion Picture for “The Ides of March.”

Leonardo DiCaprio wore a Giorgio Armani two-button peak lapel tuxedo with a classic evening shirt and a black bow tie. He was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Drama for his work in “J. Edgar.”

Michael Fassbender wore an Emporio Armani midnight blue one-button peak lapel suit with a classic white shirt and a navy neck tie. He was nominated in the category of Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion  Picture — Drama for his work in “Shame.”

Director Martin Scorsese wore a Giorgio Armani midnight blue two-button notch lapel wool and cashmere tuxedo with a classic white evening shirt and a midnight blue bow tie.  He wore for Best Director — Motion Picture for “Hugo.”

Director Pedro Almodovar wore a classic Giorgio Armani suit. His movie ”The Skin I Live In” was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film.

Robert De Niro wore a classic Giorgio Armani tuxedo and presented the Cecil B. DeMille Award to Morgan Freeman.

Mark Wahlberg wore a Giorgio Armani midnight blue two-button peak lapel wool and cashmere tuxedo with a pleat front evening shirt and a midnight blue bow tie. Wahlberg is an executive producer of the HBO series “Boardwalk Empire,” which was nominated in the category Best Television Series — Drama.

Presenter Clive Owen selected a Giorgio Armani two-button notch lapel tuxedo with a classic white evening shirt and a black bow tie. Grant Heslov wore a Giorgio Armani two-button peak lapel tuxedo with a classic evening shirt and a black bow tie. He was nominated for Best Screenplay — Motion Picture for “The Ides of March.”

Cory  Monteith, who stars in “Glee,” selected a Giorgio Armani two-button notch lapel tuxedo with a classic shirt and a black neck tie.  ”Glee” was nominated for Best Television Series — Comedy or Musical.

“We wanted to try something a little bit different this year instead of a traditional, clip-based piece,” said Academy Chief Marketing Officer Christina Kounelias. “The trailer has a fun twist that conveys how excited everyone is to have Billy back.”

Crystal has one of the most distinguished track records of any host in Oscar® history. His upcoming appearance will mark his ninth turn hosting the Academy Awards. The enthusiastic response to the announcement of his return was the inspiration for the trailer.

“Our team had a great time working with the Academy and joining forces with Billy again,” said Mike Farah, Funny Or Die’s president of production. “We think the trailer really speaks to the excitement around this year’s Oscars®, and Funny Or Die was honored to be a part of it.”

The trailer will have a one-month run in more than 2,000 theaters beginning January 6 and can be viewed online at Oscars.org/trailer.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented on Sunday, February 26, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide.

The films are listed below in alphabetical order:

- “Captain America: The First Avenger”
- “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2″
- “Hugo”
- “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol”
- “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides”
- “Real Steel”
- “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”
- “Transformers: Dark of the Moon”
- “The Tree of Life”
- “X-Men: First Class”

All members of the Visual Effects Branch will be invited to view 10-minute excerpts from each of the 10 shortlisted films on Thursday, January 19. Following the screenings, the members will vote to nominate five films for final Oscar consideration.

The 84th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Tuesday, January 24, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented on Sunday, February 26, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide.

Metallica, Beyond Magnetic

(PRESS RELEASE) – Metallica has announced that is “has decided to go old school” and will release its current digital EP, Beyond Magnetic, on CD worldwide at retail on January 30th and on January 31st in North America. The EP, released via all digital retailers on December 13th, features four tracks recorded during the sessions for 2008′s 2x-platinum Death Magnetic, the band’s fifth consecutive No. 1 album.

Said the members of Metallica of Beyond Magnetic: “During the Death Magnetic album sessions in 2007 and 2008, we originally recorded 14 songs. When it came time to pick the songs for the final album, we decided on 10 songs that you’ve all come to know over the last three years. Some of you may have heard bits and pieces of those other songs on ‘Mission Metallica’ (remember ‘Mission Metallica’?!) or heard rumors about them during the recording process, and wondered, ‘What ever happened to those other four songs???.’ We kept them in the vault and decided to pull them for our 30th anniversary celebration last month, so here are the four leftover tracks from the Death Magnetic sessions. They are ROUGH mixes, unfinished to their original degree of mixing from March ’08. These four songs were released as gift to our closest fans, the members of our Fan Club, to enjoy. Now they’re being made available to you.”

Metallica celebrated its 30th anniversary as a band last month, performing four shows at the Fillmore Theatre in San Francisco, CA, exclusively for members of their fan club, the Metallica Club.

Academy "Celebrates The Movies" As Poster Art Kicks Off Oscar Campaign

(PRESS RELEASE) – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has unveiled the poster for the 84th Academy Awards. The art features the iconic Oscar statuette alongside memorable images from eight films spanning eight decades: “Gone with the Wind” (1939), “Casablanca” (1943), “Giant” (1956), “The Sound of Music” (1965), “The Godfather” (1972), “Driving Miss Daisy” (1989), “Forrest Gump” (1994) and “Gladiator” (2000). All the films featured on the poster won the Academy Award® for Best Picture, except “Giant,” for which George Stevens won the Oscar for Directing.

Supported by the tagline “Celebrate the movies in all of us,” the design is meant to evoke the emotional connections we all have with the movies. “Whether it’s a first date or a holiday gathering with friends or family, movies are a big part of our memory,” said Academy President Tom Sherak. “The Academy Awards not only honor the excellence of these movies, but also celebrate what they mean to us as a culture and to each of us individually.”

The public is encouraged to download the poster image to use as wallpaper and profile icons, and to share with friends. The image is available on the Academy’s website, www.oscars.org/poster.

The artwork was created by award-winning graphic designer Anthony Goldschmidt, and Mark and Karen Crawford of the design firm Blood&Chocolate.

Posters will be available to theaters in the U.S. and internationally, along with a theatrical trailer, which will begin screening on January 6.

The 84th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Tuesday, January 24, 2012, at 5:30 a.m. PST in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented on Sunday, February 26, 2012, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live at 7 p.m. EST/4 p.m. PST by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide.

Sometimes stars emerge. Sometimes stars are thrust upon us. And sometimes stars simply slip into the atmosphere as if propelled by something otherworldly. It is into this last category that the astonishing presence, voice, look and feel of Lana Del Rey falls. Musical stardom is not an option with Ms. Del Rey. It is her vocation. She calls herself the ‘gangsta Nancy Sinatra’ and defines her genre as ‘Hollywood pop/sadcore’, a dramatic new loop for pop music. Her look she describes as ‘Lolita got lost in the ‘hood’. Get used to it all. This isn’t just soundbite, it’s Lana’s reality.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bag1gUxuU0g

If Bloginity would to predict Lana’s future, it would be that this talent would become (shortly) the next Amy Winehouse/Adele and the world needs to realize that. Lana del Rey is spreading like wildfire. With the current buzz that she is picking along the way from bloggers (like us) Lana will become a household name by early 2012 and that’s nothing to even question. Just take a few minutes to listen to her angelic voice and you will immediately understand why.

Lana opened her musical hand at an open mic night in the hipster New York suburb of Williamsburg. She was 19 years old and terrified. ‘The first open mic was shocking to me. I was wearing jeans and a yellow shirt. It was at the Lilo Lounge. No-one was playing New York anymore then. I had my acoustic guitar. Everybody stopped. It was fucking embarrassing,I couldn’t believe it. It was a rock bar. I didn’t belong there. I sang a ballad, sort of exactly like Video Games that I had written with three chords. The whole room stopped fighting and just went silent. They didn’t even clap at the end. It stayed quiet. I said ‘thank you’, left my jacket at the bar stool and just ran out of the place. It was an interesting dynamic. I thought if I could just stop people, then that might be enough.’

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO1OV5B_JDw

Clearly something special was happening. The interlocking sounds of her mesmerizing, hushed voice and the bruised luxury of her music alerted ears; immediately people expressed interest. ‘Somebody ran out after me and said “you should come to a night I’m doing next week and play some songs for me.” I was afraid of everything. If they had laughed at me that night I would have never come back on stage. Ever.’

Her direct influences were visual as well as musical; David Lynch, soundtracks for ‘50s black and white movies, the whirring sound of the Ferris at Coney Island, fame itself. She lived in a New Jersey trailer park and decked her homestead in flags, streamers and seasonally inappropriate Christmas lights. ‘All the things I love,’she notes. This was Lana’s world now and it needed to sparkle.

After scrapes in and out of the music industry, holding onto the fastidious dreams of the possibilities for Lana Del Rey, a breathtaking musical landscape has emerged. Brittle, emotional, cascading with cinematic reference points, her songwriting was starting to turn technicolor. The tainted glamour of Video Games, with its lyrical leanings towards the verbal loquacity of hip hop and its noir-ish melodic feeling for torch singing, was a beginning for her.

“I had found a sound that thrilled and intrigued me. Shockingly enough, Video Games was a key moment for me. I was chasing hits, fast songs. I would be wondering ‘how am I going to pole-dance in the spotlight to this, then?’ I put up Video Games for myself. It was slow, it was a ballad, it kind of had no chorus. I put it up on Youtube and it worked. Every day there were thousands more views. I just sat there wondering where these people were coming from. I had no idea how they’d heard it but people came and started talking to me because of that song. It was not what I expected. But what a relief. If I could have a shot at singing my Hollywood glam ballads as well as my more upbeat gangsta brother versions of those songs, that would be great. Just not having to try and sing like other people.”

Clearly this was the music of someone who had given herself over and hurt in love, that understood the exquisite, beautiful pain of heartbreak. ‘There’s something beautiful about the fight. About any fight. And I feel the pain of life.’ All the better for sharing it with an audience. ‘I’m talking about epic, knocked‐down, dragged‐out love stories in song. That’s what I’m heading towards. I want to destroy lives with my music and to understand the glamour of danger. Without Scarface would there be half the gangsters there are out there now? Odd Future, Lil Wayne, Simon Cowell. You cannot take your eyes off these people’s stories, however twisted they become with power. There is a whole new genre that nobody is observing. The American Dream and American Psycho are starting to represent the same thing. Cinema and music and life are starting to merge Death is art. We’ve played pop music out. That wholesome dream is dead.’

Strong words. But at 24 years old Lana has faced the fear and clocked up strong experiences to back up her magical musical storytelling

“I don’t fall in love easily. I’m so particular. But at the same time I do fall in love maybe stupidly. High impact love. I can tell everything I need to know in about one minute. It doesn’t always mean it’s going to end good but it definitely strikes me right away. I want to find someone who’s really magnetic but who isn’t going to do anything bad to me. It’s hard.”

All of these intimacies will coalesce on the debut Lana Del Rey album pencilled tentatively for early 2012. Complementing the lush orchestration of Video Games, there is a mountain of music that she has crafted lovingly in the studio since first facing her fear. From the gorgeous timbres of Hey Lolita Hey to the hip hop influenced National Anthem, Lana Del Rey’s music sounds unique like it has arrived bespoke to the artist.

She intends to work with hip‐hop heavyweights, with the future–perfect foot soldiers at the coal face of exciting pop.

“I know it is going to take a lot of work to get there. But that’s OK when you have people around you who believe in you. The record is going to be gorgeous. That much we know. Whether or not it will work? That much we don’t know.”

As for the inevitable stardom that will come her way? That is something Lana Del Rey does not fear.

“I know a lot of different people. When they are drunk, in the dark of the night they all want the same thing. They all want to be famous. It’s innately human to want other people to bear witness to your life. It’s important for people to be watched. They don’t want to be alone. I don’t want to be alone.”

Steve Forrest, Photo by Richard Perry

While Placebo is in between touring, their amazing drummer Steve Forrest initiated a new project. He never thought his side project would garner as much interest as it has, but talented people always intrigue. Touring the UK with his band Planes, promoting a new EP, Steve stops by and offers a few insights into his life both on and off the road.

Julija: Whose idea was to start Planes? How did it come about?

Steve: Planes started really years ago with just me writing and performing acoustic songs in various pubs and parties for fun, mostly. I never thought my songs would be something that people actually wanted to hear. It wasn’t until a couple of years ago that I decided to take it up a notch and find band members and get this thing off of the ground, and here we are!

Julija: What’s the story behind the title of the band?

Steve: It‘s just a name Ted (other member of a band) came up with. He wanted “Plains”, but I thought “Planes” looked better spelled out.

Julija: Do you do gigs these days? How often?

Steve: With Planes, we are currently gigging all around the UK promoting our new EP with hopes of getting to Europe sometime next year.

Julija: What would you be doing now if you hadn’t become a musician and made it in the music industry?

Steve: I can’t imagine what I would be doing, I suppose I’d be a tattoo artist in my home town. I’d like to think I would have still moved away from my home town in search of better opportunity.

Julija: What’s your favorite pastime?

Steve: My favorite past time I’d have to say would be spending unforgettable evenings with my closest friends.

Julija: What do you dislike about being well known?

Steve: I don’t dislike anything about being well known. It’s a blessing that I’m grateful to have, and wish it only to grow.

Ninety-seven scores from eligible feature-length motion pictures are in contention for nominations in the Original Score category for the 84th Academy Awards®, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today.

The eligible scores along with the composer are listed below in alphabetical order by film title:

• “The Adjustment Bureau,” Thomas Newman, composer
• “The Adventures of Tintin,” John Williams, composer
• “African Cats,” Nicholas Hooper, composer
• “Albert Nobbs,” Brian Byrne, composer
• “Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked,” Mark Mothersbaugh, composer
• “Anonymous,” Thomas Wander and Harald Kloser, composers
• “Another Earth,” Phil Mossman and Will Bates, composers
• “Answers to Nothing,” Craig Richey, composer
• “Arthur Christmas,” Harry Gregson-Williams, composer
• “The Artist,” Ludovic Bource, composer
• “@urFRENZ,” Lisbeth Scott, composer
• “Atlas Shrugged Part 1,” Elia Cmiral, composer
• “Battle: Los Angeles,” Brian Tyler, composer
• “Beastly,” Marcelo Zarvos, composer
• “The Big Year,” Theodore Shapiro, composer
• “Captain America: The First Avenger,” Alan Silvestri, composer
• “Cars 2,” Michael Giacchino, composer
• “Cedar Rapids,” Christophe Beck, composer
• “Conan the Barbarian,” Tyler Bates, composer
• “The Conspirator,” Mark Isham, composer
• “Contagion,” Cliff Martinez, composer
• “Coriolanus,” Ilan Eshkeri, composer
• “DAM999,” Ousepachan, composer
• “The Darkest Hour,” Tyler Bates, composer
• “The Debt,” Thomas Newman, composer
• “Dolphin Tale,” Mark Isham, composer
• “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders, composers
• “Dream House,” John Debney, composer
• “The Eagle,” Atli Orvarsson, composer
• “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close,” Alexandre Desplat, composer
• “Fast Five,” Brian Tyler, composer
• “The First Grader,” Alex Heffes, composer
• “The Flowers of War,” Qigang Chen, composer
• “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, composers
• “The Greatest Miracle,” Mark McKenzie, composer
• “Green Lantern,” James Newton Howard, composer
• “Hanna,” Tom Rowlands, composer
• “Happy Feet Two,” John Powell, composer
• “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2,” Alexandre Desplat, composer
• “The Help,” Thomas Newman, composer
• “Hop,” Christopher Lennertz, composer
• “Hugo,” Howard Shore, composer
• “I Don’t Know How She Does It,” Aaron Zigman, composer
• “The Ides of March,” Alexandre Desplat, composer
• “Immortals,” Trevor Morris, composer
• “In Search of God,” Rupam Sarmah, composer
• “In the Land of Blood and Honey,” Gabriel Yared, composer
• “In Time,” Craig Armstrong, composer
• “Insidious,” Joseph Bishara, composer
• “The Iron Lady,” Thomas Newman, composer
• “J. Edgar,” Clint Eastwood, composer
• “Jane Eyre,” Dario Marianelli, composer
• “The Lady,” Eric Serra, composer
• “Like Crazy,” Dustin O’Halloran, composer
• “Margaret,” Nico Muhly, composer
• “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol,” Michael Giacchino, composer
• “Mr. Popper’s Penguins,” Rolfe Kent, composer
• “Moneyball,” Mychael Danna, composer
• “Monte Carlo,” Michael Giacchino, composer
• “New Year’s Eve,” John Debney, composer
• “Norman,” Andrew Bird, composer
• “One Day,” Rachel Portman, composer
• “Puss in Boots,” Henry Jackman, composer
• “Rampart,” Dickon Hinchliffe, composer
• “Real Steel,” Danny Elfman, composer
• “Rebirth,” Philip Glass, composer
• “Red Riding Hood,” Alex Heffes and Brian Reitzell, composers
• “Restless,” Danny Elfman, composer
• “Rio,” John Powell, composer
• “Rise of the Planet of the Apes,” Patrick Doyle, composer
• “The Rite,” Alex Heffes, composer
• “The Rum Diary,” Christopher Young, composer
• “Sanctum,” David Hirschfelder, composer
• “Sarah’s Key,” Max Richter, composer
• “Senna,” Antonio Pinto, composer
• “Shame,” Harry Escott, composer
• “The Skin I Live In,” Alberto Iglesias, composer
• “The Smurfs,” Heitor Pereira, composer
• “Snow Flower and the Secret Fan,” Rachel Portman, composer
• “Super 8,” Michael Giacchino, composer
• “Take Shelter,” David Wingo, composer
• “The Thing,” Marco Beltrami, composer
• “Thor,” Patrick Doyle, composer
• “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,” Alberto Iglesias, composer
• “Tower Heist,” Christophe Beck, composer
• “W.E.,” Abel Korzeniowski, composer
• “War Horse,” John Williams, composer
• “Warrior,” Mark Isham, composer
• “Water for Elephants,” James Newton Howard, composer
• “The Way,” Tyler Bates, composer
• “We Bought a Zoo,” Jon Thor Birgisson, composer
• “We Need to Talk about Kevin,” Jonny Greenwood, composer
• “Win Win,” Lyle Workman, composer
• “Winnie the Pooh,” Henry Jackman, composer
• “X-Men: First Class,” Henry Jackman, composer
• “Young Adult,” Rolfe Kent, composer
• “Your Highness,” Steve Jablonsky, composer

The 84th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Tuesday, January 24, 2012, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented on Sunday, February 26, 2012, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar® presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide.