first to shriek one out in the studio when the names went out because janet mcteer is here with us in studio. congratulations. >> thank you very much. >> this is your second nomination. does it get old? >> it really doesn't. very exciting. i'm downplaying it because otherwise i would be shrieking. jumping up and down. >> what was the emotion when you heard your name? this was a labor of love for glenn close. it's a role that's outside the box. to hear your name -- >> that was delightful. to hear glenn's was incredible. she has championed this for a long time. i'm just so excited for her. it's wonderful. >> is it goes without saying this was such a challenge. you obviously had to transform yourself into another gender for this role. i imagine it was intimidating to take on. >> yes. it was mostly intimidating because i was trying to play an irish fellow in front of a bunch of irish men. i found it really scary. i kept my hands in my pockets. >> the movie is about women who dress up as men at a time when women were not able to work in the working world as men were. so they created opport

octavia spencer is great, too. >> i loved janet mcteer's performance in "albert nobbs" where she and glenn close show entirely different ways that a woman could pretend to be a man. >> i wonder how you create merrill close right now, a super actor. it's a mutant, merrill close. >> rose: we conclude with best supporting actor. kenneth branagh, jonah hill i loved in "moneyball," loved. christopher pmmer, in "beginners." i just love chstopher plummer, period. nick nolte, and. among these -- >> you would have replaced some of these. >> i would have -- >> >> i like jonah hill very much in almost anything but i don't know if that's going to win the oscar. what's your prognostication? >> i think probably christopher plummer. they like the old guys. >> yeah, i think it will be plummer and maybe should be plummer. but again because of the comedy angle it was fun to see jonah hill get the recognition. >> rose: thank you all.

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. >> and janet mcteer in "albert nobbs" and octavia spencer in "the help." the one that got the most is "hugo." >> oh, my gosh. >> "hugo" had 11 nominations. and "the artist" got ten. >> wow. >> so, yeah, people will be looking at these movies again. i tried to watch "hugo," but i had -- it's meant to be seen in 3d -- >> yeah. >> i couldn't watch it on regular tv. >> best picture, the nominees, "the artist," the silent film everybody's talking about, "the descendants," "extremely loud & incredibly close" -- when that name was announced everybody gasped. >> i know. nobody -- yeah. nobody expected that at all. >> "the help" and there's "hugo." if you haven't seen the movies -- oh, "midnight in paris." i forgot. >> enjoyed that. i loved that. "the tree of life," which i didn't care for. it lost me. and "war horse," -- even though my mom is 82, there's a huge amount of people in this world who -- hollywood doesn't automatically think about let's make a movie for those folks, you know? she's been to see that film three times already and also went to the broadway

janet mcteer.avia spencer in "the help." >> for best performance by an actor in a supporting role, the nominees are, kenth branagh in "my week with marilyn." joe that hill, nick nolte, christopher plumber, and max von sydo. >> for best performance by an actress in a leading role -- >> we're going to continue to monitor as all of the nominations come out. >> huge day in hollywood. >> exactly. of course we'll bring you updates. >> absolutely. it's the raiders head coaching search may be over. we'll have the latest coming up. >> plus, keeping kids safe. the new and surest being provided to protect young athletes from concussions. >> 12 hours from the president's state of the union address, we'll go live to capitol hill for all of the det. >> this is a live look at hollywood t nominees are, let's listen to best picture. >> money ball, the descendants, jim burke, alexander payne, and jim taylor, producers. the tree of life, nominees to be determined. midnight in paris. "the help." hugo, graham king and

and they all came up -- >> jimmy: and you -- janet mcteer she got nominated as well.>> she is. >> jimmy: yeah. look at this. much taller than you there. [ laughter ] resting her arm on you. >> we were all talking because when you get an nomination you get all these calls to talk to press. and david was there and he said, "aren't you -- aren't you tired of being shorter than janet?" i said, "yeah i am." so i went and got a ladder. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: there you go. much better. much better. that's genius. do you guys bond together? do you guys become friends from the movie? >> yeah. yeah. >> jimmy: and now she is on "damages." >> she's on "damages." and it's really fun. >> jimmy: "albert nobbs" please let everyone know what its about. it's awesome. you have to go see it. >> "albert nobbs" it's a story about a woman who in order to survive because there was such time in 19th century britain where women had no rights. and she doesn't know her name. she was no money. no family. and in order to survive she disappears in the guise of a waiter. and we find her 30 years lat

janet mcteer, and octavia spencer. jennifer? >> thank you.role -- kenneth branagh, jonah hill in "moneyball" nick nolte, christopher plumber and max von sydow in extremely loud and incredibly close. >> for best performance by an actress -- glenn close in albert nobbs. viola davis. rooney mara. meryl streep and michelle williams. >> the nominees for best performance by an actor in a leading role are -- damien beschir. george clooney, jean dujardin. gary oldman. and brad pitt. >> for best achievement in director. michel hazanavicius. terrence malick for the tree of life. >>>. >>> for best original screen play. michel hazanavicius. annie and kristen wiig for bridesmaids. woody allen for mid might in fairs. and asghar fedali for the separation. >> for adapted careen play zsh alexander payne, gnat saxen, jim rush, john logan. george clooney, grant, hesloff, the ides of march. ste aaron sorkin. >> for best foreign language film, bullhead, foot note, in darkness in, monsieur lazhar. and a separation. >> for best an nated feature film. a cat in paris

berniece bejo from "the artist," jessica chastain in "the help," melissa mccarthy in "bridesmaids"er, janet mcteer best actor in a supporting role are kenneth brannagh, "my week with marilyn," jonah hill in "moneyball," chris f",," christ plummer, nick nolte and maux von sydow in "extremely loud & incredibly close." >> for leading actress. glenn close, viola davis, "the help," rooney mara in kwoez "the girl with the dragon tattoo, meryl streep and michelle williams in "my week with marilyn marilyn.". >> demian bechir, george clooney, jean dujardin, gary oldman and brad pitt. >> for best achievement in directing, "the artist," alexander payne, martin scorcese for "hugo," woody allen for "midnight in paris" and "the tree of life," terrence malick. >> best original screen play, michelle hazanavicius for "the artist," "bridesmaids," "margin call, woody allen, "midnight in paris" and a a sghar "a separation." >> "the descendants." john logan for "hugo," george clooney, grant hezlov and beau willimon for "the ides of march," "moneyball" and bridget o'connor and peter strong for "tinker, tailor, soldier,

. >> your costar, janet mcteer also got a nomination. wonderful when she heard she was no, ma'am that itted and incredible when she heard you were as well. you lifted each other in the movie. >> oh, we did. i thought of hubert for a long time. what janet brought to the character was astounding. she's become to me a great hero, heroine, whatever. >> i mentioned five other nominations before this one yet to win. i don't want people to think your mantle is empty. three tonys, three emmys, golden globes, screen actors guild. you were customer of the month at blockbuster video. >> i was queen of the new york car show. >> see? >> one of the more humiliating moments in my life. >> what would it mean to win? >> oh, boy. it would be phenomenal. it really would be. at this point in my career having believed in this for so long. it's still hard for me to think we actually pulled it off. it was that tricky. to be recognized like that would be a huge honor. terribly gratifying. >> we'll see what happens. congratulations on the nominations. glenn, a p

janet mcteer in albert nobbs and octavia spencer in "the help." jennifer? >> thank you. in "moneyball ,"nick nolte, in "warrior." christopher plummer and max von sydow in "extremely loud & incredibly close." >> for best performance by an actress in a leading role the nominees are, glenn close in "albert nobbs." viola davis, "the help." rooney mara. "girl with the dragon tattoo." and michelle williams. >> the nominees for best performance by an actor in a leading role are -- demian bishir. george clooney. jean dujardin. gary oldman. and brad pitt in "moneyball." >> for best achievement in directing -- michel hazanavicius. for "artist." alexander payne. martin scorsese. woody allen. for "midnight in paris." terrence malick for "the tree of life." >>> for best original screenplay -- michel hazanavicius, "the artist." annie momulo and kristen wiig for "bridesmaids." j.c. chandor for margin call. woody allen for "midnight in paris." and asghar farhadi for "the separation." >> for adapted screenplay -- alexander payne, nat faxon, jim rash, "the descendants." john logan for "hu