Drive dominates the nominations at the Satellite Awards

Today we have the Satellite Award nominations and this year every category has been expanded to fit as many films as possible. The biggest surprises come from Shame and Drive as they both scored best picture nominations. The Help and Midnight and Paris also got boost from the nomination as well as Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. 

Previous winners of this award are The Social Network, No Country for Old Men, The Hurt Locker and Slumdog Millionaire.

Here is the list of nominations:  

Best Picture

The Artist
The Descendants
Drive
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
Shame
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse

Best Animated or Mixed Media

The Adventures of Tintin
Kung Fu Panda 2
The Muppets
Puss in Boots
RangoRio

Best Director

The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius
The Descendants - Alexander Payne
Drive - Nicolas Winding Refn
The Guard - John Michael McDonagh
The Help - Tate Taylor
Hugo - Martin Scorsese
Midnight in Paris - Woody Allen
Shame - Steve McQueen
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Tomas Alfredson
War Horse - Steven Spielberg

Best Actor

George Clooney - The Descendants
Leonardo DiCaprio - J. Edgar
Michael Fassbender - Shame
Brendan Gleeson - The Guard
Ryan Gosling - Drive
Tom Hardy - Warrior
Woody Harrelson - Rampart
Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt - Moneyball
Michael Shannon - Take Shelter

Best Actress

Glenn Close - Albert Nobbs
Olivia Colman - Tyrannosaur
Viola Davis - The Help
Vera Farmiga - Higher Ground
Elizabeth Olsen - Martha Marcy May Marlene
Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady
Charlize Theron - Young Adult
Emily Watson - Oranges and Sunshine
Michelle Williams - My Week with Marilyn
Michelle Yeoh - The Lady

Best Supporting Actor

Kenneth Branagh - My Week with Marilyn
Albert Brooks - Drive
Colin Farrell - Horrible Bosses
Jonah Hill - Moneyball
Viggo Mortensen - A Dangerous Method
Nick Nolte - Warrior
Christopher Plummer - Beginners
Andy Serkis - Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Christoph Waltz - Carnage
Hugo Weaving - Oranges and Sunshine

Best Supporting Actress

Jessica Chastain - The Tree of Life
Elle Fanning - Super 8
Lisa Feret - Mozart's Sister
Judy Greer - The Descendants
Rachel McAdams - Midnight in Paris
Janet McTeer - Albert Nobbs
Carey Mulligan - Shame
Vanessa Redgrave - Coriolanus
Octavia Spencer - The Help
Kate Winslet - Carnage

Best Original Screenplay

The Artist
The Guard
Mozart's Sister
Shame
The Tree of Life
Tyrannosaur

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Adventures of Tintin
Albert Nobbs
The Descendants
The Help
Moneyball
War Horse

Best Original Score

Drive
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
Soul Surfer
Super 8
War Horse
Water for Elephants

Best Original Song

"Bridge of Light" - Happy Feet Two
"Gathering Stories" - We Bought a Zoo
"Hello Hello" - Gnomeo and Juliet
"Lay Your Head Down" - Albert Nobbs
"Life Is a Happy Song" - The Muppets
"Man or Muppet" - The Muppets

Best Film Editing

The Guard
The Descendants
Drive
Shame
War Horse
Warrior

Best Cinematography

The Artist
Drive
Faust
Hugo
The Tree of Life
War Horse

Best Art Direction & Production Design

Anonymous
The Artist
Faust
Hugo
Mysteries of Lisbon
Water for Elephants

Best Costume Design

Anonymous
The Artist
Faust
Jane Eyre
Mysteries of Lisbon
Water for Elephants

Best Sound Mixing & Editing

Drive
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
Super 8
The Tree of Life
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse

Best Visual Effects

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
Hugo
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Super 8
Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Best Foreign Language Film

13 Assassins
Las Acacias
Faust
The Kid With a Bike
Le Havre
Miss Bala
Mozart's Sister
Mysteries of Lisbon
A Separation
The Turin House

Best Documentary

American: The Bill Hicks Story
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
The Interrupters
My Perestroika
One Lucky Elephant
Pina
Project Nim
Tabloid
Senna
Under Fire: Journalists in Combat