Charlize Theron’s widely admired, performancen as a hard-drinking, home-wrecking ghostwriter of young adult fiction went unnoticed by the Academy, as did director Jason Reitman and screenwriter Diablo Cody.
Meanwhile, Rooney Mara of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo might have stolen Theron’s nomination as well as Tilda Swinton’s (“We Need to Talk about Kevin”) in the actress category. Meryl Streep, Viola Davis, Glenn Close and Michelle Williams round out the nominees.
