It was a very good morning for Meryl Streep, George Clooney and the teams behind "Hugo" and "The Artist" after the Academy Awards nominations were announced Tuesday.
This year's crop of Oscar nominees reacted with humility, glee and gratitude to hearing their names called out in the wee hours of the morning, dispensing said glee and gratitude through prepared statements and interviews.
Having a rougher start to the week were Michael Fassbender, Albert Brooks and other Oscar hopefuls, who found themselves in the snubbed corner.
Brooks mined the disappointment for humor, tweeting: "And to the Academy: "You don't like me.