Jennifer Lawrence and The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak announce the Adapted Screenplay nominations for the 84th Annual Academy Awards on Tuesday. This year’s Academy Awards will take place on Feb. 26 in Los Angeles. (Associated Press)

“Hunger Games” actress Jennifer Lawrence beat the sunrise this morning as she announced the nominations for the 84th Annual Academy Awards.

Lawrence, alongside Academy president Tom Sherak, delivered Hollywood’s most coveted nomination to the “oohs” and “ahhs” of a room full of journalists.

While most nominations followed the format of earlier award shows like the Golden Globes and the Critics Choice Awards, the Oscars had its fair share of snubs and surprises.

After getting snubbed the Hollywood Foreign Press Association at the Golden Globes, funnywoman Mellisa McCartney was the morning’s first shock as she managed to grab a nomination for Best Supporting Actress. McCartney was nominated for her role as Megan in the female forward comedy “Bridesmaids.” McCartney’s co-star Kristen Wiig was also nominated for the film in the Original Screenplay category.

2012 will be the first year that the Academy implements its new nomination strategy that determines the number of Best Picture nominees via math formula.

Instead of having a lot of ten films nominated for the night’s biggest award, this years Oscars will only have nine.

Those include: “War Horse,” “Midnight in Paris,” “The Decendants,” “Hugo,” “The Artist,” “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,” “Moneyball,” “The Help,” and “The Tree of Life.”

Even though the Academy recognized his film as a whole, Steven Spielberg was not nominated for Best Director for “War Horse.” Other notable snubs include Albert Brooks for his role in “Drive” and Elizabeth Olsen for “Martha Marcy May Marlene.”

Proving that funny men can be serious too, former “Superbad” standout Jonah Hill picked up a Supporting Actor nomination for his role in “Moneyball,” Brad Pitt was also nominated for the film in the Best Actor category.

George Clooney continued his award season hot streak by picking up the nomination for Best Actor for his role in “The Decendants.” Clooney recently won at the Golden Globes and the Critics Choice Awards. He will certainly be the favorite come Oscar night.

Viola Davis and Meryl Streep are set to go head-to-head once again as the two leading ladies vie for the prize of Best Actress. Davis is nominated for her role in “The Help,” and Streep for her role in “The Iron Lady.”

Davis took home the Critics Choice Awards while Streep won the Golden Globe.

Perhaps the morning’s biggest surprise came from Martin Scorcese’s cinematic loveletter “Hugo.” The childrens movie garnered an impressive 12 nominations beating out the year’s favorite film “The Artist,” which was recognized with 11 nominations.

The two films will compete for Best Picture when the Oscars air on Feb. 23 on ABC.