Let’s tip our hat to a few of them: Meryl Streep picked up her 17th nomination today, a record for any performer. John Williams is up for Best Original Score for both The Adventures of Tintin and War Horse — those nominations, his 46th and 47th, extend his run as the most-nominated living person in any category. With nominations for both acting (The Descendants) and screenwriting (a surprise nod for The Ides of March), George Clooney has been nominated for seven Oscars in seven years. With his 22nd and 23rd nominations (for writing and directing Midnight in Paris, his first Best Picture nominee in 25 years), Woody Allen breaks out of a tie with Billy Wilder as Oscar’s most nominated writer-director. (Besides Williams, Allen, and Clooney, other double honorees today include Michel Hazanavicius, for writing and directing, Martin Scorsese, for directing and producing, and Brad Pitt, for acting and producing.) Alexander Payne was a triple honoree today, for writing, directing, and producing. Best Supporting Actor nominee Kenneth Branagh now has five nominations in five different categories (he's previously been up for Actor, Director, Adapted Screenplay, and Live-Action Short). Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, recognized for Bridesmaids, become the first female team in the Best Original Screenplay category since Nora Ephron and Alice Arlen wrote Silkwood 28 years ago. And the nominations for the silent (give or take a word) work of von Sydow and The Artist’s Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo mark the first time that three silent performances have been recognized since either the first or second Oscars.