Proving once again that, at times, there's a shortage of reality enemas in Hollywood, the 85th annual Academy Award nominations were unveiled today by Oscar host Seth MacFarlane and actress Emma Stone.
The gross oversights on the list: Ben Affleck (Argo) and Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty) were snubbed Best Director noms. Meanwhile John Hawkes was overlooked for his sublime work in director Ben Lewin's The Sessions.
Lincoln, directed by Steven Spielberg, led this year's pack with 12 nominations, but already, the buzz seems to be rising for Bradley Cooper. Could the man be this year's Oscar darling? The actor, and his film, Silver Linings Playbook, received eight nominations. I was not a fan of Cooper in Playbook—I did not find that he believed the role he was playing, and that the film was manufactured for him, but I digress. Still, the impressionable Jennifer Lawrence also grabbed top honors for that same movie, so perhaps the Universe knows what it is doing.
Beasts of the Southern Wild, Les Miserables, Life of Pi, Amour (so divine, so deserving) and Django Unchained also topped the list. Missing? Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom. It was certainly deserving of a nod, but in the meantime, take a look at the honorees:
BEST FILM
Amour, Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Django Unchained, Les Miserablés, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Silver Linings Playbook, Zero Dark Thirty.
BEST ACTOR
Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook)
Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
Hugh Jackman (Les Misérables)
Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)
Denzel Washington in (Flight)
BEST ACTRESS
Jessica Chastain in (Zero Dark Thirty)
Jennifer Lawrence in (Silver Linings Playbook)
Emmanuelle Riva in (Amour)
Quvenzhané Wallis in (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
Naomi Watts in (The Impossible)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alan Arkin (Argo)
Robert De Niro (Silver Linings Playbook)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)
Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln)
Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams (The Master)
Sally Field in (Lincoln)
Anne Hathaway in (Les Misérables)
Helen Hunt (The Sessions)
Jacki Weaver (Silver Linings Playbook)
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Brave
Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Wreck-It Ralph
BEST DIRECTOR
Michael Haneke (Amour)
Ang Lee (Life of Pi)
David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook)
Steven Spielberg (Lincoln)
Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
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