The nominations for the 85th Academy Awards were announced on Thursday morning in a ceremony held at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Not surprising, Steven Spielberg’s epic biopic, “Lincoln” led the way with 12 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor for the brilliant Daniel Day-Lewis.
Nine films received nominations for Best Picture this year but "Lincoln" appears to be the favorite going into the show next month. "Life of Pi", Ang Lee's incredibly beautiful tale of a boy lost at sea with a tiger, received 11 nominations this year, the second most of any film.
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Of course there were a number of glaring snubs in the nominations, especially in the category for Best Director. The biggest might be overlooking Ben Affleck, who seemed to be a shoe-in to garner a nomination. "Argo", Affleck's third directorial picture, received seven nominations, including Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture.
Kathryn Bigelow, who won Best Director a few years ago for "The Hurt Locker" saw her latest, "Zero Dark Thirty" snag a Best Picture nomination but no individual nom for her. Same for Tom Hooper, who won two years ago for "The King's Speech" but failed to get nominated this year, despite the fact that "Les Misérables" has been a critical success.
The live telecast was hosted by Seth MacFarlane and actress Emma Stone. Speaking of Seth MacFarlane, who will be hosting the Academy Awards when they air on February 24, 2013 -- the often controversial creator of "Family Guy" also received his first Oscar nomination, in the Best Song category.
Best Picture
"Amour"
"Argo"
"Beasts of the Southern Wild"
"Django Unchained"
"Les Misérables"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"
"Silver Linings PlayBook"
"Zero Dark Thirty"
Best Director
Michael Haneke, “Amour”
Benh Zeitlin, “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
Ang Lee, “Life of Pi”
Steven Spielber; “Lincoln”
David O. Russell “Silver Linings PlayBook”
Best Actor
Bradley Cooper, “Silver Linings PlayBook”
Daniel Day-Lewis, “Lincoln”
Hugh Jackman, “Les Misérables”
Joaquin Phoenix, “The Master”
Denzel Washington, “Flight”
Best Actress
Jessica Chastain, “Zero Dark Thirty”
Jennifer Lawrence, “Silver Linings PlayBook
“Emmanuelle Riva, “Amour”
Quvenzhané Wallis, “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
Naomi Watts, “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, “Lincoln”
Anne Hathaway, “Les Misérables”
Helen Hunt, “The Sessions”
Jacki Weaver, “Silver Linings Playbook”
Best Adapted Screenplay
Chris Terrio, “Argo”
Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
David Magee, “Life of Pi”
Tony Kushner, “Lincoln”
David O. Russell “Silver Linings PlayBook”
Best Original Screenplay
Michael Haneke, “Amour”
Quentin Tarantino “Django Unchained”
John Gatins, “Flight”
Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola, “Moonrise Kingdom”
Mark Boal, “Zero Dark Thirty”
Best Animated Feature Film
“Brave”
“Frankenweenie”
“ParaNorman”
“The Pirates! Band of Misfits”;
“Wreck-It Ralph”
Best Documentary -- Feature Film
“5 Broken Cameras”
“The Gatekeepers”
“How to Survive a Plague”
“The Invisible War”
“Searching for Sugar Man”
Best Documentary -- Short Subject
“Inocente”
“King’s Point”
“Mondays at Racine”
“Open Heart”
“Redemption”
Best Foreign Language Film
“Amour” (Austria)
“Kon-Tiki” (Norway)
“No” (Chile)
“A Royal Affair” (Denmark)
“War Witch” (Canada)
Outstanding Cinematography
Seamus McGarvey, “Anna Karenina”
Robert Richardson Django Unchained”
Claudio Miranda “Life of Pi”
Janusz Kaminski “Lincoln”
Roger Deakins “Skyfall”
Outstanding Costume Design
Jacqueline Durran, “Anna Karenina”
Paco Delgado, “Les Misérables”
Joanna Johnston, “Lincoln”
Eiko ishioka, “Mirror Mirror”
Colleen Atwood, “Snow White and the Huntsman”
Outstanding Film Editing
William Goldenberg, “Argo”
Tim Squyres, “Life of Pi”
Michael Kahn, “Lincoln”
Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers, “Silver Linings PlayBook”
Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg, “Zero Dark Thirty”
Outstanding Makeup and Hairstyling
Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel, “Hitchcock”
Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane, “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell, “Les Misérables”
Outstanding Original Score
Dario Marianelli, “Anna Karenina”
Alexandre Desplat, “Argo”
Mychael Danna, “Life of Pi”
John Williams “Lincoln”
Thomas Newman, “Skyfall”
Best Original Song
Before My Time from “Chasing Ice” -- (Music and Lyric by J. Ralph)
Everybody Needs a Best Friend from “Ted” -- (Music by Walter Murphy, Lyrics by Seth MacFarlane)
Pi’s Lullaby from “Life of Pi” -- (Music by Mychael Danna Lyrics by Bombay Jayashri)
Skyfall from “Skyfall” -- (Music and Lyrics by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth)
Suddenly from “Les Misérables” -- (Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil)
Outstanding Production Design:
“Anna Karenina”, Production Design: Sarah Greenwood, Set Decoration: Katie Spencer “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”, Production Design: Dan Hennah, Set Decoration: Ra Vincent and Simon Bright
“Les Misérables”, Production Design: Eve Stewart, Set Decoration: Anna Lynch-Robinson
“Life of Pi”, Production Design: David Gropman, Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
“Lincoln”, Production Design: Rick Carter, Set Decoration: Jim Erickson)
Outstanding Short Film -- Animated
“Adam and Dog”, Minkyu Lee
“Fresh Guacamole”, PES
“Head Over Heels”, Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin o’Reilly
“Maggie Simpson in The Longest Day Care”
“Paperman”, John Kahrs
Outstanding Short Film -- Live Action
“Asad”, Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura
“Buzkashi Boys”, Sam French and Ariel Nasr
“Curfew”, Shawn Christensen
“Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw), Tom van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele
“Henry” Yan England
Outstanding Sound Editing
Erik Aadahl and Ethan van der Ryn, “Argo”
Wylie Stateman “Django Unchained”
Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton, “Life of Pi”
Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers, “Skyfall”
Paul N.J. Ottosson, “Zero Dark Thirty”
Outstanding Sound Mixing
John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia, “Argo”
Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes, “Les Misérables”
Ron Bartlett, D.M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin,“Life of Pi”
Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins, “Lincoln”
Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson, “Skyfall”
Outstanding Visual Effects
Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White, “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott, “Life of Pi”
Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick, “Marvel’s The Avengers”
Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill, “Prometheus”
Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson, “Snow White and the Huntsman”
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