Nominations for the 85th Academy Awards were announced this morning in Beverly Hills by Emma Stone (Gangster Squad) and Seth MacFarlane, who’ll host this year’s telecast in February. Lincoln, Les Miserables, Argo and Silver Linings Playbook lead a pack of expected Oscar contenders – with more than a few noted snubs and surprises mixed in for good measure.
The Academy went with a nine-picture field in the Best Picture category, adding the outstanding Beasts of the Southern Wild, Life of Pi, Amour and Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained to a roster that also included the five expected titles of Lincoln, Les Miserables, Argo, Zero Dark Thirty and Silver Linings Playbook.
This year’s Best Director candidates only line up with the Best Picture contenders because there are so many BP noms. Steven Spielberg, David O. Russell, Ang Lee Michael Haneke and Beasts director Benh Zeitlin made the cut, leaving Tom Hooper, Kathryn Bigelow and Ben Affleck on the outside looking in.
We’ll have thorough analysis of the ongoing Oscar race throughout the day, but in the interim, here’s the complete listing of Academy Award nominees. The winners will be announced at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 24.
BEST PICTURE
Amour
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Lincoln
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
BEST DIRECTOR
Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Michael Haneke, Amour
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
BEST ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Denzel Washington, Flight
Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
BEST ACTRESS
Naomi Watts, The Impossible
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
Alan Arkin, Argo
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Sally Field, Lincoln
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Amy Adams, The Master
ANIMATED FEATURE
Brave
Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Wreck-It Ralph
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Amour
Kon-Tiki
No
A Royal Affair
War Witch
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
5 Broken Cameras
The Gatekeepers
The Invisible War
How To Survive A Plague
Searching for Sugar Man
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Amour
Django Unchained
Flight
Moonrise Kingdom
Zero Dark Thirty
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Anna Karenina
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall
COSTUME DESIGN
Anna Karenina
Les Miserables
Lincoln
Mirror Mirror
Snow White and the Huntsman
FILM EDITING
Argo
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Hitchcock
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Miserables
ORIGINAL SCORE
Anna Karenina
Argo
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall
ORIGINAL SONG
"Before My Time," Chasing Ice
"Everybody Needs A Best Friend," Ted
"Pi's Lullaby," Life of Pi
"Skyfall," Skyfall
"Suddenly," Les Miserables
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Anna Karenina
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
ANIMATED SHORT
Adam and Dog
Fresh Guacamole
Head Over Heels
Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare"
Paperman
LIVE ACTION SHORT
Asad
Buzkashi Boys
Curfew
Death of a Shadow
Henry
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Inocente
Kings Point
Open Heart
Redemption
Mondays at Racine
SOUND EDITING
Argo
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty
SOUND MIXING
Argo
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall
VISUAL EFFECTS
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Life of Pi
The Avengers
Prometheus
Snow White and the Huntsman
