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Time for these babies to be bought!
Oscar season is officially upon us! The 85th annual Academy Award nominees were announced this morning, and with them came some shocking snubs and surprises. Leading the pack with 12 nominations is Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln, followed by Life of Pi with 11, and Silver Linings Playbook and Les Miserables with 8 nominations each. Argo, which just a day earlier was one of the sure frontrunners for Best Picture, took a big blow to its chances this morning when Ben Affleck received no Best Director nomination -- same goes for Kathryn Bigelow for her harrowing thriller Zero Dark Thirty.
David O. Russell’s charming romantic comedy, “Silver Linings Playbook,” surprised by being the first film to be nominated in all acting categories since Warren Beatty’s “Reds” in 1981.
Another shocker came with “Amour,” which racked up 5 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Foreign Film, and Best Actress for 85-year-old Emmanuelle Riva, the oldest nominee ever. On the flip side, she’s nominated beside the now youngest nominee in the history of the Oscars: 9- year-old Quvenzhané Wallis for the fantastical Beasts of the Southern Wild (who was actually 6 at the time of filming). “Beasts” also got nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay.
At this point, my money’s on “Lincoln”; it’s one of the only films to get a directing nod from both the Directors Guild Awards and the Oscars (same goes for Ang Lee’s “Life of Pi”), it topped the BAFTA nominations, and it also surpassed most everyone’s expectations by grossing a whopping $145 million at the box office.
No matter what (or who) you think is going to win, one thing’s for certain: This is going to be one hell of an Oscar race!
Check out the full list of nominees below:
Best Picture
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
Lincoln
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Amour
Django Unchained
Argo
Lead Actor
Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook
Joaquin Phoenix - The Master
Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln
Denzel Washington - Flight
Hugh Jackman - Les Miserables
Lead Actress
Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty
Quvenzhané Wallis - Beasts of the Southern Wild
Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook
Naomi Watts - The Impossible
Emmanuelle Riva - Amour
Supporting Actor
Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained
Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master
Robert De Niro – Silver Linings Playbook
Alan Arkin – Argo
Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln
Supporting Actress
Sally Field - Lincoln
Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables
Jacki Weaver - The Silver Linings Playbook
Helen Hunt - The Sessions
Amy Adams - The Master
Animated Feature
Brave
Frankenweenie
Wreck-It Ralph
ParaNorman
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Director
David O. Russell – Silver Linings Playbook
Michael Haneke – Amour
Ang Lee – Life of Pi
Benh Zeitlin – Beasts of the Southern Wild
Steven Spielberg – Lincoln
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
Original Screenplay
John Gatins - Flight
Mark Boal - Zero Dark Thirty
Quentin Tarantino - Django Unchained
Michael Haneke - Amour
Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola - Moonrise Kingdom
Foreign Language Film
Amour, Austria
Kon-Tiki, Norway
No, Chile
A Royal Affair, Denmark
The War Witch, Canada
Production Design
Sarah Greenwood (Production Design); Katie Spencer (Set Decoration) - Anna Karenina
Dan Hennah (Production Design); Ra Vincent and Simon Bright (Set Decoration) - The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Eve Stewart (Production Design); Anna Lynch-Robinson (Set Decoration) - Les Miserables
David Gropman (Production Design); Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration) - Life of Pi
Rick Carter (Production Design); Jim Erickson (Set Decoration) - Lincoln
Cinematography
Seamus McGarvey - Anna Karenina
Robert Richardson - Django Unchained
Claudio Miranda - Life of Pi
Janusz Kaminski - Lincoln
Roger Deakins - Skyfall
Costume Design
Jacqueline Durran - Anna Karenina
Paco Delgado - Les Miserables
Joanna Johnston - Lincoln
Eiko Ishioka - Mirror Mirror
Colleen Atwood - Snow White and the Huntsman
Documentary Feature
5 Broken Cameras
The Gatekeepers
How to Survive a Plague
The Invisible War
Searching for Sugar Man
Documentary Short Subject
Inocente
Kings Point
Mondays at Racine
Open Heart
Redemption
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
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 Miserables
Original Score
Dario Marianelli - Anna Karenina
Alexandre Desplat - Argo
Mychael Danna - Life of Pi
John Williams - Lincoln
Thomas Newman - Skyfall
Original Song
“Before My Time” from Chasing Ice
“Everybody Needs A Best Friend” from Ted
“Pi’s Lullaby” from Life of Pi
“Skyfall” from Skyfall
“Suddenly” from Les Miserables
Animated Short Film
Adam and Dog
Fresh Guacamole
Head Over Heels
Maggie Simpson in “The Longest Daycare”
Paperman
Live Action Short Film
Asad
Buzkashi Boys
Curfew
Death of a Shadow
Henry
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
Sound Mixing
John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia - Argo
Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes - Les Miserables
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
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 - 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
Lauren Cohen is a film critic in South Florida. You can read her online at http://www.examiner.com/movie-in-miami/lauren-cohen.
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spmallee
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... I am surprised that Anna Karenina did not get a Best Picture nomination and that Jamie Fox nor Leonardo DiCaprio were recognized for their redoubtable roles in Django Unchained.  |
susaninflorida
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... The Sessions- both lead male and female are up for OScar but not the picture |
powellb
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... Zero Dark Thirty was a dragged on movie and I feel it shouldn't be best picture. The story is great but why did they have to stretch it out so long...half the theatre was sleep at the screening |
dmoorea
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... I felt that it was unfortunate that Tom Hooper was not nominated for his film version of Les Miserables. I thought that he made some very original choices during production; on top of the fact that producing movie musicals is already not an easy task. Perhaps the Academy felt his previous win nixed him from consideration. |
kristyp
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... I think Tom Hooper should have been nominated for Les Miserables. My sister saw the play and told me about it, so when the movie came out I was excited to see it. The movie was just as good as she described!!! He should have been nominated  |
Mariloly
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... Where's Cloud Atlas for cinematography... Where's Tom Hanks... This thing is rigged |
cantbeforsaken07
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... I'm surprised The Hobbit didn't get nominated for best picture. It didn't so much deserve a nomination, as I just expected it to. |
Sonic
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... Kathryn Bigelow - best director, Ben Affleck - best director and best actor, Leonardo DiCaprio - best director. What the f@#k academy? I'd skip the award ceremony this year if I wasn't such a huge fan of the host. |
miamisweetie
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... Javier Bardem in Skyfall and Leonardo DiCaprio in Django: Unchained are two of the biggest snubs. I loved both movies! |
ShadowZant
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... I think Skyfall deserved a Best Picture nomination over Life of Pi, but that's just my opinion. |
moviegirlnyorlando
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... I am surprised that Ben Afflect did not get the director nomination for Argo & Wes Anderson for Moonrise Kingdom and Bill Murray didn't get a best actor as his Role of FDR in Hyde Park on the Hudson. . he also should have gotten best supporting actor for Moonrise Kingdom, as should have Frances McDormitt |
bgomez8
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... Skyfall should have definitely have gotten a nomination for Best Picture. It was one of the best movies this year and the best Bond movie in recent memory. At the very least, should have gotten recognition by getting nominated |
sheretab
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... I think John Goodman should've been nominated for best supporting actor. He was the best part of Flight. |
CarrieDiana
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... Jennifer Lawrence..!! She is amazing and getting better each picture she does!! - Silver Linings Playbook |
thething
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... Leonardo D definitely got snubbed and Affleck should have been nominated for best director... |
christian.z
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... I would say 007: Skyfall should have recieved some kind of nomination or mention. Django as well but it came out at the very last moments of the year that it might be pushed to 2013 nominations. |
jmackles
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... I am more than surprised that Leonardo DiCaprio did not get chosen for Django Unchained. He was played his part very well and deserves to be recognized. I understand that it came out very close to the end of 2012, but it was still a good movie that had fabulous acting in it. |
Shadow
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... Quentin Tarentino, Jaime Foxx, Leonardo DeCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Ben Affleck, Bill Murray AMONG OTHERS........... I also agree with "sheretab" above, John Goodman as Supporting Actor in FLIGHT, too much!!! |
snwct63
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... Leonardo DeCaprio should be up for Django & The Hobbit should have more nominations than *hairstyling*!!! |
pmaster
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... I agree that Leonardo DiCaprio had an amazing performance for Django Unchained. Quentin Tarrantino wrote the script and brought about his proactive personality with this movie, to say the least, which proved to be a great movie. Batman was well done as well. |
emily156
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... I was really shocked that Leonardo DiCaprio did not receive a nomination for his performance in Django Unchained. He did an amazing job, and was completely excluded. |
simmtm
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... I think Tom Hooper should have been nominated for Les Miserables. I saw the play for the very first time. It was great! And when the movie came out I was so excited to see it because the movie was just as high-quality as the play!!! This is why I feel he should have been nominated. |
Magic0214
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... I will forever be angry for John Hawkes not getting a well deserved nomination for the best film of 2012, The Sessions. Frankly, I preferred him over DDL. |
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