This year's Oscars host, Seth MacFarlane, was accompanied by actress Emma Stone Thursday morning to announce the nominees for the 85th annual Academy Awards. Over 400 media representatives from around the world attended the 5:30am (Pacific) press conference to find out which films and stars are this year's cream of the crop. Not surprisingly, Steven Spielberg's Abraham Lincoln biopic Lincoln led the pack with a whopping 12 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Daniel Day Lewis), and Best Director (Spielberg). There were few surprises amongst this year's nominees, most notably the Best Director snub of Ben Affleck for his political thriller Argo, which landed seven nominations including Best Picture. Silver Linings Playbook pulled in eight nominations, including one in each acting category -- the first time a film's cast has had a nomination in all four in over 30 years - for leads Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, and supporting stars Robert De Niro and Jacki Weaver. Only 14 films have achieved the feat, the last one being 1981'sReds. Thats' not the only interesting fact about this year's acting nominees, Amour's Emmanuelle Riva (85) becomes the oldest woman to land a Best Actress nod, while Beasts of the Southern Wild's Quvenzhane Wallis (9) is the youngest. Tom Hooper's musical update of starpulse also garnered eight awards, including Best Picture; however Hooper did not land a Best Director nod. Best Director and Best Picture usually go hand-in-hand, and a film's chance of winning best picture without its director getting a nod usually has little chance of winning. The same goes for Kathryn Bigelow, whose Zero Dark Thirty landed a Best Picture nomination but not a Best Director nod. The Academy Awards airs live on Sunday, February 24, 2013 on ABC. Check out the full list of nominations below...
Nominations for the 85th Academy Awards, (1) Performance by an actor in a leading role: (a) Bradley Cooper in "Silver Linings Playbook", (b) Daniel Day-Lewis in "Lincoln", (c) Hugh Jackman in "Les Miserables", (d) Joaquin Phoenix in "The Master", (e) Denzel Washington in "Flight" (2) Performance by an actor in a supporting role: (a) Alan Arkin in "Argo", (b) Robert De Niro in "Silver Linings Playbook", Philip Seymour Hoffman in "The Master", Tommy Lee Jones in "Lincoln", Christoph Waltz in "Django Unchained", (3) Performance by an actress in a leading role: Jessica Chastain in "Zero Dark Thirty", Jennifer Lawrence in "Silver Linings Playbook" Emmanuelle Riva in "Amour" Quvenzhane Wallis in "Beasts of the Southern Wild" Naomi Watts in "The Impossible" (4) Performance by an actress in a supporting role: Amy Adams in "The Master", Sally Field in
"Lincoln", Anne Hathaway in "Les Misérables", Helen Hunt in "The Sessions", (5) Best animated feature film of the year: (a) Jacki Weaver in "Silver Linings Playbook", (b) "Brave" Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman, "Frankenweenie" (c) Tim Burton, "ParaNorman" Sam Fell and Chris Butler, "The Pirates! Band of Misfits" (d) Peter Lord, "Wreck-It Ralph" (e) Rich Moore, Achievement in cinematography, "Anna Karenina" (f) Seamus McGarvey, "Django Unchained" (g) Robert Richardson, "Life of Pi" (h) Claudio Miranda, "Lincoln" (I) Janusz Kaminski, "Skyfall" (J) Roger Deakins, (6) Achievement in costume design: (a) "Anna Karenina" Jacqueline Durran, (b) "Les Misérables" Paco Delgado, (c) "Lincoln" Joanna Johnston, "Mirror Mirror" (d) Eiko Ishioka "Snow White and the Huntsman" (f) Colleen
Atwood, (7) Achievement in directing: (a) "Amour" Michael Haneke, (b) "Beasts of the Southern Wild" Benh Zeitlin, (c) "Life of Pi" Ang Lee, (d) "Lincoln" Steven Spielberg , (e) "Silver Linings Playbook" David O. Russell, (8) Best documentary feature, (a) "5 Broken Cameras" - Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi (b) "The Gatekeepers" - Nominees to be determined, (c) "How to Survive a Plague" - Nominees to be determined (c) "The Invisible War" - Nominees to be determined, (d) "Searching for Sugar Man" - Nominees to be determined, (9) Best documentary short subject: (a) "Inocente" - Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine, (b) "Kings Point" - Sari Gilman and Jedd Wider, (c) "Mondays at Racine" - Cynthia Wade and Robin Honan, (d) "Open Heart" - Kief Davidson and Cori Shepherd Stern, (e) "Redemption" - Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill, (9) Achievement in film editing: (a) "Argo" William Goldenberg, (b) "Life of Pi" Tim Squyres, (c) "Lincoln" Michael Kahn, (d) "Silver Linings Playbook" Jay Cassidy and Crispin
Struthers, (e) "Zero Dark Thirty" Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg, (10) Best foreign language film of the year: (a) Amour" Austria, (b) "Kon-Tiki" Norway, (c) "No" Chile, (d) "A Royal Affair" Denmark, (e) "War Witch" Canada, (11) Achievement in makeup and hairstyling: (a) "Hitchcock" - Howard Berger, (b) Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel, "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane, "Les Misérables" - Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell, (12) Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score): (a) "Anna Karenina" Dario Marianelli (b) "Argo" Alexandre Desplat, (c) "Life of Pi" Mychael Danna, "Lincoln" John Williams, (d) "Skyfall" Thomas Newman, (13) Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song): (a) "Before My Time" from "Chasing Ice" - Music and Lyric by J. Ralph, (b) "Everybody Needs A Best Friend" from "Ted" - Music by Walter Murphy; Lyric by Seth MacFarlane, (c) "Pi's Lullaby" from "Life of Pi" - Music by Mychael Danna; Lyric by Bombay Jayashri, (d) "Skyfall" from "Skyfall" - Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth, (e) "Suddenly" from "Les Misérables" - Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil, (14) Best motion picture of the year: (a) "Amour" Nominees to be determined (b) "Argo" Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney, Producers: (c) "Beasts of the Southern Wild" Dan Janvey, Josh Penn and Michael Gottwald, Producers (d) "Django Unchained" Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin and Pilar Savone, Producers (e) "Les Miserables" Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward and Cameron Mackintosh, Producers (f) "Life of Pi" Gil Netter, Ang Lee and David Womark, Producers, (g) "Lincoln" Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers (h) "Silver Linings Playbook" Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen and Jonathan Gordon, Producers (I) "Zero Dark Thirty" Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow and Megan Ellison, Producers
Atwood, (7) Achievement in directing: (a) "Amour" Michael Haneke, (b) "Beasts of the Southern Wild" Benh Zeitlin, (c) "Life of Pi" Ang Lee, (d) "Lincoln" Steven Spielberg , (e) "Silver Linings Playbook" David O. Russell, (8) Best documentary feature, (a) "5 Broken Cameras" - Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi (b) "The Gatekeepers" - Nominees to be determined, (c) "How to Survive a Plague" - Nominees to be determined (c) "The Invisible War" - Nominees to be determined, (d) "Searching for Sugar Man" - Nominees to be determined, (9) Best documentary short subject: (a) "Inocente" - Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine, (b) "Kings Point" - Sari Gilman and Jedd Wider, (c) "Mondays at Racine" - Cynthia Wade and Robin Honan, (d) "Open Heart" - Kief Davidson and Cori Shepherd Stern, (e) "Redemption" - Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill, (9) Achievement in film editing: (a) "Argo" William Goldenberg, (b) "Life of Pi" Tim Squyres, (c) "Lincoln" Michael Kahn, (d) "Silver Linings Playbook" Jay Cassidy and Crispin
Struthers, (e) "Zero Dark Thirty" Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg, (10) Best foreign language film of the year: (a) Amour" Austria, (b) "Kon-Tiki" Norway, (c) "No" Chile, (d) "A Royal Affair" Denmark, (e) "War Witch" Canada, (11) Achievement in makeup and hairstyling: (a) "Hitchcock" - Howard Berger, (b) Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel, "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane, "Les Misérables" - Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell, (12) Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score): (a) "Anna Karenina" Dario Marianelli (b) "Argo" Alexandre Desplat, (c) "Life of Pi" Mychael Danna, "Lincoln" John Williams, (d) "Skyfall" Thomas Newman, (13) Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song): (a) "Before My Time" from "Chasing Ice" - Music and Lyric by J. Ralph, (b) "Everybody Needs A Best Friend" from "Ted" - Music by Walter Murphy; Lyric by Seth MacFarlane, (c) "Pi's Lullaby" from "Life of Pi" - Music by Mychael Danna; Lyric by Bombay Jayashri, (d) "Skyfall" from "Skyfall" - Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth, (e) "Suddenly" from "Les Misérables" - Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil, (14) Best motion picture of the year: (a) "Amour" Nominees to be determined (b) "Argo" Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney, Producers: (c) "Beasts of the Southern Wild" Dan Janvey, Josh Penn and Michael Gottwald, Producers (d) "Django Unchained" Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin and Pilar Savone, Producers (e) "Les Miserables" Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward and Cameron Mackintosh, Producers (f) "Life of Pi" Gil Netter, Ang Lee and David Womark, Producers, (g) "Lincoln" Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers (h) "Silver Linings Playbook" Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen and Jonathan Gordon, Producers (I) "Zero Dark Thirty" Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow and Megan Ellison, Producers
(15) Achievement in production design: (a) "Anna Karenina" - Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer, (b) "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" - Production Design: Dan Hennah; Set Decoration: Ra Vincent and Simon Bright. (c) "Les Misérables" - Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Anna Lynch-Robinson, (d) "Life of Pi" - Production Design: David Gropman; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock, (e) "Lincoln" - Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson, (16) Best animated short film: (a) "Adam and Dog" Minkyu Lee, (b) "Fresh Guacamole" PES, (c) "Head over Heels" (d) Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly, (e) "Maggie Simpson in 'The Longest Daycare'" David Silverman, (f) "Paperman" John Kahrs, (17) Best live action short film: (a) "Asad" Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura, (b) "Buzkashi Boys" Sam French and Ariel Nasr, (c) "Curfew" Shawn Christensen, (d) "Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)" Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele, (d) "Henry" Yan England, (18)Achievement in sound editing: (a) "Argo" Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn, (b) "Django Unchained" Wylie Stateman, (c) "Life of Pi" Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton, (d) "Skyfall" Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers, (e) "Zero Dark Thirty" Paul N.J. Ottosson,
(19) Achievement in sound mixing: (a) "Argo" - John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia, (b) "Les Misérables" - Andy © 2013 Starpulse.comNelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes, (c) "Life of Pi" - Ron Bartlett, D.M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin, (d) "Lincoln" - Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins, (e) "Skyfall" - Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson, (20) Achievement in visual effects: (a) "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" - Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White, (b) "Life of Pi" - Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott, (b) "Marvel's The Avengers" - Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick, (c) "Prometheus" - Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill, "Snow White and the Huntsman" - Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson, (21) Adapted screenplay: (a) "Argo" Screenplay by Chris Terrio, (b) "Beasts of the Southern Wild" Screenplay by Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin, (c) "Life of Pi" Screenplay by David Magee, (d) "Lincoln" Screenplay by Tony Kushner, "Silver Linings Playbook" Screenplay by David O. Russell, (22) Original screenplay: (a) "Amour" Written by Michael Haneke, (b) "Django Unchained" Written by Quentin Tarantino, (c) "Flight" Written by John Gatins, "Moonrise Kingdom" Written by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola, (d) "Zero Dark Thirty" Written by Mark Boal, Photo Credits: © Disney Enterprises, Inc; © The Weinstein Company Inc. All Rights Reserved; © Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All rights reserved. Not for sale or duplication; © Fox and its related entities. All rights reserved; © Universal Pictures Source: Starpulse.com
