85th Annual Academy Award Nomination List!

Subject: 85th Annual Academy Award Nomination List! Thu 10 Jan 2013, 11:29 am

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Nominations for the 85th annual Academy Award were announced on Jan. 10. Winners will be revealed on Feb. 24 during the kudocast hosted by Seth MacFarlane that airs live from the Dolby Theatre on ABC.

BEST PICTURE
"Amour"
"Argo"
"Beasts of the Southern Wild"
"Django Unchained"
"Les Miserables"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"
"Silver Linings Playbook"
"Zero Dark Thirty"

BEST DIRECTOR
Michael Haneke, "Amour"
Ang Lee, "Life of Pi"
Steven Spielberg, "Lincoln"
David. O. Russell, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Benh Zeitlin, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"

BEST ACTOR
Bradley Cooper, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln"
Hugh Jackman, "Les Miserables"
Joaquin Phoenix, "The Master"
Denzel Washington, "Flight"

BEST ACTRESS
Jessica Chastain, "Zero Dark Thirty"
Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Emmanuelle Riva, "Amour"
Quvenzhane 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 Miserables"
Helen Hunt, "The Sessions"
Jacki Weaver, "Silver Linings Playbook"

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
"Argo"
"Beasts of the Southern Wild"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"
"Silver Linings Playbook"

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
"Amour"
"Django Unchained"
"Flight"
"Moonrise Kingdom"
"Zero Dark Thirty"

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
"Amour"
"Kon-Tiki"
"No"
"A Royal Affair"
"War Witch"

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
"Brave"
"Frankenweenie"
"Paranorman"
"The Pirates"
"Wreck-It Ralph"

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
"5 Broken Cameras"
"The Gatekeepers"
"How to Survive a Plague"
"The Invisible War"
"Searching for Sugar Man"

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
"Anna Karenina"
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
"Les Miserables"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
"Anna Karenina"
"Django Unchained"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"
"Skyfall"

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
"Anna Karenina"
"Les Miserables"
"Lincoln"
"Mirror Mirror"
"Snow White and the Huntsman"

BEST EDITING
"Argo"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"
"Silver Linings Playbook"
"Zero Dark Thirty"

BEST MAKEUP
"Hitchcock"
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
"Les Miserables"

BEST SCORE
"Anna Karenina"
"Argo"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"
"Skyfall"

BEST SONG
"Before My Time" ("Chasing Ice")
"Suddenly" ("Les Miserables")
"Pi's Lullaby" ("Life of Pi"
"Skyfall" ("Skyfall")
"Everybody Needs a Best Friend" ("Ted")

BEST SOUND EDITING
"Argo"
"Django Unchained"
"Life of Pi"
"Skyfall"
"Zero Dark Thirty"

BEST SOUND MIXING
"Argo"
"Les Miserables"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"
"Skyfall"

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
"The Avengers"
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
"Life of Pi"
"Prometheus"
"Snow White and the Huntsman"

BEST ANIMATED SHORT
“Adam and Dog” Minkyu Lee
“Fresh Guacamole” PES
“Head over Heels” Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly
“Maggie Simpson in “The Longest Daycare”" David Silverman
“Paperman” John Kahrs

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Inocente
Kings Point
Mondays at Racine
Open Heart
Redemption

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
“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

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Wow there are some major snubs here! Especially in the director category!

What do you think of the nominees?

http://www.goldderby.com/news/3830/oscars-nominations-academy-awards-lincoln-life-of-pi-argo-zero-dark-thirty-django-unchained-movies-entertainment-news-43467580.html

"Lincoln," Steven Spielberg's historical biopic about the passing of the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery, is the top nominee at the Academy Awards with 12 bids including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. "Lincoln" has swept the nominations throughout the season, also receiving the most bids at SAG, Critics' Choice, the Golden Globes, and BAFTA. It is the director's most nominated film since "Schindler's List" in 1993.

Though Spielberg has three Oscars (Director and Picture for "Schindler's," Director for "Saving Private Ryan"), no actor has ever won for his films, but this year three will have a chance to break that sreak: "Lincoln" contends for Best Actor (Daniel Day-Lewis), Best Supporting Actor (Tommy Lee Jones), and Best Supporting Actress (Sally Field).

"Life of Pi" follows close behind with 11 nominations, including Picture and Director (Ang Lee). Of the top Oscar nominees, it is the only one shut out of the acting categories, but the visually bold shipwreck drama earned nods in multiple craft categories, including Cinematography, Visual Effects, Sound Editing, and Sound Mixing.

"Silver Linings Playbook" had a surprisingly strong showing with eight bids, including Picture, Director (David O. Russell), and Adapted Screenplay. It is also nominated in all four acting races, including a surprise Supporting Actress nod for Jacki Weaver.

Tom Hooper's musical adaptation "Les Miserables" earned just seven nominations, well south of the 11 we previously forecast. It's nominated for Best Picture, Best Actor (Hugh Jackman), and Best Supporting Actress (Anne Hathaway), though Hooper was snubbed in the Best Director race.

Kathryn Bigelow made history in 2009 by becoming the first woman to win Best Director (for "The Hurt Locker"), but she won't have a chance to repeat for "Zero Dark Thirty." She was left out of that category this year. The film nevertheless earned five nominations, including Picture, Actress (Jessica Chastain), and Original Screenplay.

Ben Affleck was another surprise omission. His latest film, "Argo," is up for a better-than-expected seven awards, including Picture, Supporting Actor (Alan Arkin), and Adapted Screenplay, but Affleck himself failed to earn a Directing nod despite much speculation that he could actually win that race.

Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained" did better than expected, with five nominations including Picture and Supporting Actor (Leonardo DiCaprio, Christoph Waltz, and/or Samuel L. Jackson). Tarantino was not nominated for Director, but earned a bid for Original Screenplay.

"Amour" earned a nomination for Foreign Language Film and is the expected frontrunner in that race. It is also up for Actress (Emmanuelle Riva) and Original Screenplay, as we predicted. But it also earned another pair of major surprise bids: Picture and Director (Michael Haneke).

"Beasts of the Southern Wild" also surprised with four nominations. It is nominated for Picture, Actress, and Adapted Screenplay, but though it did not receive any craft nominations, Benh Zeitlin was recognized in the Best Director category.

Other notable snubs include Maggie Smith ("Best Exotic Marigold Hotel"), John Hawkes ("The Sessions") and Marion Cotillard ("Rust and Bone"). France's top-grossing "The Intouchables" was snubbed for Foreign Language Film, as was Cristian Mungiu's "Beyond the Hills.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-en-oscars-2013-top-nominees,0,661185.photogallery

List of some films with at least 4 nominations [some were left off like Beasts of the Southern Wild!]:

'Lincoln'
Nominations [12]:

Best picture: Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, producers
Actor in a leading role: Daniel Day-Lewis
Actor in a supporting role: Tommy Lee Jones
Actress in a supporting role: Sally Field
Cinematography: Janusz Kaminski
Costume design: Joanna Johnston
Directing: Steven Spielberg
Film editing: Michael Kahn
Music (original score): John Williams
Production design: Rick Carter (production design), Jim Erickson (set decoration)
Sound mixing: Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins
Writing (adapted screenplay): Tony Kushner

'Life of Pi'
Nominations [11]:

Best picture: Gil Netter, Ang Lee and David Womark, producers
Cinematography: Claudio Miranda
Directing: Ang Lee
Film editing: Tim Squyres
Music (original score): Mychael Danna
Music (original song): "Pi's Lullaby," music by Mychael Danna, lyric by Bombay Jayashri
Production design: David Gropman (production design), Anna Pinnock (set decoration)
Sound editing: Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton
Sound mixing: Ron Bartlett, D.M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin
Visual effects: Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott
Writing (adapted screenplay): David Magee

'Les Miserables'
Nominations [8]:

Best picture: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward and Cameron Mackintosh, producers
Actor in a leading role: Hugh Jackman
Actress in a supporting role: Anne Hathaway
Costume design: Paco Delgado
Makeup and hairstyling: Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell
Music (original song): "Suddenly," music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil
Production design: Dan Hennah (production design), Ra Vincent and Simon Bright (set decoration)
Sound mixing: Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes

'Silver Linings Playbook'
Nominations [8]:

Best picture: Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen and Jonathan Gordon, producers
Actor in a leading role: Bradley Cooper
Actor in a supporting role: Robert De Niro
Actress in a leading role: Jennifer Lawrence
Actress in a supporting role: Jacki Weaver
Directing: David O. Russell
Film editing: Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers
Writing (adapted screenplay): David O. Russell

'Argo'
Nominations [7]:

Best picture: Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney, producers
Actor in a supporting role: Alan Arkin
Film editing: William Goldenberg
Music (original score): Alexandre Desplat
Sound editing: Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn
Sound mixing: John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia
Writing (adapted screenplay): Chris Terrio

'Amour'
Nominations [5]:

Best picture: Nominees TBD
Actress in a leading role: Emmanuelle Riva
Directing: Michael Haneke
Foreign language film (Austria)
Writing (original screenplay): Michael Haneke

'Zero Dark Thirty'
Nominations [5]:

Best picture: Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow and Megan Ellison, producers
Actress in a leading role: Jessica Chastain
Film editing: Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg
Sound editing: Paul N.J. Ottosson
Writing (original screenplay) Mark Boal

'Anna Karenina'
Nominations [4]:

Cinematography: Seamus McGarvey
Costume design: Jacqueline Durran
Music (original score): Dario Marianelli
Production design: Sarah Greenwood (production design), Katie Spencer (set decoration)

http://www.goldderby.com/news/3835/oscars-nominations-academy-awards-entertainment-news-73819526.html

Three movies have now emerged as the frontrunners to win the Oscar for Best Picture: "Lincoln," "Silver Linings Playbook" and "Life of Pi." That's because they all earned nominations in the four categories key to victory: Best Picture, Director, Screenplay and Editing. It's rare that a film prevails without all four key areas of support.

The big surprise today was the absence of "Zero Dark Thirty" and "Argo" in the race for Best Director, snubs that radically reduce their hopes of nailing the top prize. Sure, "Driving Miss Daisy" (1989) won without helmer Bruce Beresford getting a bid, but that was a rare exception unlikely to repeat anytime soon.

Kathryn Bigelow was probably left off the list because of controversy surrounding the film's depiction of U.S. military torturing suspected terrorists, but there's no explaining why Ben Affleck got skunked. He recently nabbed noms from the DGA and Golden Globes, so he's considered worthy by other Hollywood award groups. The academy is a notoriously peculiar gang. The directors' branch is small – comprised only of about 300 members who can often be quite snobbish. Witness the inclusion of Michael Hanake ("Amour") in this category. Actors-turned-directors may seem a bit trashy by comparison and they only make the cut on rare occasions, come to think of it.

So what happens next? "Lincoln" seems like a safe choice to bet on. Movies with the most bids win Best Picture about 75% of the time and there's a lot of love for this film and a strong desire by Hollywood to hail the comeback of the town's king, Steven Spielberg. It may be hard to stop.

But if any film can do it, it's "Silver Linings Playbook" – because it's the little movie with Big Heart and voters adore that. Heart is what "The King's Speech" had and "Social Network" didn't. Heart helped "The Artist" to go all the way last year.

"Silver Linings Playbook" has impressive support within the academy's acting branch, which is, with 1,300 members, its largest. The movie scored bids in every one of the four top races – that's only happened a few times in Oscar history. Having strong support within the acting branch is what many pundits believe sparked the upset of "Shakespeare in Love" over "Saving Private Ryan" back in 1998.

But what about "Life of Pi"? Some pundits think it's cursed because it doesn't have an acting nomination, but "Slumdog Millionaire" and "The Last Emperor" won without acting bids. Strangely, this film has been routinely downplayed by leading Oscarologists, who don't take it seriously as a contender. However, consider this: "Pi" and director Ang Lee have pulled strong consistently across all early awards. Other than "Lincoln," it's the only film that's been nominated in the top races by DGA, PGA, Golden Globes, Critics Choice and now Oscars.

Personally, I'd love to think that it's a secret, rumbling volcano. "Pi" and "Beasts of the Southern Wild" are my favorite two films of 2012, but, alas, I'm not an Oscar voter.

Subject: Re: 85th Annual Academy Award Nomination List! Fri 11 Jan 2013, 2:53 am

http://www.goldderby.com/news/3828/oscars-nominations-academy-awards-argo-ben-affleck-kathryn-bigelow-tom-hooper-les-miserables-movies-entertainment-news-43467580.html

Proving that we Oscar forecasters can't always tell which way the wind is blowing, the Academy Awards gave the cold shoulder to a number of seemingly strong contenders

The most notable omission in the top race is "The Master," which reaped three acting bids. Also MIA are three blockbusters with critical cred: "The Dark Knight Rises," "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" and "Skyfall." (Read report on nominations here)

The directing lineup is missing three of the DGA nominees -- Ben Affleck ("Argo"), Kathryn Bigelow ("Zero Dark Thirty") and Tom Hooper ("Les Miserables") -- as well as another helmer of one of the nine Best Picture nominees, Quentin Tarantino ("Django Unchained").

Snubbed save for a makeup/hair nod was "Hitchcock" which stars Oscar winners Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren. And "Anna Karenina," Joe Wright's third film with Keira Knightley picked up just four creative bids.

NOT BEST PICTURE
"Anna Karenina"
"Best Exotic Marigold Hotel"
"The Dark Knight Rises"
"Flight"
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
"The Impossible"
"The Sessions"
"Skyfall"

NOT BEST DIRECTOR
Ben Affleck, "Argo"
Paul Thomas Anderson, "The Master"
Wes Anderson, "Moonrise Kindgom"
Kathryn Bigelow, "Zero Dark Thirty"
Tom Hooper, "Les Miserables"
Peter Jackson, "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
Ben Lewin,"The Sessions"
John Madden, "Best Exotic Marigold Hotel"
Christopher Nolan, "The Dark Knight Rises"
Quentin Tarantino, "Django Unchained"
Joe Wright, "Anna Karenina"
Robert Zemeckis, "Flight"

NOT BEST ACTOR
Ben Affleck, "Argo"
Jamie Foxx, "Django Unchained"
Richard Gere, "Arbitrage"
Jake Gyllenhaal, "End of Watch"
John Hawkes, "The Sessions"
Tom Holland, "The Impossible"
Anthony Hopkins, "Hitchcock"
Bill Murray, "Hyde Park on the Hudson"
Jean Louis Trintignant, "Amour"

NOT BEST ACTRESS
Marion Cotillard, "Rust and Bone"
Judi Dench, "Best Exotic Marigold Hotel"
Helen Mirren, "Hitchcock"
Keira Knightley, "Anna Karenina"
Laura Linney, "Hyde Park on the Hudson"
Maggie Smith, "Quartet"
Rachel Weisz, "The Deep Blue Sea"

NOT BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Leonardo DiCaprio, "Django Unchained"
Russell Crowe, "Les Miserables"
Dwight Henry, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Samuel L. Jackson, "Django Unchained"
William H. Macy, "The Sessions"
Matthew McConaughey, "Magic Mike"
Eddie Redmayne, "Les Miserables"
James Spader, "Lincoln"

NOT BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Samantha Barks, "Les Miserables"
Emily Blunt, "Looper"
Helena Bonham Carter, "Les Miserables"
Scarlett Johannson, "Hitchcock"
Nicole Kidman, "The Paperboy"
Kelly Reilly, "Flight"
Maggie Smith, "Best Exotic Marigold Hotel"

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