UPDATE: Lincoln leads nominations with 12, Life of Pi earns 11.
With Ben Affleck being snubbed for Best Director (he was considered a lock by most – there was an audible gasp at the end of the Director`s nominee annoucements – was it because his name was missingÉ), that likely leads Lincoln taking most of the awards this year. Tom Hooper was also not nominated for Best Director hurting Les Misérables chances (although Anne seems a lock), but a lot of people were predicting that. Bests of the Southern Wild and Amour did better than generally predicted.
Today, the 85th Academy Award Nominations are going to be announced. MJ’s always does a wonderful live blog of the event, so let’s get the excitement started early. And it is early for us West Coasters. The announcements will be made live HERE at 8:30 am EST/5:30 am PST (all the better to catch the news cycle). Come and discuss who you think should win, who will win and who was SNUBBED.
Nobody from a reality show we cover is likely to be up for anything this year, but “Les Mis” is likely to get a lot of nominations and it has recently been a hot topic around here. It’s being touted for the two biggies (Best Picture and Director), acting awards (as has been pointed out, they are actors – most likely Anne Hathway in Supporting Actress and possibly Hugh Jackman in Actor) and a slew of technical awards. Blog favourite Adele sang “Skyfall” which is likely to be nominated.
The big nominees will likely be “Lincoln” and “Zero Dark Thirty”. “Argo” will probably get a lot of big nominations. “Django Unchained” seems to be headed for some “THEY WERE ROBBED” articles. Let’s see how things turn out in a few short minutes.
Best Picture
Amour
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
Best Actor
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Hugh Jackman, Les Misérables
Joaquin Phoenix, Master
Denzel Washingtong, 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
Jackie Weavers, Silver Linings Playbook
Animated Feature Film
Brave
Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Wreck-It Ralph
Cinematography
Anna Karenina
Django Uchanined
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall
Costume Design
Anna Karenina
Les Misérables
Lincoln
Mirror Mirror
Snow White and the Huntsman
Directing
Amour – Michael Haneke
Beasts of the Southern Wild – Benh Zeitlin
Life of Pi – Ang Lee
Lincoln – Steven Spielberg
Silver Linings Playbook – David O’Russell
Documentary Feature
5 Broken Cameras
The Gatekeepers
How to Survive a Plague
The Invisible War
Searching for the Sugar Man
Documentary Short
Inocente
Kings of Point
Mondays at Racine
Open Heart
Redemption
Film Editing
Argo
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
Foreign Langue Film
Amour – Austria
Kon-Tiki – Norway
No – Chile
A Royal Affair – Denmark
War Witch – Canada
Makeup and Hairstyling
Hitchcok
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Misérables
Music – Original Socre
Anna Karenina
Argo
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall
Music – Original Song
Before My Time – Chasing Ice
Everybody Needs a Best Friend – Ted
Pi’s Lullaby – Life of Pi
Skyfall – Skyfall
Suddenly – Les Misérables
Production Design
Anna Karenina
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Short Film – Animated
Adam and Dog
Fresh Guacamole
Head over Heels
Maggie Simpson in “The Longest Daycare”
Paperman
Short Film – Live Action
Asad
Buzkashi Boys
Curfew
Death of a Shadow
Henry
Sound Editing
Argo
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty
Sound Mixing
Argo
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall
Visual Effects
The Hobitt: An Unexpected Journey
Life of Pi
Marvel`s The Avengers
Prometheus
Snow White and the Huntsman
Writing – Adapted Screenplay
Arg – Chris Terrio
Beasts of the Southern Wild – Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin
Life of Pi – David Magee
Lincoln – Tony Kushner
Silver Linings Playbook – David O`Russell
Writing – Original Screenplay
Amour – Michael Haneke
Django Unchained – quentin Tarantino
Flight – John Gatins
Moonrise Kingdom – Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
Zero Dark Thirty – Mark Boal