My goodness has it really been a year since we were here with the Oscars? I guess we are into that time of year where we all have to break out the formal-wear and practice the fake smiles when we don’t win that award.
From the list of nominees that has been announced today there are a few interesting decisions that have been taken this time around. This time instead of who’s nominated its who isn’t nominated such as within the Best Director category where Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty) and Tom Hooper (Les Misérables) are both missing from the list, however people such as Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained), Michael Haneke (Amour) and Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild) all receive nominations.
As far as the numbers go Steven Speilberg’s biopic of Lincoln lead the field with 12 nominations, while Ang Lee’s “un-filmable” Life of Pi picks up 11 nominations, Les Misérables has a mere 8 nominations and the surprise of the year, Silver Linings Playbook has 8 nominations
Unlike last year where the fields were open for choosing this year it feels more like people have already won certain awards such as Anne Hathaway’s performance in Les Misérables
Keep watching out for the NerdVice team’s Oscar challenge, as some contributors to the site will look to make their selections of the for who will win what on the 24th February in Los Angeles .
Best Picture
Amour
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
Actor in a Leading Role
Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook)
Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
Hugh Jackman (Les Misérables)
Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)
Denzel Washington (Flight)
Actress in a Leading Role
Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)
Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
Emmanuelle Riva (Amour)
Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
Naomi Watts (The Impossible)
Actor in a Supporting Role
Alan Arkin (Argo)
Robert De Niro (Silver Linings Playbook)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)
Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln)
Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained)
Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams (The Master)
Sally Field (Lincoln)
Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables)
Helen Hunt (The Sessions)
Jacki Weaver (Silver Linings Playbook)
Animated Feature Film
Brave
Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Wreck-It Ralph
Best Cinematography
Anna Karenina
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall
Best Costume Design
Anna Karenina
Les Misérables
Lincoln
Mirror Mirror
Snow White and the Huntsman
Best Director
Amour (Michael Haneke)
Beasts of the Southern Wild (Benh Zeitlin)
Life of Pi (Ang Lee)
Lincoln (Steven Spielberg)
Silver Linings Playbook (David O. Russell)
Best Documentary Feature
5 Broken Cameras (Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi)
The Gatekeepers
How to Survive a Plague
The Invisible War
Searching for Sugar Man
Best Documentary Short
Inocente (Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine)
Kings Point (Sari Gilman and Jedd Wider)
Mondays at Racine (Cynthia Wade and Robin Honan)
Open Heart (Kief Davidson and Cori Shepherd Stern)
Redemption (Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill)
Best Film Editing
Argo
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
Best Foreign Language Film
Amour (Austria)
Kon-Tiki (Norway)
No (Chile)
A Royal Affair (Denmark)
War Witch (Canada)
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Hitchcock
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Misérables
Best Original Score
Anna Karenina (Dario Marianelli)
Argo (Alexandre Desplat)
Life of Pi (Mychael Danna)
Lincoln (John Williams)
Skyfall (Thomas Newman)
Best Original Song
“Before My Time” from Chasing Ice, Music and Lyric by J. Ralph
“Everybody Needs A Best Friend” from Ted, Music by Walter Murphy; Lyric by Seth MacFarlane
“Pi’s Lullaby” from Life of Pi, Music by Mychael Danna; Lyric by Bombay Jayashri
“Skyfall” from Skyfall, Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
“Suddenly” from Les Misérables, Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil
Best Production Design
Anna Karenina
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Best Short Film (Animated)
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 Short Film (Live Action)
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)
Best Sound Editing
Argo
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty
Best Sound Editing
Argo
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall
Best Visual Effects
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Life of Pi
Marvel’s The Avengers
Prometheus
Snow White and the Huntsman
Best Adapted Screenplay
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Best Original Screenplay
Armour
Django Unchained
Flight
Moonrise Kingdom
Zero Dark Thirty
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