Oscar Nominations: 2013

-Lincoln leads Oscar 2013 nominations with 12 nods.

-Life Of Pi came second with 11 nominations, ahead of Zero Dark Thirty and Les Miserables
-Strong contingent of American stars dominate categories, including Denzel Washington, Bradley Cooper, Jessica Chastain and Jennifer Lawrence
-Quvenzhane Wallis, aged 9, is the youngest actress in history to be nominated for Best Actress, and Emmanuelle Riva, 85 the oldest

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

LEADING ACTRESS
Naomi Watts – The Impossible
Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty
Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook
Emmanuelle Riva – Amour
Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alan Arkin – Argo
Robert De Niro – Silver Linings Playbook
Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln
Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained
Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams – The Master
Sally Field – Lincoln
Anne Hathaway – Les Miserables
Helen Hunt – The Sessions
Jacki Weaver – Silver Linings Playbook

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

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

ANIMATED FILM
Brave
Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
The Pirates! Band Of Misfits
Wreck-It Ralph

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Anna Karenina
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall

SOUND MIXING
Skyfall
Argo
Les Miserables
Life Of Pi
Lincoln

ORIGINAL SONG
Before My Time from Chasing Ice – J. Ralph
Everybody Needs a Best Friend from Ted – Walter Murphy and Seth MacFarlane
Pi’s Lullaby from Life of Pi – Mychael Danna and Bombay Jayashri
Skyfall from Skyfall – Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
Suddenly from Les Miserables – Claude-Michel Schonberg, Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil

ORIGINAL SCORE
Argo – Alexandre Desplat
Anna Karenina – Dario Marianelli
Life of Pi – Mychael Danna
Lincoln – John Williams
Skyfall – Thomas Newman

And that’s about all I care about.

If you’re all artsy, read more here.

So I see Hathaway got her nod.. no Affleck which makes me happy.. The Hobbit got robbed for Best Picture AND if Wreck-It-Ralph loses to Brave, I’ll be mad.

Thoughts on the list?

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