Oscar watch: See the nominees for the 85th annual Academy Awards
Seth MacFarlane and Emma Stone announce this year's nominees. Get the latest information here
This morning, the Oscar race officially kicked into high gear as Seth MacFarlane and Emma Stone announced the nominees for the 85th annual Academy Awards, which will air on ABC on Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. EST. Watch the presentation here, and read the nominees:
BEST PICTURE
Amour
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Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Les Miserables
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Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
BEST DIRECTOR
Michael Haneke, Amour
Ang Lee, Life of Pi
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
Ben 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 DeNiro, Silver Linings Playbook
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
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 ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola, Moonrise Kingdom
Mark Boal, Zero Dark Thirty
John Gatins, Flight
Michael Haneke, Amour
Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Lucy Alibar and Ben Zitelin, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Tony Kushner, Lincoln
David Magee, Life of Pi
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Chris Terrio, Argo
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
A Royal Affair (Denmark)
Amour (Austria)
Kon-Tiki (Norway)
No (Chile)
War Witch (Canada)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Brave
Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Wreck-It-Ralph
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Roger Deakins, Skyfall
Janusz Kaminski, Lincoln
Seamus McGarvey, Anna Karenina
Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi
Robert Richardson, Django Unchained
BEST FILM EDITING
Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers, Lincoln
William Goldenberg, Argo
Michael Kahn, Lincoln
Tim Squyres, Life of Pi
Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg, Zero Dark Thirty
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Rick Carter, Jim Erickson and Peter T. Frank, Lincoln
Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer, Anna Karenina
David Gropman and Anna Pinnock, Life of Pi
Dan Hennah and Ra Vincent, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Eve Stewart, Les Miserables
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Colleen Atwood, Snow White and the Huntsman
Paco Delgado, Les Miserables
Jacqueline Durran, Anna Karenina
Eiko Ishioka, Mirror Mirror
Joanna Johnston, Lincoln
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Skyfall" (Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth, Skyfall)
"Pi’s Lullaby" (Mychael Danna and Bombay Jayashri, Life of Pi)
"Before My Time," (J. Ralph, Chasing Ice)
"Suddenly" (Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables)
"Everybody Needs a Best Friend" (Walter Murphy and Seth MacFarlane, Ted)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Mychael Danna, Life of Pi
Alexandre Desplat, Argo
Dario Marianelli, Anna Karenina
Thomas Newman, Skyfall
John Williams, Lincoln
BEST SOUND MIXING
Argo
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall
BEST SOUND EDITING
Argo
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Avengers
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Life of Pi
Prometheus
Snow White and the Huntsman
BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
Hitchcock
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Miserables
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
"Adam and Dog"
"Fresh Guacamole"
"Head over Heels"
"Maggie Simpson in ‘The Longest Daycare'"
"Paperman"
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
"Asad"
"Buzkashi Boys"
"Curfew"
"Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)"
"Henry"
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
"Inocente"
"Kings Point"
"Mondays at Racine"
"Open Heart"
"Redemption"
Scott Meslow is the entertainment editor for TheWeek.com. He has written about film and television at publications including The Atlantic, POLITICO Magazine, and Vulture.
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