The nominees for the 85th Academy Awards are officially in. Early in the morning on Thursday, January 10th, Emma Stone and Seth Macfarlane teamed up to announce the nominees from the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, CA.
Like the announcements from previous years, there are nominations that everyone knew would be called and other nominations (and snubs) that make even Oscar’s jaw drop.
Here is a list of the nominees for the top six categories: (My picks are in BOLD)
BEST PICTURE
- Amour
- Argo
- Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Django Unchained
- Les Miserables
- Life of Pi
- LINCOLN
- Silver Linings Playbook
- Zero Dark Thirty
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
- Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook)
- DANIEL DAY LEWIS (LINCOLN)
- Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables)
- Joaquin Pheonix (The Master)
- Denzel Washington (Flight)
Snubbed: Ben Affleck (Argo)
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
- JESSICA CHASTAIN (ZERO DARK THIRTY)
- Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
- Emmanuelle Riva (Amour)
- Quevenzhane Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
- NAOMI WATTS (THE IMPOSSIBLE)
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
- Alan Arkin (Argo)
- Robert De Niro (Silver Linings Playbook)
- Phillip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)
- Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln)
- CHRISTOPH WALTZ (DJANGO UNCHAINED)
Snubbed: Leonardo DiCaprio (Django Unchained)
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
- Amy Adams (The Master)
- SALLY FIELD (LINCOLN)
- Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables)
- Helen Hunt (The Sessions)
- Jacki Weaver (Silver Linings Playbook)
Snubbed: Kerry Washington (Django Unchained)
BEST 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)
Snubbed: Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained) , Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty)
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In this undated publicity file photo released by The Weinstein Company, from left, Jamie Foxx and Leonardo DiCaprio star in the film, “Django Unchained,” directed by Quentin Tarantino.
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U.S. actress Kerry Washington arrives for the German premiere of the movie “Django Unchained” in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013.
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In this Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012 file photo, director Kathryn Bigelow participates in a “Zero Dark Thirty” photo call in New York.
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This publicity film image released by DreamWorks and Twentieth Century Fox shows Daniel Day-Lewis portraying Abraham Lincoln in the film “Lincoln.”
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This film image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Ben Affleck as Tony Mendez, center, in “Argo,” a rescue thriller about the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis.
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This undated publicity film image provided by Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. shows Jessica Chastain in”Zero Dark Thirty.”
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This film image released by Summit Entertainment shows Tom Holland, left, and Naomi Watts in a scene from “The Impossible.”
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This undated publicity image released by The Weinstein Company shows, from left, Christoph Waltz as Schultz and Jamie Foxx as Django in the film “Django Unchained,” directed by Quentin Tarantino. Waltz was nominated for an Academy Award for best supporting actor on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, for his role in the film.
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This image released by DreamWorks II Distribution Co., LLC and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation shows Sally Field in a scene from “Lincoln.”
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This September 4, 2012 publicity photo provided by DreamWorks and Twentieth Century Fox, shows actor, Daniel Day-Lewis, left, and director, Steven Spielberg, posing for a portrait in New York.
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This image released by DreamWorks II Distribution Co., LLC and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation shows Sally Field and Daniel Day-Lewis appear in a scene from “Lincoln.”
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