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)
