This is a really exciting day! Early Thursday morning Emma Stone and the show’s host Seth MacFarlane announced the 85th annual Academy Award nominees from the headquarters in Beverly Hills. Although we have to wait until Sunday, February 24th for the event (live on ABC), you can bet there will be lots of talk about hits, misses and who got snubbed until then. Be sure to leave your film favorites in the comments so I can start watching – here are some of the highlights below.
Academy Awards 2013: And the Oscar Nominees Are…
Best Picture
• Argo
• Amour
• Beasts of the Southern Wild
• Django Unchained
• Les Misérables
• Life of Pi
• Lincoln
• Silver Linings Playbook
• Zero Dark Thirty
Best Actor
• Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
• Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
• Hugh Jackman, Les Misérables
• Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
• Denzel Washington, Flight
Best Actress
• Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
• Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
• Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
• Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
• Naomi Watts, The Impossible
Supporting Actor
• Alan Arkin, Argo
• Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
• Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
• Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
• Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
Supporting Actress
• Amy Adams, The Master
• Sally Field, Lincoln
• Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables
• Helen Hunt, The Sessions
• Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook
Best Director
• Michael Haneke, Amour
• Ang Lee, Life of Pi
• David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
• Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
• Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild
For the complete list of nominations, click here.