Oscar Nominations Announcement
Thursday, January 10, 2013 at 8:13AM 
[DRUM ROLL PLEASE]
8:03 The nomination announcement begins in half an hour. My synapses are firing wildly, the coffee is brewed, and in a failed attempt to feel like a sane normal person going about one's daily routine a load of laundry was started. This was perhaps a bad idea since I'm likely to forget said laundry exists in 1/2 an hour. Once again, to borrow Tiffany's sound advice from Silver Linings Playbook I warn myself "Calm down, crazy."
8:05 If you're as touched as I am in the head by those 13 ½ inch gold men you're up watching this
COMPLETE LIST OF NOMINEES AND MORE EARLY MORNING FREAKOUT AFTER THE JUMP (BUT HERE'S A VISUAL CHART INDEX IF YOU'D PREFER... AND HOW I PERFORMED PREDICTIVE-WISE and the TEN BIGGEST SURPRISES )
8:08 Last minute 100% correct prediction: 130+ people will be nominated in 24 categories in half an hour, 75% of those who release statements saying they were sleeping will be lying. Some people who are nominated and some who are snubbed will weep in their hotel rooms or homes. Some managers and agents will be fired and others will lock in clients for life.
8:35 3 Minutes to Live Broadcast. EEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaayiiiiiyii
8:38 on air. OHMYGOD!
8:39 Seth MacFarlane is talking. Emma
BEST PICTURE
“Amour” Nominees to be determined
“Argo” Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney, Producers
“Beasts of the Southern Wild” Dan Janvey, Josh Penn and Michael Gottwald, Producers
“Django Unchained” Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin and Pilar Savone, Producers
“Les Misérables” Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward and Cameron Mackintosh, Producers
“Life of Pi” Gil Netter, Ang Lee and David Womark, Producers
“Lincoln” Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers
“Silver Linings Playbook” Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen and Jonathan Gordon, Producers
“Zero Dark Thirty” Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow and Megan Ellison, Producers
BEST ACTRESS
Jessica Chastain in “Zero Dark Thirty”
Jennifer Lawrence in “Silver Linings Playbook”
Emmanuelle Riva in “Amour”
Quvenzhané Wallis in “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
Naomi Watts in “The Impossible”
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams in “The Master”
Sally Field in “Lincoln”
Anne Hathaway in “Les Misérables”
Helen Hunt in “The Sessions”
Jacki Weaver in “Silver Linings Playbook”
BEST ACTOR
Bradley Cooper in “Silver Linings Playbook”
Daniel Day-Lewis in “Lincoln”
Hugh Jackman in “Les Misérables”
Joaquin Phoenix in “The Master”
Denzel Washington in “Flight”
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alan Arkin in “Argo”
Robert De Niro in “Silver Linings Playbook”
Philip Seymour Hoffman in “The Master”
Tommy Lee Jones in “Lincoln”
Christoph Waltz in “Django Unchained”
ANIMATED FEATURE
“Brave” Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
“Frankenweenie” Tim Burton
“ParaNorman” Sam Fell and Chris Butler
“The Pirates! Band of Misfits” Peter Lord
“Wreck-It Ralph” Rich Moore
CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Anna Karenina” Seamus McGarvey
“Django Unchained” Robert Richardson
“Life of Pi” Claudio Miranda
“Lincoln” Janusz Kaminski
“Skyfall” Roger Deakins
COSTUME DESIGN
“Anna Karenina” Jacqueline Durran
“Les Misérables” Paco Delgado
“Lincoln” Joanna Johnston
“Mirror Mirror” Eiko Ishioka
“Snow White and the Huntsman” Colleen Atwood
DIRECTOR
“Amour” Michael Haneke
“Beasts of the Southern Wild” Benh Zeitlin
“Life of Pi” Ang Lee
“Lincoln” Steven Spielberg
“Silver Linings Playbook” David O. Russell
DOCUMENTARY
“5 Broken Cameras”
Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi
“The Gatekeepers”
Nominees to be determined
“How to Survive a Plague”
Nominees to be determined
“The Invisible War”
Nominees to be determined
“Searching for Sugar Man”
Nominees to be determined
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
“Inocente”
Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine
“Kings Point”
Sari Gilman and Jedd Wider
“Mondays at Racine”
Cynthia Wade and Robin Honan
“Open Heart”
Kief Davidson and Cori Shepherd Stern
“Redemption”
Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
EDITING
“Argo” William Goldenberg
“Life of Pi” Tim Squyres
“Lincoln” Michael Kahn
“Silver Linings Playbook” Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers
“Zero Dark Thirty” Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg
FOREIGN FILM
“Amour” Austria
“Kon-Tiki” Norway
“No” Chile
“A Royal Affair” Denmark
“War Witch” Canada
MAKEUP & HAIR
“Hitchcock”
Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel
“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane
“Les Misérables”
Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell
SCORE
“Anna Karenina” Dario Marianelli
“Argo” Alexandre Desplat
“Life of Pi” Mychael Danna
“Lincoln” John Williams
“Skyfall” Thomas Newman
ORIGINAL SONG
“Before My Time” from “Chasing Ice”
Music and Lyric by J. Ralph
“Everybody Needs A Best Friend” from “Ted”
Music by Walter Murphy; Lyric by Seth MacFarlane
“Pi’s Lullaby” from “Life of Pi”
Music by Mychael Danna; Lyric by Bombay Jayashri
“Skyfall” from “Skyfall”
Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
“Suddenly” from “Les Misérables”
Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil
PRODUCTION DESIGN
“Anna Karenina”
Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
Production Design: Dan Hennah; Set Decoration: Ra Vincent and Simon Bright
“Les Misérables”
Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Anna Lynch-Robinson
“Life of Pi”
Production Design: David Gropman; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
“Lincoln”
Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson
ANIMATED SHORT
“Adam and Dog” Minkyu Lee
“Fresh Guacamole” PES
“Head over Heels” Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly
“Maggie Simpson in “The Longest Daycare”" David Silverman
“Paperman” John Kahrs
SHORT LIVE-ACTION
“Asad” Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura
“Buzkashi Boys” Sam French and Ariel Nasr
“Curfew” Shawn Christensen
“Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)” Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele
“Henry” Yan England
SOUND EDITING
“Argo” Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn
“Django Unchained” Wylie Stateman
“Life of Pi” Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton
“Skyfall” Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
“Zero Dark Thirty” Paul N.J. Ottosson
SOUND MIXING
“Argo”
John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia
“Les Misérables”
Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes
“Life of Pi”
Ron Bartlett, D.M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin
“Lincoln”
Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins
“Skyfall”
Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson
VISUAL FX
“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White
“Life of Pi”
Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott
“Marvel’s The Avengers”
Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick
“Prometheus”
Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill
“Snow White and the Huntsman”
Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“Argo” Screenplay by Chris Terrio
“Beasts of the Southern Wild” Screenplay by Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin
“Life of Pi” Screenplay by David Magee
“Lincoln” Screenplay by Tony Kushner
“Silver Linings Playbook” Screenplay by David O. Russell
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“Amour” Written by Michael Haneke
“Django Unchained” Written by Quentin Tarantino
“Flight” Written by John Gatins
“Moonrise Kingdom” Written by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola
“Zero Dark Thirty” Written by Mark Boal
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Reader Comments (121)
Chris August: I like it. I'm totally down with the Jacki Weaver nom too. I would have loved to see Kidman in there, but really, Weaver probably bumped out Maggie Smith who did less in a worse movie.
@pam
Say that to lauren bacall, fred astaire, gloria Stuart, Lynn redgrave etc. If Riva wind its not because of her age..
Watch, the one movie I hated on the list--"Silver Linings Playbook," a superficial and dishonest look at mental illness with three all-too-convenient happy endings--will wind up winning Best Picture, Script, Editing and Actress. (They'll probably toss Best Director to "Lincoln" or "Beasts.") No love for Affleck or Bigelow (except as producers), Matthew McConaughey, "Perks of Being a Wallflower" "Bully" "Queen of Versailles" and a host of other acclaimed films. Yep, this is one of THOSE years at the Oscars.
I watched the nominations and I want my 1st comment to be absolutely fresh and with zero influence from anyone
and I say:
1) my heart grieves for Maggie Smith and Nicole Kidman,
BUT I love it how Jacki Weaver transformed from a 60-something nobody into a household name at the Oscars and all of that in less than 2 years :)
2) I hope people will stop saying Helen Mirren is a default name, since she's been nominated for the Oscar only 4 times so far and of those it's probably only The Last Station that was a default choice.
3) Marion is dropped again. Hmmm... I'm not a Marion Cotillard fanboy, I'm a Cate Blanchett fanboy, but it's weird that she's been ignored 3 times in 4 years: Nine, Inception, Rust and Bone. Strange, really.
Yay for Ted. That opening credits song is amazing. Plus, it means Rachel MacFarlane gets to sing live at the Oscar telecast. She's a brilliant singer and I hope it boosts her reputation beyond "Seth's sister."
Amy Adams now has more Oscar nominations than Michelle Pfeiffer, think about that everyone!
Jacki Weaver 2012 ≠ Alan Alda 2004. Nat predicted Alan Alda.
Bill_the_Bear I didn't mean that Weinstein was promoting War Witch. I was comparing Canada's success in the Foreign film category to the Weinstein's nomination getting successes.
I am surprised that in the past few years since Les Invasions Barbares that Canada has done extremely well in at least making the short list and making the final cut very often. A nomination the three past years and I didn't think that War Witch was a strong film!! I was wondering if Canada gets a defacto nomination?
Strange that France didn't get a nod as well. I thought that one was a definite!
Jackie Weaver 2012 feels more like Catherine Keener 2005. Previous deserved nomination, 2nd nom is a smaller, quieter part with less Oscar-baity moments but still part of an Oscar-friendly movie with other nom'd actors, etc. etc.
I still can't believe enough people voted Weaver as their #1 choice to make the cut.
However, even with SLP's surprising showing, I wouldn't be surprised if it goes home empty-handed. I think it's best bet is Actress.
Maybe I missed it, but has anyone else mentioned that it was weird to announce the song nominees in the telecast? I hope it was to repent for the past few years of having only an insulting 2, 3, and 4 nominees -- and not an exercise in Seth's ego. I could hardly handle him for 5 minutes. Maybe I'll have to watch the ceremony on mute.
Is it too late to let Emma Stone host the Oscars?
I'm hoping that ZDT's apparently soft support translates to either Tarantino or Anderson & Coppola winning original screenplay.
Dusty I think they did it because Seth was up for an award. Hopefully it will mean we get the songs back in the Telecast, they probably won't resist with the song from Ted and getting Adele to sing Skyfall as a nominee / part of the 50th Bond celebrations etc
I've been trying to look back through the years. Can anyone confirm that this is the first time in Academy history where all the nominees in an acting category are past winners?
Dback, I'm with you re: SLP. Ugh.
Jackie Weaver SLP Nomination = Brenda Blethyn Little Voice Nomination.
I am so elated that they overlooked The Intouchables for Foreign Film. How this film got serious traction for so long was bewildering. Oh wait, it made 300 million dollars! Still a head scratcher.
CharlieG: if Little Voice had been a Best Picture frontrunner, maybe. In this case, the nomination is a scary sign of SLP's very likely win.
Philip...sorry that I misunderstood your analogy. You're right, though; Canada's done very well the past few years in getting those nominations. (I'm still pissed off that Incendies was robbed, two years ago, and the voters went for the inferior In a Better World.)
As for my predictions, they weren't all that good, even if I only did predict (as usual) the big six categories + Foreign. For best picture I only got six of the nine (and predicted eight nominees). Best director was worse...only 2/5. Best actress was 3/5. For best actor/supporting actor/supporting actress/foreign, though, I did go 4/5.
And, from Nat's earlier post, Santa was pretty good to me...four of the five presents I asked for (poor Richard Gere), and only one lump of coal ($%?&?* Arkin!).
Roark--I agree that the mildly disappointing (really just meaning Best Director snub) of Zero Dark Thirty might mean it won't win Best Original Screenplay, but rather than Tarantino or Anderson/Coppola, I truly believe Michael Haneke has a great shot at winning since his film was so embraced. I mean, I would vote for him based solely on the fact that I do NOT trust the Foreign Language committee to give him Best Foreign Language Film.
Why all the loathing for Canadian films? My top 20 this year includes 4 Canadian films: Cosmopolis, War Witch, Take This Waltz, and the best Canadian film of the year, Le Vendeur (The Salesman). It was number two on my list. Berberian Sound Studio was #1. Why The Salesman was not submitted instead of War Witch to the Academy is mysterious to me, but, in the end, War Witch got the nod, so I am happy. Nevertheless Le Vendeur is breathtakingly good. (It didn't even get a single Genie nomination, which is scandalous). If anyone is interested in seeing a masterpiece--and I rarely use that word--hunt this film down!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1787747/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_1