The 85th Annual Academy Awards Nominations
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Best Picture
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Argo
When militants seize control of the U.S. embassy in Tehran during the height of the Iranian Revolution, the CIA creates a fake Hollywood production to fool the terrorists into releasing U.S. diplomats.
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Amour
An octogenarian couple find their love put to the ultimate test when one of them suffers a stroke, and the other must assume the role of the caretaker.
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Zero Dark Thirty
The filmmakers of The Hurt Locker take on the hunt for Osama bin Laden in this production that tracks the special-ops team who eventually brought down the terrorist leader.
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Lincoln
Daniel Day-Lewis portrays the former head of state during the President's time in office between 1861 and 1865 as he dealt with personal demons and politics through the Civil War.
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Life of Pi
The coming-of-age story surrounds the son of a zookeeper who survives a shipwreck by stowing away on a lifeboat with a zebra, an orangutan, a hyena, and a Bengal tiger.
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Argo
When militants seize control of the U.S. embassy in Tehran during the height of the Iranian Revolution, the CIA creates a fake Hollywood production to fool the terrorists into releasing U.S. diplomats.
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Silver Linings Playbook
A depressed man is ordered to live with his mother. He is determined to rebuild his life, but when he meets a mysterious girl who offers to help, things get complicated.
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Django Unchained
A former slave-turned-hired gun heads back to the plantation to free his wife from a tyrannical plantation owner with the help of a German bounty hunter.
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Beasts of the Southern Wild
Wink swore that his daughter would be prepared for the day he was no longer around. As illness strikes him down, nature runs amuck.
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Les Miserables
The successful muscial stage drama surrounding the obsessive quest of Inspector Javert as he spends years in an effort to capture escaped convict Jean Valjean is adapted to the screen.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
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Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln -
Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook -
Hugh Jackman - Les Miserables -
Joaquin Phoenix - The Master -
Denzel Washington - Flight - Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
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Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty -
Emmanuelle Riva - Amour -
Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook -
Naomi Watts - The Impossible -
Quvenzhané Wallis - Beasts of the Southern Wild - Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
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Amy Adams - The Master -
Sally Field - Lincoln -
Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables -
Helen Hunt - The Sessions -
Jacki Weaver - Silver Linings Playbook - Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
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Alan Arkin - Argo -
Robert De Niro - Silver Linings Playbook -
Phillip Seymour Hoffman - The Master -
Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln -
Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained - Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Best Achievement in Directing
- Michael Haneke - Amour
- Benh Zeitlin - Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Ang Lee - Life of Pi
- Steven Spielberg - Lincoln
- David O. Russell - Silver Linings Playbook
- Ang Lee - Life of Pi
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
- Michael Haneke - Amour
- Quentin Tarantino - Django Unchained
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John Gatins - Flight -
Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola - Moonrise Kingdom - Mark Boal - Zero Dark Thirty
- Quentin Tarantino - Django Unchained
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
- Chris Terrio - Argo
- Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin - Beasts of the Southern Wild
- David Magee - Life of Pi
- Tony Kushner - Lincoln
- David O. Russell - Silver Linings Playbook
- Chris Terrio - Argo
Best Documentary, Features
The 85th Academy Awards will air live on Sunday, February 24 at 7e/4p on ABC.
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