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And the Nominees Are: 2013 Oscar Nominations Announced

The 2013 Academy Awards are just around the corner and the movies nominated this year range from some of the most famous fact-based stories in American history, to tales of revisionist history and utter fantasy. What they all have in common is superlative casts, brilliant directors and cinematography that once again raises the bar for future films.

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 Phoenix The Master

Denzel Washington Flight

Best actress in a leading role:

Jessica Chastain Zero Dark Thirty

Jennifer Lawrence Silver Linings Playbook

Emmanuelle Riva Amour

Quvenzhané 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

Philip Seymour Hoffman The Master

Tommy Lee Jones Lincoln

Christoph Waltz 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

Best animated feature film:

Brave

Frankenweenie

ParaNorman

The Pirates! Band of Misfits

Wreck-It Ralph

Best cinematography:

Anna Karenina

Django Unchained

Life of Pi

Lincoln

Best costume design:

Anna Karenina

Les Miserables

Lincoln

Mirror Mirror

Snow White and the Huntsman

Best 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

Best Documentary Feature:

5 Broken Cameras

The Gatekeepers

How to Survive a Plague

The Invisible War

Searching for Sugar Man

Best documentary short:

Inocente

Kings Point

Mondays at Racine

Open Heart

Redemption

Best film editing:

Argo

Life of Pi

Lincoln

Silver Linings Playbook

Zero Dark Thirty

Best sound editing:

Argo

Django Unchained

Life of Pi

Skyfall

Zero Dark Thirty

Best sound mixing:

Argo

Les Miserables

Life of Pi

Lincoln

Skyfall

Best visual effects:

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Life of Pi

Marvel's The Avengers

Prometheus

Snow White and the Huntsman

Best adapted screenplay:

Argo

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Life of Pi

Lincoln

Silver Linings Playbook

Best original screenplay:

Amour

Django Unchained

Flight

Moonrise Kingdom

Zero Dark Thirty