Steven Spielberg’s political biopic Lincoln leads the 2013 Oscars race, garnering 12 nominations this morning, and is followed closely by a dark horse no one saw coming.
He is one of the most beloved presidents in history, and now he is the most Oscar-nominated. The presidential biopic Lincoln nabbed 12 Academy Award nominations today, including best picture, best director, best adapted screenplay and acting noms for stars Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, and Tommy Lee Jones.
Coming in a close second with a whopping — and surprising — 11 nominations is fantasy adventure Life of Pi, which garnered nods for including best picture, best director for Ang Lee, best adapted screenplay, and several technical nominations.
Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Lawrence, Naomi Watts, Bradley Cooper, Hugh Jackman, and Joaquin Phoenix also have potential to take home a statue.
The complete list of nominees:
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
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Denzel Washington, Flight
Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
Best Actress
Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Naomi Watts, The Impossible
Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Best Supporting Actor
Alan Arkin, Argo
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, The Master
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Sally Field, Lincoln
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook
Best Director
Ang Lee, Life of Pi
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Behn Zeitlin, Beast of the Southern Wild
Michael Haneke, Amour
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
Best Original Screenplay
Amour
Django Unchained
Flight
Moonrise Kingdom
Zero Dark Thirty
Best Adapted Screenplay
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Best Animated Feature
Brave
Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Wreck-It Ralph
Best Foreign-Language Film
Amour
A Royal Affair
No
Kon-Tiki
War Witch
Best Cinematography
Anna Karenina
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall
Best Costume Design
Anna Karenina
Les Miserables
Lincoln
Mirror Mirror
Snow White and the Huntsman
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 Makeup and Hairstyling
Hitchcock
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Miserables
Best Original Score
Anna Karenina
Argo
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall
Best Original Song
“Before My Time” from Chasing Ice
“Everybody Needs a Best Friend” from Ted
“Pi’s Lullaby” from Life of Pi
“Skyfall” from Skyfall
“Suddenly” from Les Miserables
Best Production Design
Anna Karenina
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Best Animated Short
Adam and Dog
Fresh Guacamole
Head Over Heels
Maggie Simpson in “The Longest Daycare”
Paperman
Best Live Action Short
Asad
Buzkashi Boys
Curfew
Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)
Henry
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
Watch the 85th Academy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 24, on ABC. Check local listings for times.
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