Oscar® Nominations Announced

Seth MacFarlane and Emma Stone announced the Oscar® nominations at the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. Some of the nominees are:

Performance by an actor in a leading role  

    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"

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

    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"

Performance by an actress in a leading role

    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"

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

    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"

Achievement in directing

    "Amour" Michael Haneke
    "Beasts of the Southern Wild" Benh Zeitlin
    "Life of Pi" Ang Lee
    "Lincoln" Steven Spielberg
    "Silver Linings Playbook" David O. Russell

Best Picture

    Amour
    Life of Pi
    Argo
    Lincoln
    Beasts of the Southern Wild
    Silver Linings Playbook
    Django Unchained
    Zero Dark Thirty
    Les Miserables

For a complete list of the nominees, go to oscars.com.