And the 2013 Oscar Nominees Are…

The nominations have thrown a few curve-balls into what most expected would happen. No Best Supporting Actor nod for John Hawkes, no Director nod for Zero Dark Thirty‘s Kathryn Bigelow. But both  Quvenzhane Wallis, 9 + Emmanuelle Riva, 85 were nominated, making them the youngest and oldest nominees in Oscar history.

So, in the “sexy six” categories:

Best Picture

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

Best Director

David O’Russell, Silver Linings Playbook

Ang Lee, Life of Pi

Steven Spielberg, Lincoln

Michael Haneke, Amour

Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Actor

Daniel Day Lewis, Lincoln

Denzel Washington, Flight

Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables

Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook

Joaquin Phoenix, The Master

Best Actress

Naomi Watts, The Impossible

Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty

Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook

Emmanuelle Riva, Amour

Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Supporting Actor

Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained

Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master

Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook

Alan Arkin, Argo

Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln

Best Supporting Actress

Sally Field, Lincoln

Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables

Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook

Helen Hunt, The Sessions

Amy Adams, The Master

And congrats to Searching for Sugar Man for scoring a Best Documentary nod!

 

For a full list, head on over to the Oscars. The ceremony, hosted by Seth MacFarlane, takes place on February 24th.