And the nominees are ...

January 11, 2013 12:13 am
  • Joe Letteri -- Aliquippa native nominated for visual effects for "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey."
    Joe Letteri -- Aliquippa native nominated for visual effects for "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey."
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The following is a list of nominees for the 85th Academy Awards, announced Thursday. The Oscars will be awarded Feb. 24 in a ceremony hosted by Seth MacFarlane and telecast live on ABC, kicking off with a preshow at 7 p.m.

Motion Picture: "Amour"; "Argo"; "Beasts of the Southern Wild"; "Django Unchained"; "Les Miserables"; "Life of Pi"; "Lincoln"; "Silver Linings Playbook"; "Zero Dark Thirty."

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

Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln"; Hugh Jackman, "Les Miserables"; Bradley Cooper, "Silver Linings Playbook"; Denzel Washington, "Flight"; Joaquin Phoenix, "The Master."

Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook"; Jessica Chastain, "Zero Dark Thirty"; Emmanuelle Riva, "Amour"; Quvenzhane Wallis, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"; Naomi Watts, "The Impossible."

Supporting Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman, "The Master"; Robert De Niro, "Silver Linings Playbook"; Tommy Lee Jones, "Lincoln"; Alan Arkin, "Argo"; Christoph Waltz, "Django Unchained."

Supporting Actress: Amy Adams, "The Master"; Anne Hathaway, "Les Miserables"; Sally Field, "Lincoln"; Helen Hunt, "The Sessions": Jacki Weaver, "Silver Linings Playbook."

Original Screenplay: John Gatins, "Flight"; Mark Boal, "Zero Dark Thirty"; Quentin Tarantino, "Django Unchained"; Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola, "Moonrise Kingdom"; Michael Haneke, "Amour."

Adapted Screenplay: Tony Kushner, John Logan and Paul Webb, "Lincoln"; David Magee, "Life of Pi"; Benh Zeitlin and Lucy Alibar, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"; Chris Terrio, "Argo"; David O. Russell, "Silver Linings Playbook."

Foreign Language Film: "Amour" (Austria); "Kon-Tiki" (Norway); "A Royal Affair" (Denmark); "No" (Chile); "War Witch" (Canada).

Animated Film: "Wreck-It Ralph"; "Frankenweenie"; "Brave"; "The Pirates! Band of Misfits"; "ParaNorman."

Short Film (Animated): "Adam and Dog"; "Fresh Guacamole"; "Head Over Heels"; "Maggie Simpson in 'The Longest Daycare' "; "Paperman."

Short Film (Live Action): "Asad"; "Buzkaski Boys"; "Curfew"; "Death of a Shadow"; "Henry."

Original Score: "Anna Karenina"; "Argo"; "Life of Pi"; "Lincoln"; "Skyfall."

Original Song: "Suddenly" ("Les Miserables"); "Skyfall" ("Skyfall"); "Pi's Lullaby" ("Life of Pi"); "Before My Time" ("Chasing Ice"); "Everybody Needs a Best Friend" ("Ted").

Cinematography: "Anna Karenina"; "Django Unchained"; "Life of Pi"; "Lincoln"; "Skyfall."

Production Design: "Anna Karenina"; "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"; "Life of Pi"; "Les Miserables"; "Lincoln."

Visual Effects: "Marvel's The Avengers"; "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"• ; "Snow White and the Huntsman"; "Prometheus"; "Life of Pi."

Costume Design: "Anna Karenina"; "Les Miserables"; "Lincoln"; "Mirror Mirror"; "Snow White and the Huntsman."

Make-Up and Hairstyling: "Hitchcock"; "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"; "Les Miserables."

Documentary: "Searching for Sugar Man"; "The Gatekeepers"; "The Invisible War"; "How to Survive a Plague"; "5 Broken Cameras."

Documentary Short: "Inocente"; "Kings Point"; "Mondays at Racine"; "Open Heart"; "Redemption."

Film Editing: "Argo"; "Life of Pi"; "Lincoln"; "Silver Linings Playbook"; "Zero Dark Thirty."

Sound Editing: "Argo"; "Django Unchained"; "Life of Pi"; "Skyfall"; "Zero Dark Thirty."

Sound Mixing: "Argo"; "Les Miserables"; "Life of Pi"; "Lincoln"; "Skyfall."

• Aliquippa's Joe Letteri, senior supervisor of special effects for Weta Digital, is nominated for "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey."


First Published January 11, 2013 12:00 am

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