While the Golden Globes may be the best party in town, there’s no denying that the Academy Awards ceremony is the biggest event in Hollywood. And on Thursday morning, Seth MacFarlane and Emma Stone announced the 2013 Oscar nominations, celebrating the greatest works and performances on screen from the past year. Lincoln leads the pack with 12 nods, while Life of Pi followed right behind with 11 nominations. But other greats are also in the running.
Check out the list of the nominees for the 85th annual Academy Awards below.
The 2013 Academy Award Nominations:
Best Picture:
Beasts of Southern Wild
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
Lincoln
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Amour
Django Unchained
Argo
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
Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Best Supporting Actor:
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
Phillip 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
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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 Writing, Original Screenplay:
Flight, Written by John Gatins
Zero Dark Thirty, Written by Mark Boal
Django Unchained, Written by Quintin Tarantino
Amour, Written by Michael Haneke
Moonrise Kingdom, Written by West Anderson & Roman Coppola
Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay:
Beasts of the Southern Wild, Screenplay by Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin
Argo, Written by Chris Terrio
Lincoln, Written by Tony Kushner
Silver Linings Playbook, Written by David O. Russell
Life of Pi, Written by David Magee
Best Animated Feature:
Frankenweenie
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Wreck It Ralph
ParaNorman
Brave
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year:
Amour, Austria
No, Chile
War Witch, Canada
A Royal Affair, Denmark
Kon-Tiki, Norway
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Best Original Score:
Anna Karenina, Dario Marianelli
Argo, Alexandre Desplat
Life of Pi, Mychael Danna
Lincoln, John Williams
Skyfall, Thomas Newman
Best Original Song:
“Before My Time,” Chasing Ice, Music and Lyric from J. Ralph
“Pi Lullaby,” Life of Pi, Music by Mychael Danna; Lyric by Bombay Jayashri
“Suddenly,” Les Miserables, Music by Claude-Michel Schonberg; Lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boubill
“Everybody Needs a Best Friend,” Ted, Music by Walter Murphy; Lyric by Seth MacFarlane
“Skyfall,” Skyfall, Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
Best Achievement in Cinematography:
Anna Karenina, Seamus McGarvey
Django Unchained, Robert Richardson
Life of Pi, Claudio Miranda
Lincoln, Janusz Kaminski
Skyfall, Roger Deakins
Best Achievement in Costume Design:
Anna Karenina, Jacqueline Durran
Les Miserables, Paco Delgado
Lincoln, Joanna Johnston
Mirror Mirror, Eiko Ishioka
Snow White and the Huntsman, Colleen Atwood
Best Documentary Feature:
5 Broken Cameras, Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi
The Gatekeepers
How to Survive a Plague
The Invisible War
Searching for Sugar Man
Best Documentary Short:
Inocente, Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine
Kings Point, Sari Gilman and Jedd Wider
Mondays at Racine, Cynthia Wade and Robin Honan
Open Heart, Kief Davidson and Cori Shepherd Stern
Redemption, Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
Best Achievement in Film Editing:
Argo, William Goldenberg
Life of Pi, Tim Squyres
Lincoln, Michael Kahn
Silver Linings Playbook, Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers
Zero Dark Thirty, Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg
Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling:
Hitchcock, Howard Berger, Peter Montagna, and Martin Samuel
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater, and Tami Lane
Les Miserables, Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell
Best Production Design:
Anna Karenina, Sarah Greenwood (Production Design); Katie Spencer (Set Decoration)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Dan Hennah (Production Design); Ra Vincent and Simon Bright (Set Decoration)
Les Miserables, Eve Stewart (Production Design); Anna Lynch-Robinson (Set Design)
Life of Pi, David Gropman (Production Design); Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration)
Lincoln, Rick Carter (Production Design); Jim Erickson (Set Decoration)
Best Animated Short Film:
Adam and Dog, Minkyu Lee
Fresh Guacamole, PES
Head over Heels, Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly
Maggie Simpson in “The Longest Daycare,” David Silverman
Paperman, John Kahrs
Best Live Action Short Film:
Asad, Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura
Buzkashi Boys, Sam French and Ariel Nasr
Curfew, Shawn Christensen
Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schadow), Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele
Henry, Yan England
Best Achievement in Sound Editing:
Argo, Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn
Django Unchained, Wylie Stateman
Life of Pi, Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton
Skyfall, Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
Zero Dark Thirty, Paul N.J. Ottosson
Best Achievement in Sound Mixing:
Argo, John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, and Jose Antonio Garcia
Les Miserables, Andy Nelson, Mark Peterson, and Simon Hayes
Life of Pi, Rob Bartlett, D.M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin
Lincoln, Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom, and Ronald Judkins
Skyfall, Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell, and Stuart Wilson
Best Achievement in Visual Effects:
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, and R. Christopher White
Life of Pi, Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott
Marvel’s The Avengers, Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick
Prometheus, Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill
Snow White and the Huntsman, Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson
Make sure to check out our predictions piece to see how our call-outs measured up. And watch the live stream of the nominations announcement below!
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