#academyawards ...the nominations... and opinions that don't matter...
BEST PICTURE
"Amour"
"Argo"
"Beasts of the Southern Wild"
"Django Unchained"
"Les Misérables"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"
"Silver Linings Playbook"
"Zero Dark Thirty"
(sad not to see "moonrise kingdom" or "skyfall" in the mix)
DIRECTOR
"Amour" Michael Haneke
"Beasts of the Southern Wild" Benh Zeitlin
"Life of Pi" Ang Lee
"Lincoln" Steven Spielberg
"Silver Linings Playbook" David O. Russell
(wait, no kathryn bigelow? if you're going to pick "zero dark thirty" even though most of us haven't seen it, you might as well put bigelow in....)
LEAD ACTOR
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"
(way to go, bradley cooper. an unexpected name, to be sure)
LEAD ACTRESS
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"
(in a "les miz" dreamworld, anne hathaway would be here as best actress, and samantha barks' smiling face would be brightening for a best supporting actress, but this isn't france.... unfortunately)
SUPPORTING ACTOR
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"
(i'm making a mental note to see "django unchained" as quickly as possible....if only to keep up with the memes....too bad javier wasn't listed... his hair could rival tommy lee jones' toupee any day)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
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"
(ooooo...strong actresses here.....it's sure to be hathaway's night, though)
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
"Brave" Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
"Frankenweenie" Tim Burton
"ParaNorman" Sam Fell and Chris Butler
"The Pirates! Band of Misfits" Peter Lord
"Wreck-It Ralph" Rich Moore
(random opinion: i miss wallace and gromit. wah.)
a good place to start reading up on the oscar chase is: http://www.ew.com/ew/package/0,,20311937,00.html (i love entertainment weekly .... it's almost as good as the old premiere magazine)
there's a printable nominee list here: http://cdn.media.oscar.abc.com/media/2013/pdf/2013/nominees.pdf
the #oscars are set to be broadcasted on sunday, february 24, with seth macfarlane hosting.... interesting company, i say.... :)
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1694722/seth-macfarlane-oscars-2013-host.jhtml
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