85th Academy Awards Nominations Announced (Live Update)

The buildup to the 85^th Academy Awards has officially hit a fever pitch, as the nominations for this year’s Oscars are finally being announced. Show host Seth McFarlane will be delivering the list of films selected by the Academy from the prestigious Samuel Goldwyn Theater, being the first host to do so since 1972.

Balancing out the sarcastic Ted creator’s presence will be the universally adored Emma Stone, and the tone going into the event is more excited than usual. With few exceptions, most of the categories will be strongly contested, and staring at the list of potential winners, 2012 was an undeniable improvement over last year.

You can check out our gut reactions to the nominations if you want to hear our thoughts but if you just want to take a glance at the nominations themselves, look no further than below.

[h2]Best Picture[/h2]

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

[h2]Best Actor[/h2]

• Daniel Day Lewis (Lincoln)
• Denzel Washington (Flight)
• Hugh Jackman (Les Misérables)
• Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook)
• Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)

[h2]Best Actress[/h2]

• Naomi Watts (The Impossible)
• Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)
• Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
• Emmanuelle Riva (Amour)
• Quvenzhane Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)

[h2]Best Supporting Actress[/h2]

• Sally Fields (Lincoln)
• Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables)
• Jackie Weaver (Silver Linings Playbook)
• Helen Hunt (The Sessions)
• Amy Adams (The Master)

[h2]Best Supporting Actor[/h2]

• Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained)
• Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)
• Robert De Niro (Silver Linings Playbook)
• Alan Arkin (Argo)
• Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln)

[h2]Best Director[/h2]

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

[h2]Best Foreign Language Film[/h2]

• John Gatins (Flight)
• Mark Boal (Zero Dark Thirty)
• Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained)
• Michael Haneke (Amour)
• Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola (Moonrise Kingdom)

[h2]Best Writing – Adapted Screenplay[/h2]

• Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitland (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
• Chris Terrio (Argo)
• Tony Kushner (Lincoln)
• David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook)
• David Magee (Life of Pi)

[h2]Best Animated Feature[/h2]

• Frankenweenie
• The Pirates!: Band of Misfits
• Wreck-It Ralph
• ParaNorman
• Brave

[h2]Best Original Song[/h2]

• “Before My Time” from Chasing Ice Music and Lyrics by J. Ralph
• “Pi’s Lullaby” from Life of Pi Music by Mychael Danna; Lyrics by Bombay Jayashri
• “Suddenly” from Les Misérables Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil
• “Everybody Needs A Best Friend” from Ted Music by Walter Murphy; Lyrics by Seth MacFarlane
• “Skyfall” from Skyfall Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth

[h2]Best Music (Original Score)[/h2]

• 5 Broken Cameras
• The Gatekeepers
• How to Survive a Plague
• The Invisible War
• Searching for Sugar Man

[h2]Best Documentary (Short)[/h2]