LOS ANGELES — “Lincoln” is leading the pack with a dozen Oscar nominations, as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the contenders for Oscars this morning.
Here’s the list:
Best Picture
Argo
Django Unchained
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Amour
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Best Actress
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wile
Naomi Watts, The Impossible
Best Actor
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
Denzel Washington, Flight
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, The Master
Sally Field, Lincoln
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Jackie Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook
Best Supporting Actor
Alan Arkin, Argo
Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
Original Song
Before My Time, Chasing Ice
Everybody Needs a Best Friend, Ted
Pi’s Lullaby, Life of Pi
Skyfall, Skyfall
Suddenly, Les Miserables
Animated Feature Film
Brave
Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Wreck-It Ralph
Director
Michael Haneke, Amour
Ang Lee, Life of Pi
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Foreign Language Film
Amour
Kon-Tiki
No
A Royal Affair
War Witch
Writing – Adapted Screenplay
Argo, Chris Terrio
Beasts of the Southern Wild, Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin
Life of Pi, David Magee
Lincoln, Tony Kushner
Silver Linings Playbook, David O. Russell
Documentary – Feature
5 Broken Cameras
The Gatekeepers
How to Survive in a Plaque
The Invisible War
Searching for Sugar Man
Cinematography
Anna Karenina
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall
Awards will be presented during a live Oscars show on ABC Feb. 24.
Watch for more coverage in Friday’s Record-Eagle and online, or visit http://oscar.go.com/nominees.



