The 2013 Academy Award nominations have been
being announced in Hollywood by actors Seth MacFarlane and Emma Stone.
Historical drama Lincoln dominated the shortlist with 12
nominations, but
Ben Affleck drama Argo and Quentin Tarantino's western Django
Unchained could also be in the running, with a possible nod for Bond
film Skyfall.
The ceremony will take place at the Dolby Theatre on 24
February.
Nominees in the main categories will be listed below as the
announcements are made (you may need to hit "refresh" on your web
browser to see the updates).
Best film
- Amour
- Argo
- Beasts Of The Southern Wild
- Django Unchained
- Les Miserables
- Lincoln
- Life Of Pi
- Silver Linings Playbook
- Zero Dark Thirty
Best actress
- Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty
- Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook
- Emmanuelle Riva - Amour
- Quvenzhane Wallis - Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Naomi Watts - The Impossible
Best actor
- Daniel Day Lewis - Lincoln
- Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook
- Hugh Jackman - Les Miserables
- Joaquin Phoenix - The Master
- Denzel Washington - Flight
Best 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
Best supporting actor
- Alan Arkin - Argo
- Robert De Niro - Silver Linings Playbook
- Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln
- Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained
- Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master
Best supporting actress
- Amy Adams - The Master
- Sally Field - Lincoln
- Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables
- Helen Hunt - The Sessions
- Jacki Weaver - Silver Linings Playbook
Best foreign film
- Amour
- No
- War witch
- A Royal Affair
- Kon-Tiki
Bond tribute
The Oscars ceremony will also be hosted by MacFarlane, who
created the animated series Family Guy.
It has already been announced that the star-studded event
will feature a tribute to 50 years of the James Bond movie franchise.
"We are very happy to include a special sequence on our show
saluting the Bond films on their 50th birthday," said the producers of
the Oscars show, Craig Zadan and Neil Meron.
The nominations are selected by a ballot of 6,000 members of
the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
A total of 24 categories will be announced, including the
best acting performances of the year and technical awards in areas such
as editing, design and music.
Nominations for this year's awards are being announced two
weeks earlier than usual.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said the move
would "provide members and the public a longer period of time to see
the nominated films".
The Bafta nominations were announced on Wednesday with
Lincoln leading the way in 10 categories.
நன்றி - BBC