2013 Oscar Nominees—Best Picture
January 10, 2013
Photo gallery: The Civil War saga “Lincoln” leads the Academy Awards with 12 nominations, including best picture, director for Steven Spielberg and acting honors for Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones. Also among the nine nominees for best picture Thursday: the old-age love story “Amour”; the Iran hostage thriller “Argo”; the independent hit “Beasts of the Southern Wild”; the slave-revenge narrative “Django Unchained”; the musical “Les Miserables”; the shipwreck story “Life of Pi”; the lost-souls romance “Silver Linings Playbook”; and the Osama bin Laden manhunt chronicle “Zero Dark Thirty.”
FILE - This undated publicity photo provided by DreamWorks and Twentieth Century Fox shows Daniel Day-Lewis, center, as Abraham Lincoln in a scene from the film “Lincoln.” The film was nominated Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013 for 12 Academy Awards, including best picture, director for Steven Spielberg and acting honors for Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones. (David James / Dreamworks, Twentieth Century Fox)
In this undated publicity photo released by Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Jessica Chastain, center, plays a member of the elite team of spies and military operatives, stationed in a covert base overseas, with Christopher Stanley, left, and Alex Corbet Burcher, right, who secretly devote themselves to finding Osama Bin Laden in Columbia Pictures’ new thriller, “Zero Dark Thirty.” (Jonathan Olley / Columbia Pictures Industries, In)
This film image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Ben Affleck as Tony Mendez, center, in “Argo,” a rescue thriller about the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for best picture on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. The 85th Academy Awards will air live on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013 on ABC. (Claire Folger / Warner Bros.)
This film image released by Universal Pictures shows Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean, left, and Anne Hathaway as Fantine in a scene from “Les Miserables.” The film was nominated for an Academy Award for best picture on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. The 85th Academy Awards will air live on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013 on ABC. (Universal Pictures)
This image released by Sony Pictures Classics shows Emmanuelle Riva in a scene from “Amour.” Riva was nominated for an Academy Award for best actress on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, for her role in “Amour .” The 85th Academy Awards will air live on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013 on ABC. (Sony Pictures Classics)
This undated publicity image released by The Weinstein Company shows, from left, Christoph Waltz as Schultz and Jamie Foxx as Django in the film “Django Unchained,” directed by Quentin Tarantino. Waltz was nominated for an Academy Award for best supporting actor on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, for his role in the film. The film was also nomined for best film. The 85th Academy Awards will air live on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013 on ABC. (Andrew Smpsp / The Weinstein Company)
FILE - This publicity film image released by The Weinstein Company shows Jennifer Lawrence, left, and Bradley Cooper in “Silver Linings Playbook.” Cooper was nominated for an Academy Award for best actor and Lawrence was nominated for best actress on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, for their roles in the film. The 85th Academy Awards will air live on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013 on ABC. (Jojo Whilden / The Weinstein Company)
FILE - This film image released by Fox Searchlight Pictures shows Quvenzhane Wallis portraying Hushpuppy in a scene from, “Beasts of the Southern Wild.” Wallis was nominated for an Academy Award for best actress on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, for her role in the film. The 85th Academy Awards will air live on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013 on ABC. (Mary Cybulski / Fox Searchlight)
This film image released by 20th Century Fox shows Suraj Sharma as Pi Patel in a scene from “Life of Pi.” The film was nominated for an Academy Award for best picture on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. The 85th Academy Awards will air live on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013 on ABC. (20th Fox / 20th Century Fox)
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