Hollywood Babble On & On #979: Here Come The Oscars!

Here are the nominees for the 85th Academy Awards. Look over the list and let me know what you think in the comments!

Actor in a Leading Role

• Bradley Cooper in "Silver Linings Playbook"

• Daniel Day-Lewis in "Lincoln" (Not to say that he was a little too "Method" in the part, but he emancipated the interns. He's the guy who makes everyone else a long shot.)

• Hugh Jackman in "Les Misérables"

• Joaquin Phoenix in "The Master"
• Denzel Washington in "Flight"

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Alan Arkin in "Argo" 

• Robert De Niro in "Silver Linings Playbook"

• Philip Seymour Hoffman in "The Master" (Will be the only winner from The Master as a sop to the filmmakers.)
• Tommy Lee Jones in "Lincoln"

• Christoph Waltz in "Django Unchained"

Actress in a Leading Role

• 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"

Actress in a Supporting Role

Hollywood loves a comeback, so I think it's between Field and Hunt with Field having the edge in actual viewers.

• 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"

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

Cinematography

• "Anna Karenina" Seamus McGarvey
• "Django Unchained" Robert Richardson

• "Life of Pi" Claudio Miranda
• "Lincoln" Janusz Kaminski
• "Skyfall" Roger Deakins (Might win as a nod to the 50th anniversary of the Bond series.)

Costume Design

• "Anna Karenina" Jacqueline Durran
• "Les Misérables" Paco Delgado (Most likely the winner)

• "Lincoln" Joanna Johnston

• "Mirror Mirror" Eiko Ishioka
• "Snow White and the Huntsman" Colleen Atwood

Directing

• "Amour" Michael Haneke (Hollywood loves a foreigner.)

• "Beasts of the Southern Wild" Benh Zeitlin
• "Life of Pi" Ang Lee

• "Lincoln" Steven Spielberg

• "Silver Linings Playbook" David O. Russell

Kathryn Bigelow was shut out, possibly because of allegations of the film being "pro-torture." Ben Affleck was also shut out because the Academy still resents him for Gigli.

Documentary Feature

• "5 Broken Cameras" 
  Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi
• "The Gatekeepers" 
  Nominees to be determined

• "How to Survive a Plague" 
  Nominees to be determined

• "The Invisible War" 
  Nominees to be determined

• "Searching for Sugar Man" 
  Nominees to be determined

Documentary Short Subject

• "Inocente" 
  Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine
• "Kings Point" 
  Sari Gilman and Jedd Wider
• "Mondays at Racine" 
  Cynthia Wade and Robin Honan
• "Open Heart" 
  Kief Davidson and Cori Shepherd Stern
• "Redemption" 
  Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill

Film Editing

• "Argo" William Goldenberg

• "Life of Pi" Tim Squyres
• "Lincoln" Michael Kahn

• "Silver Linings Playbook" Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers
• "Zero Dark Thirty" Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg

Foreign Language Film

• "Amour" Austria
• "Kon-Tiki" Norway
• "No" Chile
• "A Royal Affair" Denmark
• "War Witch" Canada

Makeup and Hairstyling

• "Hitchcock"
  Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel
• "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
  Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane
• "Les Misérables" 
  Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell

Music (Original Score)

• "Anna Karenina" Dario Marianelli

• "Argo" Alexandre Desplat

• "Life of Pi" Mychael Danna

• "Lincoln" John Williams
• "Skyfall" Thomas Newman

Music (Original Song)

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

Best Picture

• "Amour" Nominees to be determined
• "Argo" Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney, Producers
• "Beasts of the Southern Wild" Dan Janvey, Josh Penn and Michael Gottwald, Producers
• "Django Unchained" Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin and Pilar Savone, Producers
• "Les Misérables" Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward and Cameron Mackintosh, Producers
• "Life of Pi" Gil Netter, Ang Lee and David Womark, Producers
• "Lincoln" Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers
• "Silver Linings Playbook" Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen and Jonathan Gordon, Producers
• "Zero Dark Thirty" Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow and Megan Ellison, Producers

Production Design

• "Anna Karenina"
  Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
• "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
  Production Design: Dan Hennah; Set Decoration: Ra Vincent and Simon Bright
• "Les Misérables" 
  Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Anna Lynch-Robinson
• "Life of Pi" 
  Production Design: David Gropman; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
• "Lincoln" 
  Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson 

Short Film (Animated)

• "Adam and Dog" Minkyu Lee
• "Fresh Guacamole" PES

• "Head over Heels" Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly

• "Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare"" David Silverman
• "Paperman" John Kahrs

Short Film (Live Action)

• "Asad" Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura
• "Buzkashi Boys" Sam French and Ariel Nasr
• "Curfew" Shawn Christensen

• "Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)" Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele

• "Henry" Yan England

Sound Editing

• "Argo" Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn

• "Django Unchained" Wylie Stateman

• "Life of Pi" Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton
• "Skyfall" Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers

• "Zero Dark Thirty" Paul N.J. Ottosson

Sound Mixing

• "Argo"
  John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia
• "Les Misérables" 
  Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes
• "Life of Pi"
  Ron Bartlett, D.M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin
• "Lincoln" 
  Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins
• "Skyfall" 
  Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson

Visual Effects

• "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" 
  Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White
• "Life of Pi" 
  Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott
• "Marvel's The Avengers" 
  Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick
• "Prometheus" 
  Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill
• "Snow White and the Huntsman"
  Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• "Argo" Screenplay by Chris Terrio
• "Beasts of the Southern Wild" Screenplay by Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin
• "Life of Pi" Screenplay by David Magee
• "Lincoln" Screenplay by Tony Kushner (The most likely winner in my book, they love a historical epic.)
• "Silver Linings Playbook" Screenplay by David O. Russell

Writing (Original Screenplay)

• "Amour" Written by Michael Haneke
• "Django Unchained" Written by Quentin Tarantino (They'll nominate him but I don't think they'll let him win, because people find Tarantino personally annoying.)
• "Flight" Written by John Gatins
• "Moonrise Kingdom" Written by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola (Most likely winner)

• "Zero Dark Thirty" Written by Mark Boal