Denzel Washington, ‘Django’ & ‘Lincoln’ Get Oscar Nominations

Today, the 85th annual Academy Award nominations for by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, were announced. Here’s a quick summary:

• BEST PICTURE

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

  BEST DIRECTOR

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

  LEAD ACTOR

  • Daniel Day-Lewis, “Lincoln”
  • Joaquin Phoenix, “The Master”
  • Denzel Washington, “Flight”
  • Bradley Cooper, “Silver Linings Playbook”
  • Hugh Jackman, “Les Miserables”

  LEAD ACTRESS

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

[Associated Press, LA Times]