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When?
Sunday, February 24, 2013 - 7 EST / 4 PST

Where?
ABC in US/Canada & Sky Movies in the UK

http://www.livestream.com/theoscars

Links
Official Website
"My Picks" - Cast your own ballot

Host: Seth Macfarlane (creator of Family Guy and Ted)


Nominations

Best Picture

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

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 Actor in a Lead Role

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

Best Actress in a Lead Role

• 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 Supporting Actor

• Alan Arkin, Argo
• Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
• Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
• Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
• Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained

Best Supporting Actress

• Amy Adams, The Master
• Sally Field, Lincoln
• Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
• Helen Hunt, The Sessions
• Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook

Best Original Screenplay

• Amour, Michael Hanake
• Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino
• Flight, John Gatins
• Moonrise Kingdom, Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
• Zero Dark Thirty, Mark Boal

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Argo, Chris Terrio
• Beasts of the Southern Wild, Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin,
• Life of Pi, David Magee
• Lincoln, Tony Kushner
• Silver Linings Playbook, David O. Russell

Best Animated Feature

• Brave
• Frankenweenie
• ParaNorman
• The Pirates! Band of Misfits
• Wreck-It Ralph

Best Cinematography

• Anna Karenina, Seamus McGarvey
• Django Unchained, Robert Richardson
• Life of Pi, Claudio Miranda
• Lincoln, Janusz Kaminski
• Skyfall, Roger Deakins

Best Costume Design

• Anna Karenina, Jacqueline Durran
• Les Misérables, Paco Delgado
• Lincoln, Joanna Johnston
• Mirror Mirror, Eiko Ishioka
• Snow White and the Huntsman, Colleen Atwood

Best Documentary Feature

• 5 Broken Cameras
• The Gatekeepers
• How to Survive a Plague
• The Invisible War
• Searching for Sugar Man

Best Documentary Short Subject

• Inocente
• Kings Point
• Mondays at Racine
• Open Heart
• Redemption

Achievement in 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

Best Foreign Language Film

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

Achievement in Make-Up 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

Best Original Score

• “Anna Karenina” Dario Marianelli
• “Argo” Alexandre Desplat
• “Life of Pi” Mychael Danna
• “Lincoln” John Williams
• “Skyfall” Thomas Newman

Best Original Song

• “Before My Time” from “Chasing Ice”
• “Everybody Needs A Best Friend” from “Ted”
• “Pi’s Lullaby” from “Life of Pi”
• “Skyfall” from “Skyfall”
• “Suddenly” from “Les Misérables”

Achievement in Production Design

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

Best Animated Short Film

• “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

Best Live Action Short Film

• “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

Achievement in 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

Achievement in 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

Best 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

 

[~Kinggi~]

Its fun picking the winners, especially when monies is involved.

 

[injurai]

Ruined by the host...

anyways Jessica Chastain better win

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

I wanted to do it. Talk about doing it ahead of time to take the spot

What a snub!

Eagerly waiting to see if Mcfarlane will be a big fail. The shows usually suck but never miss them.

 

[TrumanBurbank]

Dicaprio should have been nominated. Samuel L Jackson too.
Take out Arkin and De Niro.

 

[Divius]

Not a fan of Seth Macfarlane, I hope he won't ruin the show for me.

Other than that, I expect Argo and Lincoln to (undeservingly) grab the most Oscars

 

[Ape Gone Insane]

I wanted to do it. Talk about doing it ahead of time to take the spot

I honestly didn't know there was a time frame. Gaming/Film OTs go up a week before so I had a search and saw no OTs and put something together.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

Dicaprio should have been nominated. Samuel L Jackson too.
Take out Arkin and De Niro.

Agreed on Dicaprio and Jackson. They made Django.

I'm going for Django or Zero Dark Thirty for overall. Chastain better win actress and Waltz better win supporting.

 

[UberTag]

Ruined by the host...

anyways Jessica Chastain better win

It's not looking too likely. ZDT may just end up winning for Sound Editing at this point.
Lawrence seems to be the favorite although Riva's garnering some late buzz as a dark horse candidate.

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

I honestly didn't know there was a time frame. Gaming/Film OTs go up a week before so I had a search and saw no OTs and put something together.

I'm joking man, no problem.

Getting close. Hoping for that Emmanuelle Riva win.

 

[SlowRevolution]

Hope MacFarlane doesn't ruin it. Bring back Jackman next year. Jackman/NPH or even Jackman/Hathaway would be great too.

 

[Ape Gone Insane]

An Oscar Voter's Brutally Honest Ballot

One director shares his choices, calling "Argo" a "whole lot of nothing," saying "Django Unchained" is "Tarantino masturbating" and passing on "Amour" because "there's only so much diaper-changing I can tolerate."

 

[Az987]

Joaquin has got this!

 

[Phire Phox]

I hope JLaw takes the oscar home!

 

[AlexMogil]

Seth MacFarlane sure is... funny.

 

[brianjones]

that's a really punchable face

 

[SummitAve]

An Oscar Voter's Brutally Honest Ballot

Well....I agree with him on Argo. I can't really comprehend it winning best picture.

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

that's a really punchable face

One of the most punchable I've seen for sure. It just begs for it. lol

 

[Divius]

Joaquin has got this!

He'd better. He was incredible.

 

[BertramCooper]

Oh god Macfarlane

SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP

 

[SlowRevolution]

that's a really punchable face

they could bring back franco but have macfarlane dub over everything he says

actually we'd end up with james franco and the horrible stewie voice so nevermind

 

[Phire Phox]

Joaquin has got this!

No way. Daniel Day Lewis has this on lock. He should prepare is Oscar speech now.

 

[tino]

If its legal to bet online where I live, I would put $50 on SLP, $50 on ZDT becuase they are both 1:30 black horses. And the $200 on Anna Hathaway, because I most likely will lost 100 and I would like to get some gauranteed money back.

Unfirtunately I can't bet so I will be skipping the show becuase the signt of Argo winning BP will make me sick.

 

[Thug Waffle]

Joaquin for Best Actor or I quit.

 

[Divius]

We should have a GAF ballot of sorts.

 

[Cheebo]

Joaquin has got this!

He has the complete opposite of having it. He has almost no chance at winning.

 

[lenovox1]

And, as a reminder, this year's Oscars promises to be really musical.

For some of you, the many musical moments will offer a great opportunity for snack breaks, bathroom breaks, and GAF bitching.

 

[strafer]

Damn you. I had my OT ready.

 

[SlowRevolution]

And, as a reminder, this year's Oscars promises to be really musical.

For some of you, the many musical moments will offer a great opportunity for snack breaks, bathroom breaks, and GAF bitching.

I hope that right after a really funny moment we get Anne Hathaway song-sobbing and Russell Crowe warbling.

Sacha Baron Cohen isn't there with the rest of the Les Mis cast? Did they ban him after last year?

 

[lenovox1]

I hope that right after a really funny moment we get Anne Hathaway song-sobbing and Russell Crowe warbling.

They are confirmed to be performing "One Day More" and "I Dreamed a Dream," so I hope the rest of your prediction pans out.

 

[SlowRevolution]

They are confirmed to be performing "One Day More" and "I Dreamed a Dream," so I hope the rest of your prediction pans out.

They're seriously doing I Dreamed a Dream? I can't really picture her version of the song working at the Oscars, it seems like a gamble. Then again I guess they have to.

 

[BertramCooper]

YOU THINK THAT'S BAD????

REMEMBER THAT TIME I HOSTED THE OSCARS AND DID THE CHARLESTON WITH HELEN MIRREN????

 

[Divius]

YOU THINK THAT'S BAD????

REMEMBER THAT TIME I HOSTED THE OSCARS AND DID THE CHARLESTON WITH HELEN MIRREN????

 

[Vox-Pop]

Go Jlaw.

 

[t-ramp]

Will watch, although I don't really care who wins. I haven't seen anything worth rooting for, but hopefully MacFarlane is fun and people don't give shitty speeches.

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

Will watch, although I don't really care who wins. I haven't seen anything worth rooting for, but hopefully MacFarlane is fun and people don't give shitty speeches.

Now that's impossible.

 

[injurai]

It's not looking too likely. ZDT may just end up winning for Sound Editing at this point.
Lawrence seems to be the favorite although Riva's garnering some late buzz as a dark horse candidate.

Well that'd be unfortunate. At least I can be a hipster and scoff at the academy's tastes.

But seriously she deserves best Actress

 

[Salsa]

Seth gonna suck

 

[Mac the KNife]

Seth'd usually be a dealbreaker, but there's no good basketball on soooo

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

Will he restrain himself because of the Academy?

 

[bjb]

Is it just me or does this show always suck?

 

[RatskyWatsky]

Is it just me or does this show always suck?

It's awards shows in general.

 

[BertramCooper]

Is it just me or does this show always suck?

It only sucks when it's hosted by people.

 

[CrazyDude]

Is it just me or does this show always suck?

It's not really fun to watch Hollywood congratulate itself.

It only sucks when it's hosted by people.

Yup, the best Oscar show was when the taco bell dog hosted.

 

[bjb]

I get bad hosts, hollywood smug or award shows in general. Yet every time I have ever watched the academy awards, it has been hot garbage. Absolutely the worst shit possible.

 

[TylerD]

It's not really fun to watch Hollywood congratulate itself.

But it is fun to watch Hollywood congratulate itself with GAF <3

 

[jtb]

Most wide open best picture race in recent memory. Should be fun, if only because there might actually be some surprises.

 

[ckohler]

Anyone else using Backstage Pass to watch the cameras rather than the awards? I plan on doing just that on my iPad. The press room is been more interesting than the actual awards show, in the past.

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

I love how awkward it gets sometimes, the forced laughs, speeches, etc. It's hard to watch sometimes.

I thought it couldn't get worse than the Hathaway and Franco's show, but then we got last year's. You never really know.

 

[kingkitty]

Argo really shouldn't win Best Picture. Neither should Zero Dark Thirty. I'm fine with Beasts, Django, or Silver Linings winning.

I haven't seen Lincoln, Amour, or Life of PI. I've seen the Les Mis musical on dvd a few years back.

Really though, Argo is such a safe, boring choice, even ZDT winning would be preferable. There's such unique films on display here Oscar voters, don't just pick the bearded Affleck flick please.