Oscar Nominations: Academy Awards Honor 'Lincoln,' 'Les Miserables' & More For 2013

The Nominations Are Here!
FILE - This undated publicity film image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Bryan Cranston, left, as Jack ODonnell and Ben Affleck as Tony Mendez in "Argo," a rescue thriller about the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis. "Argo" earned a adapted screenplay nomination from the Writers Guild on Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, for outstanding screen writing. (AP Photo/Warner Bros., Claire Folger, File)
FILE - This undated publicity film image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Bryan Cranston, left, as Jack ODonnell and Ben Affleck as Tony Mendez in "Argo," a rescue thriller about the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis. "Argo" earned a adapted screenplay nomination from the Writers Guild on Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, for outstanding screen writing. (AP Photo/Warner Bros., Claire Folger, File)

The Oscar nominations have arrived.

The 85th annual Academy Awards will be handed out on Feb. 24 in Los Angeles. "Ted" director and star Seth MacFarlane will host the ceremony. MacFarlane and actress Emma Stone announced the 2013 Oscar nominees on Thursday morning.

"Lincoln," "Argo," "Zero Dark Thirty," "Les Miserables," "Silver Linings Playbook," "Life of Pi," "Django Unchained," "Amour" and "Beasts of the "Southern Wild" will compete for Best Picture.

Steven Spielberg, David O'Russell, Ang Lee, Steven Spielberg, Michael Haneke and Benh Zeitlin were nominated for Best Director.

The Best Actor category will pit presumed favorite Daniel Day-Lewis ("Lincoln") against Hugh Jackman ("Les Miserables"), Denzel Washington ("Flight"), Joaquin Phoenix ("The Master") and Bradley Cooper ("Silver Linings Playbook").

Jennifer Lawrence and Jessica Chastain lead the Best Actress category, which also includes Quvenzhané Wallis, Naomi Watts and Emmanuelle Riva.

Tommy Lee Jones ("Lincoln"), Alan Arkin ("Argo"), Robert De Niro ("Silver Linings Playbook"), Philip Seymour Hoffman ("The Master") and Christoph Waltz ("Django Unchained") were nominated for Best Supporting Actor.

"Les Miserables" star Anne Hathaway led the Best Supporting Actress category. Amy Adams ("The Master"), Helen Hunt ("The Sessions"), Sally Field ("Lincoln") and Jacki Weaver ("Silver Linings Playbook") will join Hathaway as nominees.

For a full list of the Oscar nominations, head to the Academy Awards website.

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Oscar Nominees 2013

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