* Indicates Winner
BEST PICTURE
* Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
The Master
Moonrise Kingdom
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
BEST DIRECTOR
* Ben Affleck – Argo
Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty
Tom Hooper – Les Misérables
Ang Lee – Life of Pi
David O. Russell – Silver Linings Playbook
Steven Spielberg – Lincoln
BEST ACTOR
* Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln
Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook
John Hawkes – The Sessions
Hugh Jackman – Les Misérables
Joaquin Phoenix – The Master
Denzel Washington – Flight
BEST ACTRESS
* Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty
Marion Cotillard – Rust and Bone
Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook
Emmanuelle Riva – Amour
Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild
Naomi Watts – The Impossible
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
* Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master
Alan Arkin – Argo
Javier Bardem – Skyfall
Robert De Niro – Silver Linings Playbook
Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln
Matthew McConaughey – Magic Mike
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
* Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables
Amy Adams – The Master
Judi Dench – Skyfall
Ann Dowd – Compliance
Sally Field – Lincoln
Helen Hunt – The Sessions
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
* Quentin Tarantino – Django Unchained
John Gatins – Flight
Rian Johnson – Looper
Paul Thomas Anderson – The Master
Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola – Moonrise Kingdom
Mark Boal – Zero Dark Thirty
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
* Tony Kushner – Lincoln
Chris Terrio – Argo
David Magee – Life of Pi
Stephen Chbosky – The Perks of Being a Wallflower
David O. Russell – Silver Linings Playbook
BEST SONG
* Skyfall – Skyfall
For You – Act of Valor
Learn Me Right – Brave
Still Alive – Still Alive
Suddenly – Les Misérables
BEST SCORE
* Lincoln
Argo
Life of Pi
The Master
Moonrise Kingdom
BEST EDITING
* Zero Dark Thirty
Argo
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
BEST ART DIRECTION
* Anna Karenina
The Hobbit
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
* Life of Pi – Claudio Miranda
Les Misérables – Danny Cohen
Lincoln – Janusz Kaminski
The Master – Mihai Malaimare Jr.
Skyfall – Roger Deakins
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
* Anna Karenina – Jacqueline Durran
Cloud Atlas – Kym Barrett and Pierre-Yves Gayraud
The Hobbit – Bob Buck, Ann Maskrey and Richard Taylor
Les Misérables – Paco Delgado
Lincoln – Joanna Johnston
BEST MAKEUP
* Cloud Atlas
The Hobbit
Les Misérables
Lincoln
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
* Life of Pi
The Avengers
Cloud Atlas
The Dark Knight Rises
The Hobbit
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
* Wreck-It Ralph
Brave
Frankenweenie
Madagascar 3
ParaNorman
Rise of the Guardians
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
* Amour
The Intouchables
A Royal Affair
Rust and Bone
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
* Searching for Sugar Man
Bully
The Central Park Five
The Imposter
The Queen of Versailles
West of Memphis
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
* Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild
Elle Fanning – Ginger & Rosa
Kara Hayward – Moonrise Kingdom
Tom Holland – The Impossible
Logan Lerman – The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Suraj Sharma – Life of Pi
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
* Silver Linings Playbook
Argo
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Les Misérables
Lincoln
Moonrise Kingdom
BEST ACTION MOVIE
* Skyfall
The Avengers
The Dark Knight Rises
Looper
BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE
* Daniel Craig – Skyfall
Christian Bale – The Dark Knight Rises
Robert Downey Jr. – The Avengers
Joseph Gordon-Levitt – Looper
Jake Gyllenhaal – End of Watch
BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE
* Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games
Emily Blunt – Looper
Gina Carano – Haywire
Judi Dench – Skyfall
Anne Hathaway – The Dark Knight Rises
BEST COMEDY
* Silver Linings Playbook
Bernie
Ted
This Is 40
21 Jump Street
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
* Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook
Jack Black – Bernie
Paul Rudd – This Is 40
Channing Tatum – 21 Jump Street
Mark Wahlberg – Ted
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
* Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook
Mila Kunis – Ted
Shirley MacLaine – Bernie
Leslie Mann – This Is 40
Rebel Wilson – Pitch Perfect
BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE
* Looper
The Cabin in the Woods
Prometheus
With Argo picking up the win here, I'd say the Vegas Odds are heavily in the film's favor for a repeat at the Oscars. Life of Pi took home the Visual Effects Award over The Avengers and that may prove true again as well when The Academy Awards rolls around. It's too bad the Academy doesn't have an Action subcategory, that's the only way we're probably going to see some of our favorite summer movies nominated. Heck, if there's an Animated category, the Academy should really break things down further into drama, action, comedy, etc.
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