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Oscar nominations announced

The nominations for the 85th Academy Awards were announced Thursday morning.
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(CNN) — The nominations for the 85th Academy Awards were announced Thursday morning.

The nominees for best picture are “Argo,” “Django Unchained,” “Life of Pi,” “Zero Dark Thirty,” “Lincoln,” “Silver Linings Playbook,” “Les Miserables,” “Amour” and “Beasts of the Southern Wild.”

The nominees for best actor are Daniel Day-Lewis (“Lincoln”), Hugh Jackman (“Les Miserables”), Denzel Washington (“Flight”), Joaquin Phoenix (“The Master”) and Bradley Cooper (“Silver Linings Playbook”).

The nominees for best actress are Jessica Chastain (“Zero Dark Thirty”), Jennifer Lawrence (“Silver Linings Playbook”), Quvenzhane Wallis (“Beasts of the Southern Wild”), Naomi Watts (“The Impossible”) and Emmanuelle Riva (“Amour”).

The nominees for best supporting actor are Robert De Niro (“Silver Linings Playbook”), Philip Seymour Hoffman (“The Master”), Tommy Lee Jones (“Lincoln”), Alan Arkin (“Argo”) and Christoph Waltz (“Django Unchained”).

The nominees for best supporting actress are Sally Field (“Lincoln”), Amy Adams (“The Master”), Anne Hathaway (“Les Miserables”), Helen Hunt (“The Sessions”) and Jacki Weaver (“Silver Linings Playbook”).

The nominees for best director are Steven Spielberg (“Lincoln”), David O. Russell (“Silver Linings Playbook”), Ang Lee (“Life of Pi”), Michael Haneke (“Amour”) and Benh Zeitlin (“Beasts of the Southern Wild”).

The nominations were announced by Seth MacFarlane and Emma Stone. MacFarlane, the “Family Guy” mastermind who wrote and directed the hit “Ted,” will host the Oscars, which are scheduled for February 24 on ABC.

The show will air from the Dolby Theatre — formerly known as the Kodak Theatre — in Los Angeles.

Check out a partial list below:

Best picture

“Beasts of the Southern Wild”

“Silver Linings Playbook”

“Zero Dark Thirty”

“Lincoln”

“Les Misérables”

“Life of Pi”

“Amour”

“Django Unchained”

“Argo”

Actor

Daniel Day-Lewis, “Lincoln”

Denzel Washington, “Flight”

Hugh Jackman, “Les Misérables”

Bradley Cooper, “Silver Linings Playbook”

Joaquin Phoenix, “The Master”

Actress

Naomi Watts, “The Impossible”

Jessica Chastain, “Zero Dark Thirty”

Jennifer Lawrence, “Silver Linings Playbook”

Emmanuelle Riva, “Amour”

Quvenzhané Wallis, “Beasts of the Southern Wild”

Supporting actor

Christoph Waltz, “Django Unchained”

Philip Seymour Hoffman, “The Master”

Robert De Niro, “Silver Linings Playbook”

Alan Arkin, “Argo”

Tommy Lee Jones, “Lincoln”

Supporting actress

Sally Field, “Lincoln”

Anne Hathaway, “Les Misérables”

Jacki Weaver, “Silver Linings Playbook”

Helen Hunt, “The Sessions”

Amy Adams, “The Master”

Director

David O. Russell, “Silver Linings Playbook”

Ang Lee, “Life of Pi”

Steven Spielberg, “Lincoln”

Michael Haneke, “Amour”

Benh Zeitlin, “Beasts of the Southern Wild”

Animated feature

“Frankenweenie”

“The Pirates! Band of Misfits”

“Wreck-It Ralph”

“Brave”

“ParaNorman”

Foreign language film

“Amour,” Austria

“No,” Chile

“War Witch,” Canada

“A Royal Affair,” Denmark

“Kon-Tiki,” Norway

Adapted screenplay

“Beasts of the Southern Wild,” Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin

“Argo,” Chris Terrio

“Lincoln,” Tony Kushner

“Silver Linings Playbook,” David O. Russell

“Life of Pi,” David Magee

Original screenplay

“Flight,” John Gatins

“Zero Dark Thirty,” Mark Boal

“Django Unchained,” Quentin Tarantino

“Amour,” Michael Haneke

“Moonrise Kingdom,” Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola

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 and lyric by Seth MacFarlane

“Pi’s Lullaby” from “Life of Pi,” music by Mychael Danna and lyric by Bombay Jayashri

“Skyfall” from “Skyfall,” music and lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth

“Suddenly” from “Les Misérables,” music by Claude-Michel Schonberg, lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil

Original score

Dario Marianelli, “Anna Karenina”

Alexandre Desplat, “Argo”

Mychael Danna, “Life of Pi”

John Williams, “Lincoln”

Thomas Newman, “Skyfall”

Visual effects

“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”

“Life of Pi”

“Marvel’s The Avengers”

“Prometheus”

“Snow White and the Huntsman”

Makeup and hairstyling

“Hitchcock”

“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”

“Les Misérables”

Cinematography

Seamus McGarvey, “Anna Karenina”

Robert Richardson, “Django Unchained”

Claudio Miranda, “Life of Pi”

Janusz Kaminski, “Lincoln”

Roger Deakins, “Skyfall”

Costume design

Jacqueline Durran, “Anna Karenina”

Paco Delgado, “Les Misérables”

Joanna Johnston, “Lincoln”

Eiko Ishioka, “Mirror Mirror”

Colleen Atwood, “Snow White and the Huntsman”

Documentary

“5 Broken Cameras”

“The Gatekeepers”

“How to Survive a Plague”

“The Invisible War”

“Searching for Sugar Man”

Documentary short

“Inocente”

“Kings Point”

“Mondays at Racine”

“Open Heart”

“Redemption”

Animated short

“Adam and Dog”

“Fresh Guacamole”

“Head over Heels”

“Maggie Simpson in “The Longest Daycare”

“Paperman”

Live action short

“Asad”

“Buzkashi Boys”

“Curfew”

“Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)”

“Henry”

Film editing

William Goldenberg, “Argo”

Tim Squyres, “Life of Pi”

Michael Kahn, “Lincoln”

Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers, “Silver Linings Playbook”

Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg, “Zero Dark Thirty”

For the full list, visit Oscars.org.

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