The Civil War saga “Lincoln” leads the Academy Awards with 12 nominations, including Best Picture, director for Steven Spielberg and acting honors for Daniel Day-Lewis (pictured here), Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones.
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The Osama bin Laden manhunt chronicle “Zero Dark Thirty.” Jessica Chastain, center, plays a member of the elite team of spies and military operatives who secretly devoted their lives to finding bin Laden.
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Christoph Waltz as Dr. King Schultz and Jamie Foxx as Django in the the slave-revenge Western “Django Unchained.”
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Emmanuelle Riva in a scene from “Amour.” Riva, at 85, is the oldest actress ever nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.
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Quvenzhane Wallis portraying Hushpuppy in a scene from “Beasts of the Southern Wild.” 9-year-old Wallis is the youngest actress ever nominated for an Academy Award.
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Bradley Cooper in “Silver Linings Playbook.” Cooper was nominated for Best Actor.
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John Goodman, left, Alan Arkin, center, and actor-director Ben Affleck in a scene from “Argo.” Affleck was snubbed in the Best Director race.
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Anne Hathaway portraying Fantine in a scene from the screen adaptation of “Les Miserables.” Hathaway was nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
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A CGI tiger and Suraj Sharma in a scene from “Life of Pi,” directed by Ang Lee. “Life of Pi” racked up 11 nominations.
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