`Lincoln` leads the Oscar nominations
Emma Stone and Seth MacFarlane unveiled the shortlist for this year`s Academy Awards earlier on 10.01.13 and the Steven Spielberg-directed biopic - which stars Daniel Day-Lewis as pioneering US President Abraham Lincoln - leads the way, followed closely by `Life of Pi`, which is up for 11 honours.
Both movies are up for the prestigious Best Picture Oscar, but will face competition from `Amour`, `Argo`, `Beasts of the Southern Wild`, `Django Unchained`, `Les Miserables`, `Silver Livings Playbook` and `Zero Dark Thirty` to take home the statuette.
`Lincoln` stars Daniel, Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones are all up for awards, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor respectively, while Spielberg is in the running for Best Director.
Also up for Best Actor are `Silver Linings Playbook` star Bradley Cooper, Hugh Jackman for his role in `Les Miserables`, Joaquin Phoenix for `The Master and `Flight` actor Denzel Washington.
The Best Actress nominees are Jessica Chastain for `Zero Dark Thirty`, `Silver Linings Playbook` star Jennifer Lawrence, `Amour` actress Emmanuelle Riva, Quvenzhane Wallis from `Beasts of the Southern Wild` and `The Impossible` actress Naomi Watts.
As well as Spielberg, `Life of Pi`s Ang Lee, `Silver Linings Playbook` filmmaker David O. Russell , Michael Haneke, who made `Amour`, and `Beasts of the Southern Wild` helmer Benh Zeitlin are up for Best Director.
Despite being hotly tipped, James Bond film `Skyfall` was not nominated in any major category, but is up for five awards, including Best Original Song for Adele`s `Skyfall`.
The Oscars will be hosted by Seth MacFarlane and take place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on February 24.
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