85th Academy Awards Nominations: “Lincoln” Tops With 12 Nods

oscarsIncluding a Best Picture nomination, Spielberg’s Lincoln topped the Oscar nominations (12 altogether), as they were revealed early Thursday morning. Life of Pi was a close second with eleven nominations, including Best Picture as well. Quvenzhane Wallis has become the youngest actress, at nine years old, to ever be nominated for Best Actress. Many of the “expected” nominations also occurred. The nominations were announced from Los Angeles by Seth MacFarlane and Emma Stone. The complete list is below. The Oscars air February 24 at 8pm ET/5pm PT on ABC!

Best Picture

“Amour”
“Argo”
“Beasts of the Southern Wild”
“Django Unchained”
“Les Misérables”
“Life of Pi”
“Lincoln”
“Silver Linings Playbook”
“Zero Dark Thirty”

Best Director

Michael Haneke, “Amour”
Ang Lee, “Life of Pi”
Ben Zeitlin, “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
Steven Spielberg, “Lincoln”
David O. Russell, “Silver Linings Playbook”

Best Actor

Bradley Cooper, “Silver Linings Playbook”
Daniel Day-Lewis, “Lincoln”
Hugh Jackman, “Les Miserables”
Joaquin Phoenix, “The Master”
Denzel Washington, “Flight”

Best Actress

Jessica Chastain, “Zero Dark Thirty”
Jennifer Lawrence, “Silver Linings Playbook”
Emmanuelle Riva, “Amour”
Quvenzhané Wallis, “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
Naomi Watts, “The Impossible”

Best Supporting Actor

Alan Arkin, “Argo”
Robert De Niro, “Silver Linings Playbook”
Philip Seymour Hoffman, “The Master”
Tommy Lee Jones, “Lincoln”
Christoph Waltz, “Django Unchained”

Best Supporting Actress

Amy Adams, “The Master”
Sally Field, “Lincoln”
Anne Hathaway, “Les Misérables”
Helen Hunt, “The Sessions”
Jacki Weaver, “Silver Linings Playbook”

Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

“Argo”
Screenplay by Chris Terrio
“Beasts of the Southern Wild”
Screenplay by Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin
“Life of Pi”
Screenplay by David Magee
“Lincoln”
Screenplay by Tony Kushner
“Silver Linings Playbook”
Screenplay by David O. Russell

Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
“Amour”
Written by Michael Haneke
“Django Unchained”
Written by Quentin Tarantino
“Flight”
Written by John Gatins
“Moonrise Kingdom”
Written by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola
“Zero Dark Thirty”
Written by Mark Boal

Best Animated Feature Film

“Brave”
Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
“Frankenweenie”
Tim Burton
“ParaNorman”
Sam Fell and Chris Butler
“The Pirates! Band of Misfits”
Peter Lord
“Wreck-It Ralph”
Rich Moore

Best Cinematography

“Anna Karenina”
Seamus McGarvey
“Django Unchained”
Robert Richardson
“Life of Pi”
Claudio Miranda
“Lincoln”
Janusz Kaminski
“Skyfall”
Roger Deakins

Best Documentary Feature

“5 Broken Cameras”
“The Gatekeepers’
“How to Survive A Plague”
“The House I Live In”
“The Iinvisible War”
“Searching For Sugar Man”

Costume Design

“Anna Karenina”
Jacqueline Durran
“Les Misérables”
Paco Delgado
“Lincoln”
Joanna Johnston
“Mirror Mirror”
Eiko Ishioka
“Snow White and the Huntsman”
Colleen Atwood

Best Makeup

“Hitchcock”
Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin
Samuel
“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane
“Les Misérables”
Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell

Best Music (Original Score)

“Anna Karenina”
Dario Marianelli
“Argo”
Alexandre Desplat
“Life of Pi”
Mychael Danna
“Lincoln”
John Williams
“Skyfall”
Thomas Newman

Best Music (Original Song)

“Before My Time”
Chasing Ice
Music and Lyric by J. Ralph
“Everybody Needs A Best Friend”
Ted
Music by Walter Murphy
Lyric by Seth MacFarlane
“Pi’s Lullaby”
Life of Pi
Music by Mychael Danna
Lyric by Bombay Jayashri
“Suddenly”
Les Miserables
“Skyfall”
Skyfall
Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul
Epworth

Sound Editing

“Argo”
Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn
“Django Unchained”
Wylie Stateman
“Life of Pi”
Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton
“Skyfall”
Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
“Zero Dark Thirty”
Paul N.J. Ottosson

Sound Mixing

“Argo”
John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio
Garcia
“Les Misérables”
Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes
“Life of Pi”
Ron Bartlett, D.M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin
“Lincoln”
Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins
“Skyfall”
Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson

Visual Effects

“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and
R. Christopher White
“Life of Pi”
Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron,
Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott
“Marvel’s The Avengers”
Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and
Dan Sudick
“Prometheus”
Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley
and Martin Hill
“Snow White and the Huntsman”
Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan,
Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson

Editing

“Argo”
William Goldenberg
“Life of Pi”
Tim Squyres
“Lincoln”
Michael Kahn
“Silver Linings Playbook”
Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers
“Zero Dark Thirty”
Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg

Foreign Language Film

“Amour”
Austria
“Kon-Tiki”
Norway
“No”
Chile
“A Royal Affair”
Denmark
“War Witch”
Canada

Production Design

“Anna Karenina”
Production Design: Sarah Greenwood
Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
Production Design: Dan Hennah
Set Decoration: Ra Vincent and Simon Bright
“Les Misérables”
Production Design: Eve Stewart
Set Decoration: Anna Lynch-Robinson
“Life of Pi”
Production Design: David Gropman
Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
“Lincoln”
Production Design: Rick Carter
Set Decoration: Jim Erickson

Short Film (Live Action)

“Asad”
Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura
“Buzkashi Boys”
Sam French and Ariel Nasr
“Curfew”
Shawn Christensen
“Death of a Shadow (Dood van een
Schaduw)”
Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele
“Henry”
Yan England

Short Film (Animated)

“Adam and Dog”
Minkyu Lee
“Fresh Guacamole”
PES
“Head over Heels”
Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly
“Maggie Simpson in ‘The Longest Daycare'”
David Silverman
“Paperman”
John Kahrs

Documentary Short Subject

“Inocente”
Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine
“Kings Point”
Sari Gilman and Jedd Wider
“Mondays at Racine”
Cynthia Wade and Robin Honan
“Open Heart”
Kief Davidson and Cori Shepherd Stern
“Redemption”
Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill

The Votes Are In: The Best of 2012 Are …

best_2012_smOther sites have been making lists based on their preference, telling you what they believe made up 2012. We here at the Yak like to do it another way … put you in command. You nominated, you voted, and now it’s time to reveal who YOU chose as the Best of 2012. 2013 just got underway, so we figured it’s time to take you down memory lane as we reminisce about what made these people, TV shows, songs, albums, and celebrities the best (or in some cases the worst) of 2012. There were some EXTREMELY tight races this year, but fans came out in full force to make sure their favorites got to the top. No more yakking, let’s just get right to it. What are we waiting for? Check out the gallery below and see who and what made YOUR list of favorites in television, music, movies and more in 2012. Check out the honorable mentions below … some of these races were just too tight, so we had to throw them in!

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Favorite Live Performance of the Year:

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Most Viral Video of the Year:

Screen Actors Guild Awards: And The Nominees Are …

‘Tis the season! Awards season, that is. While we are all preparing for the hustle, bustle, jolly and joy of the holiday season, Hollywood is busily preparing away for the upcoming awards season, which kicks off with the Golden Globes on January 13. The Golden Globe nominees will be revealed Thursday at 8am ET, but today is all about the Screen Actors Guild. Early Wednesday morning (5:45am PT, to be precise), the Guild – joined by Taye Diggs (Private Practice) and Busy Philipps (Cougar Town) – announced the nominees in television and music from West Hollywood, CA. While the Academy Awards are what the season builds towards, the nominees between the SAGs and the Globes should start to shape what the Oscars elite list will be looking like. So who was nominated for a SAG? Homeland and Modern Family lead the TV drama and comedy nods, with four nominations each.

Check out the full list of nominees below. The Screen Actors Guild Awards air LIVE January 27, 2013 at 8/7c on TNT & TBS.

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And the nominees are …

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE, MOTION PICTURE
“Argo”
“The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”
“Les Misérables”
“Lincoln”
“Silver Linings Playbook”

OUTSTANDING MALE ACTOR, LEADING ROLE
Bradley Cooper, “Silver Linings Playbook”
Daniel Day-Lewis, “Lincoln”
John Hawkes, “The Sessions”
Denzel Washington, “Flight”
Hugh Jackman, “Les Miserables”

OUTSTANDING FEMALE ACTOR, LEADING ROLE
Jessica Chastain, “Zero Dark Thirty”
Jennifer Lawrence, “Silver Linings Playbook”
Helen Mirren, “Hitchcock”
Naomi Watts, “The Impossible”
Marion Cotillard, “Rust and Bone”

OUTSTANDING MALE ACTOR, SUPPORTING ROLE
Alan Arkin, “Argo”
Robert De Niro, “Silver Linings Playbook”
Philip Seymour Hoffman, “The Master”
Tommy Lee Jones, “Lincoln”
Javier Bardem, “Skyfall”

OUTSTANDING FEMALE ACTOR, SUPPORTING ROLE
Sally Field, “Lincoln”
Anne Hathaway, “Les Misérables”
Helen Hunt, “The Sessions”
Nicole Kidman, “The Paperboy”
Maggie Smith, “Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE, DRAMA
Homeland
Breaking Bad
Boardwalk Empire
Downton Abbey
Mad Men

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS, DRAMA
Claire Danes, Homeland
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story Asylum

OUTSTANDING ACTOR, DRAMA
Damian Lewis, Homeland
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE, COMEDY
Modern Family
30 Rock
Nurse Jackie
The Big Bang Theory
Glee
The Office

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS, COMEDY
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
Betty White, Hot, CLeveland

OUTSTANDING ACTOR, COMEDY
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Louis CK, Louie
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family

OUTSTANDING ACTOR, TELEVISION MOVIE OR MINISERIES
Kevin Costner, “Hatfield and McCoys”
Woody Harrelson, “Game Change”
Ed Harris, “Game Change”
Clive Owen, “Hemingway and Gellhorn”
Bill Paxton, “Hatfield and McCoys”

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS, TELEVISION MOVIE OR MINISERIES
Nicole Kidman, “Hemingway and Gellhorn”
Julianne Moore, “Game Change”
Charlotte Rambling, “Restless”
Sigourney Weaver, “Political Animals”
Alfre Woodard, “Steel Magnolias”

OUTSTANDING STUNT ENSEMBLE, MOTION PICTURE
“The Dark Knight Rises”
“Skyfall”
“The Bourne Legacy”
“The Amazing Spider-Man”
“Les Miserables”

OUTSTANDING STUNT ENSEMBLE, TELEVISION
“Game of Thrones”
“Homeland”
“Breaking Bad”
“Sons of Anarchy”
“Walking Dead”
“Boardwalk Empire”