‘Lincoln’ Leads Oscar Awards Contenders with 12 Nominations, Including Best Picture

‘Lincoln’ Leads Oscar Awards Contenders with 12 Nominations, Including Best Picture (Photo credit: Vectorportal)

‘Lincoln’ leads Academy Award contenders with 12 nominations, including Best Picture.

Best Picture Oscar nominees: ‘Amour,’ ‘Argo,’ ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild,’ ‘Django Unchained,’ ‘Les Misérables,’ ’Life of Pi,’ ‘Lincoln,’ ‘Silver Linings Playbook,’ ‘Zero Dark Thirty.’

Best Actor Oscar nominees: Daniel Day Lewis, Denzel Washington, Hugh Jackman, Bradley Cooper, Joaquin Phoenix.

Supporting Actress Oscar nominees: Sally Field, Anne Hathaway, Jacki Weaver, Helen Hunt, Amy Adams.

Best Actress Oscar nominees: Naomi Watts, Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Lawrence, Emmanuelle Riva, Quvenzhané Wallis.

 Supporting Actor Oscar nominees: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tommy Lee Jones, Christoph Waltz, Robert De Niro, Alan Arkin.

Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar nominees: ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild,’ ‘Argo,’ ‘Lincoln,’ ‘Silver Linings Playbook,’ ‘Life of Pi’

Best Foreign Language Film Oscar nominees:  ’Amour,’ ‘NO,’ ‘War Witch,’ ‘A Royal Affair,’ ‘Kon Tiki’