The 2013 Oscars Nominations were announced early this morning by host Seth MacFarlane and Emma Stone. It was an amusing announcement, which should prove for a fun Oscar night. I’m surprised by some of the nominations and then I’m not because usually Harvey Weinstein is involved. The Oscars are fun to watch but most of the time it’s just a bunch of bullshit because it’s basically whoever campaigned the hardest.

There were a lot of snubs, including Howard Shore and Neil Finn for best score/song for the Hobbit, No Dark Knight Rises noms, Ben Affleck, Quentin Tarantino and Kathryn Bigelow for Best Directing, no West of Memphis or Marley for Best Documentary, and on and on. I wish The Hobbit got at least a few more technical awards but what are you gonna do. Who do I think will win? Obviously it’s between Lincoln and Les Miserables for the most awards but it will be a mixed bag again. I’d love it for Argo to win the top prize.

Here’s the complete list

BEST PICTURE

– Beasts of the Southern Wild

– Silving Lingings Playbook

– Zero Dark Thirty

– Lincoln

– Les Miserables

– Life of Pi

– Amour

– Django Unchained

– Argo

BEST DIRECTOR

– David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook

– Michael Haneke, Amour

– Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild

– Steven Spielberg, Lincoln

– Ang Lee, Life of Pi

BEST ACTOR

– Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln

– Denzel Washington, Flight

– Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook

– Joaquin Phoenix, The Master

– Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

– Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained

– Phillip Seymour Hoffman, The Master

– Robert De Niro, Silver Linings

– Alan Arkin, Argo

– Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln

BEST ACTRESS

– Naomi Watts, The Impossible

– Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty

– Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook

– Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild

– Emmanuelle Riva, Amour

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

– Jackie Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook

– Helen Hunt, The Sessions

– Amy Adams, The Master

– Sally Field, Lincoln

– Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

– John Gatins, Flight

– Mark Boal, Zero Dark Thirty

– Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained

– Michael Haneke, Amour

– Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola, Moonrise Kingdom

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

– Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild

– Chris Terrio, Argo

– Tony Kushner, Lincoln

– David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook

– David Magee, Life of Pi

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

– Frankenweenie

– Wreck-It Ralph

– Paranorman

– Brave

– Pirates: A Band of Misfits

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

– Amour

– No

– War Witch

– A Royal Affair

– Kon-Tiki

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

– Seamus McGarvey, Anna Karenina

– Robert Richardson, Django Unchained

– Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi

– Janusz Kaminski, Lincoln

– Roger Deakins, Skyfall

BEST DOCUMENTARY – FEATURE

– 5 Broken Cameras

– The Gatekeepers

– How to Survive A Plague

– The Invisible War

– Searching for Sugar Man

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

– Inocente

– Kings Point

– Mondays at Racine

– Open Heart

– Redemption

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

– Asad

– Buzkashi Boys

– Curfew

– Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)

– Henry

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

– Adam and Dog

– Fresh Guacamole

– Head over Heels

– Maggie Simpson in “The Longest Daycare”

– Paperman

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

– Dario Marianelli, Anna Karenina

– Alexandre Desplat, Argo

– Mychael Danna, Life of Pi

– John Williams, Lincoln

– Thomas Newman, Skyfall

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

– “Skyfall” – Skyfall

– “Everybody Needs A Friend” – Ted

– “Pi’s Lullabye” – Life of Pi

– “Suddenly” – Les Miserables

– “Before My Time” – Chasing Ice

BEST SOUND EDITING

– Argo

– Django Unchained

– Life of Pi

– Skyfall

– Zero Dark Thirty

BEST SOUND MIXING

– Argo

– Les Miserables

– Life of Pi

– Lincoln

– Skyfall

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

– The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

– Anna Karenina

– Les Miserables

– Life of Pi

– Lincoln

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

– Hitchcock

– The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

– Les Miserables

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

– The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

– Life of Pi

– The Avengers

– Prometheus

– Snow White and the Huntsman

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

– Anna Karenina

– Les Miserables

– Lincoln

– Mirror Mirror

– Snow White and the Huntsman

BEST 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