Denzel Washington Leads 2013 Oscar Nominations plus Full List of Nominees

The race towards Hollywood's biggest night is officially on. The nominees for the 85th Academy Awards which would air on Sunday, February 24 were announced today, with some expected nominations and shocking snubs.

Flight star and two-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington will be back for another shot at the Best Actor prize. This will be Washington's sixth nomination, and his first time back at the Academy Awards as a nominee in nearly 10 years. He was last recognized for the gritty cop drama Training Day.

Unfortunately, none of the Black actors from Django Unchained received nominations. Samuel L. Jackson, Kerry Washington and Oscar winner Jamie Foxx were all unrecognized for their critically acclaimed performances — they were also snubbed at the Golden Globes. Leonardo DiCaprio was not nominated for his performance as slave-master Calvin Candie, nor did Quentin Tarantino receive a nod for Best Director. However, the antebellum drama was nominated for Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor for Christoph Waltz.

The controversy surrounding Django hasn't stopped its rise either critically or commercially. Django has grossed over $120 million since its Christmas Day release, making it Tarantino's top-grossing film to date. Analysts credit much of Django's success to its support from the Black community.

Beasts of the Southern Wild received four nominations including Best Director and Best Picture. The film's 9-year-old star, Quvenzhané Wallis, is the year's youngest Oscar nominee, with a nod in the Best Actress category.

Lincoln received the most nominations with 12, including Best Picture, Best Director (Steven Spielberg) and Best Actor (Daniel Day-Lewis).

FULL LIST OF NOMINATIONS FOR OSCAR 2013

Best Picture

1. Amour - Nominees to be determined
2. Argo - Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney, Producers
3. Beasts of the Southern Wild - Dan Janvey, Josh Penn and Michael Gottwald, Producers
4. Django Unchained - Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin and Pilar Savone, Producers
5. Les Misérables - Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward and Cameron Mackintosh, Producers
6.  Life of Pi - Gil Netter, Ang Lee and David Womark, Producers
7. Lincoln - Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers
8. Silver Linings Playbook - Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen and Jonathan Gordon, Producers
9. Zero Dark Thirty - Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow and Megan Ellison, Producers

   Best Actor in a Leading Role

1.         Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook
2.         Daniel Day - Lewis Lincoln
3.         Hugh Jackman - Les Misérables
4.         Joaquin Phoenix - The Master
5.         Denzel Washington - Flight

Best Actress in a Leading Role

1. Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty
2. Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook    
3. Emmanuelle Riva - Amour
4. Quvenzhané Wallis - Beasts of the Southern Wild
5. Naomi Watts - The Impossible

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

1.         Alan Arkin - Argo
2.         Robert De Niro - Silver Linings Playbook
3.         Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master
4.         Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln
5.         Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained

    Best Actress in a Supporting Role

1.         Amy Adams - The Master
2.         Sally Field - Lincoln
3.         Anne Hathaway - Les Misérables
4.         Helen Hunt  - The Sessions
5.         Jacki Weaver - Silver Linings Playbook

    Animated Feature Film

1.         Brave - Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
2.         Frankenweenie - Tim Burton
3.         ParaNorman - Sam Fell and Chris Butler
4.         The Pirates! Band of Misfits - Peter Lord
5.         Wreck-It Ralph - Rich Moore

    Cinematography

1.         Anna Karenina - Seamus McGarvey
2.         Django Unchained - Robert Richardson
3.         Life of Pi - Claudio Miranda
4.         View Trailer / More Information
5.         Lincoln - Janusz Kaminski
6.         Skyfall - Roger Deakins

       
    Costume Design

1.         Anna Karenina - Jacqueline Durran 
2.         Les Misérables - Paco Delgado
3.         Lincoln - Joanna Johnston
4.         Mirror Mirror - Eiko Ishioka
5.         Snow White and the Huntsman - Colleen Atwood

    Directing

1.         Amour - Michael Haneke
2.         Beasts of the Southern Wild - Benh Zeitlin
3.         Life of Pi - Ang Lee
4.         Lincoln - Steven Spielberg
5.         Silver Linings Playbook - David O. Russell

    Documentary Feature

1.         5 Broken Cameras - Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi
2.         The Gatekeepers - Nominees to be determined
3.         How to Survive a Plague - Nominees to be determined
4.         The Invisible War - Nominees to be determined
5.         Searching for Sugar Man - Nominees to be determined

       
    Documentary Short

1.         Inocente - Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine
2.         Kings Point - Sari Gilman and Jedd Wider
3.         Mondays at Racine - Cynthia Wade and Robin Honan
4.         Open Heart - Kief Davidson and Cori Shepherd Stern
5.         Redemption - Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill

       
    Film Editing

1.         Argo - William Goldenberg
2.         Life of Pi - Tim Squyres
3.         Lincoln - Michael Kahn
4.         Silver Linings Playbook - Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers
5.         Zero Dark Thirty - Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg

       
    Foreign Language Film

1.         Amour - Austria
2.         Kon-Tiki - Norway
3.         No - Chile
4.         A Royal Affair - Denmark
5.         War Witch - Canada

    Makeup and Hairstyling

1.         Hitchcock - Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel
2.         The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane
3.         Les Misérables - Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell

        Music - Best Original Score

1.         Anna Karenina - Dario Marianelli
2.         Argo - Alexandre Desplat
3.         Life of Pi - Mychael Danna
4.         Lincoln - John Williams
5.         Skyfall - Thomas Newman

    Music - Best Original Song

1.         "Before My Time" from Chasing Ice Music and Lyric by J. Ralph
2.         "Everybody Needs A Best Friend" from Ted Music by Walter Murphy; Lyric by Seth MacFarlane
3.         "Pi's Lullaby" from Life of Pi Music by Mychael Danna; Lyric by Bombay Jayashri
4.         "Skyfall" from Skyfall Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
5.         "Suddenly" from Les Misérables Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyric by Herbert           Kretzmer and Alain Boublil

    Production Design

1.         Anna Karenina - Sarah Greenwood (Production Design); Katie Spencer (Set Decoration)
2.         The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Dan Hennah (Production Design); Ra Vincent and Simon Bright (Set Decoration)
3.         Les Misérables - Eve Stewart (Production Design); Anna Lynch-Robinson (Set Decoration)
4.         Life of Pi - David Gropman (Production Design); Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration)
5.         Lincoln - Rick Carter (Production Design); Jim Erickson (Set Decoration)

    Short Film - Animated

1.         Adam and Dog - Minkyu Lee
2.         Fresh Guacamole - PES
3.         Head Over Heels - Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly
4.         Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare" - David Silverman
5.         Paperman - John Kahrs

    Short Film - Live Action

1.         Asad - Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura
2.         Buzkashi Boys - Sam French and Ariel Nasr
3.         Curfew - Shawn Christensen
4.         Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw) - Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele
5.         Henry - Yan England

       
    Sound Editing

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

       
    Sound Mixing

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

      Visual Effects

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

       
    Writing - Adapted Screenplay

1.         Argo Written by Chris Terrio
2.         Beasts of the Southern Wild Screenplay by Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin
3.         Life of Pi Written by David Magee
4.         Lincoln Written by Tony Kushner
5.         Silver Linings Playbook Written by David O. Russell

   
Writing - Original Screenplay

1.         Amour Written by Michael Haneke
2.         Django Unchained Written by Quentin Tarantino
3.         Flight Written by John Gatins
4.         Moonrise Kingdom Written by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola
5.        Zero Dark Thirty Written by Mark Boal

courtesy BET.com and oscar.go.com