2012 OSCAR NOMINATIONS and how I did predicting...

Out of 107 total nominations in the 21 categories that I predicted, I got 78 (73%) of my choices correct. If you include my alternate choices, that goes up to 89 (83%) correct. Not too shabby.

Here are the Academy Award nominations for 2012.

BEST PICTURE -- 8/9

• Amour
• Argo
• Beasts of the Southern Wild
• Django Unchained (alternate)
• Les Miserables
• Life of Pi
• Lincoln
• Silver Linings Playbook
• Zero Dark Thirty

BEST DIRECTOR -- 2/5

• Michael Haneke -- "Amour" (alternate)
• Ang Lee -- "Life of Pi"
• David O. Russell -- "Silver Linings Playbook" (missed)
• Steven Spielberg -- "Lincoln"
• Behn Zeitlin -- "Beasts of the Southern Wild" (missed)

BEST ACTOR -- 4/5

• Bradley Cooper -- "Silver Linings Playbook"
• Daniel Day-Lewis -- "Lincoln"
• Hugh Jackman -- "Les Miserables"
• Joaquin Phoenix -- "The Master"
• Denzel Washington -- "Flight" (alternate)

BEST ACTRESS -- 4/5

• Jessica Chastain -- "Zero Dark Thirty"
• Jennifer Lawrence -- "Silver Linings Playbook"
• Emmanuelle Riva -- "Amour"
• Quvenzhane Wallis -- "Beasts of the Southern Wild" (alternate)
• Naomi Watts -- "The Impossible"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR -- 5/5

• 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 -- 4/5

• Amy Adams -- "The Master"
• Sally Field -- "Lincoln"
• Anne Hathaway -- "Les Miserables"
• Helen Hunt -- "The Sessions"
• Jacki Weaver -- "Silver Linings Playbook" (missed)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY -- 3/5

• Amour (alternate)
• Django Unchained
• Flight (alternate)
• Moonrise Kingdom
• Zero Dark Thirty

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY -- 5/5

• Argo
• Beasts of the Southern Wild
• Life of Pi
• Lincoln
• Silver Linings Playbook

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE -- 4/5

• Brave
• Frankenweenie
• ParaNorman
• The Pirates! Band of Misfits (alternate)
• Wreck-It Ralph

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY -- 4/5

• Anna Karenina
• Django Unchained (missed)
• Life of Pi
• Lincoln
• Skyfall

BEST FILM EDITING -- 4/5

• Argo
• Life of Pi
• Lincoln
• Silver Linings Playbook (missed)
• Zero Dark Thirty

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN -- 4/5

• Anna Karenina
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• Les Miserables
• Life of Pi (alternate)
• Lincoln

BEST COSTUME DESIGN -- 4/5

• Anna Karenina
• Les Miserables
• Lincoln
• Mirror Mirror (missed)
• Snow White and the Huntsman

BEST SOUND MIXING -- 2/5

• Argo (missed)
• Les Miserables
• Life of Pi (missed)
• Lincoln
• Skyfall (alternate)

BEST SOUND EDITING -- 2/5

• Argo (missed)
• Django Unchained (missed)
• Life of Pi (alternate)
• Skyfall
• Zero Dark Thirty

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS -- 4/5

• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• Life of Pi
• Marvel's The Avengers
• Prometheus
• Snow White and the Huntsman (alternate)

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING -- 2/3

• Hitchcock (missed)
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• Les Miserables

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE -- 4/5

• Anna Karenina
• Argo
• Life of Pi
• Lincoln
• Skyfall (missed)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG -- 2/5

• "Before My Time" -- Chasing Ice (missed)
• "Everybody Needs a Best Friend" -- Ted (missed)
• "Pi's Lullaby" -- Life of Pi (missed)
• "Skyfall" -- Skyfall
• "Suddenly" -- Les Miserables

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM -- 4/5

• Amour - [Austria]
• Kon-Tiki - [Norway]
• No - [Chile] (missed)
• A Royal Affair - [Denmark]
• War Witch - [Canada]

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE -- 3/5

• 5 Broken Cameras (missed)
• The Gatekeepers
• How to Survive a Plague
• The Invisible War (missed)
• 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

Nominations by Film

12 nominations
LINCOLN*

11 nominations
LIFE OF PI*

8 nominations
LES MISERABLES*
SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK*

7 nominations
ARGO*

5 nominations
AMOUR*
DJANGO UNCHAINED*
SKYFALL
ZERO DARK THIRTY*

4 nominations
ANNA KARENINA
BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD*

3 nominations
THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
THE MASTER

2 nominations
FLIGHT
SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN

1 nomination
BRAVE
CHASING ICE
FRANKENWEENIE
HITCHCOCK
THE IMPOSSIBLE
KON-TIKI
MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS
MIRROR MIRROR
MOONRISE KINGDOM
NO
PARANORMAN
THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS
PROMETHEUS
A ROYAL AFFAIR
THE SESSIONS
TED
WAR WITCH
WRECK-IT RALPH

FINAL OSCAR NOMINATION PREDIX 2012...

As always, I will be posting my final nominee predictions, plus 2 alternates, for each category. This is now the 11th years that I've been doing this...kinda weird to think it's been that long. But, the nominations are actually going to be announced in just a couple hours. So...we come to it at last, and without further ado...my final predictions for the 2012 Academy Award race, in 21 of the 24 categories.


BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
As always, unfortunately a few high-profile films were left off the shortlist, particularly Marley, West of Memphis, and The Central Park Five. Many of these choices have been showing up pretty consistently in the precursor awards. It seems at this point that Sugar Man has a bit of a lead, but we'll see how the nominees turn up before jumping to any conclusions. Don't forget Project Nim being left in the dust last year after jumping out to an early lead. Not a weak link in the bunch this year. Ai Weiwei, Plague, Not a Film...all wonderful films that earned good reviews upon release. Also, Bully and Chasing Ice could surprise and show up, even though I'm sticking with these 5. 

Predictions
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
The Gatekeepers
How to Survive a Plague
Searching for Sugar Man
This is Not a Film

Alternates
The House I Live In
The Imposter

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
From a long list of 71 eligible submitted films, we have the task of choosing 5 Foreign Language Films for the final list. Regardless of which other 3 get chosen, I would say that "Amour" and "The Intouchables" are the only 2 true locks. A few of the others have shown up from time to time, but it's always anybody's guess in this category.

Predictions
Amour - Austria
The Intouchables - France
Kon-Tiki - Norway  
A Royal Affair - Denmark 
War Witch - Canada

Alternates
Beyond the Hills - Romania 
The Deep - Iceland

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Every year this category is a complete guessing game. Last year, for the first time in history, they nominated only 2 songs! Here's hoping they go back to the full 5 this year. And with 75 eligible songs to choose from, this is by far one of the toughest categories to attack. If I even get 2 or 3 correct, I'll be happy. It's that kind of year. Also, one of my fav songs that has no chance... "Never Had" from 10 Years. Eh, I'll throw it in as an alternate. Could Katy Perry sneak in wide the very popular "Wide Awake"???

Predictions
"For You" -- Act of Valor
"Learn Me Right" -- Brave
"Skyfall" -- Skyfall
"Song of the Lonely Mountain" -- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
"Suddenly" -- Les Miserables

Alternates
"Never Had" -- 10 Years
"Still Dream" -- Rise of the Guardians 

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Maestro John Williams should feel secure about another nod in this category, as his work on Lincoln is currently galloping in the frontrunner position. Beyond that...it's another turkey shoot for me.

Predictions
Anna Karenina
Argo
Life of Pi
Lincoln 
The Master

Alternates
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Cloud Atlas


BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
A few big snubs left out of the running, but I'm just hoping to get more than 1 of these correct. For 2 years in a row now, this was my worst category. Come on, lucky 7s!

Predictions
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Miserables
Lincoln

Alternates
Looper
Snow White and the Huntsman 

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Predictions
The Dark Knight Rises
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Life of Pi
Marvel's The Avengers
Prometheus

Alternates
Cloud Atlas
Snow White and the Huntsman

BEST SOUND EDITING

Predictions
The Dark Knight Rises
Les Miserables
Marvel's The Avengers
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty

Alternates
Life of Pi
Prometheus

BEST SOUND MIXING

Predictions
The Dark Knight Rises
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Miserables
Lincoln
Zero Dark Thirty

Alternates
Marvel's The Avengers
Skyfall

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Predictions
Anna Karenina
Django Unchained
Les Miserables
Lincoln
Snow White and the Huntsman

Alternates
Cloud Atlas
A Royal Affair
 

BEST ART DIRECTION / PRODUCTION DESIGN

Predictions
Anna Karenina
Cloud Atlas
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Miserables
Lincoln

Alternates
Django Unchained
Life of Pi

BEST FILM EDITING

Predictions
Argo
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall
Zerk Dark Thirty

Alternates
Cloud Atlas
The Master

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Predictions
Anna Karenina
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall

Alternates
The Master
Zero Dark Thirty

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Predictions
Brave
Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
Rise of the Guardians
Wreck-It Ralph

Alternates
Hotel Transylvania
The Pirates! Band of Misfits

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Predictions
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook

Alternates
The Dark Knight Rises
The Perks of Being a Wallflower

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Predictions
Django Unchained
Looper
The Master
Moonrise Kingdom
Zero Dark Thirty

Alternates
Amour
Flight


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Predictions
Amy Adams -- "The Master"
Judi Dench -- "Skyfall"
Sally Field -- "Lincoln"
Anne Hathaway -- "Les Miserables"
Helen Hunt -- "The Sessions"

Alternates
Ann Dowd -- "Compliance"
Maggie Smith -- "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Predictions
Alan Arkin -- "Argo"
Robert De Niro -- "Silver Linings Playbook"
Philip Seymour Hoffman -- "The Master"
Tommy Lee Jones -- "Lincoln"
Christoph Waltz -- "Django Unchained"

Alternates
Javier Bardem -- "Skyfall" 
Leonardo DiCaprio -- "Django Unchained"

BEST ACTRESS

Predictions
Jessica Chastain -- "Zero Dark Thirty"
Marion Cotillard -- "Rust and Bone"
Jennifer Lawrence -- "Silver Linings Playbook"
Emmanuelle Riva -- "Amour"
Naomi Watts -- "The Impossible"

Alternates
Helen Mirren -- "Hitchcock"
Quvenzhane Wallis -- "Beasts of the Southern Wild"

BEST ACTOR

Predictions
Bradley Cooper -- "Silver Linings Playbook"
Daniel Day-Lewis -- "Lincoln"
John Hawkes -- "The Sessions"
Hugh Jackman -- "Les Miserables"
Joaquin Phoenix -- "The Master"

Alternates
Richard Gere -- "Arbitrage"
Denzel Washington -- "Flight"

BEST DIRECTOR

Predictions
Ben Affleck -- "Argo"
Paul Thomas Anderson -- "The Master"
Kathryn Bigelow -- "Zero Dark Thirty"
Ang Lee -- "Life of Pi"
Steven Spielberg -- "Lincoln"

Alternates 
Michael Haneke -- "Amour"
Tom Hooper -- "Les Miserables"

BEST PICTURE

Predictions
Amour
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
The Master
Moonrise Kingdom
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty

Alternates
The Dark Knight Rises
Django Unchained
Looper
Skyfall

2012 Awards -- BAFTA nominations

The friends across the pond in the British Academy have announced their nominations, and Lincoln is in the lead with a total of 10, but amazingly a big snub for Mr. Spielberg in the director column. How does THAT happen?

They switched it up a bit this year with their voting process, going straight for the final choices. Where-as in the past, they have narrowed their selections down to a "long-list" of choices before the final nominees were announced. Flying a bit blind, as is the Academy. Hard to predict some of the final choices when several groups, guilds, etc.. haven't even announced yet.

BEST FILM

• Argo
• Les Miserables
• Life of Pi
• Lincoln
• Zero Dark Thirty

BEST DIRECTOR

• Ben Affleck -- "Argo"
• Kathryn Bigelow -- "Zero Dark Thirty"
• Michael Haneke -- "Amour"
• Ang Lee -- "Life of Pi"
• Quentin Tarantino -- "Django Unchained"

BEST ACTOR

• Ben Affleck -- "Argo"
• Bradley Cooper -- "Silver Linings Playbook"
• Daniel Day-Lewis -- "Lincoln"
• Hugh Jackman -- "Les Miserables"
• Joaquin Phoenix -- "The Master"

BEST ACTRESS

• Jessica Chastain -- "Zero Dark Thirty"
• Marion Cotillard -- "Rust and Bone"
• Jennifer Lawrence -- "Silver Linings Playbook"
• Helen Mirren -- "Hitchcock"
• Emmanuelle Riva -- "Amour"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Alan Arkin -- "Argo"
• Javier Bardem -- "Skyfall"
• Philip Seymour Hoffman -- "The Master"
• Tommy Lee Jones -- "Lincoln"
• Christoph Waltz -- "Django Unchained"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Amy Adams -- "The Master"
• Judi Dench -- "Skyfall"
• Sally Field -- "Lincoln"
• Anne Hathaway -- "Les Miserables"
• Helen Hunt -- "The Sessions"

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Amour
• Django Unchained
• The Master
• Moonrise Kingdom
• Zero Dark Thirty

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• Argo
• Beasts of the Southern Wild
• Life of Pi
• Lincoln
• Silver Linings Playbook

BEST ANIMATED FILM

• Brave
• Frankenweenie
• ParaNorman

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Anna Karenina
• Les Miserables
• Life of Pi
• Lincoln
• Skyfall

BEST FILM EDITING

• Argo
• Django Unchained
• Life of Pi
• Skyfall
• Zero Dark Thirty

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

• Anna Karenina
• Les Miserables
• Life of Pi
• Lincoln
• Skyfall

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

• Anna Karenina
• Great Expectations
• Les Miserables
• Lincoln
• Snow White and the Huntsman

BEST SOUND

• Django Unchained
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• Les Miserables
• Life of Pi
• Skyfall

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

• The Dark Knight Rises
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• Life of Pi
• Marvel's The Avengers
• Prometheus

BEST MAKEUP & HAIR

• Anna Karenina
• Hitchcock
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• Les Miserables
• Lincoln

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC

• Anna Karenina
• Argo
• Life of Pi
• Lincoln
• Skyfall

BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

• Amour
• Headhunters
• The Hunt
• Rust and Bone
• Untouchable

BEST DOCUMENTARY

• The Imposter
• Marley
• McCullin
• Searching For Sugar Man
• West of Memphis

BEST SHORT FILM

• The Curse
• Good Night
• Swimmer
• Tumult
• The Voorman Problem

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

• Here to Fall
• I'm Fine Thanks
• The Making of Longbird

BEST BRITISH FILM

• Anna Karenina
• The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
• Les Miserables
• Seven Psychopaths
• Skyfall

BEST DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER

• James Bobin (Director) -- "The Muppets"
• Dexter Fletcher (Director/Writer) & Danny King (Writer) -- "Wild Bill"
• Tina Gharavi (Director/Writer) -- "I Am Nasrine"
• Bart Layton (Director) & Dimitri Doganis (Producer) -- "The Imposter"
• David Morris (Director) & Jacqui Morris (Director/Producer) -- "McCullin" 

EE RISING STAR AWARD

• Elizabeth Olsen
• Andrea Riseborough
• Suraj Sharma
• Juno Temple
• Alicia Vikander

2012 Awards -- American Society of Cinematographers (ASC)

The cinematography guild has released it's nominees for the year. It shows how competitive this category is this year, as I can easily think of 5 other films that would also be worthy choices in inclusion to these fantastic selections. Great category.

ANNA KARENINA -- Seamus McGarvey, ASC, BSC

LES MISERABLES -- Danny Cohen, BSC

LIFE OF PI -- Claudio Miranda, ASC

LINCOLN -- Janusz Kaminski, ASC

 SKYFALL -- Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC

2012 Awards -- Directors Guild of America (DGA)

The DGA is always used as a tentpole to be one of the best predictors of the films that will be nominated for Best Picture. Not necessarily the Best Director category itself, tho, which is interesting. This year, no big surprises, although 1 or 2 supposed "snubs". But here are the nominees for the 2012 DGA award...

BEN AFFLECK -- "ARGO" -- 1st nomination

KATHRYN BIGELOW -- "ZERO DARK THIRTY" -- 2nd nomination, 1 previous win

TOM HOOPER -- "LES MISERABLES" -- 3rd nomination (1 TV), 1 previous win

ANG LEE -- "LIFE OF PI" -- 4th nomination, 2 previous wins

STEVEN SPIELBERG -- "LINCOLN" -- 11th nomination, 3 previous wins

2012 Awards -- Cinema Audio Society (CAS)

And now the Sound Mixers Guild have thrown in their 2 cents in the Sound race. No big surprises here. Most of the recent years the CAS and the Oscar list match around 3/4 out of 5. Last year was a surprise with only 2, tho, so we'll see. But it does seem hard to discount any of these choices as a real possibility.


LIVE ACTION FEATURE FILM

THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
LES MISERABLES
LINCOLN
SKYFALL
ZERO DARK THIRTY

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

BRAVE
DR. SEUSS' THE LORAX
FRANKENWEENIE
RISE OF THE GUARDIANS
WRECK-IT RALPH

2012 Awards -- Visual Effects Society (VES)

The Visual Effects guild have released their nominees. A few snubs here and there, especially with complete blank sheets for Skyfall, Snow White and the Huntsman, and John Carter...

OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A VISUAL EFFECTS-DRIVEN FILM
Battleship
The Hobbit
Life of Pi 
Marvel's The Avengers
Prometheus

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A FILM
Argo
Flight
The Impossible
Rust and Bone
Zero Dark Thirty

OUTSTANDING ANIMATION IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE
Brave
Hotel Transylvania
ParaNorman
Rise of the Guardians
Wreck-It Ralph 

OUTSTANDING ANIMATED CHARACTER IN A LIVE-ACTION FEATURE
The Hobbit -- (Goblin King)
The Hobbit -- (Gollum)
Life of Pi -- (Richard Parker)
Marvel's The Avengers -- (The Hulk)

OUTSTANDING ANIMATED CHARACTER IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE
Brave -- (Argument)
Hotel Transylvania -- (Dracula)
The Pirates: Band of Misfits
Wreck-It Ralph -- (Vanellope)

OUTSTANDING CREATED ENVIRONMENT IN A LIVE-ACTION FEATURE
The Hobbit -- (Goblin Caverns)
Life of Pi -- (Open Ocean)
Marvel's The Avengers -- (Midtown Manhattan)
Prometheus -- (LV-233)

OUTSTANDING CREATED ENVIRONMENT IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE
Brave -- (The Forest)
ParaNorman -- (Graveyard)
ParaNorman -- (Main Street)
Rise of the Guardians -- (The North Pole)

OUTSTANDING VIRTUAL CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A LIVE-ACTION FEATURE
The Amazing Spider-Man
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Marvel's The Avengers -- (Downtown Manhattan)
Total Recall -- (Hover Car Chase)

OUTSTANDING MODELS IN A FEATURE FILM
The Dark Knight Rises -- (Airplane Heist)
The Impossible -- (Orchid Hotel)
Marvel's The Avengers -- (Helicarrier)
Men in Black 3 -- (Cape Canaveral / Apollo Launch) 

OUTSTANDING FX & SIMULATION ANIMATION IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE
Brave
ParaNorman -- (Angry Aggie Ink-Blot Electricity)
ParaNorman -- (Practical Volumetrics) 
Rise of the Guardians -- (Last Stand)

OUTSTANDING FX & SIMULATION ANIMATION IN A LIVE-ACTION FEATURE
Battleship
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Life of Pi -- (Ocean)
Life of Pi -- (Storm of God) 

OUTSTANDING COMPOSITING IN A FEATURE FILM
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Life of Pi -- (Storm of God)
Marvel's The Avengers -- (Hulk Punch)
Prometheus -- (Engineers & the Orrery)  

2012 Awards -- National Society of Film Critics

One of the most eclectic groups out there, always with interesting choices, and this year is no exception with AMOUR taking the top prize. First the Cannes Palme D'or and now the National Society of Film Critics = winning! Amour takes the top prize, as well as wins for Director and Actress.

BEST PICTURE
1. AMOUR - 28
2. The Master - 25
3. Zero Dark Thirty - 18

BEST DIRECTOR
1. MICHAEL HANEKE -- "AMOUR" -- 27
2. Kathryn Bigelow -- "Zero Dark Thirty" - 24
2. Paul Thomas Anderson -- "The Master" - 24

BEST ACTOR
1. DANIEL DAY-LEWIS -- "LINCOLN" -- 59
2. Denis Lavant -- "Holy Motors" -- 49
2. Joaquin Phoenix -- "The Master" -- 49

BEST ACTRESS
1. EMMANUELLE RIVA -- "AMOUR" -- 50
2. Jennifer Lawrence -- "Silver Linings Playbook" -- 42
3. Jessica Chastain -- "Zero Dark Thirty" -- 32

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
1. MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY -- "MAGIC MIKE" & "BERNIE" -- 27
2. Tommy Lee Jones -- "Lincoln" -- 22
3. Philip Seymour Hoffman -- "The Master" -- 19

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1. AMY ADAMS -- "THE MASTER" -- 34
2. Sally Field -- "Lincoln" -- 23
3. Anne Hathaway -- "Les Miserables" -- 13

BEST SCREENPLAY
1. LINCOLN -- 59
2. The Master -- 27
3. Silver Linings Playbook -- 19

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1. THE MASTER -- 60
2. Skyfall -- 30
3. Zero Dark Thirty -- 21

BEST NONFICTION FILM
1. THE GATEKEEPERS -- 53
2. This Is Not a Film -- 45
3. Searching for Sugar Man -- 23

EXPERIMENTAL FILM:  This Is Not a Film

2012 Awards -- Writers Guild of America (WGA)

As always, quite a few screenplays in the Oscar hunt are not eligible for the WGA, so it's always smart to take these nods with a tiny grain of salt.

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

FLIGHT -- John Gatins

LOOPER -- Rian Johnson

THE MASTER -- Paul Thomas Anderson

MOONRISE KINGDOM -- Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola

ZERO DARK THIRTY -- Mark Boal

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

ARGO -- Chris Terrio

LIFE OF PI -- David Magee

LINCOLN -- Tony Kushner

THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER -- Stephen Chbosky

SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK -- David O. Russell

DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY

THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE -- Sarah Burns, David McMahon & Ken Burns
THE INVISIBLE WAR -- Kirby Dick
MEA MAXIMA CULPA: SILENCE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD -- Alex Gibney
SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN -- Malik Bendejelloul
WE ARE LEGION: THE STORY OF THE HACKTIVISTS -- Brian Knappenberger
WEST OF MEMPHIS -- Amy Berg & Billy McMillin

2012 Awards -- Producers Guild of America (PGA)

One of the biggest awards of the year, and now we have the film that will compete for that top spot. Mostly made up of the usual suspects, with a blockbuster surprise in the form of Skyfall joining the big list! Could this repeat at the Oscars? Unlikely, but who knows!

OUTSTANDING PRODUCER(s) OF A THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURE

ARGO -- (Warner Bros.)
Ben Affleck, George Clooney & Grant Heslov

BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD -- (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Michael Gottwald, Dan Janvey & Josh Penn

DJANGO UNCHAINED -- (The Weinstein Company)
Reginald Hudlin, Pilar Savone & Stacey Sher

LES MISERABLES -- (Universal Pictures)
Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward & Cameron Mackintosh

LIFE OF PI -- (Fox 2000 Pictures)
Ang Lee, Gil Netter & David Womark

LINCOLN -- (Touchstone Pictures)
Kathleen Kennedy & Steven Spielberg

MOONRISE KINGDOM -- (Focus Features)
Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Jeremy Dawson & Steven Rales

SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK -- (The Weinstein Company)
Bruce Cohen, Donna Gigliotti & Jonathan Gordon

SKYFALL -- (Columbia Pictures)
Barbara Broccoli & Michael G. Wilson

ZERO DARK THIRTY -- (Columbia Pictures)
Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal & Megan Ellison

OUTSTANDING PRODUCER(s) OF AN ANIMATED MOTION PICTURE

BRAVE -- (Walt Disney Motion Pictures)
Katherine Sarafian

FRANKENWEENIE -- (Walt Disney Pictures)
Allison Abbate & Tim Burton

PARANORMAN -- (Focus Features)
Travis Knight & Arianne Sutner

RISE OF THE GUARDIANS -- (Paramount Pictures)
Nancy Bernstein & Christina Steinberg

WRECK-IT RALPH -- (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
Clark Spencer


OUTSTANDING PRODUCER(s) OF A DOCUMENTARY

THE GATEKEEPERS -- (Sony Pictures Classics)
Estelle Fialon, Philippa Kowarsky & Dror Moreh

THE ISLAND PRESIDENT -- (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
Richard Berg & Bonni Cohen

THE OTHER DREAM TEAM -- (The Film Arcade)
Marius Markevicius & Jon Weinbach

A PEOPLE UNCOUNTED -- (Urbinder Films)
Marc Swenker & Aaron Yeger

SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN -- (Sony Pictures Classics)
Malik Bendejelloul & Simon Chinn

2012 Awards -- Art Directors Guild nominees

The ADG has released their nominees for Best Art Direction, in their 3 separate categories.

PERIOD FILM
Anna Karenina -- Sarah Greenwood

Argo -- Sharon Seymour

Django Unchained -- J. Michael Riva

Les Miserables -- Eve Stewart

Lincoln -- Rick Carter

FANTASY FILM
Cloud Atlas -- Uli Hanisch & Hugh Bateup

The Dark Knight Rises -- Nathan Crowley & Kevin Kavanaugh

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey -- Dan Hannah

Life of Pi -- David Gropman

Prometheus -- Arthur Max

CONTEMPORARY FILM
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel -- Alan MacDonald

Flight -- Nelson Coates

The Impossible -- Eugenio Caballero

Skyfall -- Dennis Gassner

Zero Dark Thirty -- Jeremy Hindle