Academy Awards: Oscars nominations

The latest news as the nominees for best film, actor, actress and others are announced

by Matilda Battersby 1/10/2013 12:37:45 PM
There are about 30 minutes to go before the nominations will be read out by this year's hosts Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane and The Help actress Emma Stone. Here are some facts and figures to get you in the mood.

• Nominations are for the 85th Oscars in 2013
• This year will feature a special 50th anniversary celebration of James Bond
• The Academy’s 5,856 voters could cast their ballot online for the first time this year
• Voting was extended by one day following a glitch with the online balloting system
• 282 feature films are eligible for this year’s award
• Academy rules state that a feature-length film must be longer than 40 minutes
• The nominations will be announced today at 5:30 a.m. PT (1.30pm GM)

by Matilda Battersby 1/10/2013 12:58:58 PM
RT @TheAcademy: There are two kinds of people in the world: ones that can't wait for #OscarNoms and ones that don't know what a hashtag is.

by matilda battersby via twitter 1/10/2013 1:11:13 PM
Yesterday we had the Bafta nominations. Today it is the Oscars. Check out our coverage of yesterday's awards news Sky's the limit for Skyfall with eight Bafta nominations (as Oscar buzz grows)

by Matilda Battersby 1/10/2013 1:23:31 PM
Daniel Day-Lewis, who was nominated for a Bafta yesterday, is hotly tipped for a leading actor Oscar nomination for his performance in Steven Spielberg's Lincoln.

by Matilda Battersby 1/10/2013 1:26:18 PM
Hello film fans. I'm Nick Clark, the Arts Correspondent of the Independent, making my liveblogging debut for The Indy. I'm here with Ellen Jones

by Simon Rice (Online Sports... 1/10/2013 1:31:43 PM
Right the pre-brief is underway with the house rules being laid out.

by Simon Rice (Online Sports... 1/10/2013 1:32:12 PM
Bleary-eyed journalists are filing the Academy's theatre. They should have finished their work by 7am PST time.

by Matilda Battersby 1/10/2013 1:32:44 PM
The theatre looks pretty full despite the early hour and there are more than 34,000 of you watching live on YouTube

by Matilda Battersby 1/10/2013 1:33:37 PM
Talk amongst yourselves... After that initial excitement it seems we are five minutes from the live broadcast

by Simon Rice (Online Sports... 1/10/2013 1:34:00 PM
It's all gone rather quiet...lots of shuffling about among the audience-members. Another three minutes until our hosts Seth MacFarlane and Emma Stone arrive. Perhaps they slept in?

by Matilda Battersby 1/10/2013 1:34:54 PM
While you're waiting why not take our best film of the year poll? Poll

by Matilda Battersby 1/10/2013 1:37:34 PM
The Oscars gets the collection of hacks to assemble for 5.30am... Makes yesterday's 7.30am announcement of the Bafta nominations positively tardy

by Simon Rice (Online Sports... 1/10/2013 1:37:39 PM
1 minute to go folks

by Matilda Battersby 1/10/2013 1:37:49 PM
Yes, it's 5.30am in Hollywood now, but most movie biz types will have already had an hour of pilates, so no excuse for tardiness #oscarnoms

by Ellen E Jones via twitter 1/10/2013 1:38:03 PM
Seth MacFarlane is on stage.

by Matilda Battersby 1/10/2013 1:38:59 PM
McFarlane: "If you don't know who I am just pretend I'm Donny Osmond"

by Matilda Battersby 1/10/2013 1:39:27 PM
"Since there's nothing creepier than a guy standing by himself in Hollywood at 5am, here's Miss Emma Stone" - MacFarlane

by Matilda Battersby 1/10/2013 1:39:51 PM
The organisers countdown to the event as if it was Nasa launching the Columbus

by Simon Rice (Online Sports... 1/10/2013 1:40:07 PM
Supporting actor nominations: Christoph Waltz; Philip Seymour Hoffman; Robert De Niro, Alan Arkin, Tommy Lee Jones

by Matilda Battersby 1/10/2013 1:40:33 PM
Absolutely ZERO surprises in Best Supporting Actor category. Personally hope DeNiro wins - it's his first decent performances in years.

by Ellen E Jones via twitter 1/10/2013 1:41:08 PM
Some early banter between Emma Stone and Seth MacFarlane falls a bit flat. Caffeine hasn't kicked in yet among the audience

by Simon Rice (Online Sports... 1/10/2013 1:41:22 PM
Best original song - Adele nominated for Skyfall

by Matilda Battersby 1/10/2013 1:41:23 PM
British Oscar hopes for Adele nominated for Skyfall theme tune

by Matilda Battersby 1/10/2013 1:41:54 PM
Philip Seymour Hoffman has been getting some great write ups for The Master, got to be one of the favourites

by Simon Rice (Online Sports... 1/10/2013 1:42:08 PM
Best supporting actress nominations: Sally Field, Anne Hathaway, Helen Hunt, Amy Adams, Jacki Weaver

by Matilda Battersby 1/10/2013 1:42:11 PM
Smart money so far is on Anne Hathaway for her turn as Fantine in Les Mis

by Simon Rice (Online Sports... 1/10/2013 1:42:52 PM
The hotly tipped Amour gets a best foriegn film nomination

by Matilda Battersby 1/10/2013 1:42:57 PM
Sad that Quvenzhané Wallis missed out on a Supporting Actress nom for Beasts of the Southern Wilds. Would have been the youngest ever.

by Ellen E Jones via twitter edited by Matilda Battersby 1/10/2013 1:43:09 PM
Amour is surely going to steamroller the best foreign film nomination. It has been tearing up festivals and awards ceremonies since winning the Palme d'Or at Cannes

by Simon Rice (Online Sports... 1/10/2013 1:43:57 PM
Although at 6, is it really acting? This Atlantic article is interesting on that http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/12/sorry-quvenzhan-wallis-but-best-actress-oscar-nods-are-for-big-kids/266153/

by Ellen E Jones via twitter 1/10/2013 1:44:06 PM
Directing: David O. Russell; Ang Lee; Steven Spielberg; Ben Zietland; Michael Haneke

by Matilda Battersby 1/10/2013 1:44:28 PM
Steven Spielberg gets a directing nod after missing out at the Baftas. Nothing for Brit Tom Hooper again

by Simon Rice (Online Sports... 1/10/2013 1:44:52 PM
Best actor nomination Daniel Day Lewis; Hugh Jackman; Bradley Cooper; Joaquim Phoenix; Denzel Washington

by Matilda Battersby 1/10/2013 1:45:09 PM
Oooh la la! Spoke too soon on Quvenzhané Wallis!

by Ellen E Jones via twitter 1/10/2013 1:45:54 PM
Best actress nominations: Naomi Watts; Jessica Chastain; Emmanuelle Riva; Quvenzhané Wallis, Jennifer Lawrence - The oldest and younges nominations are Riva and Wallis

by Matilda Battersby 1/10/2013 1:45:54 PM
Wow, Benh Zeitlin gets the nod for best director. Well deserved

by Simon Rice (Online Sports... 1/10/2013 1:45:55 PM
Best film: Amour, Argo, Beasts, Django, Les Miserables, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Silver Linings, Zero Dark Thirty

by Matilda Battersby 1/10/2013 1:46:36 PM
Skyfall has missed out... The wait for a best picture nomination goes on

by Simon Rice (Online Sports... 1/10/2013 1:46:47 PM
British hopes for the first best picture nomination for Skyfall have been dashed

by Matilda Battersby 1/10/2013 1:47:08 PM
If the Les Mis nomination for Best Movie irritates you somewhat, you are not alone. Thanks @andywestradio http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/some-parents-cry-i-fell-asleep-les-misery-of-watching-les-misrables-8412978.html … #oscarnoms

by Ellen E Jones via twitter 1/10/2013 1:47:57 PM
Zero Dark Thirty is there as expected. It had a fan in Newsweek’s Daniel Kleidman, who wrote Kill or Capture: the War on Terror and the Soul of the Obama Presidency. He called it a “heart-stopping thriller” in the cover story about how Zero Dark Thirty predicts the future. ZeroThirty

by Simon Rice (Online Sports... 1/10/2013 1:48:48 PM
Dan thinks the movie asks all the right questions, and shows which direction the Obama presidency is moving on the War on Terror. Dan also ruins the ending.

by Simon Rice (Online Sports... 1/10/2013 1:49:04 PM
Best Picture #OscarNoms: Amour, Argo, Beasts, Django, Les Miserables, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Silver Linings, Zero Dark Thirty

by The Academy via twitter 1/10/2013 1:49:28 PM
And, the full list of #OscarNoms is... here: http://ow.ly/gHckJ

by The Academy via twitter 1/10/2013 1:49:32 PM