Steven Spielberg's Lincoln picks up highest nominations at this year’s Oscars

The list of this year’s Oscar nominations is out and ace Hollywood filmmaker Steven Spielberg's period filmLincoln, which has also picked up 10 Bafta nominations, has got the maximum number of 12 nominations, including in the most coveted best picture and best director categories.Whereas Ang Lee’sLife of Pi, which shows struggle of an Indian boy against a Bengal tiger amid sea, has got 11 nominations also in the two categories but its chances of winning againstLincolnare very slim.

David O. Russell’sSilver Linings Playbook, which also star’sdesiactor Anupam Kher along with legendary American star Robert De Niro and Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Jacki Weaver, has been nominated in eight categories. Oscar nominations were announced at the Academy’s Beverly Hills headquarters in an early-morning ceremony in the presence of this year’s Oscar hosts, actress Emma Stone andFamily Guyfame Seth MacFarlane.

List of Oscars 2013 nominees:

Best Director:

Ang Lee forLife of Pi, Michael Haneke forAmour; Steven Spielberg forLincoln; David O Russell forSilver Linings Playbook; Behn Zeitlin forBeasts of the Southern Wild

Best Picture:

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

Best Actress:

Jessica Chastain inZero Dark Thirty; Jennifer Lawrence inSilver Linings Playbook; Emmanuelle Riva inAmour; Quvenzhane Wallis inBeasts of the Southern Wild; Naomi Watts inThe Impossible

Best Actor:

Bradley Cooper inSilver Linings Playbook; Daniel Day-Lewis inLincoln; Hugh Jackman inLes Miserables; Joaquin Phoenix inThe Master; Denzel Washington inFlight

Best Supporting Actor:

Philip Seymour Hoffman inThe Master; Robert DeNiro inSilver Linings Playbook; Alan Arkin inArgo; Tommy Lee Jones inLincoln; Christoph Waltz inDjango Unchained

Best Supporting Actress:

Sally Field inLincoln; Anne Hathaway inLes Miserables; Jacki Weaver inSilver Linings Playbook; Helen Hunt inThe Sessions; Amy Adams inThe Master

Animated Feature Film:

Frankenweenie; The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!; Wreck It Ralph; ParaNorman; Brave

Cinematography:

Robert Richardson forDjango Unchained; Seamus McGarvey forAnna Karenina; Janusz Kaminski forLincoln; Claudio Miranda forLife of Pi; Roger Deakins forSkyfall

Foreign Language Film:

Amour; NO; War Witch; A Royal Affair; Kon Tiki

Music (Original Score):

Dario Marianelli inAnna Karenina; Alexandre Desplat inArgo; Mychael Danna inLife of Pi; John Williams inLincoln; Thomas Newman inSkyfall

Writing (Original Screenplay):

John Gatins forFlight; Mark Boal forZero Dark Thirty; Quentin Tarantino forDjango Unchained; Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola forMoonrise Kingdom; Michael Haneke forAmour