The Academy Awards Nominations announcement 2013

Time to party like a Flock Star and don your best duds cause we are going stampede down that red carpet on February 24th.

Everyone at I Smell Sheep will make their predictions soon. And may the best Sheep win!

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Your 2013 Academy Awards Nominees

Best Picture

"Beasts of the Southern Wild"

"Silver Linings Playbook"

"Zero Dark Thirty"

"Lincoln"

"Les Miserables"

"Life of Pi"

"Amour"

"Django Unchained"

"Argo"

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Best Supporting Actor

Alan Arkin, "Argo"

Robert De Niro, "Silver Linings Playbook"

Philip Seymour Hoffman, "The Master"

Tommy Lee Jones, "Lincoln"

Christoph Waltz, "Django Unchained"

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Best Supporting Actress

Amy Adams, "The Master"

Sally Field, "Lincoln"

Anne Hathaway, "Les Miserables"

Helen Hunt, "The Sessions"

Jacki Weaver, "Silver Linings Playbook"

Best Actor

Bradley Cooper, "Silver Linings Playbook"

Daniel Day Lewis, "Lincoln"

Hugh Jackman, "Les Miserables"

Joaquin Phoenix, "The Master"

Denzel Washington, "Flight"

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Best Actress

Jessica Chastain, "Zero Dark Thirty"

Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook"

Emmanuelle Riva, "Amour"

Quvenzhané Wallis, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"

Naomi Watts, "The Impossible"

Best Director

Michael Haneke, "Amour"

Benh Zeitlin, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"

Ang Lee, "Life of Pi"

Steven Spielberg, "Lincoln"

David O. Russell, "Silver Linings Playbook"

Best Animated Feature

"Brave"

"Frankenweenie"

"Paranorman"

"The Pirates! Band of Misfits"

"Wreck-It Ralph"

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Best Visual Effects

"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"

"Life of Pi"

"The Avengers"

"Prometheus"

"Snow White and the Huntsman"

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

"Hitchcock"

"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"

"Les Miserables"

Best Costume Design

"Anna Karenina"

"Les Miserables"

"Lincoln"

"Mirror Mirror"

"Snow White and the Huntsman"

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Best Documentary Feature

"Searching for Sugar Man"

"How to Survive a Plague"

"The Gatekeepers"

"5 Broken Cameras"

"The Invisible War"

Best Music (Original Score)

"Anna Karenina"

"Argo"

"Life of Pi"

"Lincoln"

"Skyfall"

Best Music (Original Song)

"Before My Time" from "Chasing Ice"

"Everybody Needs A Best Friend" from "Ted"

"Pi's Lullaby" from "Life of Pi"

"Skyfall" from "Skyfall"

"Suddenly" from "Les Misérables"

Best Cinematography

"Skyfall"

"Anna Karenina"

"Django Unchained"

"Life of Pi"

"Lincoln"

Best Documentary Short

"Open Heart"

"Inocente"

"Redemption"

"Kings Point"

"Mondays at Racine"

"Snow White and the Huntsman"

Best Original Screenplay

"Zero Dark Thirty"

"Django Unchained"

"Moonrise Kingdom"

"Amour"

"Flight"

Best Adapted Screenplay

"Lincoln"

"Silver Linings Playbook"

"Argo"

"Life of Pi"

"Beasts of the Southern Wild"

Best Foreign Feature

"Amour"

"A Royal Affair"

"Kon-Tiki"

"No"

"War Witch"

Best Film Editing

"Lincoln"

"Silver Linings Playbook"

"Life of Pi"

"Argo"

"Zero Dark Thirty"

  

Best Production Design

"Anna Karenina"

"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"

"Les Misérables"

"Life of Pi"

"Lincoln"

Best Short Film, Animated

"Adam and Dog"

"Fresh Guacamole"

"Head over Heels"

"Maggie Simpson in 'The Longest Daycare'"

"Paperman"

Best Short Film, Live Action

"Asad"

"Buzkashi Boys"

"Curfew"

"Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)"

"Henry"

Best Sound Editing

"Argo"

"Django Unchained"

"Life of Pi"

"Skyfall"

"Zero Dark Thirty"

Best Sound Mixing

"Argo"

"Les Misérables"

"Life of Pi"

"Lincoln"

"Skyfall"

84th Academy Awards Contest & Giveaway

It's Oscar time! And around here that means we each weight in on who we think should win this prestigious award in each catagory. So bust out those red carpets and over priced outfits cause it's time to cast your vote and join the party! *pops bottle of champagne. The cheapest kind, cause we're on a budget people!*

***The five of us have voted. Now YOU get to pick who you think got the most right. And for playing the game one lucky person will walk away with a $10 Fandango giftcard.***

Voters initials:

Katie- KD

Sharon- SS

Danielle- DD

Ben- BAK

Richard- RL

~List of 84th Annual Academy Award nominations~

1. Best Picture:

"The Artist"

''The Descendants"

''Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close,"

''The Help,"

''Hugo," DD

''Midnight in Paris,"

''Moneyball," –KD, SS, RL

''The Tree of Life,"

''War Horse." BAK

2. Best Actor:

Demian Bichir, "A Better Life";

George Clooney, "The Descendants"; SS, RL

Jean Dujardin, "The Artist";

Gary Oldman, "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"; DD BAK

Brad Pitt, "Moneyball."-KD

Write in: Optimus Prime (SS) -Come on, no cheating! This is NOT a valid entry folks so disregard the crazy Sharon ranting. KD

3. Best Actress:

Glenn Close, "Albert Nobbs"; KD

Viola Davis, "The Help"; BAK

Rooney Mara, "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"; SS DD

Meryl Streep, "The Iron Lady"; RL

Michelle Williams, "My Week With Marilyn."

4. Supporting Actor:

Kenneth Branagh, "My Week With Marilyn"; BAK

Jonah Hill, "Moneyball"; DD, RL

Nick Nolte, "Warrior"; KD, SS

Christopher Plummer, "Beginners";

Max von Sydow, "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close."

5. Supporting Actress:

Berenice Bejo, "The Artist";

Jessica Chastain, "The Help"; BAK

Melissa McCarthy, "Bridesmaids"; - SS DD KD,

Janet McTeer, "Albert Nobbs";

Octavia Spencer, "The Help." RL

6. Directing:

Michel Hazanavicius, "The Artist"; BAK RL

Alexander Payne, "The Descendants"; KD, SS

Martin Scorsese, "Hugo"; DD

Woody Allen, "Midnight in Paris";

Terrence Malick, "The Tree of Life."

7. Foreign Language Film:

"Bullhead," Belgium; KD

"Footnote," Israel; RL

"In Darkness," Poland; SS

"Monsieur Lazhar," Canada; DD

"A Separation," Iran. BAK

8. Original Screenplay:

Michel Hazanavicius, "The Artist"; BAK

Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig, "Bridesmaids"; -KD, SS DD

J.C. Chandor, "Margin Call";

Woody Allen, "Midnight in Paris"; RL

Asghar Farhadi, "A Separation."

9. Animated Feature Film:

"A Cat in Paris"; BAK

"Chico & Rita";

"Kung Fu Panda 2"; KD

"Puss in Boots"; RL

"Rango." SS DD

10. Cinematography:

"The Artist," BAK

''The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," RL

''Hugo," DD

''The Tree of Life,"

''War Horse." KD, SS

11. Sound Mixing:

"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," RL

''Hugo,"

''Moneyball,"

''Transformers: Dark of the Moon," KD, SS DD (DUH!)

''War Horse." BAK

12. Original Score:

"The Adventures of Tintin," John Williams; SS, RL

"The Artist," Ludovic Bource; BAK

"Hugo," Howard Shore;

"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," Alberto Iglesias; KD

"War Horse," John Williams. DD

13. Costume:

"Anonymous,"

''The Artist," SS DD

''Hugo," BAK

''Jane Eyre," KD RL

''W.E."

14. Documentary Feature:

"Hell and Back Again," DD

''If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front," BAK

''Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory," SS

''Pina," RL

''Undefeated." KD

15. Makeup:

"Albert Nobbs," ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2," KD, SS DD

''The Iron Lady." BAK RL

16. Visual Effects:

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2,"

''Hugo," BAK

''Real Steel,"

''Rise of the Planet of the Apes," RL

''Transformers: Dark of the Moon." KD, SS DD

So there you have it. Our picks for the 84th Oscar nominations. Place your vote below for the person you believe got the most right! A random person will win the $10 Fandango giftcard just for playing.

This contest is open to EVERYONE and ends February 20th at midnight!