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    Nominations for the 85th Academy Awards® were announced Thursday, January 10, 2013, the Golden Globe nominations on December 13, 2012.

The Golden Globe Awards were presented a month later January 13, 2013. The Oscar® statuettes will be presented Sunday, February 24, 2013. Many think the Globes is a predictor of the Oscars. This is an unproven assumption.

The Golden Globes are sponsored by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), or members of foreign press from around the world who converge on Hollywood to vote for winners and participate in the gala television presentations. They tend to reward their personal favorites whom they want to see in person, and want to impress their readers within their home countries.  

However, they do have rules and auditors to make sure all procedures are fair and equal. The members of the HFPA are employed by media, media associations, or media services in countries other than the USA. The Globes honor those who work and perform in Television, and they have two sections to the "Best Of" awards, Comedy or Musical and Drama.

All 70th Golden Globe Nominations and Winners:
http://www.goldenglobes.org/2012/12/nominations-2013/

The Academy Awards, on the other hand, are presented by the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences, made up of members of the various motion picture guilds, e.g., Screen Actors Guild, Writers Guild, Producers Guild and so on. The categories have only to do with Movies, including awarding talents such as makeup, design, sound, etc. Members of the Academy are voting for their peers, and they have a mired of rules, checks and audits, to make sure all procedures are fair and equitable. They only honor motion pictures, and within one "Best of" award which includes comedy, music and drama.

The Academy was founded May 11, 1927, to promote the motion picture industry. However, The Academy depends upon HEPA to promote U.S. movies and the Oscar Ceremony world-wide. HEPA depends upon The Academy to provide their countries with the product about which they write and photograph - - movies.

View the Nominations for the 85th Academy Awards and where you, dear reader, see asterisks ***) you will find a comment relating to the Golden Globes at the bottom of this list of nominees between the decorative separation bars.

Seth MacFarlane and Emma Stone announced the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominees for an Oscar at a live news conference attended by more than 400 international media representatives, many of whom who voted for the 70th Golden Globes, 5:38 a.m. PT, January 10.

Nominations for the 85th Academy Awards

 Performance by an actor in a leading role

    Bradley Cooper in "Silver Linings Playbook"
    Daniel Day-Lewis in "Lincoln"***
    Hugh Jackman in "Les Misérables"***>
    Joaquin Phoenix in "The Master"
    Denzel Washington in "Flight"

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

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

 
Performance by an actress in a leading role

    Jessica Chastain in "Zero Dark Thirty"*** Drama
    Jennifer Lawrence in "Silver Linings Playbook"***
    Emmanuelle Riva in "Amour"
    Quvenzhané Wallis in "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
    Naomi Watts in "The Impossible"

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

    Amy Adams in "The Master"
    Sally Field in "Lincoln"
    Anne Hathaway in "Les Misérables"***
    Helen Hunt in "The Sessions"
    Jacki Weaver in "Silver Linings Playbook"

Best animated feature film of the year

    "Brave" Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman***
    "Frankenweenie" Tim Burton
    "ParaNorman" Sam Fell and Chris Butler
    "The Pirates! Band of Misfits" Peter Lord
    "Wreck-It Ralph" Rich Moore

Achievement in cinematography

    "Anna Karenina" Seamus McGarvey
    "Django Unchained" Robert Richardson
    "Life of Pi" Claudio Miranda
    "Lincoln" Janusz Kaminski
    "Skyfall" Roger Deakins

Achievement in costume design

    "Anna Karenina" Jacqueline Durran
    "Les Misérables" Paco Delgado
    "Lincoln" Joanna Johnston
    "Mirror Mirror" Eiko Ishioka
    "Snow White and the Huntsman" Colleen Atwood

Achievement in directing

    "Amour" Michael Haneke
    "Beasts of the Southern Wild" Benh Zeitlin
    "Life of Pi" Ang Lee
    "Lincoln" Steven Spielberg
    "Silver Linings Playbook" David O. Russell 
*** went to Ben Affleck for "Argo"

Best documentary feature

    "5 Broken Cameras" - Producers Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi.
    "The Gatekeepers" - Producers Margaret Menegoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka and Michael Katz.
   "How to Survive a Plague" - Producers David France and Howard Gertler.
    "The Invisible War" - Producers Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering.
   "Searching for Sugar Man" - Producers Malik Bendjelloul and Simon Chinn.

 Best documentary short subject

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

Achievement in film editing

    "Argo" William Goldenberg
    "Life of Pi" Tim Squyres
    "Lincoln" Michael Kahn
    "Silver Linings Playbook" Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers
    "Zero Dark Thirty" Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg

Best foreign language film of the year

    "Amour" - Austria*** 
    "Kon-Tiki" - Norway
    "No" - Chile
    "A Royal Affair" -  Denmark
    "War Witch" -  Canada

Achievement in makeup and hairstyling

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

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

    "Anna Karenina" Dario Marianelli
    "Argo" Alexandre Desplat
    "Life of Pi" Mychael Danna***
    "Lincoln" John Williams
    "Skyfall" Thomas Newman

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

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

Best feature motion picture of the year

    "Amour" - Producers Margaret Menegoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka and Michael Katz.
    "Argo"

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

Achievement in production design

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

Best animated short film

    "Adam and Dog" Minkyu Lee
    "Fresh Guacamole" PES
    "Head over Heels" Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly
    "Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare"" David Silverman
    "Paperman" John Kahrs

Best live action short film

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

Achievement in sound editing

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

Achievement in sound mixing

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

Achievement in visual effects

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

Adapted screenplay

    "Argo" Screenplay by Chris Terrio
    "Beasts of the Southern Wild" Screenplay by Lucy Alibar and     Benh Zeitlin
    "Life of Pi" Screenplay by David Magee
    "Lincoln" Screenplay by Tony Kushner
    "Silver Linings Playbook" Screenplay by David O. Russell

Original screenplay

    "Amour" Written by Michael Haneke
    "Django Unchained" Written by Quentin Tarantino***
    "Flight" Written by John Gatins
    "Moonrise Kingdom" Written by Wes Anderson & Roman      Coppola
    "Zero Dark Thirty" Written by Mark Boal

***

WON A GOLDEN GLOBE
Not necessarily in same category as nominated for Oscar.

Academy members from each of the branches vote to determine the nominees in their respective categories – actors nominate actors, film editors nominate film editors, etc. In the Animated Feature Film and Foreign Language Film categories, nominees are selected by vote of multi-branch screening committees. All voting members are eligible to select the Best Picture nominees.

85th OSCAR NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED THURSDAY

Nominations for the 85th Academy Awards® will be announced by the show's host Seth MacFarlane, and actress Emma Stone, Thursday, January 10, 2013. MacFarlane and Stone will unveil the nominations at a 5:30 a.m. (PT) at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, where hundreds of media representatives from around the world will be gathered.

85th Academy Awards Oscar host Seth MacFarlane

 This will be the first time since 1972 an Oscar show host has participated in the nominations announcement. Before MacFarlane, the late Charlton Heston was the only host to actively engage in making the nominations announcement.

Since the first nominations announcement in 1964, the Academy president has been joined by one or more co-announcers at the event. This year the Academy will break with tradition when MacFarlane, who was named Oscar show host in October, joins Stone on Oscar nominations morning. 

Emma Stone starred in the 2011 Best Picture nominee "The Help" and the summer release "The Amazing Spider-Man." Her other film credits include "Superbad," "Zombieland," "Easy A" and "Crazy, Stupid, Love." Stone will be seen in "Gangster Squad" later this month and in "The Croods," due out in March.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2012 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, February 24, 2013, at the Dolby Theatre™ at Hollywood and Highland Center®, and televised live on the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide.

ACADEMY EXTENDS OSCAR® NOMINATIONS VOTING

  HOURS AND DATES CHANGED

 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has extended the deadline for members to vote for Oscar nominations by one day to Friday, January 4, 2013, 5:00 p.m. PT.  Members may vote online or submit a paper ballot.  Any votes received after the deadline will not be counted.

 “By extending the voting deadline we are providing every opportunity available to make the transition to online balloting as smooth as possible,” said Ric Robertson, Academy COO.  “We’re grateful to our global membership for joining us in this process.”

  In order to accommodate the extension and maintain security, the online voting system will be closed for two hours only (5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. PT) on Thursday, January 3. The system will re-open at 7 p.m. PT, on January 3 and remain available to members until 5:00 p.m. PT January 4.

 This is the first year the Academy is providing its membership the opportunity to vote online. Several voting resources are available to members, including assisted voting stations in Los Angeles, New York and London, and a 24-hour support call center. 

 The nominations and final Awards ballots will be tabulated and verified by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to ensure that all aspects of the balloting process are accurate and secure. In the majority of the categories, PwC will tabulate the ballots using the preferential voting system.

 The 85th Academy Awards® nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 10, 2013, at 5:30 a.m. PT, in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

 Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2012 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, February 24, 2013, at the Dolby Theatre™ at Hollywood  & Highland Center®, and televised live on the ABC Television Network. Seth McFarlane will host. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide. 

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GOLDEN GLOBE 2013 NOMINATIONS and SBIFF

Golden Globe nominations, and much more, courtesy of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival's "film geek Confidential" blog:

http://www.sbiff.org/blog2/

 The Golden Globes ceremony, the 70th in the history of the awards show, will be held on Sunday, January 13, 2013. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will co-host. The Golden Globes awards are brought to you by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), and broadcast on MSN.

 

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SHORT LIST FOR BEST FOREIGN FILM OSCAR®

The 85th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 10, 2013, at 5:30 a.m. PT, in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Nine films will advance to the next round of voting in the Best Foreign Language Film category for the 85th Academy Awards®. Seventy-one films originally qualified.

The films, listed in alphabetical order by country, are:

     Austria, "Amour," Michael Haneke, director;
     Canada, "War Witch," Kim Nguyen, director;
     Chile, "No," Pablo Larraín, director*;
     Denmark, "A Royal Affair," Nikolaj Arcel, director;
     France, "The Intouchables," Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, directors;
     Iceland, "The Deep," Baltasar Kormákur, director;
     Norway, "Kon-Tiki," Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg, directors;
     Romania, "Beyond the Hills," Cristian Mungiu **, director;
     Switzerland, "Sister," Ursula Meier, director.

Mimi's Notes:
* "No" stars Gael Garcia Bernal.
** Mungiu's 2007 film, "4 Months,3 Weeks and 2 Days" (4 luni, 3 saptamâni si 2 zile)won at Cannes and received many, many additional awards but did not receive a nomination in this category from members of AMPAS®. Speculation abounded that it was because the movie dealt with abortion.  goo.gl/V79XM
 
Foreign Language Film nominations for 2012 are again being determined in two phases.

The Phase I committee, consisting of several hundred Los Angeles-based members, screened the 71 eligible films between mid-October and December 17. The group's top six choices, augmented by three additional selections voted by the Academy's Foreign Language Film Award Executive Committee, constitute the shortlist.

Phase II, the shortlist will be winnowed down to the five nominees by specially invited committees in New York and Los Angeles. They will spend Friday, January 4, through Sunday, January 6, viewing three films each day and then casting their ballots.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievement of 2012 will be presented on Sunday, February 24, 2013, at the Dolby Theatre™ at Hollywood and Highland Center®, and televised live on the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide.

ACADEMY MEMBERS SELECTING NOMINEES FOR OSCAR®

Nominations voting for the 85th Academy Awards® opened at 8 a.m. PT, Monday, December 17, for the 5,856 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Members will have until 5 p.m. PT, Thursday, January 3, 2013, to vote electronically. Paper ballots must be received at the Academy prior to the above deadline. Any paper ballots received after the deadline will not be counted. Nominations and final Awards ballots will be tabulated and verified by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to ensure that all aspects of the balloting process are accurate and secure.

This will be the first year the Academy is providing its membership the opportunity to vote electronically. Several voting resources will be available to members, including assisted voting stations in Los Angeles, New York and London, and a 24-hour support call center during voting periods.

The 85th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 10, 2013, at 5:30 a.m. PT, in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Comedian, writer, producer Seth MacFarlane is this year’s host of the 85th Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2012. Awards will be presented on Oscar Sunday, February 24, 2013, at the Dolby Theatre™ at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live on the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide.

ORIGINAL SCORES (104) IN 2012 OSCAR® RACE

One hundred four scores from eligible feature-length motion pictures released in 2012 are in contention for nominations in the Original Score category for the 85th Academy Awards®.
Eligible scores along with their composers are listed below in alphabetical order by motion picture title:

       "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter," Henry Jackman; 
       "After the Wizard," Stephen Main;
       "Alex Cross," John Debney and Sebastian Morton;
       "The Amazing Spider-Man," James Horner;
       "Anna Karenina," Dario Marianelli;
       "Argo," Alexandre Desplat;
       "Battleship," Steve Jablonsky;
       "The Bay," Marcelo Zarvos;
       "Beasts of the Southern Wild," Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin;
       "Being Flynn," Damon Gough;
       "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel," Thomas Newman;
       "Big Miracle," Cliff Eidelman;
       "Booker's Place: A Mississippi Story," David Cieri;
       "Brave," Patrick Doyle;
       "Brooklyn Castle," B. Satz;
       "Chasing Ice," J. Ralph;
       "Chasing Mavericks," Chad Fischer;
       "Chicken with Plums," Olivier Bernet;
       "Chimpanzee," Nicholas Hooper;
       "Cloud Atlas," Reinhold Heil and Johnny Klimek;
       "Compliance," Heather McIntosh;
       "Contraband," Clinton Shorter;
       "The Dark Knight Rises," Hans Zimmer;
       "Dark Shadows," Danny Elfman;
       "Darling Companion," James Newton Howard;
       "Deadfall," Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders;
       "The Dictator," Erran Baron Cohen;
       "Dr. Seuss' The Lorax," John Powell;
       "End of Watch," David Sardy;
       "Ethel," Miriam Cutler;
       "Flight," Alan Silvestri;
       "For a Good Time, Call..." John Swihart;
       "For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada," James Horner;
       "Frankenweenie," Danny Elfman;
       "Fun Size," Deborah Lurie;
       "Girl in Progress," Christopher Lennertz;
       "The Grey," Marc Streitenfeld;
       "The Guilt Trip," Christophe Beck;
       "Hidden Moon," Luis Bacalov;
       "Hitchcock," Danny Elfman;
       "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," Howard Shore;
       "Hotel Transylvania," Mark Mothersbaugh;
       "House at the End of the Street," Theo Green;
       "The Hunger Games," James Newton Howard;
       "Hyde Park on Hudson," Jeremy Sams;
       "Ice Age Continental Drift," John Powell;
       "The Impossible," Fernando Velázquez;
       "Jack Reacher," Joe Kraemer;
       "John Carter," Michael Giacchino;
       "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island," Andrew Lockington;
       "Lawless," Nick Cave and Warren Ellis;
       "Life of Pi," Mychael Danna;
       "Lincoln," John Williams;
       "Lola Versus," Will Bates and Philip Mossman;
       "Looper," Nathan Johnson;
       "The Lucky One," Mark Isham;
       "LUV," Nuno Malo;
       "The Man with the Iron Fists," RZA and Howard Drossin;
       "Marvel's The Avengers," Alan Silvestri;
       "The Master," Jonny Greenwood;
       "Men in Black 3," Danny Elfman;
       "Middle of Nowhere," Kathryn Bostic;
       "Mirror Mirror," Alan Menken;
       "The Odd Life of Timothy Green," Geoff Zanelli;
       "On the Road," Gustavo Santaolalla;
       "The Pardon," Ashley Irwin;
       "Parental Guidance," Marc Shaiman;
       "People Like Us," A.R. Rahman;

         "The Possession," Anton Sanko;
       "Prometheus," Marc Streitenfeld;
       "Promised Land," Danny Elfman;
       "The Raid: Redemption," Mike Shinoda and Joseph Trapanese;
       "Red Tails," Terence Blanchard;
       "Rise of the Guardians," Alexandre Desplat;
       "Ruby Sparks," Nick Urata;

         "Safe House," Ramin Djawadi;
       "Safety Not Guaranteed," Ryan Miller;
       "Saint Dracula," Sreevalsan J. Menon;
       "Savages," Adam Peters;
       "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World," Rob Simonsen and Jonathan Sadoff;
       "The Sessions," Marco Beltrami;
       "Sinister," Christopher Young;
       "Skyfall," Thomas Newman;
       "Smashed," Eric D. Johnson and Andy Cabic;
       "Snow White and the Huntsman," James Newton Howard;
       "Taken 2," Nathaniel Mechaly;
       "Ted," Walter Murphy;
       "Think Like a Man," Christopher Lennertz;
       "This Means War," Christophe Beck;
       "A Thousand Words," John Debney;
       "The Three Stooges," John Debney;
       "Trashed," Vangelis;
       "Trouble with the Curve," Marco Beltrami;
       "21 Jump Street," Mark Mothersbaugh;
       "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2," Carter Burwell;
       "Until They Are Home," Jamie Dunlap;
       "War of the Worlds The True Story," Jamie Hall;
       "The Watch," Christophe Beck;
       "West of Memphis," Nick Cave and Warren Ellis;
       "Where Do We Go Now?" Khaled Mouzanar;
       "Won't Back Down," Marcelo Zarvos;
       "The Words," Marcelo Zarvos;
       "Wreck-It Ralph," Henry Jackman;
       "Zero Dark Thirty," Alexandre Desplat.

 

A Reminder List of works submitted in the Original Score category will be made available with a nominations ballot to all members of the Music Branch, who shall vote in the order of their preference for not more than five achievements.  The five achievements receiving the highest number of votes will become the nominees for the award.

To be eligible, the original score must be a substantial body of music that serves as original dramatic underscoring, and must be written specifically for the motion picture by the submitting composer.  Scores diluted by the use of tracked themes or other preexisting music, diminished in impact by the predominant use of songs, or assembled from the music of more than one composer shall not be eligible.

The 85th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 10, 2013, at 5:30 a.m. PT, in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater. 

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2012 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, February 24, 2013, at the Dolby Theatre™ at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live on the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide.

Oscar's Best Original Song Category Contains 75

Seventy-five songs from eligible feature-length motion pictures released in 2012 are in contention for nominations in the Original Song category for the 85th Academy Awards®, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today.

The original songs and the motion picture in which each song is featured, are listed below in alphabetical order by film title (right column):

       "For You" - - "Act of Valor"
       "Metaphorical Blanket" - - "Any Day Now"
       "Let It Rain" - - "Being Flynn"
       "Learn Me Right" - - "Brave"
       "Touch the Sky" - - "Brave"
       "Airport" - - "Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best"
       "Come on Girl" - - "Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best"
       "Someday" - - "Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best"
       "Protect the King" - - "Brooklyn Castle"
       "California Solo" - - "California Solo"
       "Casa De Mi Padre" - - "Casa De Mi Padre"
       "Del Cielo" - - "Casa De Mi Padre"
       "Yo No Se" - - "Casa De Mi Padre"
       "No Other Plans" - - "Celeste and Jesse Forever"
       "Before My Time" - - "Chasing Ice"
       "By the Light of the Moon" - - "Crossroad"
       "The Sambola! International Dance Craze" - - "Damsels in Distress"
       "When You Comin' Home" - - "Darling Companion"
       "Death by China" - - "Death by China"
       "Delhi Safari" - - "Delhi Safari"
       "Ancora Qui" - - "Django Unchained"
       "Freedom" - - "Django Unchained"
       "100 Black Coffins" - - "Django Unchained"
       "Who Did That to You?" - - "Django Unchained"
       "How Bad Can I Be?" - - "Dr. Seuss' The Lorax"
       "Let It Grow" - - "Dr. Seuss' The Lorax"
       "Thneedville" - - "Dr. Seuss' The Lorax"
       "Ain't No Train" - - "Downtown Express"
       "You Don't Have to Be a Star" - - "Fame High"
       "Jose's Martyrdom" - - "For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada"
       "Strange Love" - - "Frankenweenie"
       "Voodoo" - - "Halloween Party"
       "Luna Nascosta" - - "Hidden Moon"
       "Song of the Lonely Mountain" - - "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
       "Abraham's Daughter" - - "The Hunger Games"
       "Master of the Seas" - - "Ice Age Continental Drift"
       "We Are" - - "Ice Age Continental Drift"
       "Looking for a Sign" - - "Jeff, Who Lives at Home"
       "From Here to the Moon and Back" - - "Joyful Noise"
       "He's Everything" - - "Joyful Noise"
       "I'm Yours" - - "Joyful Noise"
       "Wide Awake" - - "Katy Perry: Part of Me"
       "Cosmonaut" - - "Lawless"
       "Beaten Up and Broken Down" - - "Least among Saints"
       "Suddenly" - - "Les Misérables"
       "Pi's Lullaby" - - "Life of Pi"
       "When I Grow Up" - - "Losing Control"
       "Love Always Comes as a Surprise" - - "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted"
       "Ladies of Tampa" - - "Magic Mike"
       "The Baddest Man Alive" - - "The Man with the Iron Fists"
       "This Gift" - - "The Odd Life of Timothy Green"
       "Still Alive" - - "Paul Williams Still Alive"
       "Dotted Line" - - "People Like Us"
       "Snake Eyes" - - "Promised Land"
       "Razors.Out" - - "The Raid: Redemption"
       "I'm Not Leaving" - - "Re:Generation"
       "Still Dream" - - "Rise of the Guardians"
       "Undercover Love" - - "Rock of Ages"
       "Big Machine" - - "Safety Not Guaranteed"
       "I Be Here" - - "Saint Dracula"
       "I Have Secrets" - - "Saint Dracula"
       "Skyfall" - - "Skyfall"
       "Breath of Life" - - "Snow White and the Huntsman"
       "Gone" - - "Snow White and the Huntsman"
       "One Wing" - - "Sparkle"
       "Not Running Anymore" - - "Stand Up Guys"
       "Feel Love" - -  "Struck by Lightning"
       "Everybody Needs a Best Friend" - - "Ted"
       "Never Had" - - "10 Years"
       "Dull Tool" - - "This Is 40"
       "She Won't Let Go" - - "Until They Are Home"
       "Kiss Me Goodbye" - - "Virginia"
       "Anything Made of Paper" - - "West of Memphis"
       "Hashishet Albi" - - "Where Do We Go Now?"
       "When Can I See You Again?" - - "Wreck-It Ralph"

During the nominations process, all voting members of the Music Branch will receive a Reminder List of works submitted in the category and a DVD copy of the song clips. Members will be asked to watch the clips and then vote in the order of their preference for not more than five achievements in the category. The five achievements receiving the highest number of votes will become the nominations for final voting for the award.

To be eligible, a song must consist of words and music, both of which are original and written specifically for the film. A clearly audible, intelligible, substantive rendition of both lyric and melody must be used in the body of the film or as the first music cue in the end credit.

The 85th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 10, 2013, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater. 

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2012 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, February 24, 2013, at the Dolby Theatre™ at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live on the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide.

OSCAR RACE SHORT LISTS

CONTENDERS IN VISUAL EFFECTS (VFX)
     The top 10 films in the running in the Visual Effects category for the 85th Academy Awards®. Films are listed below in alphabetical order:

     “The Amazing Spider-Man”
     “Cloud Atlas”
     “The Dark Knight Rises”
     “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
     “John Carter”
     “Life of Pi”
     “Marvel’s The Avengers”
     “Prometheus”
     “Skyfall”
     “Snow White and the Huntsman”

All members of the Visual Effects Branch will be invited to view 10-minute excerpts from each of the 10 shortlisted films on Thursday, January 3.  Following the screenings, the members will vote to nominate five films for final Oscar® consideration.

LIVE ACTION SHORTS

Here is the list of 11 live action short films advancing in the voting process for the 85th Academy Awards®.  A tie in the nominations balloting resulted in 11 films being shortlisted.  One hundred twenty-five pictures had originally qualified in the category.

The 11 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies:

 “A Fábrica (The Factory)” - (Grafo Audiovisual)
 “Asad” - (Hungry Man)
 “Buzkashi Boys” -  (Afghan Film Project)
 “Curfew” - (Fuzzy Logic Pictures)
 “Death of a Shadow (Dood van eenSchaduw)”        - (Serendipity Films)
 “Henry” - (Yan England)
 “Kiruna-Kigali” - (Hepp Film AB)
 “The Night Shift Belongs to the Stars” 
     - (Oh! pen LLC)
“9meter” - (M and M Productions A/S)
“Salar” - (Nicholas Greene)
“when you find me"
     - (Freestyle Picture Company)

The Short Films and Feature Animation Branch Reviewing Committee viewed all the eligible entries for the preliminary round of voting at screenings held in Los Angeles. 

Short Films and Feature Animation Branch members will now select three to five nominees from among the 11 titles on the shortlist.  Branch screenings will be held in Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco in December.

The 85th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 10, 2013, 5:30 a.m. PT, in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2012 will be presented  Sunday, February 24, 2013, at the Dolby Theatre™ at Hollywood and Highland Center®, and televised live on the ABC Television Network.  The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide.