BEST PICTUREq “Amour”q “Argo”q “Beasts of the Southern Wild”q “Django Unchained”q “Les Misérables”q “Life of Pi”q “Lincoln”q “Silver Linings Playbook”q “Zero Dark Thirty”

BEST DIRECTORqMichael Haneke, “Amour”qAng Lee, “Life of Pi”q�David O. Russell, “Silver Linings

Playbook”qSteven Spielberg, “Lincoln”q�Benh Zeitlin, “Beasts of the Southern

Wild”

BEST ACTORq�Bradley Cooper,

“Silver Linings Playbook”q�Daniel

Day-Lewis, “Lincoln”q�Hugh Jackman,

“Les Misérables”q�Joaquin Phoenix, “The Master”q�Denzel Washington (above),

“Flight”

BEST ACTRESSq�Jessica Chastain, “Zero

Dark Thirty”q�Jennifer Lawrence, “ Silver

Linings Playbook”q�Emmanuelle Riva, “Amour”q�Quvenzhané Wallis,

“Beasts of the Southern Wild”q�Naomi Watts, “The

Impossible”

BEST SUPPORTINGACTORqAlan Arkin, “Argo”q�Robert De Niro, “Sil-

ver Linings Playbook”q�Philip Seymour Hoff-

man, “The Master”q�Tommy Lee Jones,

“Lincoln”q�Christoph Waltz, “Djan-

go Unchained”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESSq�Amy Adams (r.), “The

Master”qSally Field, “Lincoln”q�Anne Hathaway, “Les

Misérables”qHelen Hunt, “The Sessions”q�Jacki Weaver, “Silver Linings

Playbook”

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY q “Argo,” Chris Terrioq�“Beasts of the Southern Wild,”

Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlinq “Life of Pi,” David Mageeq “Lincoln,” Tony Kushnerq�“Silver Linings Playbook,”

David O. Russell

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAYq “Amour,” Michael Hanekeq�“Django Unchained,” Quentin

Tarantinoq “Flight,” John Gatinsq�“Moonrise Kingdom,”

Wes Anderson and Roman Coppolaq�“Zero Dark Thirty,” Mark

Boal

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHYq “Anna Karenina”q “Django Unchained”q “Life of Pi”q “Lincoln”q “Skyfall”

BEST ANIMATED FEATUREq “Brave”q “Frankenweenie”q “ParaNorman”q “The Pirates! Band of Misfits”q “Wreck-It Ralph”

BEST COSTUME DESIGNq “Anna Karenina”q “Les Misérables”q “Lincoln”q “Mirror Mirror”q “Snow White and the Huntsman”

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATUREq “5 Broken Cameras”q “The Gatekeepers”q “How to Survive a Plague”q “The Invisible War”q “Searching for Sugar Man”

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORTq “Inocente”q “Kings Point”q “Mondays at Racine”q “Open Heart”q “Redemption”

BEST FILM EDITINGq “Argo”q “Life of Pi”q “Lincoln”q “Silver Linings Playbook”q “Zero Dark Thirty”

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILMq “Amour” (Austria)q “Kon-Tiki” (Norway)q “No” (Chile)q “A Royal Affair” (Denmark)q “War Witch” (Canada)

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLINGq “Hitchcock”q�“The Hobbit: An Unexpected

Journey”q “Les Misérables”

BEST ORIGINAL SCOREq�“Anna Karenina,” Dario Marianelliq “Argo,” Alexandre Desplatq “Life of Pi,” Mychael Dannaq “Lincoln,” John Williamsq “Skyfall,” Thomas Newman

BEST ORIGINAL SONGq “Before My Time” (from “Chasing Ice”)q�“Everybody Needs a Best Friend” (from

“Ted”)q “Pi’s Lullaby” (from “Life of Pi”)q “Skyfall” (from “Skyfall”)q “Suddenly” (from “Les Misérables”)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGNq “Anna Karenina”q�“The Hobbit: An Unexpected

Journey”q “Les Misérables”q “Life of Pi”q “Lincoln”

BEST ANIMATED SHORTq “Adam and Dog”q “Fresh Guacamole”q “Head Over Heels”q�“Maggie Simpson in ‘The

Longest Daycare’ ”q “Paperman”

BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORTq “Asad”q “Buzkashi Boys”q “Curfew”q�“Death of a Shadow (Dood

van een Schaduw)”q “Henry”

BEST SOUND EDITINGq “Argo”q “Django Unchained”q “Life of Pi”q “Skyfall”q “Zero Dark Thirty”

BEST SOUND MIXINGq “Argo”q “Les Misérables”q “Life of Pi” (r.)q “Lincoln”q “Skyfall”

BEST VISUAL EFFECTSq “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”q “Life of Pi”q “Marvel’s The Avengers”q “Prometheus”q “Snow White and the Huntsman”

OSCAR BALLOTMake your picks of the year’s top pictures and keep score on Hollywood’s big night

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Keira Knightley

in “Anna Karenina”

Hugh Jackman in “Les Misérables”

Quvenzhané Wallis in

“Beasts of the Southern

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Daniel Craig in “Skyfall”

The Academy Awards air tonight at 8:30 on ABC, following red carpet at 7.