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Best Picture
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/02/lincoln.jpgBest Picture: Despite entering the Oscar race with a leading 12 nominations in January, the front-runner Best Picture status of Steven Spielberg's presidential drama ‘Lincoln’ has been undermined by a slew of awards picked up Ben Affleck's Iran hostage thriller ‘Argo.’
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Best Picture
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/02/argo.jpgBest Picture: A win for Iran hostage thriller ‘Argo’ despite Ben Affleck's omission from the Best Director shortlist would defy the conventional wisdom that says the Oscar for Best Film usually brings a trophy for its director. ‘Argo’ would be the first movie to take home the statuette for Best Picture without its director winning even a nomination since ‘Driving Miss Daisy’ in 1990.
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Best Picture
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/02/silver.jpgBest Picture: Quirky comedy ‘Silver Linings Playbook’ is also in the running. It ha been nominated for eight Oscars including actor and supporting actor nods for Bradley Cooper and Robert de Niro. The film looks at a man moving in with his parents after release from a mental institution. It won the top prize at the Toronto film festival
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Best Picture
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/02/lifeofpi.jpgBest Picture: Taiwanese director Ang Lee brought Yann Martel's mythological shipwreck survival novel ‘Life of Pi’ to the big screen. Much like 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon', it was a book at few thought was filmable. It is nominated for 11 Oscars. It won a Bafta for cinematography.
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Best Picture
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/02/lesmiserables.jpgBest Picture: ‘Les Miserables’ the screen version of hit French Revolutionary stage show has a strong fan following but got mixed reviews.IT has been nominated for eight Oscars, including Best Actor for Hugh Jackman. It won four Bafta awards, including Best Supporting Actress for Anne Hathaway.
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Best Picture
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/02/zerodark.jpgBest Picture: Director Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty, a chronicle of the CIA’s manhunt for al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, is not leading the pack for the Best Film nomination. It is nominated for five Oscars including Best Actress for Jessica Chastain. It won best original screenplay from the Writers Guild of America.
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Best Picture
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/02/django.jpgBest Picture: Quentin Tarantino's controversial western Django Unchained is about a freed slave intent on revenge. It has attracted criticism for its liberal use of racial insults. It has received five Oscar nominations and picked up the Best screenplay award at the Baftas.
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Best Picture
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/02/beasts.jpgBest Picture: Odds for the low budget inependently produced drama/fantasy picking up the top film award are slim. The film has picked up three other Oscar nods including Best Actress one for its nine-year-old star Quvenzhané Wallis.
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Best Picture
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/02/amour.jpgBest Picture: Filmmaker Michael Haneke's French-language drama film has received five Oscar nominations. The film about two retired music teachers stars Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva and Isabelle Huppert. Other nominations include Best Foreign Language Film, prizes it took at the Baftas an Golden Globes.
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Best Actress
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/02/a81.jpgBest Actress: Bookies' favourite Jennifer Lawrence has already won a Golden Globe for her performance in quirky comedy Silver Linings Playbook. It is her second Oscar nomination, the first in 2011 for Winter's Bone Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters
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Best Actress
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/02/riva.gifBest Actress: Nominee Emmanuelle Riva is still in with a chance of winning for her role in French-language film Amour. It is her first Oscar nomination but she won a Bafta for her role.
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Best Actress
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/02/a71.jpgBest Actress: This is the second Oscar nomination in a row for Zero Dark Thirty's Jessica Chastain, who plays a CIA agent Maya. Last year she was nominated for her supporting role in 'The Help'. Odds with many bookies put her third in the running. Photograph: Maury Phillips/Getty Images.
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Best Actress
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/02/watts.jpgBest Actress:It's almost ten years since British actress Naomi Watts was nominated for an Oscar (21 Grams). This time it's for disaster-movie The Impossible which looks at one family during the 2004 tsunami. Watts is in with a chance but has not won awards at either the Baftas or the Golden Globes for this role. Photograph: Fred Prouser /Reuters
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Best Actress
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/02/a91.jpgBest Actress: Nine-year-old Quvenzhane Wallis is the Best Actress nominee for her role in independent film Beasts of the Southern Wild. Her win, although unlikely, would make her the youngest ever Best Actress recipient. Photograph: Leigh Vogel/Getty Images
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Best Actor
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/02/a51.jpgBest Actor: Oscar favourite Daniel Day Lewis is hoping for a hat-trick for his critically acclaimed role in Spielberg's presidential film Lincoln. Day-Lewis has been tipped to win since before nominations were announced and already received a Bafta and a Golden Globe for his role.Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire
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Best Actor
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/02/denzel.jpgBest Actor: In a strong field of contenders it's hard to know if Denzel Washington has a chance of picking up his third Oscar for Flight. He plays an alcoholic pilot who saves a plane from crashing.
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Best Actor
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/02/a41.jpgBest Actor Joaquin Phoenix has been nominated twice previously for Oscars but has never won. He has received a nod this time for his role in drama The Master about a naval veteran arriving home from war. Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images
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Best Actor
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/02/a14.jpgBest Actor: A role as recently checked out psychiatric facility patient gave Bradley Cooper his first Oscar nomination for Silver Linings Playbook. The odds are against the Hangover star to win th gong with Daniel Day Lewis's domination of the category. Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters
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Best Actor
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/02/a31.jpgBest Actor: Hugh Jackman's musical role makes him the only actor coming close to Day Lewis in the odds for the Best Actor gong. It's the Australian actor's first Oscar nomination. He won a Golden Globe for his Les Misterables role. Photograph: Andreas Rentz/Getty Images
