The Oscars 2013

Live Stream, Nominees, Predictions, Tickets

Dolby Theatre, Hollywood, Los Angeles CA, 24 February

Well this is the big one. The undisputed heavyweight champion of all of the Hollywood movie awards ceremonies, and without doubt the one they all want to win. Many newer awards have been introduced over the years, but the Oscar, presented each year since 1929, remains the most prestigious and the most coveted.

The Oscar, of which this year will be the 85th incarnation (and they always seem to be a little more dramatic when hitting a round number! are actually officially called the Academy Awards, named for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences that presents them, but they are far more commonly known for the name of the statuette they actually present as the award, although the exact reasoning behind the naming of the statue is actually still contested!)

This year the main evens is being held at the Dolby Theatre, which may confuse some thinking this represents a switch to a new venue, but this is in fact just the Kodak Theatre that has been hosting the ceremony for several years (since its opening in 2001 to be precise) rebranded with a new name.

It may seem somewhat optimistic to include the Oscars on our bucket list of things to do and places we would love to go as tickets for the actual event are notoriously difficult to get your hands on (short of actually getting yourself nominated of course, which is probably just a little beyond our limited capabilities...) but there are a few ways for mere mortals to get a taste of the action. Interested? Read on...

One method is to apply to be a seat filler - you need to keep an eye on the official site (see link further down the page) for when the application process starts (usually pre-September the year before) and put in an application. It is of course a very competitive process, but someone has to get in there so its worth a try. A second option is to register for bleacher seats to watch the red carpet - again you'll need to keep an eye on the official site for details and submit an application. The seats are awarded through a random lottery and there will be a lot more applicants than seats, but you never know your luck!

The nominations for the Oscars were announced on Thursday 10th January - the complete list is below, we'll be adding our predictions in a little while, once we've had time to study them a little more closely....

Best Supporting Actor
Chrisoph Waltz, Django Unchained
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
Alan Arkin, Argo
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln

Original song
Before My Time, Chasing Ice
Pi’s Lullaby, Life of Pi
Suddenly, Les Misérables
Everybody Needs a Best Friend, Ted
Skyfall, Skyfall

Best Supporting Actress
Sally Field, Lincoln
Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Amy Adams, The Master
Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook

Best Foreign Language Film
Amour, Austria
No, Chile
War Witch, Canada
A Royal Affair, Denmark
Kon-Tiki, Norway

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

Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Hugh Jackman, Les Misérables
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
Denzel Washington, Flight

Best Original Screenplay
Flight, written by John Gatins
Zero Dark Thirty, written by Mark Boal
Django Unchained, written by Quentin Tarantino
Amour, written by Michael Haneke
Moonrise Kingdom, written by Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola

Best Actress
Naomi Watts, The Impossible
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Animated Feature Film
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

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

Best Director
Michael Heneke, Amour
Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Benh Zeitlin
Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook

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

Best 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
Best Music – Original Score
Anna Karenina, Dario Marianelli
Argo, Alexandre Desplat
Life of Pi, Mychael Danna
Lincoln, John Williams
Skyfall, Thomas Newman

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

Best Film Editing
Argo, William Goldenberg
Life of Pi, Tim Squyres
Lincoln, Michael Kahn
Silver Linings Playbook, Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers
Zero Dark Thirty, Cylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg

Best Documentary Feature
5 Broken Cameras, Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi
The Gatekeepers, Nominees to be determined
How to Survive a Plague, Nominees to be determined
The Invisible War, Nominees to be determined
Searching for Sugar Man, Nominees to be determined

Best Documentary Short
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

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

Best Short Film – animated
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 Short Film – Live Action
Asad, Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura
Buzkashi Boys, Sam French and Ariel Nasr
Curfew, Shawn Christensen
Death of a Shadow, Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele
Henry, Yan England

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

Best 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

Best Visual Effects
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Cayton 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

The Oscars appears to still be one of the few remaining major awards to not provide a live online streaming option, so for US viewers it looks like you'll still need to get to a TV to watch.

There are some options for international viewers though. In Canada, live streaming coverage is being provided by CTV - watch online here:

Oscars Live Stream Canada

In the UK there will be live coverage of the ceremony provided by a dedicated Sky Movies Oscars channel - you will need a subscription but there is an online option:

Sky Movies Oscars

In Australia, Channel 9 have the live broadcast rights, and their show starts 12:30pm AEDT, Monday 25th Feb, with a replay at 9.30pm:

Channel 9 Oscars

There will as usual be a live stream of the red carpet provided so you can watch the stars as they arrive for the ceremony:

Oscars Red Carpet Live

There is also extensive coverage of Academy Awards ceremonies past and present via their official Youtube channel:

Academy Awards on Youtube

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