Golden Globes Nominations

Best Motion Picture - Drama
Argo
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Zero Dark Thirty

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Les Miserables
Moonrise Kingdom
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Silver Linings Playbook

Best Director
Ben Affleck (Argo)
Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty)
Ang Lee (Life of Pi)
Steven Spielberg (Lincoln)
Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained)

Best Actor - Drama
Daniel Day Lewis (Lincoln)
Richard Gere (Arbitrage)
John Hawkes (The Sessions)
Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)
Denzel Washington (Flight)

Best Actress - Drama
Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)
Marion Cotillard (Rust and Bone)
Helen Mirren (Hitchcock)
Naomi Watts (The Impossible)
Rachel Weisz (The Deep Blue Sea)

Best Actor - Musical or Comedy
Jack Black (Bernie)
Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook)
Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables)
Ewan McGregor (Salmon Fishing in the Yemen)
Bill Murray (Hyde Park on Hudson)

Best Actress - Musical or Comedy
Emily Blunt (Salmon Fishing in the Yemen)
Judi Dench (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel)
Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
Maggie Smith (Quartet)
Meryl Streep (Hope Springs)

Best Supporting Actor
Alan Arkin (Argo)
Leonardo DiCaprio (Django Unchained)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)
Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln)
Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained)

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams (The Master)
Sally Field (Lincoln)
Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables)
Helen Hunt (The Sessions)
Nicole Kidman (The Paperboy)

Best Screenplay
Argo
Django Unchained
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty

Best Song
"For You" (Act of Valor)
"Safe and Sound" (The Hunger Games)
"Suddenly" (Les Miserables)
"Skyfall" (Skyfall)
"Not Running Anymore" (Stand Up Guys)

Best Original Score
Anna Karenina
Argo
Cloud Atlas
Life of Pi
Lincoln

Best Animated Film
Brave
Frankenweenie
Hotel Transylvania
Rise of the Guardians
Wreck-It Ralph

2013 Oscar Predictions - Round 3

Best Picture

1. Zero Dark Thirty
2. Argo
3. Les Miserables
4. Lincoln
5. Silver Linings Playbook
6. Life of Pi
7. Beasts of the Southern Wild

2nd Tier
The Master - Demoted
Amour
Django Unchained - New

Dropped Out
Hitchcock


Best Director

1. Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty)
2. Ben Affleck (Argo)
3. Steven Spielberg (Lincoln)
4. Tom Hooper (Les Miserables)
5. David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook)

2nd Tier
Michael Haneke (Amour)
Ang Lee (Life of Pi)

Dropped Out
Paul Thomas Anderson (The Master)


Best Actor

1. Daniel Day Lewis (Lincoln)
2. Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)
3. Denzel Washington (Flight)
4. Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables) - Promoted
5. John Hawkes (The Sessions)

2nd Tier
Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook) - Promoted Back

Dropped Out
Anthony Hopkins (Hitchcock) 



Best Actress

1. Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)
2. Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
3. Quvenzhane Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
4. Marion Cotillard (Rust and Bone)
5. Emmanuelle Riva (Amour) - Promoted Back

2nd Tier
Naomi Watts (The Impossible)
Rachel Weisz (The Deep Blue Sea) - New

Dropped Out
Helen Mirren (Hitchcock)
Keira Knightley (Anna Karenina)


Best Supporting Actor

1. Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)
2. Leonardo DiCaprio (Django Unchained)
3. Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln)
4. Robert DeNiro (Silver Linings Playbook)
5. Alan Arkin (Argo)

2nd Tier
Matthew McConaughey (Magic Mike) - Promoted Back
Eddie Redmayne (Les Miserables) - New

Dropped Out
Russell Crowe (Les Miserables) 


Best Supporting Actress

1. Sally Field (Lincoln)
2. Amy Adams (The Master)
3. Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables)
4. Helen Hunt (The Sessions)
5. Ann Dowd (Compliance) - New

2nd Tier
Maggie Smith (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel)

Dropped Out
Kerry Washington (Django Unchained) 

LA Film Critics Awards

Best Picture

 

Amour

Runners Up: The Master

Best Director

Paul Thomas Anderson (The Master)

Runners Up: Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty)

Best Actor

Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)
Runners Up: Denis Lavant (Holy Motors)

Best Actress

Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook) & Emmanuelle Riva (Amour)

Best Supporting Actor

Dwight Henry (Beasts of Southern Wild)

Runners Up: Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained)

Best Supporting Actress

Amy Adams (The Master)

Runners Up: Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables & The Dark Knight Rises)

Best Screenplay
Argo
Runners Up: Silver Linings Playbook

Best Editing
Zero Dark Thirty
Runners Up: Argo

Best Cinematography
Skyfall
Runners Up: The Master

Best Animation
Frankenweenie
Runners Up: It's Such a Beautiful Day

Best Music/Score
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Runners Up: The Master

Best Production Design
The Master
Runners Up: Moonrise Kingdom

National Board of Review

Best Picture

Zero Dark Thirty

Best Director

Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty)

Best Actor

Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook)

Best Actress

Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)

Best Supporting Actor

Leonardo DiCaprio (Django Unchained)

Best Supporting Actress

Ann Dowd (Compliance)

Best Original Screenplay

Looper

Best Adapted Screenplay

Silver Linings Playbook

Best Animated Feature

Wreck-It Ralph

Top Films

Argo

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Django Unchained
Les Misérables
Lincoln
Looper
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Promised Land
Silver Linings Playbook

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

Best Picture

Zero Dark Thirty

Best Director

Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty)

Best Actor

Daniel Day Lewis (Lincoln)

Best Actress

Rachel Weisz (The Deep Blue Sea)

Best Supporting Actor

Matthew McConaughey (Magic Mike & Bernie)

Best Supporting Actress

Sally Field (Lincoln)

Best Screenplay

Lincoln

Best Foreign Language Film

Amour

Best Animated Feature

Frankenweenie

Best Cinematography

Zero Dark Thirty

Istanbul - Blue Mosque - March 2012

2013 Oscar Predictions - Round 2

Best Picture

1. Argo
2. Les Miserables
3. Lincoln
4. Silver Linings Playbook
5. The Master
6. Life of Pi
7. Zero Dark Thirty - New
8. Beasts of the Southern Wild
9. Hitchcock

2nd Tier
Amour

Best Director

1. Ben Affleck (Argo)
2. Steven Spielberg (Lincoln) - Promoted
3. Paul Thomas Anderson (The Master)
4. Tom Hooper (Les Miserables)
5. David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook)

2nd Tier
Ang Lee (Life of Pi) - Demoted

Best Actor

1. Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)
2. Daniel Day Lewis (Lincoln)
3. John Hawkes (The Sessions)
4. Denzel Washington (Flight)
5. Anthony Hopkins (Hitchcock)

2nd Tier
Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables) - New

Dropped Out
Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook)


Best Actress

1. Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
2. Quvenzhane Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
3. Marion Cotillard (Rust and Bone)
4. Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty) - New
5. Keira Knightley (Anna Karenina)

2nd Tier
Naomi Watts (The Impossible) - Demoted
Helen Mirren (Hitchcock)

Dropped Out
Emmanuelle Riva (Amour)


Best Supporting Actor

1. Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)
2. Leonardo DiCaprio (Django Unchained)
3. Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln) - New
4. Alan Arkin (Argo)
5. Robert DeNiro (Silver Linings Playbook)

2nd Tier
Russell Crowe (Les Miserables)

Dropped Out
Matthew McConaughey (Magic Mike)


Best Supporting Actress

1. Amy Adams (The Master)
2. Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables)
3. Helen Hunt (The Sessions)
4. Sally Field (Lincoln)
5. Maggie Smith (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel)

2nd Tier
Kerry Washington (Django Unchained)

Promoted to Best Actress
Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)

60 Books in 2012 - Updates

List of Books

1. One Shot (Jack Reacher #9) by Lee Child
2. Batman, Vol. 1: The Court of Owls by Scott Snyder
3. Batman: The Long Halloween by Jeph Loeb
4. Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power by Steve Coll
5. The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg
6. Atomic Robo and the Fightin' Scientists of Tesladyne (Atomic Robo #1) by Brian Clevinger
7. Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945 by Max Hastings
8. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't by Jim Collins
9. The Greatest Trade Ever: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History by Gregory Zuckerman
10. Endgame: Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall - from America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness by Frank Brady
11. Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson
12. American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History by Chris Kyle
13. The Day We Lost the H-Bomb: Cold War, Hot Nukes and the Worst Nuclear Weapond Disaster in History by  Barbara Moran
14. Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence
15. Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose by Tony Hsieh
16. 11/22/63 by Stephen King
17. The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
18. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
19. The Magicians by Lev Grossman
20. Anathem by Neal Stephenson

2012 Locus Awards

Science Fiction Novel

Embassytown by China Mieville -Winner

Other Nominees

Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey

11/22/63 by Stephen King

Rule 34 by Charles Stross

The Children of the Sky by Vernor Vinge

Fantasy Novel

A Dance With Dragons by George R. R. Martin

Other Nominees

Snuff by Terry Pratchett

The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss

Deathless by Catherine M. Valente

Among Others by Jo Walton

60 Books in 2012 - Updates

List of Books

1. The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg
2. Atomic Robo and the Fightin' Scientists of Tesladyne (Atomic Robo #1) by Brian Clevinger
3. Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945 by Max Hastings
4. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't by Jim Collins
5. The Greatest Trade Ever: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History by Gregory Zuckerman
6. Endgame: Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall - from America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness by Frank Brady
7. Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson
8. American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History by Chris Kyle
9. The Day We Lost the H-Bomb: Cold War, Hot Nukes and the Worst Nuclear Weapond Disaster in History by  Barbara Moran
10. Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence
11. Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose by Tony Hsieh
12. 11/22/63 by Stephen King
13. The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
14. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
15. The Magicians by Lev Grossman
16. Anathem by Neal Stephenson

60 Books in 2012 - Updates

1. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't by Jim Collins
2. The Greatest Trade Ever: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History by Gregory Zuckerman
3. Endgame: Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall - from America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness by Frank Brady
4. Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson
5. American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History by Chris Kyle
6. The Day We Lost the H-Bomb: Cold War, Hot Nukes and the Worst Nuclear Weapond Disaster in History by  Barbara Moran
7. Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence
8. Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose by Tony Hsieh
9. 11/22/63 by Stephen King
10. The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
11. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
12. The Magicians by Lev Grossman
13. Anathem by Neal Stephenson

2012 Hugo Awards

Among Others by Jo Walton - Winner

Other Nominees

A Dance With Dragons by George R. R. Martin

Deadline by Mira Grant

Embassytown by China Mieville

Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey

60 Books in 2012 - Updates

List of Books

1. Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson
2. American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History by Chris Kyle
3. The Day We Lost the H-Bomb: Cold War, Hot Nukes and the Worst Nuclear Weapond Disaster in History by  Barbara Moran
4. Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence
5. Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose by Tony Hsieh
6. 11/22/63 by Stephen King
7. The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
8. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
9. The Magicians by Lev Grossman
10. Anathem by Neal Stephenson

2013 Oscar Predictions - Round 1

Best Picture

1. Argo
2. Les Miserables
3. Lincoln
4. The Master
5. Silver Linings Playbook
6. Life of Pi
7. Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Director

1. Ben Affleck (Argo)
2. Paul Thomas Anderson (The Master)
3. David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook)
4. Ang Lee (Life of Pi)
5. Tom Hooper (Les Miserables)

2nd Tier

• Steven Spielberg (Lincoln)

Best Actor

1. Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)
2. Daniel Day Lewis (Lincoln)
3. John Hawkes (The Sessions)
4. Denzel Washington (Flight)
5. Anthony Hopkins (Hitchcock)

2nd Tier

• Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook)

Best Actress

1. Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
2. Quvenzhane Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
3. Marion Cotillard (Rust and Bone)
4. Naomi Watts (The Impossible)
5. Keira Knightley (Anna Karenina)

2nd Tier

• Emmanuelle Riva (Amour)
• Helen Mirren (Hitchcock)

Best Supporting Actor

1. Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)
2. Leonardo DiCaprio (Django Unchained)
3. Alan Arkin (Argo)
4. Robert DeNiro (Silver Linings Playbook)
5. Matthew McConaughey (Magic Mike)

2nd Tier

• Russell Crowe (Les Miserables)

Best Supporting Actress

1. Amy Adams (The Master)
2. Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables)
3. Helen Hunt (The Sessions)
4. Maggie Smith (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel)
5. Sally Field (Lincoln)

2nd Tier

• Kerry Washington (Django Unchained)
• Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)