I love to predict the Oscars, so here is my (constantly updated) list of potential 2013 Oscar nominees. Keep in mind, these are early predictions.
Best Picture
Zero Dark Thirty
Lincoln
Les Miserables
Argo
Silver Linings Playbook
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Moonrise Kingdom
The Master
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow - Zero Dark Thirty
Ben Affleck - Argo
Tom Hooper - Les Miserables
Steven Spielberg - Lincoln
Ang Lee - Life of Pi
Best Actor
Daniel Day Lewis - Lincoln
Hugh Jackman - Les Miserables
Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook
Denzel Washington - Flight
John Hawkes - The Sessions
Best Actress
Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty
Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook
Naomi Watts - The Impossible
Marion Coltiard - Rust and Bone
Helen Mirren - Hitchcock
Best Supporting Actor
Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained
Phillip Seymour Hoffman - The Master
Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln
Robert De Niro - Silver Linings Playbook
Javier Bardem - Skyfall
Best Supporting Actress
Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables
Helen Hunt - The Sessions
Sally Field - Lincoln
Amy Adams - The Master
Nicole Kidman - The Paperboy
Best Original Screenplay
Zero Dark Thirty
Django Unchained
Moonrise Kingdom
The Master
Looper
Best Adapted Screenplay
Lincoln
The Silver Linings Playbook
Argo
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Life of Pi
Best Animated Film
Frankenweenie
Wreck-It Ralph
Paranorman
Brave
The Rabbi's Cat
Best Foreign Language Film
Amour (Austria)
The Intouchables (France)
A Royal Affair (Denmark)
Kon-Tiki (Norway)
The Deep (Iceland)
Best Production Design*
Les Miserables
Anna Karenina
Lincoln
Django Unchained
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Best Cinematography
Life of Pi
Skyfall
Les Miserables
Lincoln
The Master
Best Costume Design
Anna Karenina
Les Miserables
Cloud Atlas
Lincoln
Snow White and the Huntsmen
Best Editing
Zero Dark Thirty
Argo
Lincoln
Les Miserables
Django Unchained
Best Makeup and Hairstyling**
Les Miserables
Lincoln
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Best Score
Lincoln
Life of Pi
Anna Karenina
Cloud Atlas
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Best Song***
"Suddenly" from Les Miserables
"Skyfall" from Skyfall
"Touch the Sky" from Brave
"Still Alive" from Paul Williams: Still Alive
"Learn Me Right" from Brave
Best Sound Editing
Zero Dark Thirty
The Dark Knight Rises
Skyfall
The Avengers
Life of Pi
Best Sound Mixing
Les Miserables
Zero Dark Thrity
The Avengers
The Dark Knight Rises
Life of Pi
Best Visual Effects
Life of Pi
Cloud Atlas
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Avengers
Prometheus
Best Animated Short
Paperman
Adam and Dog
Fall of the House of Usher
The Eagleman Stag
Maggie Simpson in The Longest Daycare
Best Documentary Short
Open Heart
Mondays at Racine
Redemption
Education of Mohammad Hussein
Kings Fit
Best Livc Action Short
Death of a Shadow
Curfew
when you find me
Asad
The Night Shift Belongs to the Stars
*Best Art Direction category changed to Best Production Design
** Best Makeup category changed to Best Makeup and Hairstyling
***Best Song category amended to guarantee five nominees in the category following last year's two nominees
