No Affleck or Bigelow Love & Lincoln Like a Pimp - 2013 Oscar Nominations

Gasps heard round the interwebs at the Oscar nominations this morning.

Argo, expected to be a major contender (In the interest of full disclosure, my favorite film of 2012 and had it pegged to take home big wins next month), shockingly locked out in the "Best Director" category for Ben Affleck. Ditto longtime shoe-in Kathryn Bigelow for Zero Dark Thirty while their acclaimed, political thrillers still scored "Best Picture" nods.

Lincoln led the pack (12 nods) followed by Life of Pi (11) and Silver Linings Playbook with surprise strength from critical darlings Armour and Beasts of the Southern Wild. So no complaining on that end. An unpredictable batch, I'll hand 'em that. Here are the top nominations for the rest, hit up the official Oscar site for the rest.

Best Picture:
Amour
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Lincoln
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty

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

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

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 Supporting Actor:
Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained
Phillip Seymour Hoffman - The Master
Robert Deniro - Silver Linings Playbook
Alan Arkin - Argo
Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln

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

Best Animated Film:
Brave
Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Wreck-It Ralph

Best Foreign Language Film:
Amour
Kon-Tiki
No
A Royal Affair
War Witch