Oscars 2013: The Complete Academy Awards Nominations List

This year's contenders were announced Thursday at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Who's got your vote?

Director Steven Spielberg's historical drama "Lincoln" earned a leading 12 nominations Thursday for the 85th Annual Academy Awards, followed by Ang Lee's "Life of Pi" with 11, while the musical "Les Miserables," directed by Tom Hooper, and David O. Russell's "Silver Linings Playbook" tied with eight nods each. "Lincoln" was nominated for best picture and gave Spielberg his eighth best director nomination. A win would be his third in the director category. It's the eighth film Spielberg has had in the running for best picture (''Schindler's List'' won in 1994). "Lincoln" also garnered a best acting nod for two-time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis as Lincoln and supporting acting nominations for Sally Field—a two-time best actress winner who …

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Oscar-Inspired Great Escape: Go See 'The King's Speech'

The Oscars will be handed out this Sunday.

Today’s escape is inspired by the Oscars, which will be handed out Sunday, Feb. 27. Go ahead, sneak off to see Colin Firth in “The King’s Speech” playing at AMC Lake in the Hills 12, 311 N. Randall Road, Lake in the Hills. You can get movie times by checking here. Admission is $7.50 before 6 pm and $10.00 after 6 pm. So you can go while the kids are in school or after you put them to bed while dad watches them. “The King’s Speech” is getting high marks and is nominated as a Best Picture. Firth is known as the “thinking woman’s” sex symbol. He’s also a very good actor as seen in last year’s “A Single Man.” Let’s face it, he’s wonderful in everything. If you can’t go to the theater, try renting one of Firth’s most well-known movies like 1995…

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