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2012-13 film kudos to date (Dec. 13 update)

Lincoln
Though certain stalwarts are holding strong in the awards tally, numerous races remain wide open. Here's the latest in the 2012-13 awards from critics, guilds and more ...

Steady as she goes: Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln"
Newcomer of the week: Nicole Kidman, "The Paperboy"
Open season: Supporting actor, animated feature
Original upstart: "Looper" scribe Rian Johnson
Applying for J-school: Rachel Weisz trying to get in the Jennifer Lawrence-Jessica Chastain mix.
Below-the-line strength: Claudio Miranda, "Life of Pi"

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And now, the winners and key nominees so far ...

PICTURE
"Amour"
Los Angeles Film Critics 

"Argo"
AFI top 10
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
Golden Globes drama nom
SAG ensemble nomination
San Diego Film Critics 

"Beasts of the Southern Wild"
AFI top 10
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom

"The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel"
Golden Globes comedy-musical nom
SAG ensemble nomination

"The Dark Knight Rises"
AFI top 10

"Django Unchained"
AFI top 10
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
Golden Globes drama nom

"Les Miserables"
AFI top 10
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
Golden Globes comedy-musical nom
SAG ensemble nomination 

"Life of Pi"
AFI top 10
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
Golden Globes drama nom
Las Vegas Film Critics Society 

"Lincoln"
AFI top 10
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
Golden Globes drama nom
SAG ensemble nomination

"The Master"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom

“Moonrise Kingdom”
AFI top 10
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
Golden Globes comedy-musical nom
Gotham Independent Film Awards

"Salmon Fishing in the Yemen"
Golden Globes comedy-musical nom

"Silver Linings Playbook"
AFI top 10
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
Golden Globes comedy-musical nom
SAG ensemble nomination

“Zero Dark Thirty”
AFI top 10
Boston Society of Film Critics
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
Golden Globes drama nom
National Board of Review
New York Film Critics Circle
New York Film Critics Online
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics

DIRECTOR
Ben Affleck, "Argo"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
Golden Globes nom
San Diego Film Critics

Paul Thomas Anderson, "The Master"
Los Angeles Film Critics

Kathryn Bigelow, “Zero Dark Thirty”
Boston Society of Film Critics
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
Golden Globes nom
National Board of Review
New York Film Critics Circle
New York Film Critics Online
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics

Tom Hooper, "Les Miserables"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom

Ang Lee, "Life of Pi"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
Golden Globes nom
Las Vegas Film Critics Society

David O. Russell, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom

Steven Spielberg, "Lincoln"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
Golden Globes nom

Quentin Tarantino, "Django Unchained"
Golden Globes nom

LEAD ACTOR
Jack Black, "Bernie"
Golden Globes comedy-musical nom

Bradley Cooper, “Silver Linings Playbook”

Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
Golden Globes comedy-musical nom
National Board of Review
SAG Awards nomination

Daniel Day-Lewis, “Lincoln”
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
Golden Globes drama nom
Las Vegas Film Critics Society
New York Film Critics Circle
New York Film Critics Online
SAG Awards nomination
San Diego Film Critics
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics

Richard Gere, "Arbitrage"
Golden Globes drama nom

John Hawkes, "The Sessions"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
Golden Globes drama nom
SAG Awards nomination

Hugh Jackman, "Les Miserables"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
Golden Globes comedy-musical nom
SAG Awards nomination

Ewan McGregor, "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen"
Golden Globes comedy-musical nom

Bill Murray, "Hyde Park on Hudson"
Golden Globes comedy-musical nom

Joaquin Phoenix, "The Master"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
Golden Globes drama nom
Los Angeles Film Critics

Denzel Washington, "Flight"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
Golden Globes drama nom
SAG Awards nomination 

LEAD ACTRESS
Emily Blunt, "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen"
Golden Globes comedy-musical nom

Jessica Chastain, “Zero Dark Thirty”
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
Golden Globes drama nom
National Board of Review
SAG Awards nomination
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics

Marion Cotillard, "Rust and Bone"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
Golden Globes drama nom
SAG Awards nomination

Judi Dench, "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel"
Golden Globes comedy-musical nom

Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
Golden Globes comedy-musical nom
Las Vegas Film Critics Society
Los Angeles Film Critics (tie)
SAG Awards nomination 

Helen Mirren, "Hitchcock"
Golden Globes drama nom
SAG Awards nomination 

Emmanuelle Riva, "Amour"
Boston Society of Film Critics
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
Los Angeles Film Critics (tie)
New York Film Critics Online

Maggie Smith, "Quartet"
Golden Globes comedy-musical nom

Meryl Streep, "Hope Springs"
Golden Globes comedy-musical nom

Quvenzhane Wallis, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom

Naomi Watts, "The Impossible"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
Golden Globes drama nom
SAG Awards nomination

Rachel Weisz, “The Deep Blue Sea”
Golden Globes drama nom
New York Film Critics Circle

Michelle Williams, "Take This Waltz"
San Diego Film Critics

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alan Arkin, "Argo"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
Golden Globes nom
SAG Awards nomination

Javier Bardem, "Skyfall"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
SAG Awards nomination 

Robert De Niro, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
SAG Awards nomination

Leonardo DiCaprio, “Django Unchained”
Golden Globes nom
National Board of Review

Dwight Henry, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Los Angeles Film Critics

Philip Seymour Hoffman, "The Master"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
Golden Globes nom
SAG Awards nomination
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics

Tommy Lee Jones, "Lincoln"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
Golden Globes nom
Las Vegas Film Critics Society
New York Film Critics Online
SAG Awards nomination 

Matthew McConaughey, “Magic Mike”
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
New York Film Critics Circle (also recognized for “Bernie”)

Ezra Miller, "The Perks of Being a Wallflower"
Boston Society of Film Critics

Christoph Waltz, "Django Unchained"
Golden Globes nom
San Diego Film Critics

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, "The Master"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
Golden Globes nom
Los Angeles Film Critics

Judi Dench, "Skyfall"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom

Ann Dowd, “Compliance”
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
National Board of Review

Sally Field, “Lincoln”
Boston Society of Film Critics
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
Golden Globes nom
New York Film Critics Circle
SAG Awards nomination 

Anne Hathaway, "Les Miserables"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
Golden Globes nom
Las Vegas Film Critics Society
New York Film Critics Online
SAG Awards nomination
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics

Helen Hunt, "The Sessions"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
Golden Globes nom
SAG Awards nomination

Nicole Kidman, "The Paperboy"
Golden Globes nom
SAG Awards nomination

Maggie Smith, "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel"
SAG Awards nomination 

Emma Watson, "The Perks of Being a Wallflower"
San Diego Film Critics

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
(*one screenplay award) 
Stephen Chbosky, "The Perks of Being a Wallflower"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom

Tony Kushner, “Lincoln”
Boston Society of Film Critics*
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
Golden Globes nom*
New York Film Critics Circle*

David Magee, "Life of Pi"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom

David O. Russell, “Silver Linings Playbook”
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
Golden Globes nom*
National Board of Review
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics

Chris Terrio, "Argo"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
Golden Globes nom*
Los Angeles Film Critics*
San Diego Film Critics

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
(*one screenplay award)

Paul Thomas Anderson, "The Master"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
San Diego Film Critics

Mark Boal, "Zero Dark Thirty"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
Golden Globes nom*
New York Film Critics Online*

Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola, "Moonrise Kingdom"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom

John Gatins, "Flight"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom

Rian Johnson, “Looper”
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
Las Vegas Film Critics Society*
National Board of Review
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics

Quentin Tarantino, "Django Unchained"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
Golden Globes nom*

ANIMATED FILM
(*ineligible for Oscar in this category)
"Brave"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
Golden Globes nom

*"Chico & Rita"
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics

“Frankenweenie”
Boston Society of Film Critics
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
Golden Globes nom
Los Angeles Film Critics
New York Film Critics Circle

"Hotel Transylvania"
Golden Globes nom

"Madagascar 3"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom

"ParaNorman"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
Las Vegas Film Critics Society
San Diego Film Critics
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics

"Rise of the Guardians"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
Golden Globes nom

“Wreck-It Ralph”
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
Golden Globes nom
National Board of Review

DOCUMENTARY
(*ineligible for Oscar in this category)
"Bully"
Las Vegas Film Critics Society
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics

*“The Central Park Five”
New York Film Critics Circle
 New York Film Critics Online

"The Gatekeepers"
Los Angeles Film Critics

“How To Survive a Plague”
Boston Society of Film Critics
Gotham Independent Film Awards

"The Invisible War"
San Diego Film Critics

“Searching for Sugar Man”
National Board of Review

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
(*ineligible for Oscar in this category)
“Amour”

European Film Awards
Golden Globes nom
Las Vegas Film Critics Society
National Board of Review
New York Film Critics Circle
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics

*"Holy Motors"
Los Angeles Film Critics

"The Intouchables"
Golden Globes nom

"Kon-Tiki"
Golden Globes nom

*"The Kid With a Bike"
San Diego Film Critics

"A Royal Affair"
Golden Globes nom

*"Rust and Bone"
Golden Globes nom

ART DIRECTION
Alex Cameron, "Prometheus"
Las Vegas Film Critics Society

Rick Carter (production designer) and Jim Erickson (set designer), "Lincoln"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom

Sarah Greenwood (production designer), Kate Spencer (set decorator), "Anna Karenina"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom

David Gropman (production designer), Anna Pinnock (set decorator), "Life of Pi"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom

Uli Hanisch, Hugh Bateup (production designers) and Peter Walpole, Rebecca Alleway (set decorators), "Cloud Atlas"
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics

Dan Hennah (production designer), Ra Vincent and Simon Bright (set decorators), "The Hobbit"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom

Eve Stewart (production designer), Anna Lynch-Robinson (set decorator), "Les Miserables"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Danny Cohen, "Les Miserables"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom

Roger Deakins, "Skyfall"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
Los Angeles Film Critics
 
Greig Fraser, “Zero Dark Thirty”
New York Film Critics Circle

Janusz Kaminski, "Lincoln"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom

Mihai Malaimare Jr, "The Master"
Boston Society of Film Critics
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom

Claudio Miranda, "Life of Pi"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
Las Vegas Film Critics Society
New York Film Critics Online
San Diego Film Critics
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics

COSTUME DESIGN
Kym Barrett and Pierre Yves-Gayraud, "Cloud Atlas"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom

Bob Buck, Ann Maskrey and Richard Taylor, "The Hobbit"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom

Paco Delgado, "Les Miserables"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom

Jacqueline Durran, "Anna Karenina"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
Las Vegas Film Critics Society

Joanna Johnston, "Lincoln"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom

EDITING
Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg, "Zero Dark Thirty"

Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
Las Vegas Film Critics Society
Boston Society of Film Critics
Los Angeles Film Critics 

William Goldenberg, "Argo"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom

Michael Kahn, "Lincoln"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom

Melanie Ann Oliver and Chris Dickens, "Les Miserables"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom

Tim Squyres, "Life of Pi"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom

MAKEUP
"Cloud Atlas"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom

"The Hobbit"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom

"Les Miserables"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom

"Lincoln"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom

MUSIC/SCORE
Alexandre Desplat, "Argo"
Golden Globes nom

Mychael Danna, "Life of Pi"
Golden Globes nom
Las Vegas Film Critics Society

Jonny Greenwood, "The Master"
San Diego Film Critics
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics

Dario Marinelli, "Anna Karenina"
Golden Globes nom

Mary Ramos, music supervisor, "Django Unchained"
New York Film Critics Online

Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Los Angeles Film Critics

Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil, "Cloud Atlas"
Golden Globes nom

John Williams, "Lincoln"
Golden Globes nom

"Moonrise Kingdom"
Boston Society of Film Critics

SONG
Adele, "Skyfall" ("Skyfall")
Golden Globes nom
Las Vegas Film Critics Society

Jon Bon Jovi, "Stand Up Guys" ("Not Running Anymore")
Golden Globes nom

Monty Powell and Keith Urban, "Act of Valor" ("For You")
Golden Globes nom

Claude-Michel Schoenberg, Alain Boublil, "Les Miserables" ("Suddenly")
Golden Globes nom

Taylor Swift, John Paul White, Joy Williams, T Bone Burnett, "The Hunger Games" ("Safe & Sound")
Golden Globes nom

PRODUCTION DESIGN
David Crank and Jack Fisk, "The Master"

Los Angeles Film Critics

Hugh Bateup and Uli Hanisch, "Cloud Atlas"
San Diego Film Critics 

VISUAL EFFECTS
"The Avengers"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom

"Cloud Atlas"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom

"The Dark Knight Rises"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom

"The Hobbit"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom

"Life of Pi"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards nom
Las Vegas Film Critics Society

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