Oscar noms: Director noms reboot races
The exclusion of DGA nominees Ben Affleck, Kathryn Bigelow and Tom Hooper from the Oscar directing nominations, seemingly torpedoing the best picture chances of "Argo," "Les Miserables" and "Zero Dark Thirty," rocked the Academy Awards. Read the analysis of today's announcement here, and the full list of nominations can be found here.


A native of Los Angeles raised by two parents and "Hill Street Blues," Jon Weisman ankled his scriptwriting career and began working for Variety in 2004, subsequently serving as associate editor of features and television reporter before becoming awards editor. He promises not to use this platform to retroactively campaign for Oscars for “The Misfits,” though he’d feel justified in doing so.
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