Usually a good precursor to Oscar Noms for the acting categories (though sometimes Best Cast is pretty similar to the Best Picture noms)...
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
*Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook
*Daniel Day Lewis - Lincoln
*John Hawkes - The Sessions
*Hugh Jackman - Les Miserables
*Denzel Washington - Flight
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
*Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty
*Marion Cotillard - Rust & Bone
*Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook
*Helen Mirren - Hitchcock
*Naomi Watts - The Impossible
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
*Alan Arkin - Argo
*Javier Bardem - Skyfall
*Robert Deniro - Silver Linings Playbook
*Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master
*Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
*Sally Field - Lincoln
*Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables
*Helen Hunt - Sessions
*Nicole Kidman - The Paperboy
*Maggie Smith - The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
*Argo
*The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
*Les Miserables
*Lincoln
*Silver Linings Playbook
more categories (tv, stuntwork) listed here:
http://www.deadline.com/2012/12/scre...ons-announced/