2013 Oscar nominees: Snubs and surprises

Ben Affleck, a Directors Guild nominee for "Argo," was shut out from both directing and acting categories (although as co-producer he is up for a Best Picture win), despite earning a Golden Globe nomination for best director.

Snub? Kathryn Bigelow didn't get a directing nod

Kathryn Bigelow, the director of the Osama bin Laden chase film "Zero Dark Thirty," had been widely expected to land her second directing nomination (she won a Best Director Oscar in 2009 for "The Hurt Locker"), but she was not among the names read. Many have speculated that Bigelow and the film were diminished by the many objections to the movie's much-debated depiction of torture.

Snub? Leonardo DiCaprio doesn't earn a nod

Leonardo DiCaprio was left off the list of in the Best Supporting Actor category for his portrayal of slave owner Calvin Candie in "Django Unchained," despite receiving a Golden Globe nomination for the role.

Snub? Tom Hopper didn't get a directing nod

Tom Hooper earned a Directors Guild nomination for his adaptation of Victor Hugo's "Les Miserables," but the British director failed to earn an Oscar nomination.

Snub? John Hawkes doesn't earn a nod

John Hawkes did not earn a Best Actor nomination for his widely hailed performance as a man in an iron lung who wishes to lose his virginity in "The Sessions," but his co-star Helen Hunt picked up a Best Supporting Actress nomination.

Surprises: "Beasts of the Southern Wild" racks up nods

"Beasts of the Southern Wild," a Sundance favorite that uses magical realism to evoke a child's world in the Louisiana bayou, received four Oscar nominations, including Best Picture. The film's star 9-year-old Quvenzhane Wallis earned a Best Actress nomination and the film's director, 30-year-old Benh Zeitlin, also received a nomination.

Surprises: Joaquin Phoenix earns a nod

Joaquin Phoenix, who plays a WW II veteran who become the fiercest defender of a cult in "The Master," earns an Oscar nomination. After he was snubbed by the Screen Actors Guild earlier this season, his chances at snagging an Oscar nod seemed unclear.

Snub? Marion Cotillard didn't earn a nod

Marion Cotillard, who won an Oscar playing Edith Piaf in "La Vie en Rose," was left out of the Best Actress category this year for her performance as a whale trainer whose legs are lost in an accident in "Rust and Bone."

Surprise: Jacki Weaver earns a nod

Jacki Weaver received an unexpected Best Supporting Actress nomination for her role in "Silver Linings Playbook," as the mother of a mentally unstable son played by Bradley Cooper.

Snub? Quentin Tarantino left out of director category

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Director Quentin Tarantino was left out of the Best Director category for "Django Unchained," his bloody revenge saga about a former slave hunting white oppressors just before the Civil War.

Surprise: "Amour" earns 5 nods

Michael Haneke's drama "Amour,"an intimate portrayal of an aged couple grappling with illness and the specter of loss, earned five Oscar nominations, including Best Picture. The film has become the first foreign language best picture nomination since Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in 2001.