And the Oscar nominees are ...
"Argo"
"Beasts of the Southern Wild"
"Django Unchained"
"Les Miserables"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"
"Silver Linings Playbook"
"Zero Dark Thirty"
Daniel Day-Lewis
Day-Lewis is a two-time winner of the Best Actor Oscar, for "My Left Foot" and "There Will Be Blood." He also received Best Actor nominations for "In the Name of the Father" and "Gangs of New York."
Bradley Cooper
This is Cooper's first Oscar nomination.
Hugh Jackman
This is Jackman's first Oscar nomination.
Joaquin Phoenix
Phoenix has been nominated twice before, for Best Supporting Actor ("Gladiator") and Best Actor ("Walk the Line").
Denzel Washington
Washington is a two-time Oscar-winner, for "Glory" and "Training Day." He also received three additional nominations, for "Cry Freedom," "Malcolm X" and "The Hurricane."
Jessica Chastain
Chastain was nominated last year for Best Supporting Actress for "The Help."
Jennifer Lawrence
Lawrence was previously nominated for Best Actress for "Winter's Bone."
Emmanuelle Riva
This is Riva's first Oscar nomination. At 85, she becomes the oldest performer to receive a Best Actress nomination.
Quvenzhane Wallis
Wallis, 9, becomes the youngest female ever nominated in an acting category.
Naomi Watts
Watts was previously nominated for Best Supporting Actress for "21 Grams."
Alan Arkin
Arkin won Best Supporting Actor for "Little Miss Sunshine," and was nominated for Best Actor for "The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming," and "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter."
Robert De Niro
A two-time Oscar-winner (for "The Godfather Part II" and "Raging Bull"), De Niro has also received nominations for "Taxi Driver," "The Deer Hunter," "Awakenings" and "Cape Fear."
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Hoffman, a Best Actor Oscar-winner for "Capote," was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor for "Charlie Wilson's War" and "Doubt."
Tommy Lee Jones
Jones won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in "The Fugitive." He was nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category for his performance in "In the Valley of Elah."
Christoph Waltz
Waltz won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for "Inglourious Basterds."
Amy Adams
Adams has been nominated three times previously for Best Supporting Actress, for "Junebug," "Doubt," and "The Fighter."
Anne Hathaway
Hathaway was previously nominated for Best Actress for "Rachel Getting Married."
Sally Field
Field has won two Oscars for "Norma Rae" and "Places in the Heart."
Helen Hunt
Hunt won an Oscar for Best Actress in "As Good as It Gets."
Jacki Weaver
Weaver was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for "Animal Kingdom."