Thursday, January 10, 2013
Film
The Biggest Oscar-Nomination Surprises
Posted
by Henry Stewart
on Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 11:10 AM
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Director!Best Picture awards tend to go to the film that won Best Director, because people always assume the best-directed movie was the one they liked the best. (Which, not always...) By not nominating several of the directors of the leading contenders for Best Picture—Ben Affleck, Kathryn Bigelow, Tom Hooper—the Academy all but assures a win for Steven Spielberg, and thus probably
Lincoln.
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