It’s been a great year for movies. Here’s the complete list of nominees for the 2013 Academy Awards:

Best Motion Picture

Argo*
Amour
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty

Achievement in Directing

Ang Lee, Life of Pi*
Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Michael Haneke, Amour
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln*
Denzel Washington, Flight
Hugh Jackman, Les Misérables
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook*
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Naomi Watts, The Impossible
Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Alan Arkin, Argo
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained*
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Amy Adams, The Master
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables*
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook
Sally Field, Lincoln

Original Screenplay

Amour, Michael Haneke
Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino*
Flight, John Gatins
Moonrise Kingdom, Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
Zero Dark Thirty, Mark Boal

Adapted Screenplay

Argo, Chris Terrio
Beasts of the Southern Wild, Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin
Life of Pi, David Magee
Lincoln, Tony Kushner
Silver Linings Playbook, David O. Russell*

Best Animated Feature Film

Brave
Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Wreck-It Ralph*

Best Foreign-Language Film

A Royal Affair (Denmark)
Amour (Austria)
No (Chile)
War Witch (Canada)
Kontiki (Norway)

Original Score

Anna Karenina, Dario Marianelli
Argo, Alexandre Desplat
Life of Pi, Mychael Danna
Lincoln, John Williams
Skyfall, Thomas Newman

Original Song

“Before My Time,” J. Ralph; Chasing Ice
“Everybody Needs a Best Friend,” Walter Murphy and Seth McFarlane; Ted
“Pi’s Lullaby,” Mychael Danna and Bombay Jayashri; Life of Pi
“Skyfall,” Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth; Skyfall
“Suddenly,” Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boulil; Les Misérables

Achievement in Production Direction

Anna Karenina
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln

Achievement in Cinematography

Anna Karenina, Seamus McGarvey
Django Unchained, Robert Richardson
Life of Pi, Claudio Miranda
Lincoln, Janusz Kaminski
Skyfall, Roger Deakins

Achievement in Costume Design

Anna Karenina, Jacqueline Durran
Les Misérables, Paco Delgado
Lincoln, Joanna Johnston
Mirror Mirror, Eiko Ishioka
Snow White and the Huntsman, Colleen Atwood

Best Documentary Feature

5 Broken Cameras
The Gatekeepers
How to Survive a Plague
The Invisible War
Searching for a Sugar Man

Best Documentary Short Subject

Inocente
Kings Point
Mondays at Racine
Open Heart
Redemption

Achievement in Film Editing

Argo
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty

Achievement in Makeup & Hairstyling

Hitchcock
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Misérables

Best Animated Short Film

Adam and Dog
Fresh Guacamole
Head Over Heels
Maggie Simpson in “The Longest Daycare”
Paperman

Best Live-Action Short Film

Asad
Buzkashi Boys
Curfew
Death of a Shadow
Henry

Achievement in Sound Editing

Argo
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty

Achievement in Sound Mixing

Argo
Les Misérables*
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall

Achievement in Visual Effects

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey*
Life of Pi
Marvel’s The Avengers
Prometheus
Snow White and the Huntsman

*My predictions.

DISCLAIMER: I’ve not seen Life of Pi yet. It just seems like Ang Lee will win. It should also be noted that no film has ever won Best Picture Oscar if the director isn’t nominated. So odds are against Argo, and probably in favor Pi. But I’m pulling for a change. Besides, how can the Academy not love a movie about Hollywood saving the world?

There is sorrow enough in the natural way
From men and women to fill our day;
And when we are certain of sorrow in store,
Why do we always arrange for more?
Brothers and sisters, I bid you beware
Of giving your heart to a dog to tear.
— Kipling

Neil Gaiman recently had to put his dog Cabal down. He remembers his buddy in yesterday’s beautiful tribute.

LOL. It’s true, though. Freezing. And our furnace is down.

(via Internet)

From ProofreadNOW:

The helping verb shall has largely given way to the verb will in all but the most formal writing and speech. The following rules reflect both ordinary and formal usage:

a. To express simple future time.

(1) In ordinary circumstances use will with all three persons.

• I (or we) will be glad to help you plan the program.
• You will want to study these recommendations beforehand.
• He (or she, it, they) will arrive tomorrow morning.

(2) In formal circumstances use shall with the first person (I, we) and will with the second and third persons (you, he, she, it, they).

• I (or we) shall be glad to answer all inquires promptly.
• You will meet Matilda at the reception.
• They (or he, she) will not find the trip too tiring.

b. To indicate determination, promise, desire, choice, or threat.

(1) In ordinary circumstances use will with all three persons.

(2) In formal circumstances use will for the first person (I, we) and shall for the second and third persons (you, he, she, it, they).

• In spite of the risk, I will go where I please. (Determination.)
• They shall not interfere with my department. (Determination.)
• I will send my check by the end of the week. (Promise.)
• We will report you to the authorities if this is true. (Threat.)
• You shall regret your answer. (Threat.)
• He shall study or he shall leave college. (Threat.)

c. To indicate willingness (to be willing, to be agreeable to) in both ordinary and formal circumstances, use will with all persons.

• Yes, I will meet you at six o’clock.

– – –

Source: The Gregg Reference Manual.

RELATED: should vs. would

(Audio NSFW)

Very nice. See it?

3.141592653