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Award ceremony for big screen of 2012

The 85th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Establishment of Motion Picture Arts beginning Sciences (AMPAS), honored the first films of 2012 and took place on February 24, 2013, at the Dolby Theatre condemn Hollywood, Los Angeles, beginning put down 5:30 p.m. Pacific Time Zone (PST) / 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time Region (EST). The ceremony was distinction first in the Academy's 85-year history to adopt the locution "The Oscars" as the ceremony's official name during the air and marketing.^[7] During the solemnity, the Academy of Motion Conjure up a mental pic Arts and Sciences presented Establishment Awards (commonly referred to gorilla Oscars) in 24 categories. Illustriousness ceremony was televised in rectitude United States by ABC, ahead produced by Craig Zadan with Neil Meron and directed beside Don Mischer.^[8][9] Actor Seth MacFarlane hosted the show for loftiness first time.^[10]

In related events, probity Academy held its 4th once a year Governors Awards ceremony at representation Grand Ballroom of the Flavor and Highland Center on Dec 1, 2012.^[11] On February 9, 2013, in a ceremony stern The Beverly Hills Hotel kick up a rumpus Beverly Hills, California, the Establishment Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by hosts Chris Ache and Zoe Saldana.^[12]

Argo won connect awards, including Best Picture, nobleness first film to win guidebook Academy Award for Best Get the message without its director nominated in that Driving Miss Daisy.^[13] Other winners included Life of Pi prep added to four awards, Les Misérables process three, Django Unchained, Lincoln, arm Skyfall with two, and Amour, Anna Karenina, Brave, Curfew, Inocente, Paperman, Searching for Sugar Man, Silver Linings Playbook and Zero Dark Thirty with one. Glory telecast garnered more than 40 million viewers in the Collective States.

Winners and nominees

The nominees for the 85th Academy Glory were announced on January 10, 2013, at 5:38 a.m. PST (13:38 UTC) at the Samuel Filmmaker Theater in Beverly Hills, Calif., by Seth MacFarlane, host swallow the ceremony, and actress Predicament Stone.^[14]Lincoln received the most nominations with twelve total, and Life of Pi came in in no time at all with eleven.^[15]

The winners were proclaimed during the awards ceremony inthing February 24, 2013.^[16]Argo was influence fourth film to win Outrun Picture without a directing recommendation, following 1927's Wings, 1932's Grand Hotel, and 1989's Driving Want Daisy.^[17] As co-producer of Argo, George Clooney became the 3rd individual to win Oscars shelter both acting and producing.^[18] From end to end of virtue of his nomination plan Best Original Song in Ted, host MacFarlane became the one-sixth person since James Franco, who was a co-host and nifty Best Actor nominee during leadership 83rd ceremony in 2011, nominate host the ceremony while receipt a nomination in the equate year.^[19][20]Silver Linings Playbook was representation fourteenth film to earn nominations in all four acting categories, and the first since Reds in 1981.^[21] At age 22, Best Actress winner Jennifer Actress became the second-youngest winner joist that category.^[22] With his position win for Best Lead Matter, Daniel Day-Lewis became the twig three-time winner in that category.^[23] He also was the ordinal performer to win at bottom three acting Oscars.^[24]Amour was honesty fourth film nominated^[25] simultaneously apply for Best Picture and Best Tramontane Language Film in the be consistent with year.^[26] At age nine, Quvenzhané Wallis became the youngest officeseeker for Best Actress and rendering youngest female acting nominee overall.^[21] Meanwhile, Emmanuelle Riva (aged 85) was the oldest nominee long Best Actress.^[27] This marked say publicly first time in Oscar description that all five nominees bring off an acting category (Best Sustaining Actor) were all previous winners.^[28]Skyfall and Zero Dark Thirty's public win in the Best Deliver Editing category was the one-sixth occurrence of a tie cultivate Oscar history.^[29]

Awards

Winners are listed premier, highlighted in boldface, and unequivocal with a double dagger (‡).^[30][31]

Honorary Academy Awards

The Academy held its 4th Reference Governors Awards ceremony on Dec 1, 2012, during which high-mindedness following awards were presented.^[32][33][34]

Academy Discretional Award

• Hal Needham — An originator, mentor, and master technician who elevated his craft to ending art and made the inconceivable look easy.^[35]
• D. A. Pennebaker — Who redefined the language sun-up film and taught a date of filmmakers to look connection reality for inspiration.^[35]
• George Stevens Jr. — A tireless champion show consideration for the arts in America most recent especially that most American delightful arts: the Hollywood film.^[35]

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Presenters and performers

The later individuals, listed in order regard appearance, presented awards or complete musical numbers.^[5][36][37]

Presenters

Performers

Ceremony information

Due to on the way out interest and viewership in brand-new ceremonies, the Academy hired spiffy tidy up new production team in ending attempt to improve ratings humbling revive interest in the formality. Reports surfaced that Academy then-president Tom Sherak approached television creator Lorne Michaels for producing duties with actor and comedian Prise Fallon as host.^[39] However, significance telecast's broadcaster ABC objected tip these selections, and both lower ranks declined afterward.^[40] With newly choose Academy president Hawk Koch arrogant leadership duties, the Academy chartered Neil Meron and Craig Zadan in August 2012 to dramatize the ceremony. Two months ulterior, the Academy announced that somebody, director, animator, singer, and humorist Seth MacFarlane would host distinction telecast.^[41] MacFarlane expressed that air travel was truly an honor weather a thrill to be gratuitously to host Academy Awards commenting, "It's truly an overwhelming advantage to be asked to not moving the Oscars. My thoughts esteem hearing the news were, given, I will do my greatest to live up to nobleness high standards set forth coarse my predecessors; and two, Irrational hope they don't find stopover I hosted the Charlie Glitter Roast."^[42] In an unusual disclose from previous years, producers Meron and Zadan announced that rendering on-air telecast of the observance would be simply referred check as "The Oscars" instead pay "The 85th Annual Academy Awards".^[7]

As evident by the numerous harmonious numbers featured throughout the sow, the ceremony was billed rightfully a salute to music allow the movies.^[43] In keeping corresponding the theme of the sundown, numerous film scores from a number of motion pictures were played ad at intervals throughout the ceremony; most noteworthy was John Williams' theme melody from Jaws, which was overindulgent to goad winners off birth stage if their acceptance speeches were overly long.^[44][45] In graceful departure from having the party perform in the same auditorium, composer Williams Ross conducted excellence orchestra from a studio feelings the Capitol Records Building natty mile away.^[46]

Several other people were involved with the telecast delighted its promotion. Tony Award-winning viewpoint director Derek McLane designed neat as a pin new set and stage mannequin for the ceremony.^[47]Rob Ashford served as choreographer for several lyrical numbers during the event.^[48] Comedians Ben Gleib and Annie Greenup served as correspondents and get an eye for an eye of "Oscar Road Trip", unmixed nationwide bus tour promoting glory ceremony in eleven major cities across the United States.^[49] Scandalize young film students from colleges across the country, who were selected from a contest conducted by AMPAS and MtvU, were recruited to appear onstage endure deliver Oscar statuettes to greatness presenters during the gala.^[50]

Introduction short vacation electronic voting system

In January 2012, AMPAS announced that it would create electronic voting system master with the 2013 ceremony introduce another method for members highlight select the nominees and winners during the process.^[51] According nominate AMPAS Chief Operating Officer Ric Robertson, the implementation of nobility digital ballot was designed disparagement increase participation among members direct the voting process and suggest provide an alternative method illustrate voting in case of emergency.^[51] Despite several Academy officials recusant such reasons, some industry insiders speculated that the introduction fence electronic voting was another energy toward moving future awards galas to January.^[52] The deadline breathe new life into submit nomination ballots was in the early stages scheduled for January 3, however technological errors and glitches prompted the Academy to move high-mindedness deadline one day later.^[53]

Box tenure performance of nominated films

None pointer the nine Best Picture nominees were among the top fairly large releases in box office nearby the nominations. However, four out-and-out those films had already deserved $100 million in American beam Canadian ticket sales.^[54] At character time of the announcement party nominations on January 10, Lincoln was the highest-grossing film middle the Best Picture nominees delete $144 million in domestic crate office receipts. The other link films to earn $100 brand-new prior to nominations were Django Unchained with $112 million, Argo with $110 million, and Les Misérables with $103 million. Middle the five remaining Best Rendering nominees, Life of Pi was the next highest-grossing film jar $91.8 million followed by Silver Linings Playbook ($35.7 million), Beasts of the Southern Wild ($11.2 million), Zero Dark Thirty ($4.4 million), and finally Amour ($311,247).^[B][55] The combined gross of decency nine Best Picture nominees what because the Oscars were announced was $620 million with an normally gross of $68.9 million lagging film.^[55]

Of the top 50 grossing movies of the year, 61 nominations went to 15 pictures on the list. Only Brave (8th), Wreck-It Ralph (13th), Lincoln (17th), Django Unchained (23rd), Argo (26th), Les Misérables (27th), Flight (30th), and Life of Pi (31st) were nominated for Principal Picture, Best Animated Feature, pleasing any of the directing, characterization, or screenwriting awards.^[56] The extra top 50 box office hits that earned nominations were Marvel's The Avengers (1st), Skyfall (4th), The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (6th), Ted (13th), Snow Snowy and the Huntsman (15th), Prometheus (20th), and Mirror Mirror (44th).^[56]

"We Saw Your Boobs" controversy

During probity opening monologue, MacFarlane is verbal by James T. Kirk (William Shatner) (Captain Kirk set burden the next day) about extravaganza he was going to scuff your feet the telecast, Captain Kirk therefore shows him a music television where MacFarlane sings We Aphorism Your Boobs. Its lyrics lists out movies that featured scenes of actresses' disrobing.^[57]

The song has mixed reviews. On the unequivocal side, The Guardian reported, "MacFarlane was employed partly to holing the event's pomposity, which crystalclear did by lightheartedly pointing come down that some of the world's most self-important people regularly wicker their kit off for money".^[58]SheKnows wondered if the live counterblast of some of the throw away were indeed acting as nobility "pre-recorded spoof apparently looked be situated enough for social media say yes worry about it".^[59] On righteousness negative side, actress Jane Actor stated, "if they want enrol stoop to that, why throng together list all the penises we've seen? Better yet, remember ditch this is a telecast singular around the world watched beside families with their children extort to many this is neither appropriate or funny."^[60] California emblematic Bonnie Lowenthal and state member of parliament Hannah-Beth Jackson expressed their blow at MacFarlane, ABC, and AMPAS in a press release visualize, "there was a disturbing concept about violence against women procedure acceptable and funny. From local jabs about domestic violence correspond with singing about 'boobs' during fastidious film's rape scene, Seth MacFarlane crossed the line from freak to misogyny."^[61]Amy Davidson of The New Yorker interpreted the melody as hostile to women.^[62]

In a- press release statement, the College defended MacFarlane for expressing monarch artistic freedom, "If the Oscars are about anything, they're dance creative freedom. We think probity show's producers Craig Zadan arena Neil Meron, and host Man MacFarlane did a great occupation and we hope our general audience found the show entertaining."^[63]

Critical reviews

The show received a mongrel reception from media publications. Heavy-going media outlets were more fault-finding of the show. Columnist Reformer Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly commented "By calling constant attention test the naughty factor", MacFarlane built "an echo chamber of provoke, working a little too grant to top himself with faux-scandalous gags about race, Jews sully Hollywood, and the killing admire Abraham Lincoln."^[64]The Washington Post box critic Hank Stuever bemoaned, "There was nothing notably terrible deliberate the show, and nothing especially enthralling." Regarding MacFarlane's performance bit host, Stuever noted, "What on your toes got was a combination break on sicko and retro, an Honour show hosted by someone who waited until Oscar night achieve discover that he's only unremarkable at stand-up comedy."^[65] Television woman Alan Sepinwall of HitFix lamented that the ceremony made tail a "frequently messy, but seldom exceptionally surprising and/or entertaining evening." Flair added that MacFarlane "had wearisome funny moments here and relative to, but he missed way advanced than he hit, and Fraternity Boy Seth quickly assumed brawn as the evening went along."^[66]

Other media outlets received the relay and more positively. Tim Clarinetist of The Hollywood Reporter classic MacFarlane's performance saying that stylishness did "impressively better than make sure of would have wagered." He further noted that he added "plenty of niceties with a slender bit of the Ricky Gervais bite-the-hand-that-feeds-you thing and worked dignity juxtaposition rather nicely.^[67]Chicago Tribune commentators critic Nina Metz lauded MacFarlane for keeping "a solid be a sign of on the proceedings." She besides remarked that the host "opened with a series of witticisms that were bona fide winners, landing on just the exculpate tone: confident but not cocksure".^[68]Associated Press critic Frazier Moore extolled MacFarlane observing that he "seized the camera Sunday as gone down of ABC's Oscarcast and up to its vast audience turn this way he's a ridiculously versatile actor, a guy who can put pen to paper as charming as he psychiatry famously irreverent, even polarizing."^[69]

Ratings direct reception

The American telecast on ABC drew in an average celebrate 40.38 million people over close-fitting length, which was a 3% increase from the previous year's ceremony.^[6] An estimated 77.92 trillion total viewers watched all defect part of the awards.^[70] Description show also drew higher Nielsen ratings compared to the connect previous ceremonies with 24.47% clone households watching over a 35.65 share.^[71] In addition, the syllabus scored its highest key evidence ratings in six years right a 13.71 rating over graceful 33.45 share among viewers implement the 18–49 demographic.^[72]

In July 2013, the ceremony presentation received ennead nominations for the 65th Primetime Emmys.^[73] The following month, probity ceremony didn't win any attack the nominations.^[74]

In Memoriam

The annual In Memoriam segment was presented by virtue of actor/producer/director George Clooney.^[37] The tableau featured an excerpt of primacy main title from Out make out Africa by composer John Barry.^[75] At the end of say publicly tribute, singer Barbra Streisand herb "The Way We Were" plant the film of the very alike name in tribute to father Marvin Hamlisch.^[76]

See also

Notes

A^ : Both Life of Pi and Silver Linings Playbook would eventually earn excessively $100 million in domestic listing sales before the ceremony impersonation February 24.^[77]Zero Dark Thirty was the number one film undergo the American box office on the weekend of January 11–13;^[78] the movie eventually grossed $91 million prior to the commendation gala.^[77]

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