This image released by DreamWorks II Distribution Co., LLC and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation shows Sally Field and Daniel Day-Lewis appear in a scene from "Lincoln." Fields was nominated for an Academy Award for best supporting actress and Lewis was nominated for best actor on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, for their roles in Lincoln. The 85th Academy Awards will air live on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013 on ABC. (AP Photo/DreamWorks II Distribution Co., LLC and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, David James)
This September 4, 2012 publicity photo provided by DreamWorks and Twentieth Century Fox, shows actor, Daniel Day-Lewis, left, and director, Steven Spielberg, posing for a portrait in New York. Day-Lewis stars as Abraham Lincoln in the new Spielberg directed film, Lincoln." Spielberg was nominated for an Academy Award for best director on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, for Lincoln." Lewis was nominated for best actor. The 85th Academy Awards will air live on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013 on ABC. (AP Photo/DreamWorks, Twentieth Century Fox, Kevin Lynch, File)
This publicity film image released by 20th Century Fox shows Suraj Sharma in a scene from "Life of Pi," directed by Ang Lee. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for best picture on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. The 85th Academy Awards will air live on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013 on ABC. (AP Photo/20th Century Fox, Jake Netter, File)
FILE - This undated publicity film image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Bryan Cranston, left, as Jack OíDonnell and Ben Affleck as Tony Mendez in "Argo," a rescue thriller about the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis. Best-picture prospects for Oscar Nominations on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, include, Lincoln, directed by Steven Spielberg; Zero Dark Thirty, directed by Kathryn Bigelow; Les Miserables, directed by Tom Hooper; Argo, directed by Ben Affleck; Django Unchained, directed by Quentin Tarantino; and Life of Pi, directed by Ang Lee. (AP Photo/Warner Bros., Claire Folger, File)
FILE - This publicity film image released by Universal Pictures shows Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean holding Isabelle Allen as Young Cosette in a scene from "Les Miserables." Best-picture prospects for Oscar Nominations on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, include, Lincoln, directed by Steven Spielberg; Zero Dark Thirty, directed by Kathryn Bigelow; Les Miserables, directed by Tom Hooper; Argo, directed by Ben Affleck; Django Unchained, directed by Quentin Tarantino; and Life of Pi, directed by Ang Lee. (AP Photo/Universal Pictures, Laurie Sparham, File)
In this undated publicity photo released by Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Jessica Chastain, center, plays a member of the elite team of spies and military operatives, stationed in a covert base overseas, with Christopher Stanley, left, and Alex Corbet Burcher, right, who secretly devote themselves to finding Osama Bin Laden in Columbia Pictures' new thriller, "Zero Dark Thirty." Best-picture prospects for Oscar nominations on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, include, "Lincoln," directed by Steven Spielberg; "Zero Dark Thirty," directed by Kathryn Bigelow; "Les Miserables," directed by Tom Hooper; "Argo," directed by Ben Affleck; "Django Unchained," directed by Quentin Tarantino; and "Life of Pi," directed by Ang Lee. (AP Photo/Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Jonathan Olley)
FILE - This Oct. 19, 2012 file photo shows actor-director Ben Affleck posing for photographers during a photocall to present his movie "Argo" in Rome. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for best picture on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. Alan Arkin was nominated for best supporting actor and Chris Terrio for best adapted screenplay, but Affleck was not nominated for either best actor or best director for his work in the film. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, file)
FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012 file photo, director Kathryn Bigelow participates in a "Zero Dark Thirty" photo call in New York. The film was nominated for an Academy Award and Mark Boal was nominated for best original screenplay for the film but Bigelow was not nominated for best director. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
FILE - This June 25, 2012 file photo shows Benh Zeitlin, director and co-writer of the movie "Beasts of the Southern Wild," arriving at the premiere of the movie at the Joy Theater in New Orleans. was nominated for an Academy Award for best director on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, for the film. The 85th Academy Awards will air live on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013 on ABC. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, file)
FILE - This Oct. 15, 2012 file photo shows Austrian director Michael Haneke at the pre-premier of the movie "Amour" in Paris. Haneke was nominated for an Academy Award for best director on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, for Amour. The 85th Academy Awards will air live on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013 on ABC. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, file)
FILE - This June 7, 2012 file photo shows director Steven Spielberg at the AFI Life Achievement Award Honoring Shirley MacLaine at Sony Studios in Culver City, Calif. Spielberg was nominated for an Academy Award for best director on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, for Lincoln. The 85th Academy Awards will air live on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013 on ABC. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, file)
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Steven Spielberg had a great day at the Academy Awards nominations, where his Civil War saga “Lincoln” led with 12 nominations. It was not so great for Kathryn Bigelow, Tom Hooper and Ben Affleck, whose films did well but surprised — …