Daniel Day-Lewis is leading in the best actor category for his widely-praised portrayal of the 16th US President Abraham Lincoln in the Reliance-DreamWorks produced Lincoln.
The film follows Lincoln's struggle to abolish slavery as the country drifts into a civil war.
The other contenders in the best actor category are Bradley Cooper for Silver Linings Playbook (also starring Indian actor Anupam Kher), Denzel Washington for Flight, Joaquin Phoenix for The Master and Hugh Jackman for Les Miserables.
85-year-old French actress Emmanuelle Riva is the oldest ever to be nominated in the best actress category.
Riva plays a woman struggling with old age and death in Haneke's Amour.
Jessica Chastain is also a strong contender for the best actress trophy this year for her role as a CIA agent in Zero Dark Thirty.
She is facing competition from Silver Linings Playbook star Jennifer Lawrence, and Naomi Watts from the Tsunami drama The Impossible.
(Read by Brian Salter. Brian Salter is a journalist at the China Daily Website.)
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