Argo and Les Miserables won three Oscars apiece, with Django Unchained, Lincoln and Bond movie Skyfall receiving two awards each.

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The first films to be shown on opening night will be Lincoln, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, and the latest James Bond adventure, Skyfall.

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The latest entry in the Bond franchise had eight nominations, but Stephen Spielberg's "Lincoln" led the field with 10 nods, followed by "Les Miserables" and "Life of Pi, " which both received nine nominations.

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