Leonoardo DiCaprio snubbed for Best Supporting Actor in "Django Unchained"
Why surprising: He managed not to drop his southern accent for the whole film, which is hard.

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"The Master" snubbed for Best Picture, Best Director
Why surprising: Somehow an organization of Hollywood celebrities didn't eat up a film criticizing the founder of Scientology.

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Robert DeNiro nominated for Best Supporting Actor in "Silver Linings Playbook"
Why surprising: It's 2013.

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Ben Affleck snubbed for Best Director, "Argo"
Why surprising: These are the Oscars, and "Argo" is a pretty good movie about a historical thing. Hello?

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Katherine Bigelow snubbed for Best Director, "Zero Dark Thirty"
Why surprising: Her film portrayed the epic hunt for the world's most wanted terrorist, which - well, on the other hand, you wouldn't want a lady winning this award twice.

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Rachel Weisz snubbed for Best Actress in "The Deep Blue Sea"
Why surprising: She risked life and limb by smoking cigarettes on camera.

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Quentin Tarantino snubbed for Best Director, "Django Unchained"
Why surprising: The Academy usually loves daringly unpredictable and highly-stylized directorial choices. (See "Forrest Gump.")

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"Moonrise Kingdom" snubbed for Best Production Design
Why surprising: Every other movie's production design of the past year was complete garbage.

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"Lincoln" nominated for Best Picture
Why surprising: It turns out Republican congressmen once passed laws (!).

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