Steven Spielberg tied for his personal best today at this year’s Academy Awards nominations ceremony when his film “Lincoln” received Oscar nods for best picture, director, as well as several acting nominations for his cast including Daniel Day Lewis, Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones.

Spielberg also received 12 Oscar nominations back in 1993 for his film “Schindler’s List” which went on to win Best Picture and Best Director.

All together 9 films were nominated in the best picture category this morning: “Argo,” Ben Affleck’s true story of the rescue of hostages in Iran, Tarantino’s western slave-revenge film “Django Unchained,” the low-budget indie hit “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” the film adaptation of the musical “Les Miserables,” the film adaptation of the book “Life of Pi,” the elderly love story “Amour,” the Osama Bin Laden manhunt flick “Zero Dark Thirty” and “Silver Linings Playbook” starring Bradley Cooper.

The Academy Awards will air on February, 24th from Los Angeles.

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It was only a month ago that actor Joaquin Phoenix was quoted as saying that the Academy Awards were “bulls**t” and that they were neither something he wanted “to be a part of” or “believe in,” now, perhaps because award season is quickly approaching, the outspoken actor has had a change of heart.

Phoenix told the Sydney Morning Herald: “I wouldn’t have the career that I have if it weren’t for the Oscars. I haven’t been in a lot of movies that have made a lot of money…and getting nominated for a movie has probably helped my career tremendously.”

Phoenix has been nominated twice for an Oscar in the past, for his role in ‘Gladiator’ and for his role as Johnny Cash in the biopic ‘Walk the Line’ and with another nomination likely for his latest lead role in ‘The Master’ it seems the actor has decided to play nice with the Academy saying: “It’s not like I f—king hate the Oscars. It doesn’t occupy my time to where I can build up hate.”

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