Will and I cobbled together some thoughts about this morning's
Academy Award nominations. Will seems pretty certain
Lincoln is a lock. I'm a little less sure. We could have a repeat of 1999, when
Saving Private Ryan (directed by Steven Spielberg) was the big, looming favorite but was defeated by
Shakespeare in Love (shepherded by Harvey Weinstein), the plucky, feel-good underdog. In 2013, that would pit
Lincoln against
Silver Linings Playbook -- Spielberg and Weinstein -- all over again. Still, if I was a betting man, I'd put my money down on
Lincoln. Anyway,
here's what we learned from today's nominations.