'Lincoln' leads the Oscar nominations after being named in 12 categories.

Emma Stone and Seth MacFarlane unveiled the shortlist for this year's Academy Awards earlier today (10.01.13) and the Steven Spielberg-directed biopic - which stars Daniel Day-Lewis as pioneering US President Abraham Lincoln - leads the way, followed closely by 'Life of Pi', which is up for 11 honours.

Naomi Watts is fascinated by Princess Diana because her life was ''filled with tragedy''.

The 44-year-old actress portrays the late British royal - the ex-wife of Prince Charles and mother of Princes William and Harry who died in a Paris car crash in 1997 - in forthcoming biopic 'Diana' and she admits she was attracted to the role because of the ''contradictions'' in the princess' life.