Spielberg’s ‘Lincoln’ tops Oscar nods with 12 (via AFP)
Steven Spielberg’s taut political drama “Lincoln,” about the 16th US president’s drive to abolish slavery during the American Civil War, is in the driver’s seat for the Oscars with 12 nominations. Taiwan-born Ang Lee’s visually stunning 3D adventure “Life of Pi,” based on the novel by Yann Martel,…