The annual Academy Awards reach a prime age of 87 this year, and the nominees have officially been revealed. The big four categories (Best Picture, Director, Actor and Actress) feature a long list of nominees, all representing the same features in the categories, so not much variety.
Benedict Cumberbatch gets his first Oscar nod with The Imitation Game, whilst previous winners Julianne Moore and Marion Cotillard expect to see further gongs in their trophy cabinets. However the biggest news of the nominations news is the Academy Awards snubbing the critically acclaimed Selma in the Best Actor and Best Director categories.
The show is set to take place on February 22 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California, and will be hosted by Tony Award favourite Neil Patrick Harris, so expect to see some awesome stage pieces and showstopping music numbers.
Full list of categories and nominees can be found on the officoal Academy Awards website, check out some key categories andf nominees below.
Best Actor
Steve Carell, ‘Foxcatcher’
Bradley Cooper, ‘American Sniper’
Benedict Cumberbatch, ‘The Imitation Game’
Michael Keaton, Birdman’
Eddie Redmayne, ‘The Theory of Everything’
Best Actress
Marion Cotillard, ‘Two Days, One Night’
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything’
Julianne Moore, ‘Still Alice’
Rosamund Pike, ‘Gone Girl’
Reese Witherspoon, ‘Wild’
Best Supporting Actor
Robert Duvall, ‘The Judge’
Ethan Hawke, ‘Boyhood’
Edward Norton, ‘Birdman’
Mark Ruffalo, ‘Foxcatcher’
J.K. Simmons, ‘Whiplash’
Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette, ‘Boyhood’
Laura Dern, ‘Wild’
Keira Knightley, ‘The Imitation Game’
Emma Stone, ‘Birdman’
Meryl Streep, ‘Into the Woods’
Cinematography
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ida
Mr. Turner
Unbroken
Directing
Alejandro González Iñárritu, ‘Birdman’
Richard Linklater, ‘Boyhood’
Bennett Miller, ‘Foxcatcher’
Wes Anderson, ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’
Morten Tyldum, ‘The Imitation Game’
Foreign Language Film
‘Ida’, Poland
‘Leviathan’, Russia
‘Tangerines’, Estonia
‘Timbuktu’, Mauritania
‘Wild Tales’, Argentina
Original Score
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
Mr. Turner
The Theory of Everything
Adapted Screenplay
American Sniper
The Imitation Game
Inherent Vice
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash
Original Screenplay
Birdman
Boyhood
Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Nightcrawler
Best Picture
American Sniper
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash
Animated Feature Film
Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Song of the Sea
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Documentary Feature
Citizenfour
Finding Vivian Maier
Last Days in Vietnam
The Salt of the Earth
Virunga
Documentary Short Subject
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
Joanna
Our Curse
The Reaper (La Parka)
White Earth
Film Editing
American Sniper
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Whiplash
Original Song
“Everything Is Awesome”, ‘The Lego Movie’
“Glory”, ‘Selma’
“Grateful”, Beyond the Lights’
“I”m Not Gonna Miss You”, ‘Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me’
“Lost Stars”, ‘Begin Again’
Animated Short Film
The Bigger Picture
The Dam Keeper
Feast
Me And My Moulton
A Single Life
Live Action Short Film
Aya
Boogaloo and Graham
Butter Lamp
Parvaneh
The Phone Call
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