2015 Academy Awards Nominations
The wait is over. Early this morning, Chris Pine, J.J. Abrams, Alfonso Cuarón, and Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs gathered to announce the nominees for the 87th Oscars. Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel led the nominations with 9 each, followed closely by The Theory of Everything with 8. American Sniper did better than expected with 7 nominations (including Best Actor and Best Picture). On the flip side, The Lego Movie somehow failed to grab a Best Animated Feature Film nod, and Nightcrawler secured only a single nomination for Best Original Screenplay. In somewhat happier news, Selma won a spot in the Best Picture race and picked up a nomination for its Golden Globe-winning theme “Glory”… but both lead actor David Oyelowo and director Ava DuVernay went ignored. One of the bigger surprises in the acting categories was Marion Cotillard’s Best Actress nomination for Two Days, One Night, for which she beat out the likes of Jennifer Aniston (Cake) and Amy Adams (Big Eyes). 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” from The Lego Movie “Glory” from Selma “Grateful” from Beyond the Lights “I’m Not Gonna Miss You” from Glen Campbell… I’ll Be Me “Lost Stars” from Begin Again Production Design The Grand Budapest Hotel The Imitation Game Interstellar Into the Woods Mr. Turner 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 (La Lampe au Beurre de Yak) Parvaneh The Phone Call Sound Editing American Sniper Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Interstellar Unbroken Sound Mixing American Sniper Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Interstellar Unbroken Whiplash Visual Effects Captain America: The Winter Soldier Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Guardians of the Galaxy Interstellar X-Men: Days of Future Past Best Actor Steve Carell, Foxcatcher Bradley Cooper, American Sniper Benedict Cumberbatch, 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 or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher J.K. Simmons, Whiplash Best Supporting Actress Patricia Arquette, Boyhood Laura Dern, Wild Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game Emma Stone, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Meryl Streep, Into the Woods Cinematography Emmanuel Lubezki, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Robert Yeoman, The Grand Budapest Hotel Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski, Ida Dick Pope, Mr. Turner Roger Deakins, Unbroken Costume Design Milena Canonero, The Grand Budapest Hotel Mark Bridges, Inherent Vice Colleen Atwood, Into the Woods Anna B. Sheppard and Jane Clive, Maleficent Jacqueline Durran, Mr. Turner Directing Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) 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) Makeup and Hairstyling Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard, Foxcatcher Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier, The Grand Budapest Hotel Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White, Guardians of the Galaxy Original Score Alexandre Desplat, The Grand Budapest Hotel Alexandre Desplat, The Imitation Game Hans Zimmer, Interstellar Gary Yershon, Mr. Turner Jóhann Jóhannsson, The Theory of Everything Adapted Screenplay Jason Hall, American Sniper Graham Moore, The Imitation Game Paul Thomas Anderson, Inherent Vice Anthony McCarten, The Theory of Everything Damien Chazelle, Whiplash Original Screenplay Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Richard Linklater, Boyhood E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman, Foxcatcher Wes Anderson; Story by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness, The Grand Budapest Hotel Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler Best Picture American Sniper Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Boyhood The Grand Budapest Hotel The Imitation Game Selma The Theory of Everything Whiplash The 87th Academy Awards ceremony will be held on February 22, 2015. Neil Patrick Harris is hosting.