BEVERLY HILLS—It’s the moment critics and movie lovers have been waiting for all year long: The Oscar nominations! Nominees were announced on Thursday, January 15 by AMPAS President Cheryl Boone-Isaacs, actor Chris Pine, and directors J.J. Abrams and Alfonso Cuaron at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
For the first-time in Oscar-history, all nominees were announced live. Normally, only the contenders in the major categories are announced during the live telecast. Leading the pack of all nominees was the film “Birdman” and “The Grand Budapest Hotel” with nine nominations apiece.
There were of course those snubs that will have minds wandering for days, weeks, months, perhaps years. No love for Angelina Jolie and her crowd-pleaser “Unbroken,” same notion for “Selma” which was generating massive buzz.
No Clint Eastwood for Best Director, Jennifer Aniston and Amy Adams both missing from the Best Actress race, and we can’t forget about “Selma” which was missing from the bulk of the major categories. No director nomination for Ava DuVernay, no love for David Oyelowo for Best Actor.
Some of the biggest surprises is the amount of love for “American Sniper,” “Foxcatcher” and “The Grand Budapest Hotel.” Meryl Streep picked up her record 19th nomination for her musical turn in “Into the Woods.” A full list of this year’s nominees are listed below.
Best Picture
“Boyhood”
“Birdman”
“Selma”
“The Theory of Everything” “American Sniper”
“The Grand Budapest Hotel”
“The Imitation Game”
“Whiplash”
Best Director
Richard Linklater “Boyhood”
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu “Birdman”
Bennett Miller “Foxcatcher”
Wes Anderson “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
Morton Tyldum “The Imitation Game”
Best Actor
Eddie Redmayne “The Theory of Everything”
Michael Keaton “Birdman”
Bradley Cooper “American Sniper”
Steve Carell “Foxcatcher”
Benedict Cumberbatch “The Imitation Game”
Best Actress
Julianne Moore “Still Alice”
Felicity Jones “The Theory of Everything”
Reese Witherspoon “Wild”
Marion Cotillard “Two Days One Night”
Rosamund Pike “Gone Girl”
Best Supporting Actor
Ethan Hawke “Boyhood”
Edward Norton “Birdman”
Robert Duvall “The Judge”
Mark Ruffalo “Foxcatcher”
J.K. Simmons “Whiplash”
Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette “Boyhood”
Emma Stone “Birdman”
Laura Dern “Wild”
Keira Knightley “The Imitation Game”
Meryl Streep “Into the Woods”
Best Original Screenplay
“Birdman”
“Boyhood”
“Foxcatcher”
“The Grand Budapest Hotel”
“Nightcrawler”
Best Adapted Screenplay
“American Sniper”
“The Imitation Game”
“Inherent Vice”
“The Theory of Everything”
“Whiplash”
Best Cinematography
“Birdman”
“The Grand Budapest Hotel”
“Ida”
“Mr. Turner”
“Unbroken”
Best Foreign Language Film
“Ida”
“Leviathan”
“Tangerines”
“Timbuktu”
“Wild Tales”
Best Original Song
“Everything Is Awesome” from The Lego Movie
“Glory” from Selma
“Begin Again” from Lost Stars
“Grateful” from Beyond the Lights
“I’m Not Gonna Miss Your” from Glen Campbelle…I’ll Be Me
Best Original Score
“The Grand Budapest Hotel”
“The Imitation Game”
“Interstellar”
“Mr. Turner”
“The Theory of Everything”
Best Visual Effects
“Captain American: The Winter Soldier”
“Guardians of the Galaxy”
“Dawn of the Planet of the Apes”
“Interstellar”
“X-Men: Days of Future Past”
Best Editing
“American Sniper”
“Whiplash”
“The Imitation Game”
“Boyhood”
“The Grand Budapest Hotel”
Best Animated Film
“Big Hero 6”
“The Boxtrolls”
“How To Train Your Dragon 2”
“Song of the Sea”
“The Tale of Princess Kaguya”
Best Documentary-Short
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“Joana”
“The Reaper”
“White Earth”
“Our Curse”
Best Documentary-Feature
“Citizenfour”
“Finding Vivien Maier”
“Last Days of Vietnam”
“The Salt of the Earth”
“Virunga”
Best Production Design
“The Imitation Game”
“Interstellar”
“Mr. Turner”
“Into the Woods”
“The Grand Budapest Hotel”
Best Animated Short
“The Bigger Picture”
“The Damn Keeper”
“A Single Life”
“Feast”
Best Live Action Short
“Aya”
“Boogaloo and Graham”
“Butter Lamp”
“Parvaneh”
“The Phone Call”
Best Sound Editing
“American Sniper”
“Birdman”
“The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies”
“Interstellar”
“Unbroken”
Best Sound Mixing
“American Sniper”
“Birdman”
“Interstellar”
“Unbroken”
“Whiplash”
Best Make-Up And Hairstyling
“Foxcatcher”
“The Grand Budapest Hotel”
“Guardians of the Galaxy”
Best Costume Design
“The Grand Budapest Hotel”
“Inherent Vice”
“Into the Woods”
“Maleficent”
“Mr. Turner”
Best Cinematography
“Birdman”
“The Grand Budapest Hotel”
“Ida”
“Mr. Turner”
“Unbroken”
The 87th Annual Academy Awards will be handed out on Sunday, February 22, and hosted by a seasoned awards veteran in Neil Patrick Harris. The show will be televised live on ABC at 8:30 p.m. EST.
