The 86th Annual Academy Awards nominations were announced today by “Rush” actor Chris Hemsworth and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs. There were a few surprises such as Tom Hanks not being nominated for Captain Phillips OR Saving Mr. Banks, Lee Daniels Presents The Butler being shut out of the big categories but the perennial favorites such as American Hustle, 12 Years A Slave, Dallas Buyers club had multiple nominations.
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
THE CROODS
FROZEN
DESPICABLE ME 2
ERNEST & CELESTINE
THE WIND RISES
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
ADRUITHA LEE & ROBIN MATTHEWS – Dallas Buyers Club
JOEL HARLOW & GLORIA PASQUA-CASNY – The Lone Ranger
STEPHEN PROUTY – Jackass Presents Bad Granpa
BEST ACTRESS IN SUPPORTING ROLE
SALLY HAWKINS – Blue Jasmine
LUPITA NYONG’O – 12 Years A Slave
JENNIFER LAWRENCE – American Hustle
JUNE SQUIBB – Nebraska
JULIA ROBERTS – August: Osage County
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
DAVID O RUSSELL – American Hustle
STEVE MCQUEEN – 12 Years A Slave
MARTIN SCORCESE – Wolf of Wallstreet
ALFONSO CUARON – Gravity
COSTUME DESIGN
American Hustle – MICHAEL WILKINSON
12 Years A Slave – PATRICIA NORRIS
The Grandmaster – WILLIAM CHANG SUK PING
The Great Gatsby – CATHERINE NORRIS
The Invisible Woman – MICHAEL O’CONNOR
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
PHILIPPE LE SOURD – The Grandmaster
EMMANUEL LUBEZKI – Gravity
BRUNO DELBONNEL – Inside Llwelyn Davis
PHEDON PAPAMICHAEL – Nebraska
ROGER A. DEAKINS – Prisoners
BEST ACTRESS IN LEADING ROLE
AMY ADAMS – American Hustle
CATE BLANCHETT – Blue Jasmine
JUDI DENCH – Philomena
MERYL STREEP – August: Osage County
Sandra Bullock – Gravity
BEST ACTOR IN LEADING ROLE
CHRISTIAN BALE – American Hustle
BRUCE DERN – Nebraska
LEONARDO – Wolf of Wall Street
CHIWETEL EJIOFOR – 12 Years A Slave
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY – Dallas Buyers Club
BEST ACTOR IN SUPPORTING ROLE
BARKHAD ABDI – Captain Phillips
BRADLEY COOPER – American Hustle
JONAH HILL – Wolf of Wall Street
JARED LETO – Dallas Buyers Club
MICHAEL FASSBENDER – 12 Years A Slave
BEST PICTURE
AMERICAN HUSTLE
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
DALLAS BUYERS CLUB
GRAVITY
HER
NEBRASKA
PHILOMENA
12 YEARS A SLAVE
WOLF OF WALL STREET
WRITING ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell- American Hustle
Woody Allen – Blue Jasmine
Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack – Dallas Buyers Club
Spike Jonze – Her
Bob Nelson – Nebraska
WRITING ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke – Before Midnight
Billy Ray – Captain Phillips
Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope – Philomena
John Ridley – 12 Years a Slave
Terence Winter – The Wolf of Wall Street
MUSIC
“Alone Yet Not Alone” from ALONE YET NOT ALONE – Music by Bruce Broughton; Lyric by Dennis Spiegel
“Happy” from DESPICABLE ME 2 – Music and Lyric by Pharrell Williams
“Let it Go” from FROZEN – Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
“The Moon Song” from HER – Music by Karen O; Lyric by Karen O and Spike Jonze
“Ordinary Love” from MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM – Music by Paul Hewson, Dave Evans, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen; Lyric by Paul Hewson
VISUAL EFFECTS
Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould –
Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and Eric Reynolds – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash and Dan Sudick – Iron Man 3
Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams and John Frazier – The Lone Ranger
Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann and Burt Dalton – Star Trek Into Darkness
SHORT FILM
Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me) – Esteban Crespo
Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything) – Xavier Legrand and Alexandre Gavras
Helium – Anders Walter and Kim Magnusson
Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?) – Selma Vilhunen and Kirsikka Saari
The Voorman Problem – Mark Gill and Baldwin Li
The 86th Academy Awards will be hosted by Ellen Degeneres on Sunday March 2.
