2015 Oscar Nominations Announced

On February 22 we’ll learn who the big winners and losers of the 2015 Oscars race are. But first, we need to know which stars, filmmakers and films are in the running for the competition — and today, we have our answer.

Nominations for the 87th Academy Awards were announced this morning by “Star Trek” star Chris Pine, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” director J.J. Abrams, and Oscar-winning “Gravity” director Alfonso Cuarón and as always, there were some expected results, and some serious snubs and surprises.   Meryl Streep extended her record with her 19th Oscar nomination for her Supporting Actress work in the musical Into the Woods. Robert Duvall, who turned 84 years old last week, was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in The Judge. It’s his seventh career nomination, and he surpasses Hal Holbrook (Into the Wild) as the oldest male acting nominee in Oscar history. (Emmanuelle Riva was 85 when she was nominated for Amour.)

“Birdman” and “The Grand Budapest Hotel” lead the pack with nine nominations each, with “The Imitation Game” is close behind with eight nominations. Both “American Sniper” and “Boyhood” received six nominations, with “Interstellar”, “The Theory of Everything” and “Whiplash” ringing up five nominations each.

Of particular surprise is the near shutout of “Selma”, director Ava DuVernay’s film about the civil rights movement in the 1960s.  The film only earned nominations for Best Picture and Best Song.

The Best Animated Feature Film category contains one of the other biggest surprises: “The LEGO Movie”,  considered by many critics and film fans as a frontrunner to win the category, wasn’t nominated, receiving only one nom for Best Original Song.

See attached of nominees -

Best Picture "American Sniper" "Birdman" "Boyhood" "The Grand Budapest Hotel" "The Imitation Game" "Selma" "The Theory of Everything" "Whiplash" Best Director Wes Anderson, "The Grand Budapest Hotel" Alejandro González Iñárritu, "Birdman" Richard Linklater, "Boyhood" Bennett Miller, “Foxcatcher” Morten Tyldum, "The Imitation Game" 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 Actor Steve Carell, "Foxcatcher" Bradley Cooper, “American Sniper” Benedict Cumberbatch, "The Imitation Game" Michael Keaton, "Birdman" Eddie Redmayne, "The Theory of Everything" Best Supporting Actress Patricia Arquette, "Boyhood" Laura Dern, “Wild” Keira Knightley, "The Imitation Game" Emma Stone, "Birdman" Meryl Streep, "Into the Woods" Best Supporting Actor Robert Duvall, "The Judge" Ethan Hawke, "Boyhood" Edward Norton, "Birdman" Mark Ruffalo, "Foxcatcher" J.K. Simmons, "Whiplash" Best Adapted Screenplay Paul Thomas Anderson, “Inherent Vice” Damien Chazelle, "Whiplash" Jason Hall, “American Sniper” Anthony McCarten, "The Theory of Everything" Graham Moore, "The Imitation Game" Best Original Screenplay Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness, "The Grand Budapest Hotel" Dan Futterman and E. Max Frye, "Foxcatcher" Dan Gilroy, "Nightcrawler" Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris and Armando Bo, "Birdman" Richard Linklater, "Boyhood" Best Foreign Language Film "Leviathan" "Ida" "Tangerines" “Timbuktu” "Wild Tales" Best Documentary Feature "CITIZENFOUR" “Finding Vivian Maier” "Last Days in Vietnam" “The Salt in the Earth” "Virunga” Best Animated Feature "Big Hero 6" "The Boxtrolls" "How to Train Your Dragon 2" “Song of the Sea” "The Tale of The Princess Kaguya" Best Film Editing "American Sniper" "Boyhood" “The Grand Budapest Hotel” "The Imitation Game" "Whiplash" Best Original Song "Everything is Awesome" from "The LEGO Movie" (written by Shawn Patterson) "Glory" from "Selma" (written by Common and John Legend) "Grateful" from "Beyond the Lights" (written by Diane Warren) "I’m Not Gonna Miss You" from "Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me" (written by Glen Campbell) "Lost Stars" from "Begin Again" (written by Gregg Alexander, Danielle Brisebois, Nick Lashley and Nick Southwood) Best Original Score Alexandre Desplat, "The Grand Budapest Hotel" Alexandre Desplat, "The Imitation Game" Johann Johannsson, "The Theory of Everything" Gary Yershon, “Mr. Turner” Hans Zimmer, "Interstellar" Best Cinematography Roger Deakins, "Unbroken" Emmanuel Lubezki, "Birdman" Dick Pope, "Mr. Turner" Robert Yeoman, "The Grand Budapest Hotel" Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski, “Ida”