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.