The Oscars 2014 Nominations

American Hustle and Gravity each nominated for ten Academy Awards

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American Hustle and Gravity are the leading contenders for the 86th Academy Awards, with ten Oscar nominations each. Following closely behind was 12 Years a Slave, receiving nine nods.

In a Thursday morning ceremony, actor Chris Hemsworth and Cheryl Boone Isaacs, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unveiled the nominees for this year’s awards. There are nine nominees for Best Picture, owing to the 2011 rule change that allows between 5 and 10 nominees each year.

The nominees were unveiled at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Los Angeles Thursday. Winners will be announced at the Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday, March 2.

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Best Picture
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Her
Nebraska
Philomena
12 Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Actor
Christian Bale, American Hustle
Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club

Best Actress
Amy Adams, American Hustle
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock, Gravity
Judi Dench, Philomena
Meryl Streep, August: Osage County

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips
Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave
Jonah Hill, The Wolf of Wall Street
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club

 Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
June Squibb, Nebraska
Julia Roberts, August: Osage County
Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine

Best Director
David O. Russell, American Hustle
Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity
Alexander Payne, Nebraska
Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
Martin Scorsese, Wolf of Wall Street

Best Original Screenplay
American Hustle
Blue Jasmine
Her
Nebraska
Dallas Buyers Club

Best Animated Film
The Croods
Despicable Me 2
Frozen
The Wind Rises

Music (Original Song)
“Let it Go” from Frozen — Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
“Ordinary Love” from Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom — U2, lyrics by Paul Hewson, aka Bono
“Happy” from Despicable Me 2 — Pharrell Williams
“Alone Yet Not Alone” from Alone Yet Not Alone — music by Bruce Broughton, lyrics by Dennis Spiegel
“The Moon Song” from Her –– music by Karen O, lyrics by Karen O and Spike Jonze

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Before Midnight — Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke
Captain Phillips — Billy Ray
Philomena — Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
12 Years A Slave — John Ridley
The Wolf of Wall Street — Terence Winter

Writing (Original Screenplay)
American Hustle — Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell
Blue Jasmine — Woody Allen
Her — Spike Jonze
Nebraska — Bob Nelson
Dallas Buyers Club — Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack

Cinematography
The Grandmaster
Gravity
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
Prisoners

Costume Design
American Hustle
The Grandmaster
The Great Gatsby
The Invisible Woman
12 Years a Slave

Documentary (Feature)
The Act of Killing
20 Feet from Stardom
Cutie and the Boxer
Dirty Wars
The Square

Documentary (Short Subject)
CaveDigger
Facing Fear
Karama Has No Walls
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall

Film Editing
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
12 Years a Slave

Foreign Language Film
The Broken Circle Breakdown – Belgium
The Great Beauty – Italy
The Hunt – Denmark
The Missing Picture – Cambodia
Omar – Palestinian Territories

Makeup and hairstyling
Dallas Buyers Club
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
The Lone Ranger

Music (Original Score)
The Book Thief — John Williams
Gravity — Steven Price
Her — William Butler and Owen Pallett
Philomena — Alexandre Desplat
Saving Mr. Banks — Thomas Newman

Production design
American Hustle
Gravity
The Great Gatsby
Her
12 Years a Slave

Short Film (Animated)
Feral
Get a Horse!
Mr. Hublot
Possessions
Room on the Broom

Short Film (Live Action)
Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me)
Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just before Losing Everything)
Helium
Pitaako Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?)
The Voorman Problem

Sound Editing:
All Is Lost
Captain Phillips
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Lone Survivor

Sound Mixing:
Captain Phillips
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Inside Llewyn Davis
Lone Survivor

Visual Effects
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Iron Man 3
The Lone Ranger
Star Trek Into Darkness

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