A Golden Globe is great, a BAFTA is nice, but an Oscar is the statuette every Hollywood heavyweight is dreaming of placing on their mantel.
The most prestigious and, let’s face it, exciting awards ceremony nominees have been announced and the list features exactly what one would expect as well as one pretty major and obvious snub…
By Chloe Schneider
Ava DuVernay’s Selma, a moving biopic about Martin Luther King Jr., received a nod for best picture and best original song (for the Golden Globe winning Glory by Common and John Legend), but nothing for the film’s director and actors. This is a particular shock for Ava DuVernay who was a frontrunner in the many nominee predictions and would have been the first African American woman to have ever been nominated in the Director category.
Unsurprisingly, Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel (which cleaned up at the Golden Globes — see the Full Winners List here) came in with the most nominations, tying with an impressive nine each. The Imitation Game came in third place with eight nominations, followed by Boyhood and American Sniper with six each. Interstellar, Foxcatcher, and Whiplash each came in with a strong five.
Already one nominated celebrity, Emma Stone, has managed to make a statement that went viral. After receiving her first ever Oscar nomination for her supporting role in Birdman, in which she plays Michael Keaton’s wonderfully stuck-up daughter, the star released a press statement that read, “Well, this is surreal. I am completely knocked out. Thank you to the Academy for this incredible honor. I am very proud and lucky to be part of Birdman and I can’t believe it came to this. I am so f––ing excited. Are you allowed to say ‘f––’ when making a statement for the Oscars? I’m just really f––ing excited.” Here’s hoping there are some quick-fingered censorship managers on board should Stone be the one to take out the award!
The 87th Academy Awards are set to take place on Sunday February 22nd, Monday in Australia, at Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre. Neil Patrick Harris, a seasoned awards show pro, will be taking over hosting duties from Ellen DeGeneres who last year brought in a reported eight per cent increase in viewership and took that all-start selfie that broke Twitter and was said to have earned the show a huge $1 billion in publicity. Harris certainly has big shoes to fill, but we’re confident the funny guy can do it.
For a recap of who won last year at the 2014 Academy Awards, click here.
Read the full list of Oscar nominations 2015 below:
Best Picture
American Sniper
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash
Actor in a Leading Role
Steve Carell – Foxcatcher
Bradley Cooper – American Sniper
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game
Michael Keaton – Birdman
Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything
Actress in a Leading Role
Marion Cotillard – Two Days, One Night
Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore – Still Alice
Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon – Wild
Actor in a Supporting Role
Robert Duvall – The Judge
Ethan Hawke – Boyhood
Edward Norton – Birdman
Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher
JK Simmons – Whiplash
Actress in a Supporting Role
Patricia Arquette – Boyhood
Laura Dern – Wild
Keira Knightley – The Imitation Game
Emma Stone – Birdman
Meryl Streep – Into the Woods
Directing
Alejandro G Inarritu – Birdman
Richard Linklater – Boyhood
Bennett Miller – Foxcatcher
Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Morten Tyldum – The Imitation Game
Original Screenplay
Birdman
Boyhood
Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Nightcrawler
Adapted Screenplay
American Sniper
The Imitation Game
Inherent Vice
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash
Original Score
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
Mr Turner
The Theory of Everything
Cinematography
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ida
Mr Turner
Unbroken
Make-up and hairstyling
Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Guardians of the Galaxy
Costume Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Inherent Vice
Into The Woods
Maleficent
Mr Turner
Animated Feature Film
Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Song of the Sea
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Animated Short
The Bigger Picture
The Dam Keeper
Feast
Me and My Mouton
A Single Life
Sound Mixing
American Sniper
Birdman
Interstellar
Unbroken
Whiplash
Production Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
Into The Woods
Mr Turner
Film Editing
American Sniper
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Whiplash
Documentary Feature
Citzenfour
Finding Vivian Maier
Last Days in Vietnam
The Salt of the Earth
Virunga
Visual Effects
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Guardians of the Galaxy
Interstellar
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Original Song
Everything is Awesome – The Lego Movie
Glory – Selma
Grateful – Beyond the Lights
I’m Not Gonna Miss You – Glen Campbell… I’ll Be Me
Lost Stars – Begin Again
