Post by King Silva on Jan 15, 2015 10:36:09 GMT -5
'Birdman,' 'Grand Budapest' lead Oscar nominations with nine, Aniston, DuVernay, etc snubbed
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The Oscar nominations were announced Thursday morning, and as we predicted, "Birdman" came out on top with nine nominations, but "The Grand Budapest Hotel" showed unexpected strength by also getting nine (we had predicted six). "The Imitation Game" followed with eight, and "Boyhood" and "American Sniper" had six.
"Birdman's" haul includes bids for Best Picture, Best Director (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu), Best Actor (Michael Keaton), Best Supporting Actor (Edward Norton), Best Supporting Actress (Emma Stone), Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Sound Editing, and Best Sound Mixing.
"Grand Budapest Hotel" scored nods for Picture, Director (Wes Anderson), Original Screenplay, and multiple crafts categories.
"Imitation Game" competes for Picture, Actor (Benedict Cumberbatch), Supporting Actress (Keira Knightley), and Adapted Screenplay. After he surprised with a nod at the DGA Awards, Morten Tyldum also won over the academy with a bid for Best Director.
But "Boyhood" was the frontrunner for Best Picture going into the nominations, and it contends in all categories it was expected to save Best Original Song. Of its six nominations, our predictors are also expecting it to win Director (Richard Linklater), Supporting Actress (Patricia Arquette), Original Screenplay, and Editing. Is it still the favorite for the top prize given the strong showings of its above competitors?
"American Sniper" clearly peaked at the right time, scoring six nominations despite mixed results at previous events. That includes bids for Picture, Actor (Bradley Cooper), and Adapted Screenplay.
"The Theory of Everything" competes for five, including Picture, Adapted Screenplay, and Score, and it's the only film this year to score nominations in both lead-acting races, for Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones.
"Whiplash" is up for five awards: Picture, Supporting Actor (J.K. Simmons), Adapted Screenplay, Editing, and Sound Mixing. 29-year-old helmer Damien Chazelle earned a Best Director bid at the BAFTAs, but not here.
The last among the eight nominees for Best Picture is "Selma," which despite showing strength with the Golden Globes, Critics' Choice Awards, and AFI, never really caught on in the industry. Its only other nomination is for Best Song ("Glory").
But that's not the only anomaly. "Foxcatcher" is nominated for Best Director (Bennett Miller) among its five bids, which makes it the first film to earn a directing bid but not a Best Picture bid since the academy expanded the Best Picture race in 2009.
The divisive "Interstellar" picked up five bids, but all below the line: Production Design, Score, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, and Visual Effects.
Major snubs, besides "Selma" in most categories, include Jennifer Aniston for "Cake"; she was replaced in the Best Actress race by Marion Cotillard in "Two Days, One Night." "Nightcrawler" also failed to make the cut anywhere except Original Screenplay; lead actor Jake Gyllenhaal was also absent from the competition. Jessica Chastain, a fequently Supporting Actress contender this season for "A Most Violent Year," was left off the Oscar list in favor of Laura Dern ("Wild").
Also missing from the competition are the Roger Ebert documentary "Life Itself" from Best Documentary Feature and the blockbuster "The Lego Movie" from Best Animated Feature.
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www.goldderby.com/news/8204/oscars-nominations-complete-list-boyhood-birdman-entertainment-13579086-story.html
Nominations for the 87th annual Academy Award were announced on Jan. 15. Winners will be revealed on Feb. 22 during the kudocast hosted by Neil Patrick Harris that airs live from the Dolby Theatre on ABC.
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 Gonzalez Inarritu, "Birdman"
Richard Linklater, "Boyhood"
Bennett Miller, "Foxcatcher"
Morten Tyldum, "The Imitation Game"
BEST ACTOR
Steve Carell, "Foxcatcher"
Bradley Cooper, "American Sniper"
Benedict Cumberbatch, "The Imitation Game"
Michael Keaton, "Birdman"
Eddie Redmayne, "The Theory of Everything"
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 SUPPORTING ACTOR
Robert Duvall, "The Judge"
Ethan Hawke, "Boyhood"
Edward Norton, "Birdman"
Mark Ruffalo, "Foxcatcher"
J.K. Simmons, "Whiplash"
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Patricia Arquette, "Boyhood"
Laura Dern, "Wild"
Keira Knightley, "The Imitation Game"
Emma Stone, "Birdman"
Meryl Streep, "Into the Woods"
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
"Birdman"
"Boyhood"
"Foxcatcher"
"The Grand Budapest Hotel"
"Nightcrawler"
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
"American Sniper"
"The Imitation Game"
"Inherent Vice"
"The Theory of Everything"
"Whiplash"
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
"Birdman"
"The Grand Budapest Hotel"
"Ida"
"Mr. Turner"
"Unbroken"
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
"The Grand Budapest Hotel"
"Inherent Vice"
"Into the Woods"
"Maleficent"
"Mr. Turner"
BEST EDITING
"American Sniper"
"Boyhood"
"The Grand Budapest Hotel"
"The Imitation Game"
"Whiplash"
BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
"Foxcatcher"
"The Grand Budapest Hotel"
"Guardians of the Galaxy"
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
"The Grand Budapest Hotel"
"The Imitation Game"
"Interstellar"
"Into the Woods"
"Mr. Turner"
BEST SCORE
"The Grand Budapest Hotel"
"The Imitation Game"
"Interstellar"
"Mr. Turner"
"The Theory of Everything"
BEST SONG
"Everything Is Awesome from "The Lego Movie"
"Glory" from "Selma"
"Grateful" from "Beyond the Lights"
"I'm Not Going to Miss You" from "Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me"
"Lost Stars" from "Begin Again"
BEST SOUND EDITING
"American Sniper"
"Birdman"
"The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies"
"Interstellar"
"Unbroken"
BEST SOUND MIXING
"American Sniper"
"Birdman"
"Interstellar"
"Unbroken"
"Whiplash"
BEST 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"
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 DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
"Citizenfour"
"Finding Vivian Maier"
"Last Days in Vietnam"
"The Salt of the Earth"
"Virunga"
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
"Ida"
"Leviathan"
"Tangerines"
"Timbuktu"
"Wild Tales"
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
"The Bigger Picture"
"The Dam Keeper"
"Feast"
"Me and My Moulton"
"A Single Life"
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
"Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1"
"Joanna"
"Our Curse"
"The Reaper"
"White Earth"
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
"Aya"
"Boogaloo and Graham"
"Butter Lamp"
"Parvaneh"
"The Phone Call"
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