Photo: Fox Searchlight
The highly anticipated nominees for the 86th Annual Academy Awards have been announced today. The field of it is led by space drama Gravity and American Hustle who scored ten nominations each. It is followed by critically acclaimed slave drama 12 Years A Slave from director Steve McQueen. He’s also up for the director’s award, next to Alfonso Cuarón or legendary Martin Scorsese. The male lead actor category sees Leonardo DiCaprio competing against Matthew McConaughey and Christian Bale. The actress category comes with Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett and Meryl Streep who received her 18th(!) Oscar nomination.
And if you’re into soundtracks you’ll find some familiar names in these categories. The ‘Best Original Song’ categories sees Irish rock legends U2 fighting against r’n’b star PHARELL WILLIAMS and YEAH YEAH YEAHS‘ singer Karen O. ARCADE FIRE‘s Win Butler and OWEN PALLET are nominated in the ‘Best Score’ category with their contribution for Spike Jonzes Her. See the full list of Oscar nominees 2014 right here.
BEST MOVIE
12 Years a Slave (pictured)
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Her
Nebraska
Philomena
The Wolf of Wall Street
BEST DIRECTOR
Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity
Alexander Payne, Nebraska
David O. Russell, American Hustle
Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street
BEST LEAD 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 LEAD 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
Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave
Julia Roberts, August: Osage County
June Squibb, Nebraska
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
American Hustle, David O. Russell and Eric Singer
Blue Jasmine, Woody Allen
Dallas Buyers Club, Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack
Her, Spike Jonze
Nebraska, Bob Nelson
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
12 Years a Slave, John Ridley
Before Midnight, Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, and Ethan Hawke
Captain Phillips, Billy Ray
Philomena, Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
The Wolf of Wall Street, Terence Winter
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
The Croods
Despicable Me 2
Ernest & Celestine
Frozen
The Wind Rises
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Broken Circle Breakdown, Belgium
The Great Beauty, Italy (pictured)
The Hunt, Denmark
The Missing Picture, Cambodia
Omar, Palestine
BEST DOCUMENTARY
20 Feet From Stardom
The Act of Killing
Cutie and the Boxer
Dirty Wars
The Square
BEST ORIGINAL SONG FOR A MOVIE
JONI EARECKSON TADA – “Alone Yet Not Alone,” Alone Yet Not Alone
PHARELL WILLIAMS – “Happy,” Despicable Me 2
IDINA MENZEL – “Let It Go,” Frozen
KAREN O – “The Moon Song,” Her
U2 – “Ordinary Love,” Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Book Thief, John Williams
Gravity, Steven Price
Her, William Butler and Owen Pallett
Philomena, Alexandre Desplat
Saving Mr. Banks, Thomas Newman
See the full list of nominees right here.
—