By: Emily Schmitt
Hollywood’s biggest night is almost here and its most stressful morning for those in the motion picture industry has arrived. It’s the Academy Award Nominations.
Directors Alfonso Cuarón and J.J. Abrams are on hand to announce the first batch of categories, with Chris Pine and Cheryl Boone tapping in for the second round and, arguably, the biggest categories.
Award-winning stage and screen actor Neil Patrick Harris will host the ceremony for the first time. “It is truly an honor and a thrill to be asked to host this year’s Academy Awards. I grew up watching the Oscars and was always in such awe of some of the greats who hosted the show,” said Harris. Show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron are on hand for their third consecutive show. The last two Oscars have seen a spike in ratings, with last year’s telecast, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, pulling in more than 45 million viewers – the biggest showing since 2000.
The Academy gave Honorary Awards to Jean-Claude Carrière, Hayao Miyazaki, and Maureen O’Hara, as well as a Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Harry Belafonte, back in November of 2014.
The the full list of nominees:
Best Picture
AMERICAN SNIPER
BIRDMAN
BOYHOOD
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
THE IMITATION GAME
SELMA
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
WHIPLASH
Best Director
Alejandro Inarritu | BIRDMAN
Richard Linklater | BOYHOOD
Bennett Miller | FOXCATCHER
Wes Anderson | THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Mortem 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
Emma Stone | BIRDMAN
Meryl Streep | INTO THE WOODS
Keira Knightley | THE IMITATION GAME
Best Original Screenplay
BIRDMAN | Written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr., & Armando Bo
BOYHOOD | Written by Richard Linklater
FOXCATCHER | Written by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL | Screenplay by Wes Anderson; Story by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness
NIGHTCRAWLER | Written by Dan Gilroy
Best Adapted Screenplay
AMERICAN SNIPER | Written by Jason Hall
THE IMITATION GAME | Written by Graham Moore
INHERENT VICE | Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING | Screenplay by Anthony McCarten
WHIPLASH | Written by Damien Chazelle
Best Animated Feature
BIG HERO 6 | Don Hall, Chris Williams and Roy Conli
THE BOXTROLLS | Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable and Travis Knight
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 | Dean DeBlois and Bonnie Arnold
SONG OF THE SEA | Tomm Moore and Paul Young
THE TALE OF THE PRINCESS KAGUYA | Isao Takahata and Yoshiaki Nishimura
Best Animated Short Film
THE BIGGER PICTURE | Daisy Jacobs and Christopher Hees
THE DAM KEEPER | Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi
FEAST | Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed
ME AND MY MOULTON | Torill Kove
A SINGLE LIFE | Joris Oprins
Best Foreign Language Film
IDA
LEVIATHAN
TANGERINES
TIMBUKTU
WILD TALES
Best Documentary Feature
CITIZENFOUR | Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy, and Dirk Wilutzky
FINDING VIVIAN MAIER | John Maloof and Charlie Siskel
LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM | Rory Kennedy and Keven McAlester
THE SALT OF THE EARTH | Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, and David Rosier
VIRUNGA | Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara
Best Documentary Short Subject
CRISIS HOTLINE: VETERANS PRESS 1 | Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry
JOANNA | Aneta Kopacz
OUR CURSE | Tomasz Sliwinski and Maciej Slesicki
THE REAPER| Gabriel Serra Arguello
WHITE EARTH | J. Christian Jensen
Best Live Action Short Film
AYA | Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis
BOOGALOO AND GRAHAM | Michael Lennox and Ronan Blaney
BUTTER LAMP | Hu Wei and Julien Féret
PARVANEH | Talkhon Hamzavi and Stefan Eichenberger
THE PHONE CALL | Mat Kirkby and James Lucas
Best Cinematography
BIRDMAN | Emmanuel Lubezki
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL | Robert Yeoman
IDA | Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski
MR. TURNER | Dick Pope
UNBROKEN | Roger Deakins
Best Film Editing
AMERICAN SNIPER | Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach
BOYHOOD | Sandra Adair
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL | Barney Pilling
THE IMITATION GAME | William Goldenberg
WHIPLASH | Tom Cross
Best Production Design
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL | Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
THE IMITATION GAME | Production Design: Maria Djurkovic; Set Decoration: Tatiana Macdonald
INTERSTELLAR | Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
INTO THE WOODS | Production Design: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
MR. TURNER | Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Charlotte Watts
Best Costume Design
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL | Milena Canonero
INHERENT VICE | Mark Bridges
INTO THE WOODS | Colleen Atwood
MALEFICENT | Anna B. Sheppard and Jane Clive
MR. TURNER | Jacqueline Durran
Best Original Score
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL | Alexandre Desplat
THE IMITATION GAME | Alexandre Desplat
INTERSTELLAR | Hans Zimmer
MR. TURNER | Gary Yershon
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING | Johann Johannsson
Best Original Song
“Everything is Awesome” | THE LEGO MOVIE, Shawn Patterson
“Glory” | SELMA, John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn
“Grateful” | BEYOND THE LIGHTS, Diane Warren
“I’m Not Going to Miss You” | GLEN CAMPBELL: I’LL BE ME, Glen Campbell and Julian Raymond
“Lost Stars” | BEGIN AGAIN, Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois
Best Visual Effects
CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER | Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill. and Dan Sudick
DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES | Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett and Erik Winquist
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY | Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner, and Paul Corbould
INTERSTELLAR | Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher
X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST | Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie and Cameron Waldbauer
Best Makeup & Hairstyling
FOXCATCHER | Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL | Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY | Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White
Best Sound Mixing
AMERICAN SNIPER | John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, and Walt Martin
BIRDMAN | Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, and Thomas Varga
INTERSTELLAR | Gary A. Rizzo, Gregg Landaker and Mark Weingarten
UNBROKEN | Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, and David Lee
WHIPLASH | Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley
Best Sound Editing
AMERICAN SNIPER | Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
BIRDMAN | Martín Hernández and Aaron Glascock
THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES | Brent Burge and Jason Canovas
INTERSTELLAR | Richard King
UNBROKEN | Becky Sullivan and Andrew DeCristofaro
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The 87th Annual Oscars air live Sunday, February 27th, at 7 EST / 4 PST on ABC from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
