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Yay for Laura Dern! |
This morning at @LauraDern’s house… pic.twitter.com/ZNWFp9s4vM
— Nathaniel Rogers (@nathanielr) January 15, 2015
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Rooting for Finding Vivian Maier |
Also getting lots of attention is the Animated Feature category with the snub of The Lego Movie. Lego, largely considered the frontrunner, missed out to dark horse The Song of the Sea. I'm rooting for How to Train Your Dragon 2 and The Tale of Princess Kaguya, though, so I can't complain about Lego missing out. (And Lego director Phil Lord made an Oscar, so everything is awesom.)
It's okay. Made my own! pic.twitter.com/kgyu1GRHGR
— philip lord (@philiplord) January 15, 2015
Happy Birthday, Dr. King. An Oscar gift for you. To SELMA cast + crew led by our miracle David Oyelowo! To Common + Legend! Kudos! March on!
— Ava DuVernay (@AVAETC) January 15, 2015
Marion Cotillard will be eating some cake today.
— Angelo Muredda (@amuredda) January 15, 2015
Other crazy business of Oscar morning includes the return of a Best Director nomination without a corresponding Best Picture nomination. That honour goes to Foxcatcher's Bennett Miller. This gap seems rare in the era of a Best Picture field that can range from 5-10 nominees, but I think that simply shows what a strong and competitive year it was.
A snub for Birdman in the Editing category is a bad sign, especially since that technical coup of the long take is the film's most impressive feat. The wide shut-out of Gone Girl is equally surprising outside of Rosamund Pike's Best Actress nomination. No Screenplay nomination for Gillian Flynn? No score nomination for Reznor and Ross? The screenplay snub is especially bad since nominee Whiplash isn't actually an adaptation, but in the category due to wonky Academy rulings. Nick Hornby's remarkable adaptation of Wild also failed to make the cut. But it's nice to see Paul Thomas Anderson's tricky adaptation of Inherent Vice get some notice.
Other good news, though, is a Best Animated Short for Canada's Me and My Moulton by Torill Kove. Kove, a past winner for The Danish Poet, has stiff competition for Disney's Feast. "Lost Stars" also has a Best Song nomination after missing out at the Golden Globes. It competes with Globe-winner "Glory", "Everything is Awesome" by Tegan and Sara, and Glen Miller, which means that Oscar night should at least have some of the best musical performances in years.
Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel lead with nine nominations apiece, although they both missed some notable nominations like the editing and Ralph Fiennes, respectively, while The Imitation Game came on strong with eight nominations and Boyhood with six. It's down to those four!
What do you think of today's nominations?
The nominees:
(Will update winner predictions on the Oscar Predictions page soon!)
Best Picture:
American Sniper
Birdman
Birdman
Best Director
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Birdman
Best Actor
Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Michael Keaton, Birdman
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
Best Actress
Reese Witherspoon, Wild
Best Supporting Actor:
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Best Original Screenplay
Birdman – Alejandro
G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo
The Grand Budapest Hotel– Wes Anderson
Nightcrawler - Dan Gilroy
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Theory of Everything – Anthony McCarten
Whiplash – Damien Chazelle
Best Film Editing:
American Sniper
Boyhood
Boyhood
Best Cinematography:
Best Costumes:
Mr. Turner
Best Production Design:
Mr.
Turner
Best Score:
The Grand Budapest Hotel– Alexandre Desplat
The Imitation Game – Alexandre Desplat
Interstellar –
Hans Zimmer and the church organ
Mr. Turner - Gary Yershon
The Theory of Everything - Johann Johannsson
Mr. Turner - Gary Yershon
The Theory of Everything - Johann Johannsson
Sound Mixing:
American Sniper
Birdman
Birdman
Unbroken
Whiplash
Whiplash
Sound Editing:
American Sniper
Birdman
The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies
The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies
Visual Effects:
Captain America: Winter Soldier
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Guardians of the
Galaxy
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Best Make-up
Foxcatcher
Guardians of the Galaxy
Guardians of the Galaxy
Best Song:
Best Documentary Feature:
The Salt of the Earth
Virunga
Best Foreign Language Film:
Best Animated Film:
Big Hero 6
Song of the Sea
Best Animated Short:
Best Live Action Short:
Aya
Boogaloo and Graham
Butter Lamp
Parveneh
The Phone Call
Boogaloo and Graham
Butter Lamp
Parveneh
The Phone Call
Short Documentary Short:
Joanna
Our Curse
The Reaper
White Earth
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