CHRISTIAN Bale-starrer “America Hustle” and science-fiction movie “Gravity” lead the 86th Academy Awards nominations with 10 nods each.
The official list of Oscar nominees was announced by Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaac and actor Chris Hemsworth on Thursday evening (local time) at Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California.
Bale is nominated in the Best Actor category alongside “12 Years a Slave” actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, “Nebraska’s” Bruce Dern, and acting heavyweights Leonardo DiCarpio (“12 Years a Slave”) and Matthew McConaughey (“Dallas Buyers Club”).
Mean time, “Gravity” star Sandra Bullock will compete in the Best Actress category together with Amy Adams (“American Hustle”), Cate Blanchett (“Blue Jasmine”), Judi Dench (“Philomena”) and seasoned actor Meryl Streep (“August: Osage County”).
Here’s the complete list of 2014 Oscar nominees:
Best Picture:
“American Hustle”
“Captain Phillips”
“Dallas Buyers Club”
“Gravity”
“Her”
“Nebraska”
“Philomena”
“12 Years a Slave”
“The Wolf of Wall Street”
Best Actor:
Christian Bale (“American Hustle”)
Bruce Dern (“Nebraska”)
Leonardo DiCarpio (“The Wolf of Wall Street”)
Chiwetel Ejiofor (“12 Years a Slave”)
Matthew McConaughey (“Dallas Buyers Club”)
Best Actress:
Amy Adams (“American Hustle”)
Cate Blanchett (“Blue Jasmine”)
Sandra Bullock (“Gravity”)
Judi Dench (“Philomena”)
Meryl Streep (“August: Osage County”)
Best Supporting Actor:
Berkhad 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 Supporting Actress:
Sally Hawkins (“Blue Jasmine”)
Jennifer Lawrence (“American Hustle”)
Lupita Nyong’o (“12 Years a Slave”)
Julia Roberts (“August: Osage County”)
June Squibb (“Nebraska”)
Animated Feature Film:
“The Croods”
“Despicable Me 2”
“Ernest & Celestine”
“Frozen”
“The Wind Rises”
Best Director:
David O. Russell (“America Hustle”)
Alfonso Cuaron (“Gravity”)
Alexander Payne (“Nebraska”)
Steve McQueen (“12 Years a Slave”)
Martin Scorsese (“The Wolf of Wall Street”)
Cinematography:
Philippe Le Sourd (“The Grandmaster”)
Emmanuel Lubezki (“Gravity”)
Bruno Delbonnel (“Inside Llewyn Davis”)
Phedon Papamichael (“Nebraska”)
Roger Deakins (“Prisoners”)
Documentary Feature:
“The Act of Killing”
“Cutie and the Boxer”
“Dirty Wars”
“The Square”
“20 Feet from Stardom”
Documentary Short Subject:
“CaveDigger”
“Facing Fear”
“Karama Has No Walls”
“The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life”
“Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall”
Writing – Adapted Screenplay:
“Before Midnight”
“Captain Phillips”
“Philomena”
“12 Years a Slave”
“The Wolf of Wall Street”
Writing – Original Screenplay:
“American Hustle”
“Blue Jasmine”
“Dallas Buyers Club”
“Her”
“Nebraska”
Short Film – Animated:
“Feral”
“Get a Horse!”
“Mr. Hublot”
“Possessions”
“Room on the Broom”
Short Film – Live Action:
“Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me)”
Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything)”
“Helium”
“Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?)”
“The Voorman Problem”
Film Editing:
“American Hustle”
“Captain Phillips”
“Dallas Buyers Club”
“Gravity”
“12 Years a Slave”
Costume Design:
“American Hustle”
“The Grandmaster”
“The Great Gatsby”
“The Invisible Woman”
“12 Years a Slave”
Makeup and Hairstyling:
“Dallas Buyers Club”
“Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa”
“The Lone Ranger”
Music – Original Score:
“The Book Thief”
“Gravity”
“Her”
“Philomena”
“Saving Mr. Banks”
Music – Original Song:
“Alone Yet Not Alone” (“Alone Yet Not Alone”)
“Happy” (“Despicable Me 2”)
“Let it Go” (“Frozen”)
“The Moon Song” (“Her”)
“Ordinary Love” (“Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom”)
Production Design:
“American Hustle”
“Gravity”
“The Great Gatsby”
“Her”
“12 Years a Slave”
Visual Effects:
“Gravity”
“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug”
“Iron Man 3”
“The Lone Ranger”
“Star Trek Into Darkness”
Sound Editing:
“All Is Lost”
“Captain Phillips”
“Gravity”
“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug”
“Lone Survivor”
Sound Mixing:
“Captain Phillips”
“Gravity”
“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug”
“Inside Llewyn Davis”
“Lone Survivor”
The Academy also announced the five shortlisted movies which will compete in the Foreign Language Film category of the Oscars. These are “The Broken Circle Breakdown” from Belgium, Italy’s “The Great Beauty,” Denmark’s “The Hunt,” “The Missing Picture” representing Cambodia and “Omar” from Palestine.
The coveted Oscar statuette will be handed to winners on March 2 at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California.
Comedienne Ellen DeGeneres will host the event for the second time. (Sunnex)
