American Hustle and Gravity Lead The Pack With 10 Academy Award Nominations Each

Shannon O’Connor ’16 / Emertainment Monthly Editor-in-Chief
At the early hour of 8:38am ET / 5:38am PT, Chris Hemsworth and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced the nominees of the 86th Annual Academy Awards.
Coming out on top of all the nominees was American Hustle with a total of 10 nominations, including a nomination in every acting field, directing and Best Picture. Gravity also scored 10 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actress and Best Director. 12 Years a Slave was a close behind with 9 nominations including 3 of the 4 acting categories (no Best Actress nomination), directing and Best Picture.
While the success of American Hustle and 12 Years a Slave came as no surprise seeing how both films fared at the Golden Globes on Sunday January 12, there were many snubs and surprises this morning when the nominees were announced. Shoe-in nominees like Robert Redford (All Is Lost), Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips) and Emma Thompson (Saving Mr. Banks) were no where to be found on the Oscar ballot. Even Oprah Winfrey who portrayed the boozy housewife in Lee Daniel’s The Butler was edged out of the Best Supporting Actress race by Sally Hawkins for her performance in Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine.
With all the snubs and surprises (Jonah Hill scoring a Best Supporting Actor nomination!), the 86th Annual Academy Awards will definitely be an exciting and interesting ceremony.
The ceremony, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, will be on March 2nd on ABC 7pm ET/ 4pm PT.
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 DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
• Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
• Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyer’s 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

• Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips
• Bradley Cooper,  American Hustle
• Jonah Hill, The Wolf of Wall Street
• Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave
• 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

Best Director

• David O. Russell, American Hustle
• Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity
• Alexander Payne, Nebraska
• Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
• Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Original Screenplay

• American Hustle
• Blue Jasmine
• Dallas Buyers Club
• Her
• Nebraska

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Before Midnight
• Captain Phillips
• Philomena
• 12 Years a Slave
• The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Animated Feature

• The Croods
• Despicable Me 2
• Ernest & Celestine
• Frozen
• The Wind Rises

Best Documentary Feature

• The Act of Killing
• Cutie and the Boxer
• Dirty Wars
• The Square
• 20 Feet from Stardom

Best Documentary Short

• CaveDigger
• Facing Fear
• Karama Has No Walls
• The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
• Prisoner Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall

Best Foreign Feature

• The Broken Circle Breakdown, Belgium
• The Great Beauty, Italy
• The Hunt, Denmark
• The Missing Picture, Cambodia
• Omar, Palestine

Best Music (Original Song)

• “Alone Yet Not Alone” from Alone Yet Not Alone
• “Happy” from Despicable Me 2
• “Let It Go” from Frozen
• “The Moon Song” from Her
• “Ordinary Love” from Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

Best Music (Original Score)

• The Book Thief
• Gravity
• Her
• Philomena
• Saving Mr. Banks

Best Film Editing

• American Hustle
• Captain Phillips
• Dallas Buyers Club
• Gravity
• 12 Years a Slave

Best Visual Effect

• Gravity
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
• Iron Man 3
• The Lone Ranger
• Star Trek Into Darkness

Best Cinematography

• The Grandmaster
• Gravity
• Inside Llewyn Davis
• Nebraska
• Prisoners

Best Production Design

• American Hustle
• Gravity
• The Great Gatsby
• Her
• 12 Years a Slave

Best Sound Mixing

• Captain Phillips
• Gravity
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
• Inside Llewyn Davis
• Lone Survivor

Best Sound Editing

• All Is Lost
• Captain Phillips
• Gravity
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
• The Lone Survivor

Best Costume Design

• American Hustle
• The Grandmaster
• The Great Gatsby
• The Invisible Woman
• 12 Years a Slave

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

• Dallas Buyers Club
• Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
• The Lone Ranger

Best Short Film, Animated

• Feral
• Get a Horse!
• Mr. Hublot
• Possessions
• Room on the Broom

Best 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