The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced nominations for the 86th Academy Awards. Winners will be revealed in Hollywood on March 2.
Con-men caper «American Hustle» and space thriller «Gravity» led Oscar nominees on Thursday with 10 nominations each, including best picture, in the race for the world’s top film prize.
Slavery drama «12 Years a Slave» received nine nominations, including in the best picture category, in a year crowded with high-quality films.
Those three films will be joined by six others in the best picture competition: «Captain Phillips,» «Dallas Buyers Club,» «Her,» «Nebraska,» «Philomena,» and «The Wolf of Wall Street.»
Members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences may nominate up to 10 films for best picture, but only chose nine this year. A notable exclusion was the Coen Brothers’ «Inside Llewyn Davis,» which had won some top critics’ awards.
The Somali piracy thriller «Captain Phillips,» the AIDS activism tale «Dallas Buyers Club,» and heartland comedy «Nebraska» each secured six nominations. Director Martin Scorsese’s cautionary tale on financial greed, «The Wolf of Wall Street,» followed with five, as did the quirky computer-age romance, «Her.»
Eight individuals in the acting categories are first-time nominees, including Chiwetel Ejiofor as the free man sold into slavery in «12 Years a Slave.» He will compete in the best actor race with Matthew McConaughey, the Golden Globe winner last Sunday for his role as the unlikely AIDS crusader in «Dallas Buyers Club.»
Meryl Streep extended her lead as the most nominated performer with an 18th nomination, this year for best actress as the matriarch in «August: Osage County.» She goes up against fellow Oscar winners Sandra Bullock as the astronaut lost in space in «Gravity» and Cate Blanchett as the riches-to-rags socialite in Woody Allen’s «Blue Jasmine.»
The Oscars are given out by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and this year’s winners will be named at a ceremony hosted by comedian Ellen DeGeneres in Los Angeles on March 2.
Following is a list of nominees in leading categories:
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 in «American Hustle»
Bruce Dern in «Nebraska»
Leonardo DiCaprio in «The Wolf of Wall Street»
Chiwetel Ejiofor in «12 Years a Slave»
Matthew McConaughey in «Dallas Buyers Club»
BEST ACTRESS
Amy Adams in «American Hustle»
Cate Blanchett in «Blue Jasmine»
Sandra Bullock in «Gravity»
Judi Dench in «Philomena»
Meryl Streep in «August: Osage County»
BEST DIRECTOR
David O. Russell for «American Hustle»
Alfonso Cuaron for «Gravity»
Alexander Payne for «Nebraska»
Steve McQueen for «12 Years a Slave»
Martin Scorsese for «The Wolf of Wall Street»
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Barkhad Abdi in «Captain Phillips»
Bradley Cooper in «American Hustle»
Michael Fassbender in «12 Years a Slave»
Jonah Hill in «The Wolf of Wall Street»
Jared Leto in «Dallas Buyers Club»
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Sally Hawkins in «Blue Jasmine»
Jennifer Lawrence in «American Hustle»
Lupita Nyong’o in «12 Years a Slave»
Julia Roberts in «August: Osage County»
June Squibb in «Nebraska»
Source: Buenos Aires Herald