Weeks of wild speculation, informed theorizing, splashy profile pieces, lunches where movie stars awkwardly make conversation with bloggers and occasionally aimless prognostication finally come down to this one morning: the morning where the nominations for the 87th annual Academy Awards are announced. The big show, hosted by the endlessly delightful Neil Patrick Harris, doesn’t air until February 22nd. But this morning is when the hand wringing really begins in earnest.
Animated Feature Film
Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Song of the Sea
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Documentary Feature
Citizenfour
Finding Vivian Maier
Last Days in Vietnam
Salt of the Earth
Virunga
Film Editing
American Sniper
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Imitation Game
Whiplash
Production Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Imitation Game
Interstellar
Into the Woods
Mr. Turner
Animated Short Film
The Bigger Picture
The Dam Keeper
Feast
Me and My Moulton
A Single Life
Documentary Short Subject
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
Joanna
Our Curse
The Reaper
White Earth
Live Action Short Film
Aya
Boogaloo and Gram
Butter Lamp
Parvaneh
The Phone Call
Original Song
“Everything is Awesome” – Lego Movie
“Glory” – Selma
“Grateful” – Beyond the Lights
“I’m Not Gonna Miss You” – Glen Campbell… I’ll Be Me
“Lost Stars” – Begin Again
Sound Editing
American Sniper
Birdman
The Hobbit: Battle of the Fire Armies
Interstellar
Unbroken
Sound Mixing
American Sniper
Birdman
Interstellar
Unbroken
Whiplash
Visual Effects
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Guardians of the Galaxy
Interstellar
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Best Actor
Steve Carell – Foxcatcher
Bradley Cooper – American Sniper
Benedict Cumberbatch – Imitation Game
Michael Keaton – Birdman
Eddie Redmayne – Theory of Everything
Best Actress
Marion Cotillard – Two Days, One Night
Felicity Jones –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
Keira Knightley – Imitation Game
Emma Stone – Birdman
Meryl Streep – Into the Woods
Cinematography
Birdman
Grand Budapest Hotel
Ida
Mr. Turner
Unbroken
Costume Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Inherent Vice
Into the Woods
Maleficent
Mr. Turner
Directing
Alejandro Inarritu – Birdman
Richard Linklater – Boyhood
Bennett Miller – Foxcatcher
Wes Anderson – Grand Budapest Hotel
Morten Tyldum – Imitation Game
Foreign Language Film
Ida
Leviathan
Tangerines
Timbuktu
Wild Tales
Makeup and Hairstyling
Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Guardians of the Galaxy
Original Score
Grand Budapest Hotel
Imitation Game
Interstellar
Mr. Turner
The Theory of Everything
Adapted Screenplay
American Sniper
Imitation Game
Inherent Vice
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash
Original Screenplay
Birdman
Boyhood
Foxcatcher
Grand Budapest Hotel
Nightcrawler
Best Picture
American Sniper
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Selma
Theory of Everything
Whiplash
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