Here are your nominees for the 86th annual Academy Awards:

Best Picture

American Hustle

Captain Phillips

Dallas Buyers Club

Gravity

Her

Nebraska

Philomena

12 Years a Slave

The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Director

Alfonso Cuaron

Steve McQueen

Alexander Payne

David O. Russell

Martin Scorsese

Best Actor

Christian Bale

Bruce Dern

Leonardo DiCaprio

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Matthew McConaughey

Best Actress

Amy Adams

Cate Blanchett

Sandra Bullock

Judi Dench

Meryl Streep

Best Supporting Actor

Barkhad Abdi

Bradley Cooper

Michael Fassenbender

Jonah Hill

Jared Leto

Best Supporting Actress

Sally Hawkins

Jennifer Lawrence

Lupita Nyong'o

Julia Roberts

June Squibb

Best Original Song

"Alone, Yet Not Alone" - Bruce Broughton and Dennis Spiegel

"Happy" - Pharrell Williams

"Let It Go" - Idina Menzel, Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez

"The Moon Song" - Karen Lee Orzolek and Spike Jonze

"Ordinary Love" - U2

More nods here: http://oscar.go.com/nominees

The following list includes those receiving honorary Oscars:

Academy Honorary Award

Angela Lansbury

Steve Martin

Piero Tosi

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Angelina Jolie

I wonder if they nominated Jonah Hill only because of his jerking off scene at that pool party, pathetic choice, over Daniel Bruhl!

Shawy89 said:

I wonder if they nominated Jonah Hill only because of his jerking off scene at that pool party, pathetic choice, over Daniel Bruhl!

It's possible.

Overall, meh.

i think American Hustle is going to win some awards it doesn't deserve. i think ppl have 12 Years fatigue. I hope i'm wrong

I'd like Nebraska to win best picture, but I think 12 Years A Slave is going to win.

Those Fuckers gave BLOCKBUSTER "The Butler" the middle finger...They could have nominated the-behind-the-scenes crew for their excellent Costumes, makeup & Score...but nothing...

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I'm rooting for "12 Years a slave" to at least win "Best Picture"but I have a feeling the Flick will ONLY take home "Best Adapted Screenplay(The 2nd win for a Black screenwriter in 86yrs..wow..)".....The Golden Globe win for "Best Actor" gave Matthew McConaughey the Gas he needed....."American Hustle" is a Comedy filled with Great Dramatic Actors. As long as the actors don't say or do anything Stupid until the final voting is done I feel the Flick will sweep.....

The Butler is overrated. I REALLY wanted it to blow me away and be this cinematic powerhouse but it wasn't. 12 Years was though. Oprah and Forest could've gotten nods tho. Did you hear the guy on GMA when the noms came out and ppl talked about who was snubbed? He was like "oh, and there's so much lacking in her life already..." (or something to that effect, i'm paraphrasing). That MAY be the sentiment of the still Jewish dominated academy.

datdude said:

i think American Hustle is going to win some awards it doesn't deserve. i think ppl have 12 Years fatigue. I hope i'm wrong

Thank you. As much as I love me some Bradley Cooper and Jack Huston, that movie was very underwhelming. Sucks because the previews made it seem like it was going to be this fun filled movie set in the 70's. I nearly fell asleep during the first hour of it.

lazycrockett said:

Overall, meh.

My sentiments too. No need in wasting time watching for me.

It's disappointing Sarah Polley's excellent Stories We Tell didn't make the final cut for best documentary feature.




I'm hoping my favorite movie of 2013 The Great Beauty wins the Oscar for best foreign language film.

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Other observations:

Apparently I was wrong about Tom Hanks earning a nomination for the final scene of Captain Phillips.

Jonah Hill stole James Gandolfini's nomination.

Yay, Sally Hawkins!

I thought for sure Pacific Rim would have gotten a nomination for special effects.

I saw every single film nominated last year, but that may not be possible this year if it means suffering though Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa.