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The Nominations for the 86th Academy Awards


2013, again, was a splendid year at the movies. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences faced with many decisions as to who or what movie will be nominated in any category. Honestly, I was delighted with most of the nominations placed onto the list of nominees this year. However, there were some snubs regarding Tom Hanks, Emma Thompson, Hans Zimmer, Inside Llewyn Davis' chances of being nominated for Best Picture and Lee Daniels' The Butler being shut out completely. Everybody's opinions do not matter anymore as we look at the deserved nominees for the 86th Academy Awards.

BEST PICTURE:
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Her
Nebraska
Philomena
Twelve Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST DIRECTOR:
David O. Russell (American Hustle)
Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity)
Alexander Payne (Nebraska)
Steve McQueen (Twelve Years a Slave)
Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street)

BEST ACTOR:
Christian Bale (American Hustle)
Bruce Dern (Nebraska)
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street)
Chiwetel Ejiofor (Twelve 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:
Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips)
Bradley Cooper (American Hustle)
Michael Fassbender (Twelve 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 N'yongo (Twelve Years a Slave)
Julia Roberts (August: Osage County)
June Squibb (Nebraska)

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 FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium)
The Great Beauty (Italy)
The Hunt (Denmark)
The Missing Picture (Cambodia)
Omar (Palestine)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
American Hustle
Blue Jasmine
Dallas Buyers Club
Her
Nebraska

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
Before Midnight
Captain Phillips
Philomena
Twelve Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
John Williams (The Book Thief)
Steven Price (Gravity)
William Butler and Owen Pallett (Her)
Alexandre Desplat (Philomena)
Thomas Newman (Saving Mr. Banks)

BEST 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)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
The Grandmaster
Gravity
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
Prisoners

BEST FILM EDITING:
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Twelve Years a Slave

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING:
Dallas Buyers Club
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
The Lone Ranger

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
American Hustle
The Grandmaster
The Great Gatsby
The Invisible Woman
Twelve Years a Slave

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:
American Hustle
Gravity
The Great Gatsby
Her
Twelve Years a Slave

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

BEST SOUND EDITING:
All is Lost
Captain Phillips
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Lone Survivor

BEST SOUND MIXING:
Captain Phillips
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Inside Llewyn Davis
Lone Survivor

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT:
Cave Digger
Facing Fear
Karama Has No Walls
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM:
Feral
Get a Horse!
Mr. Hublot
Possessions
Room on the Broom

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM:
Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn't Me)
Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything)
Helium
Pitaako Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?)
The Voorman Problem

That's all the nominees!

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