The Official 2015 Academy Awards Thread

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The Oscar Nominations 2015 Have Been Announced

Statuettes at the ready...

15 January 2015 | Written by Ali Plumb | Source: Oscars.go.com

The host of this year's ceremony, Neil Patrick Harris, must be busy polishing his best dancing cane, because the nominations for the 2015 Academy Awards have officially been announced by Alfonso Cuarón, J.J. Abrams, Chris Pine and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs. Ladies and gentlemen, these are the ladies and gentlemen who may win an Oscar on Sunday, February 22.

Best Picture

American Sniper

Birdman

Boyhood

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Imitation Game

Selma

The Theory of Everything

Whiplash

Best Actor

Steve Carell, Foxcatcher

Bradley Cooper, American Sniper

Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game

Michael Keaton, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything”

Actress

Marion Cotillard, Two Days One Night

Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything

Julianne Moore, Still Alice

Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl

Reese Witherspoon, Wild

Supporting Actress

Patricia Arquette, Boyhood

Laura Dern, Wild

Emma Stone, Birdman

Meryl Streep, Into the Woods

Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game

Supporting Actor

Robert Duvall, The Judge

Ethan Hawke, Boyhood,

Edward Norton, Birdman

Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher

JK Simmons, Whiplash

Foreign Language Film

Ida

Leviathan

Tangerines

Timbuktu

Wild Tales

Adapted Screenplay

American Sniper

Imitation Game

Inherent Vice

Theory of Everything

Whiplash

Original Screenplay

Boyhood

Birdman

Foxcatcher

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Nightcrawler

Animated Feature

Big Hero 6

Boxtrolls

How to Train Your Dragon 2

Song of the Sea

The Tale of Princess Kaguya

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

Film Editing

American Sniper

Boyhood

Grand Budapest Hotel

Imitation Game

Whiplash

Production Design

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Imitation Game

Interstellar

Into the Woods

Mr. Turner

As mentioned earlier, The Academy Awards - as hosted by Neil Patrick Harris - will take place on the evening of Sunday, February 22, and Empire will be on hand to guide you through the show, both on Facebook and Twitter, and here on the site itself.
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[kzzl]

I'm gonna have to catch that Birdman and see what the hypes about. It looked interesting and Micheal Keaton is cool, but damn at the nominations.

 

[TheBossman]

I haven't seen alot if these movies, the noms look weak imo.

 

[Lou Cypher]

cs that birdman. Ive been meaning to check that out for quite awhile. Never got around to it when it was in theaters.

 

[Lou Cypher]

Grand Budapest was overrated imo. Or i just didnt understand the shit. Was weird. I dont get European movies

 

[Big Kola]

Birdman is going to clean up

 

[BoogaSuga]

Selma & Interstellar got robbed

 

[MR.CJ]

They shut us out

 

[Lou Cypher]

Whoa. I had no idea Ben Kingsley's father was kenyan.

 

[Rampage12]

-The Lego Movie stands out as a huge snub.

-JK Simmons is a lock for Best Supporting Actor.

-Boyhood is a lock for Best Picture.

 

[rip.dilla]

I'm always more interested in the Cinematography nominations.. the style in which a film is shot

 

[Rampage12]

I'm always more interested in the Cinematography nominations.. the style in which a film is shot

Yeah, I just posted the main ones, but here you go:

Best Cinematography:

Birdman

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Ida

Mr. Turner

Unbroken

 

[Rampage12]

I need to step my game up, Whiplash and Gone Girl are the only ones I've seen that got any major nominations. But I did see Nightcrawler and The Drop both of which I expected to get nominated for something major, both are great films though.

 

[Ilike2get baked]

J.K. Simmons was next level in Whiplash....that movie as a whole was trill from beginning to end.

 

[Rampage12]

J.K. Simmons was next level in Whiplash....that movie as a whole was trill from beginning to end.

Yes, loved that movie. It was basically jazz music meets Full Metal Jacket. JK Simmons as Terence Fletcher was etherous, some of my favorite lines I remember:

"You give a retard a calculator and he'll try to turn on the TV with it"

"That is an instrument, not your boyfriend's dick you fucking faggot"

"Look me in the eyes when you're talking to me, don't look down, there's not a fucking Big Mac down there"

"Guess you're not ready" (Shrugs shoulders) People that have seen it will get this.

 

[Iheart~Cali]

This year just seems like a snoozefest. I'm mildly interested in seeing if Rosamund Pike wins. I'd predicted last year that she'd get that nomination but not win. Other than that, the lineup seems kind of lackluster.

 

[Rampage12]

This year just seems like a snoozefest. I'm mildly interested in seeing if Rosamund Pike wins. I'd predicted last year that she'd get that nomination but not win. Other than that, the lineup seems kind of lackluster.

She won't, gun to my head I bet either Julianne Moore or Reese Witherspoon gets it with how much critical praise each of their performances have been getting. Haven't seen Still Alice or Wild but that's all everyone's been talking about.

 

[Ilike2get baked]

J.K. Simmons was next level in Whiplash....that movie as a whole was trill from beginning to end.

Yes, loved that movie. It was basically jazz music meets Full Metal Jacket. JK Simmons as Terence Fletcher was etherous, some of my favorite lines I remember:

"You give a retard a calculator and he'll try to turn on the TV with it"

"That is an instrument, not your boyfriend's dick you fucking faggot"

"Look me in the eyes when you're talking to me, don't look down, there's not a fucking Big Mac down there"

"Guess you're not ready" (Shrugs shoulders) People that have seen it will get this.

All cold but the part in the last half of the movie at the last performance where he tricks miles teller with the music and says to him "I know it was you you little motherfucker". The whole theatre was like oh shit