Oscar Nominations. They're Finally Here!

Refresh your screens for periodic updates. Some of the type if funky on this page but I copied and pasted from Oscar's site so whatever they had in their coding travelled. 

And the nominees are...

BEST PICTURE

• American Hustle
  Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison and Jonathan Gordon, Producers
• Captain Phillips
  Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti and Michael De Luca, Producers
• Dallas Buyers club
  Robbie Brenner and Rachel Winter, Producers
• Gravity
  Alfonso Cuarón and David Heyman, Producers
• Her
  Megan Ellison, Spike Jonze and Vincent Landay, Producers
• Nebraska
  Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa, Producers
• Philomena
  Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan and Tracey Seaward, Producers
• 12 Years a Slave
  Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen and Anthony Katagas, Producers
• The Wolf of Wall street
  Nominees to be determined

Instant Reaction: a perfect score for me again in terms of predictions (I thought they might end with Philomena but if 9 then Her) but I really wish they'd just go back to 10 or, even better, 5. 9 is a stupid number. As per usual the Best Picture nominees really dominated all awardage with a total of 61 nominations between them.

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Gravity and American Hustle led with 10 nominations each

Secondary Reaction: I had expected 12 Year a Slave to lead the nominations but despite a hefty nomination total egregious snubs happened in the tech fields. No Cinematography is virtually unfathomable but it happened. 

BEST ACTOR

• christian Bale AMERICAN HUSTLE
• Bruce Dern NEBRASKA
• leonardo Dicaprio THE WOLF OF WALL STREET
• chiwetel ejiofor 12 YEARS A SLAVE
• matthew mcconaughey DALLAS BUYERS CLUB

Instant Reaction: All that time I took worrying about whether it would be Robert Redford or Leonardo DiCaprio was pointless since it was Christian Bale that threw Redford AND Hanks off their boats... I'm sad about the latter because Tom Hanks did his best work since at least 1992 in that picture.

SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Barkhad Abdi CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
• Bradley cooper AMERICAN HUSTLE
• michael fassbender 12 YEARS A SLAVE
• Jonah Hill THE WOLF OF WALL STREET
• Jared leto DALLAS BUYERS CLUB

Instant reaction: one of my only 100% correct categories. I'd be way said for Daniel Brühl if not for the category fraud.

BEST ACTRESS

• Amy Adams AMERICAN HUSTLE
• cate Blanchett BLUE JASMINE
• sandra Bullock GRAVITY
• Judi Dench PHILOMENA
• meryl streep AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY

Instant Reaction: Genuinely surprised it was Emma Thompson who got the boot. I prefer her to all but one of these nominations, truth be told. But the Adams and Streep nominations just go to show you that being in a movie people love and/or being a reflexive vote is the way to go to rack up nominations.

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• sally Hawkins BLUE JASMINE
• Jennifer lawrence AMERICAN HUSTLE
• lupita nyong’o 12 YEARS A SLAVE
• Julia roberts AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
• June squibb NEBRASKA 

Instant Reaction: HAWKINS!!! 

Secondary Long Planned Reaction: Jennifer Lawrence's Oscar Breaking Trajectory. "The Youngest To..."

David O. Russell has now accomplished a rare feat in back to back years. Directing a nominee in EACH acting category

ANIMATED FILM

• The Croods
  Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco and Kristine Belson
• DespicaBle me 2
  Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin and Chris Meledandri
• Ernest & Celestine
  Benjamin Renner and Didier Brunner
• Frozen
  Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee and Peter Del Vecho
• The Wind Rises
  Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki

Instant Reaction: No Monsters University is not sad but if ever they owed a disposable sequel nod to make up for an atrocious shafting of an original (Shrek over Monsters Inc is the grossest thing they've done in terms of Animated Feature wins)

CINEMATOGRAPHY

• The Grandmaster Philippe Le Sourd
• Gravity Emmanuel Lubezki
• Inside Llewyn Davis Bruno Delbonnel
• Nebraska Phedon Papamichael
• Prisoners Roger A. Deakins

Instant Reaction:  Sean Bobbit (12 Years a Slave) left on the outside of this is probably, bar none, the single most appaling decisino the Academy made. I'm considering him for my win. And for what? Nebraska because black and white? No.

The Invisible WomanCOSTUME DESIGN 

• American Hustle Michael Wilkinson
• The Grandmaster William Chang Suk Ping
• The Great Gatsby Catherine Martin
• The Invisible Woman Michael O’Connor
• 12 Years a Slave Patricia Norris

Instant Reaction: beautiful list!

Secondary Reaction: I have two interviews coming up from this nominee pool. Stay tuned. 

BEST DIRECTOR

• American Hustle David O. Russell
• Gravity Alfonso Cuarón
• Nebraska Alexander Payne
• 12 Years a Slave Steve McQueen
• The Wolf of Wall Street Martin Scorsese

Instant Reaction: ugh on Scorsese getting this over Spike Jonze for Her. 

DOCUMENTARY

• The Act of Killing Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen
• Cutie and the Boxer Zachary Heinzerling and Lydia Dean Pilcher
• Dirty Wars Richard Rowley and Jeremy Scahill
• The Square  Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer
• 20 Feet From Stardom Nominees to be determined

Instant Reaction: As far as I know I was the only pundit who never once believed that Stories We Tell would be nominated but that doesn't mean I'm happy to be right. Great movie... but this category just hates it when filmmakers push the form.

Instant Reaction #2: No Blackfish? Huh. I thought that would win.

DOCUMENTARY SHORT 

• Cavedigger Jeffrey Karoff
• Facing Fear Jason Cohen
• Karama Has No Walls Sara Ishaq
• The Lady in Number Six: Music Saved My Life  Malcolm Clarke and Nicholas Reed
• Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall  Edgar Barens 

Instant Reaction: I can't wait to see Cavedigger. Looks so cool.

FILM EDITING

• American Hustle Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers and Alan Baumgarten
• Captain Phillips Christopher Rouse
• Dallas Buyers Club John Mac McMurphy and Martin Pensa
• Gravity Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger
• 12 Years a Slave Joe Walker

Instant Reaction: I really wonder if this wouldn't have been your Best Picture list in ye olden times of 5 nominees with Dallas as the surprise fifth slotter despite no directing nomination

Later: Oh, no Thelma Schoonmaker. I guess some editors could see the strain in getting that thing down to 180 minutes. 

FOREIGN FILM 

• Broken circle Breakdown Belgium
• The Great Beauty Italy 
• The Hunt Denmark 
• The Missing Picture Cambodia 
• Omar Palestine

Instant Reaction: I'm so pleased to see The Missing Picture nominated. And the Grandmaster can't even feel snubbed since it got nominations in other categories.

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

• Dallas Buyers Club Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews
• Bad Grandpa Stephen Prouty
• The Lone Ranger  Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny

Instant Reaction: No American Hustle? What is this branch even doing? 

ORIGINAL SCORE 

• The Book Thief John Williams
• Gravity Steven Price
• Her William Butler and Owen Pallett
• Philomena Alexandre Desplat
• Saving Mr Banks Thomas Newman

Instant Reaction: Ladies and gentlemen, the gentlemen's club would like to honor... the same people they always honor. Join us on March 2nd forzzz (although the Her score is a nice surprise)

ORIGINAL SONG

• Alone yet not Alone ALONE YET NOT ALONE Music by Bruce Broughton Lyric by Dennis Spiegel
• Happy DESPICABLE ME 2 Music and Lyric by Pharrell Williams
• let it Go FROZEN Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
• the moon song HER Music by Karen O Lyric by Karen O and Spike Jonze
• ordinary love MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM Music by Paul Hewson, Dave Evans, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Lyric by Paul Hewson

Instant Reaction: After watching the trailer to Alone Yet Not Alone I am midlly terrified that it gets to call itself an Oscar nominee. But I haven't heard the song so I'll shut up. Still... this category. What to do about it?

So happy to see K.K. Barrett recognized for "Her"

PRODUCTION DESIGN 

• American Hustle Production Design: Judy Becker Set Decoration: Heather Loeffler
• Gravity Production Design: Andy Nicholson Set Decoration: Rosie Goodwin and Joanne Woollard
• The Great Gatsby Production Design: Catherine Martin Set Decoration: Beverley Dunn
• Her Production Design: K.K. Barrett Set Decoration: Gene Serdena
• 12 Years a Slave Production Design: Adam Stockhausen Set Decoration: Alice Baker

Instant Reaction: As long as they gave me Her I was going to be good with it.

ANIMATED SHORT 

• feral Daniel Sousa and Dan Golden
• Get A Horse! Lauren MacMullan and Dorothy McKim
• mr. Hublot Laurent Witz and Alexandre Espigares
• possessions Shuhei Morita
• room on tHe Broom Max Lang and Jan Lachauer

LIVE ACTION SHORT

• That Wasnt Me Esteban Crespo
• Just Before Losing Everything Xavier Legrand and Alexandre Gavras
• Helium Anders Walter and Kim Magnusson
• Do I have to take care of everything? Selma Vilhunen and Kirsikka Saari
• The Voorman Problem  Mark Gill and Baldwin Li 

SOUND EDITING

• All is lost Steve Boeddeker and Richard Hymns
• Captain Phillips Oliver Tarney
• Gravity Glenn Freemantle
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Brent Burge
• Lone Survivor Wylie Stateman

Instant reaction: really happy to see All is Lost in here.

SOUND MIXING

• Captain Phillips Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith and Chris Munro
• Gravity Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick and Tony Johnson
• Inside Llewyn Davis Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
• Lone Survivor Andy Koyama, Beau Borders and David Brownlow

Instant Reaction: Why must they continue nominating the Hobbit for things. Peter Jackson had his chance. And was amply rewarded for it for three consecutive years.

Each Iron Man film is nominated for Visual Effects

VISUAL EFFECTS 

• Gravity Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and Eric Reynolds
• Iron Man 3 Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash and Dan Sudick
• The Lone Ranger Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams and John Frazier
• Star Trek Into Darkness Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann and Burt Dalton

Instant Reaction: No Pacific Rim but Star Trek? Hmmm

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• Before Midnight Written by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke
• Captain Phillips Screenplay by Billy Ray
• Philomena Screenplay by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
• 12 Years a Slave Screenplay by John Ridley
• The Wolf of WAll street Screenplay by Terence Winter

Instant Reaction: I've already griped enough about my feeling that sequels should not be "adapted" (sorry Before Midnight)... they're merely continuations. But the nomination I don't get here is Wolf of Wall Street since we've heard over and over again that the actors just improvised every scene (and it shows, for better and worse)

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 

• American Hustle Written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell
• Blue JAsmine Written by Woody Allen
• Dallas Buyers club Written by Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack
• Her Written by Spike Jonze
• Nebraska Written by Bob Nelson

Instant Reaction: The WGA list again, right? 

The Live Stream Such As It Was...
Chris Hemsworth is tall. And his voice... oh my

Comments

[caroline]

THRILLED for sally hawkins, fassnbender, can you believe these are their first noms? so happy that adams got best actress, and completely surprised in a good way that bale made it through. pretty shocked that thompson and hanks got the boot, though.

also, they went for "philomena" over, say, "inside llewyn davis." i've heard really good things about philomena but that's shocking, too.

[Tom M]

I find it ironic that last night I turned in my SAG ballot and had voted for Hanks and Thompson. (Toss ups with Ejiofor and Blanchett for me.) I am clearly a dream killer.

[timothy]

I'm happy and surprised for the Cutie and the Boxer nomination. I love that movie, and I dare say I enjoyed it more than I enjoyed Blackfish or Stories We Tell. I was hoping God Loves Uganda would have been nominated, just to shine more light on the situation.

[Hannahlily]

FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY we can say Oscar nominee Sally Hawkins and Oscar nominee Michael Fassbender. (BUMMED about Stories We Tell though).

[marcelo]

adams and bale - supporting for "the fighter" and lead for "hustle"
lawrence and cooper - lead for "playbook" and supporting for "the fighter"

interesting.

[Maeve]

I was expecting Short Term 12 to be overlooked but when you see that The Lone Ranger, Jackass, The Hobbit, Star Trek and Iron Man are all Oscar nominees, the omission of that beautiful film is just painful.

[Steve]

Joining Peggy Sue and (sorry forgot who had the follow up, this thread is bananas) in thinking Hawkins has a definite definite Marcia Gay in Pollock vibe going. I don't think anyone is happy giving it over to Lawrence, and I actually think there's some missing passion for Lupita (the idea of the role and performance is bigger than the reality of It and I think people see this -- there's also promise of longevity and intrigue with this actress beyond this moment, like a Kate Hudson in Almost Famous).

Let's beat this drum, boys!!

[Alejandro]

I loved American Hustle and Amy Adams especially. Very glad for her, but I would have dropped Streep (nothing against her but she can sit a year out) and put Thompson in. Adams + Thompson + Blanchett were three of my favorite performances this year.

[Marsha Mason]

Very glad to see the brilliant "Dirty Wars" in there for doc. I wonder if it's the front runner with "Stories We Tell" and "Blackfish" out?

[Dback]

I really, really didn't care for "Nebraska" (a couple other critics didn't either, so at least I don't feel like a complete loner like I did last year detesting "Silver Linings Playbook"), but I couldn't ignore that a lot of people did like it. Overall, the list of nine Picture nominees was solid and pretty expected, though I too thought that there would be ten this year with the last one going to the deserving "Saving Mr. Banks" or "Fruitvale Station," the less-deserving "The Butler," or the polarizing "Inside Llewyn Davis." I was pleasantly surprised at the great showing for "Dallas Buyer's Club"--six nominations including screenplay and editing indicates a major wave of support, and considering I picked it as my favorite film of 2012, that was all gravy.

Can't complain about the actor switcheroos--Bale and DiCaprio were both superb, though I do feel bad for Redford. I officially have Streep Fatigue (she invented the term), especially after her winning for her just-OK turn in the ghastly "The Iron Lady"--even some critics have commented that this is one of her least-subtle, most hamfisted performances. (I plan on seeing it Sunday or Monday). Remember when Cameron had that breathless monologue on "Modern Family" about how Meryl Streep was an incomparable goddess who could play anything? Yeah, I'm kind of over people like that that right about now, especially when the glorious Emma Thompson got bumped (and Brie Larson never made the short list).

Supporting-wise, I would've liked to have seen Oprah or Octavia Spencer, or Tom Hanks or Sam Rockwell on the men's side. (And can we agree that the Bruce Dern adoration at the expense of the hard-working, heavy lifting Will Forte is grossly unfair?) I didn't care for June Squibb at all, but it looks like her chances are fading anyway. ("Nebraska" would be a lock for Best Cinematography were it not for "Gravity.") Don't underestimate the supporting/lead connection--if voter's are voting for Leto, they may very well then check the box for McConaughey; similarly, if they're checking the box for Blanchett, they may check the box for Hawkins.

I hope "Frozen" wins Animated Feature, as Miyazaki already won for "Spirited Away" and "Frozen" has better Rotten Tomatoes scores and reviews, as well as a ton of money. (Unless that U2 song wins as a little bouquet to Mandela, "Let It Go" is also a front-runner for Best Song.)

I mentioned a few days ago that "Oz the Great and Powerful" was getting reamed in the tech nods, and it did today as well--big zero. Also no nod for Justin Timberlake for "Please Mr. Kennedy" (I was so looking forward to that!), or Lana Del Rey for "Young and Beautiful"--but Best Song is almost always a bunch of head-scratchers and one clear winner.

We'll see how it all shakes down in March. Just remember, it's the Oscars--adjust/downgrade your expectations and prepare for disappointment, and you'll be rewarded. (If I have to see that laughable Best Picture anointee "Crash" in another montage....)

[Tz]

ANAL SEX

well, well.... *four* Best Picture nominees featuring ANAL SEX mentions (3 of which with gay characters and 1 with a gay orgy).... that's a first

THE WOLF OF WALL STREET
HER
PHILOMENA
DALLAS BUYERS CLUB

[joel6]

Yawn, a race I was cool to I've now gone cold on. Without Emma Thompson, even if she didn't have a chance of winning against Cate Blanchett, the competition and show just got infinitely duller. Nothing against Meryl, a fine actress, but another nomination shows the laziness of the academy now.

That Amy Adams now has parity with Anne Bancroft, Ellen Burstyn, Susan Hayward, Audrey Hepburn and Jessica Lange in terms of nominations makes me sad.

I'm glad that Sally Hawkins got in but Roberts category fraud nomination at Margo Martindale's expense is extremely frustrating.

Yea for Fassbender but that Jonah Hill is now a double nominee when Alan Rickman, Sam Rockwell, Mia Farrow and Donald Sutherland have never even had one makes you realize how meaningless the award actually is in judging quality.

[Volvagia]

Troy H: Really? Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart WASN'T implicitly a "career honours" win? In order of frequency it goes like this: Supporting Actor (17), Supporting Actress (13), Lead Actor (10), Lead Actress (5) (Amount of years where some form of career honours have been given? 37 of the Academy's 86 years.)

Lead Actor, marked in order of blatantness (1 is most blatant, last number is least blatant):

1951: Humphrey Bogart (2)
1958: David Niven (3)
1962: Gregory Peck (9)
1969: John Wayne (1)
1981: Henry Fonda (4)
1983: Robert Duvall (5)
1986: Paul Newman (7)
1992: Al Pacino (6)
2003: Sean Penn (8)
2009: Jeff Bridges (10)

Supporting Actor, same numbered ordering:

1947: Edmund Gwenn (12)
1948: Walter Huston (14)
1958: Burl Ives (8)
1963: Melvyn Douglas (10)
1973: John Houseman (7)
1975: George Burns (9)
1981: John Gielgud (13)
1985: Don Ameche (6)
1987: Sean Connery (11)
1991: Jack Palance (5)
1994: Martin Landau (17)
1998: James Coburn (4)
1999: Michael Caine (normally I wouldn't count a second win, but this win pretty much only happened because he was filming Jaws: The Revenge when he won for Hannah and Her Sisters and couldn't take the stage) (1)
2001: Jim Broadbent (15)
2004: Morgan Freeman (2)
2006: Alan Arkin (3)
2011: Christopher Plummer (16)

Lead Actress, same numbered ordering:

1983: Shirley MacLaine (4)
1985: Geraldine Page (3)
1989: Jessica Tandy (1)
2000: Julia Roberts (5)
2006: Helen Mirren (2)

And, finally, supporting actress, with the same numbered ordering:

1938: Fay Bainter (5)
1940: Jane Darwell (4)
1944: Ethel Barrymore (3)
1950: Josephine Hull (6)
1963: Margaret Rutherford (1)
1967: Estelle Parsons (2)
1968: Ruth Gordon (13)
1976: Beatrice Straight (12)
1981: Maureen Stapleton (10)
1984: Peggy Ashcroft (8)
1998: Judi Dench (7)
2007: Tilda Swinton (9)
2010: Melissa Leo (11)

[MDA]

I'm also shocked with the lack of a cinematography nomination for 12 Years a Slave; I was sure it was the front-runner. However, I'm glad to see Deakins in there, as the camerawork in Prisoners was terrific. Too bad Lubezki is going to win it though.

Also disappointed to see it had no nominations in either score or sound. I figured it was going to be a shoo-in for Best Picture but with American Hustle dominating the nominations today, I'm no longer sure.

[Deborah Lipp]

Hanks really shocks me. I don't see how you can see that movie and then not have him come to mind when you think "Best Actor."

[Pablo]

Dissapointed for Oprah, but happy for Sally!

Now, about foreign films, I'm surprised that Hungary and Germany didn't make it, but Palestine did it. About "The Missing Picture" (Cambodia) I think this is the most bizarre nomination since Dogtooth. At least, the nomination for "Pina", 2 years ago, for Documentary was most coherent than foreign film, even this film made the final 9. "The Missing Picture" had to be nominated for Documentary, but not for Foreign Film.

[Yavor]

Tom Hanks has 2 Lead Actor Oscars

Leo has 0 Lead Actor Oscars

sorry but I'm totally fine with Leo getting in (even if he doesn't win) instead Tom.

Some smartass on a post here back in the summer of 2012 was laughing at me for predicting a Cate Blanchett "Carol" win this year.

He was saying that Zoe for "Nina" and Emma Thompson for "Saving Mr. Banks" have stronger chances than Blanchett.

Well, "Blue Jasmine" is a fine "Carol" replacement, and yes, "Nina" is still unseen, while "Saving Mr Banks" was seen and unrecognized ;)

[Edwin]

Volvagia--I think you're making a mistake by seeing no difference between an older actor winning an Oscar and a "career" Oscar. By no means were Martin Landau's or Helen Mirren's wins just for their careers, just to name two that you included on your list. Those performances were arguably the most acclaimed of their respective years in any category. They would have won even if they had won an Oscar beforehand.

[Troy H.]

Edwin: Exactly what I was thinking. With respect to a competitive win masking as a career honor there has to be a sense that the elderstatesperson is potentially facing his or her last opportunity at a prize that almost altogether takes precedence over the quality of the performance itself.

[Dominik]

I'm pleased. The line-ups in the categories I care for are interesting enough that I don't complain that they're boring.
Supp. Actor - I knew Brühl would be out! But who did Jonah Hill fuck? Or, since we're talking about Jonah Hill, maybe rather who didn't he fuck? As in spare them this fate...
Supp. Actress - Normally that would piss me off, because it's the same as Golden Globes, but I didn't see Oprah out, and though I kinda predicted it last minute Sally Hawkins actually happening surprised me
Director - my initial reaction: wait - Payne and Marty in? Who's out???
Actress - I would have hated nothing more than Amy out for some reason. Wish I had said Emma is out, because I had always believed that, but in the end I wouldn't decide between her and Dame Judi.
Actor - Bale and Leo - I almost saw it, but I didn't dare go there. Again figuring hard who is out... Redford and Hanks. In retrospect, one could have guessed it. It would have been daring, but absolutely conceiveable.
Picture - this is too hard for me to guess. While trying to figure out if anything is unexpected the number hit me. When will we see another number than 9 for the first time?

[Paul Outlaw]

Tx at #111 wins for comment of the day.

[brookesboy]

The unbridled, irrational mania over the overrated American Hustle has cost Thompson, Hanks or Redford, Gandolfini, and other worthy nominees their recognition from the Academy. Unbelievable.

What world are we in? Jonah Hill is a two-time Oscar nominee. Wake me up before you go go cuz I can't deal with this nightmare oh no.

Thrilled that Payne made it in Best Director! That was a squeaker.

I'm still rooting for a tie in Best Actor--Chiwetel and Bruce!

[brookesboy]

Hi joel, Jessica Lange and Ellen Burstyn have six Oscar nominations apiece. But I agree with you that Amy, though I like her a lot, does not deserve to be in the Fivers Club, which includes my beloved Jennifer Jones. Sigh.

[Dominik]

Wow, just realized two things I find hard to believe:
1. Jared Leto is 42!
2. At 42, he's the oldest nominee in his category!

[Derreck.]

Dominik - whoa. that's unbelievable. probably because leto still looks like he's fresh out of college.

Anyways, the exclusion of Young and Beautiful/Over The Love from Gatsby in Original Song, Julia Roberts in SUPPORTING and Amy Adams in American Hustle has pretty much soured me to this entire list.

I love Jennifer Lawrence and thought she was lovely in American Hustle but another Oscar? no. Lupita for the win. I stlll think everything to do with Russell this year and last year has been VASTLY overrated.

[CMG]

To Team The Film Experience:

Please, I beg you, broach the subject of "Alone Yet Not Alone" in the song category because it just might be the most ridiculous nomination of the last 25 years.

[Ulrich]

Nathaniel--- I agree that Spike Jonze deserved a directing nomination
but Scorsese is not the one who should've been left out...
Jonze should've been nominated instead of David O. Russell; why nominate a Scorsese-wanna-be? when we have the real deal?

[Bette Streep]

CMG - I think the biggest WTF moment for me was the announcement of Original Song. Never heard of this film but checked it out on IMDB.

It's a religious film and if you check their facebook page you can see the video for the song. It's quite lovely but I too am surprised it got nommed over the songs of The Great Gatsby.

[Pitry]

I'm actually really good with most of these. Bale! Adams! HAWKINS! LOL @ Hustle missing Hair styling though. I guess the make up people are still the majority of that branch!

Interesting that in a very strong year, we STILL get 9 BP contenders. Looks like it doesn't affect the number of BP nominees, only messes up in the acting categories, where the nominees from the weakest films not called Meryl Streep were bumped out in favour of contenders from stronger films.

Russell probably needs to change his phone number. Every agent in Hollywood is probably calling him ;)

[cb]

So, Volvagia, you'll try to have us believe that the likes of Estelle Parsons, Beatrice Straight, and Peggy Ashcroft received their Oscars for "career honours"? Really? Please tell me: What careers?? Seriously. Parsons had one tiny film role prior to "Bonnie and Clyde" and the majority of Straight's and Ashcroft's roles were in television. If you think half of Hollywood even knew who they were, you are probably mistaken. And also, what career was Hollywood honoring when they gave Jessica Tandy her Oscar? The one where she played the mother in "The Birds"? C'mon. I agree with many of the mentions on your list, but some of these names are a real stretch. Edwin [above] hit the nail on the head.

[brandz]

To call Streep's nomination reflexive is rather unfair. I thought her performance was just grand and she actually deserved the nomination.

[Jason Travis]

Thanks to Nate for once again proving he has the Best Oscar Site on the Planet- rich predictions, a way to show us performances/films we might not consider.

I'm glad my Dallas Buyers Club in Screenplay prediction got me 5/5 there! I figured the heat of the movie, social issue it speaks of and the fading of Inside Llewyn Davis.

Okay, Breakdown Time:

BEST PICTURE:

I went 9/9 here- I knew Weinstein would get Philomena in. This is def a three way race between American Hustle (ugh), 12 Years a Slave (please) and Gravity (Id love it). People saying 12 Years a Slave underperformed are forgetting LAST year when Argo only had 7 nods against Lincoln's 12, Life of Pi's 11 and Silver Linings Playbook's 8- and no director; it still won. Missing a Cinematography and Score nod mean nothing to it's chances. It still earned the key categories for picture, director, writing, acting and editing. It's Drama Globe and BFCA wins look solid; whether PGA decides Hustle/Gravity are worthier time will tell.

BEST DIRECTOR:

Yes! I called Payne- just dropped Russell instead of Greengrass. This is Curaron's to lose.

BEST ACTOR:

Bale has no business being here over Tom Hanks, Robert Redford and Forest Whitaker. His nomination is pure marketing and makeup tricks. It's a shame, too, because I like Bale as an actor (he should have been nodded for American Psycho)- but this is foolish. How do you nominate Captain Phillips for Best Picture and forget your captain?

It looks like Matthew McConaughey is the early favorite to win, but don't be surprised if DiCaprio takes the Oscar (I would welcome it). The problem lies in two things: a) DiCaprio's unlikable character - though McConaughey isn't easy to warm up to. b) DiCaprio is missing that crucial SAG nod- but I can see him winning BAFTA. Both films did well for nominations.

BEST ACTRESS:

SO happy Meryl Streep was recognized! It's one of her showiest and most fun roles; a bit uneven (the beginning is a holy mess lol) but she owns the dinner table and Christmas Boots scenes perfectly.

Amy Adams deserves it; I admit, I love Thompson but I hated her movie (too mushy) and felt she was sleepwalking. Adams was the best in show in American Hustle, and glad she was remembered.

Dench and Bullock in for glossy roles, but Blanchett seems solidified to take her longgggg awaited Best Actress Oscar home for a performance for the ages.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

Nice to see Jonah Hill bump Bruhl; Leto all the way please.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

HAWKINS!!!! Oh is it true God? She made it, yes! A true supporting turn by a very gifted actress.

I am not buying Jennifer Lawrence winning for a performance (I HATED!!!!) that is still too uncontrolled for my taste. It seems Lupita Nyong'g (BFCA, LAFCA winner) is her true competition- unless Roberts wins SAG. Squibb seems safe to sit and observe, but don't underestimate her either.

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

12 Years a Slave please.

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

Her- Her- Her.