The 87th Academy Award Nominations for the 2015 Oscars include these Nominees:
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Best Picture:
American Sniper
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash
Actor in a Leading Role:
Bradley Cooper (American Sniper)
Michael Keaton ( Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game)
Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything)
Steve Carrell (Foxcatcher)
Actress in a Leading Role:
Marion Cotillard (Two Days, One Night)
Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything)
Julianne Moore (Still Alice)
Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl)
Reese Witherspoon (Wild)
Actor in a Supporting Role:
Robert Duvall (The Judge)
Ethan Hawke (Boyhood)
Edward Norton ( Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Mark Ruffalo (Foxcatcher)
J K Simmons (Whiplash)
Actress in a Supporting Role:
Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)
Laura Dern (Wild)
Emma Stone ( Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Meryl Streep (Into the Woods)
Keira Knightley (The Imitation Game)
Animated Feature Film:
Big Hero 6 – Don Hall, Chris Williams and Roy Conli
The Boxtrolls – Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable and Travis Knight
How to Train Your Dragon 2 – Dean DeBlois and Bonnie Arnold
Song of the Sea – Tomm Moore and Paul Young
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya- Isao Takahata and Yoshiaki Nishimura
Directing:
Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance – Alejandro G Iñárritu
Boyhood – Richard Linklater
Foxcatcher – Bennett Miller
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wes Anderson
The Imitation Game – Morten Tyldum
Visual Effects:
Captain America: The Winter Soldier- Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill and Dan Sudick
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett and Erik Winquist Guardians of the Galaxy – Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner and Paul Corbould
Interstellar – Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher
X-Men: Days of Future Past – Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie and Cameron Waldbauer
Writing – Adapted Screenplay:
American Sniper – Jason Hall
The Imitation Game – Graham Moore
Inherent Vice – Paul Thomas Anderson
The Theory of Everything – Anthony McCarten
Whiplash – Damien Chazelle
Writing – Original Screenplay
Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance – Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. and Armando Bo
Boyhood – Richard Linklater
Foxcatcher – E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness
Nightcrawler – Dan Gilroy