Birdman & Grand Budapest Hotel lead nominations for the 87th Academy Awards

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The nominees for the 87th Annual Academy Awards have been announced, and BIRDMAN and THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL recieved the most nominations with nine apiece, including Best Picture and Best Director nods. Clint Eastwood's AMERICAN SNIPER and THE IMITATION GAME weren't far behind with eight nominations, and Richard Linklater's BOYHOOD is also up for six of the awards.

You can check out the full list of nominations below, and the 87th Academy Awards will air on ABC on February 22, 2015. Who do you think will take home the Oscars?

The 87th Academy Awards ceremony will air on ABC on February 22, 2015.

Best Picture
AMERICAN SNIPER
BIRDMAN
BOYHOOD
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
THE IMITATION GAME
SELMA
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
WHIPLASH

Best Director
Alejandro Iñárritu – BIRDMAN
Richard Linklater – BOYHOOD
Bennett Miller – FOXCATCHER
Wes Anderson – THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Morten Tyldum – THE IMITATION GAME

Best Actor
Steve Carell – FOXCATCHER
Bradley Cooper – AMERICAN SNIPER
Benedict Cumberbatch – THE IMITATION GAME
Michael Keaton – BIRDMAN
Eddie Redmayne – THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING

Gone Girl Rosamund Pike

Best Actress
Marion Cotillard – TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT
Felicity Jones – THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
Julianne Moore – STILL ALICE
Rosamund Pike – GONE GIRL
Reese Witherspoon – WILD

Best Supporting Actor
Robert Duvall – THE JUDGE
Ethan Hawke – BOYHOOD
Edward Norton – BIRDMAN
Mark Ruffalo – FOXCATCHER
J.K. Simmons – WHIPLASH

Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette – BOYHOOD
Laura Dern – WILD
Keira Knightley – THE IMITATION GAME
Emma Stone – BIRDMAN
Meryl Streep – INTO THE WOODS

Big Hero 6

Animated Feature Film
BIG HERO 6
THE BOXTROLLS
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2
SONG OF THE SEA
THE TALE OF PRINCESS KAGUYA

Cinematography
Emmanuel Lubezki – BIRDMAN
Robert Yeoman – THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski – IDA
Dick Pope – MR. TURNER
Roger Deakins – UNBROKEN

Costume Design
Milena Canonero – THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Mark Bridges – INHERENT VICE
Colleen Atwood – INTO THE WOODS
Anna B. Sheppard and Jane Clive – MALEFICENT
Jacqueline Durran – MR. TURNER

Documentary Feature
CITIZEN FOUR – Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky
FINDING VIVIAN MAIER – John Maloof and Charlie Siskel
LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM – Rory Kennedy and Keven McAlester
THE SALT OF THE EARTH – Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado and David Rosier
VIRUNGA – Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara

Documentary Short Subject
CRISIS HOTLINE: VETERANS PRESS 1 – Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry
JOANNA – Aneta Kopacz
OUR CURSE – Tomasz Śliwiński and Maciej Ślesicki
THE REAPER (LA PARKA) – Gabriel Serra Arguello
WHITE EARTH – J. Christian Jensen

Whiplash Miles Teller J.K. Simmons

Film Editing
AMERICAN SNIPER – Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach
BOYHOOD – Sandra Adair
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL – Barney Pillling
THE IMITATION GAME – William Goldenberg
WHIPLASH – Tom Cross

Foreign Language Film
IDA – Poland; Directed by Pawel Pawlikowski
LEVIATHAN – Russia; Directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev
TANGERINES – Estonia; Directed by Zaza Urushadze
TIMBUKTU – Mauritania; Directed by Abderrahmane Sissako
WILD TALES – Argentina; Directed by Damián Szifron

Makeup and Hairstyling
FOXCATCHER – Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL – Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY – Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White

Music (Original Score)
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL – Alexandre Desplat
THE IMITATION GAME – Alexandre Desplat
INTERSTELLAR – Hans Zimmer
MR. TURNER – Gary Yershon
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING – Jóhann Jóhannsson

The Lego Movie

Music (Original Song)
"Everything is Awesome" from THE LEGO MOVIE – Music and Lyric by Shawn Patterson
"Glory" from SELMA – Music and Lyric by John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn
"Grateful" from BEYOND THE LIGHTS – Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
"I'm Not Gonna Miss You" from GLEN CAMPBELL…I'LL BE ME – Music and Lyric by Glen Campbell and Julian Raymond
"Lost Stars" from BEGIN AGAIN – Music and Lyric by Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois

Production Design
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL – Adam Stockhausen (Production Design); Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration)
THE IMITATION GAME – Maria Djurkovic (Production Design); Tatiana Macdonald (Set Decoration)
INTERSTELLAR – Nathan Crowley (Production Design); Gary Fettis (Set Decoration)
INTO THE WOODS – Dennis Gassner (Production Design); Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration)
MR. TURNER – Suzie Davies (Production Design); Charlotte Watts (Set Decoration)

Short Film (Animated)
THE BIGGER PICTURE – Daisy Jacobs and Christopher Hees
THE DAM KEEPER – Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi
FEAST – Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed
ME AND MY MOULTON – Torill Kove
A SINGLE LIFE – Joris Oprins

Short Film (Live Action)
AYA – Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis
BOOGALOO AND GRAHAM – Michael Lennox and Ronan Blaney
BUTTER LAMP (LA LAMPE AU BEURRE DE YAK) – Hu Wei and Julien Féret
PARVANEH – Talkhon Hamzavi and Stefan Eichenberger
THE PHONE CALL – Mat Kirkby and James Lucas

Sound Editing
AMERICAN SNIPER – Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
BIRDMAN – Martin Hernández and Aaron Glascock
THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES – Brent Burge and Jason Canovas
INTERSTELLAR – Richard King
UNBROKEN – Becky Sullivan and Andrew DeCristofaro

Sound Mixing
AMERICAN SNIPER – John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin
BIRDMAN – Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and Thomas Varga
INTERSTELLAR – Gary A. Rizzo, Gregg Landaker and Mark Weingarten
UNBROKEN – Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and David Lee
WHIPLASH – Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley

Interstellar Matthew McConaughey

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 – Written by Jason Hall
THE IMITATION GAME – Written by Graham Moore
INHERENT VICE – Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING – Screenplay by Anthony McCarten
WHIPLASH – Written by Damien Chazelle

Writing (Original Screenplay)
BIRDMAN – Written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo
BOYHOOD – Written By Richard Linklater
FOXCATCHER – Written by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL – Screenplay by Wes Anderson; Story by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness
NIGHTCRAWLER – Written by Dan Gilroy

Source: Official Site

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