In Los Angeles heeft men de genomineerden bekendgemaakt voor de 87ste editie van de Oscars. De namen van de kanshebbers werden live aangekondigd door Star Wars-regisseur J.J. Abrams, Gravity-cineast Alfonso Cuaron, acteur Chris Pine en Cheryl Boone Isaacs, het hoofd van de Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). De categorie Beste Film bestaat dit jaar uit de titels American Sniper, Boyhood, Birdman, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Selma, The Theory of Everything en Whiplash. De Vlaams-Koerdische Sahim Omar Kalifa veroverde geen nominatie voor zijn kortfilm Baghdad Messi. Marion Cotillard redt de Belgische eer een beetje met een nominatie voor haar vertolking in Deux jours, une nuit van de broertjes Dardenne. De uitreiking van de Academy Awards vindt plaats op 22 februari in het Dolby Theatre te Hollywood. Gastheer van dienst is Neil Patrick Harris. De genomineerden: Best Picture American Sniper Birdman Boyhood The Grand Budapest Hotel The Imitation Game Selma The Theory of Everything Whiplash Performance by an actor in a leading role Steve Carell, Foxcatcher Bradley Cooper, American Sniper Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game Michael Keaton in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything Performance by an actress in a leading role Marion Cotillard, Deux jours, une nuit 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 Achievement in cinematography Birdman, Emmanuel Lubezki The Grand Budapest Hotel, Robert Yeoman Ida, Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski Mr. Turner ,Dick Pope Unbroken, Roger Deakins Achievement in costume design The Grand Budapest Hotel Milena Canonero Inherent Vice, Mark Bridges Into the Woods, Colleen Atwood Maleficent, Anna B. Sheppard and Jane Clive Mr. Turner, Jacqueline Durran Achievement in directing Birdman, Alejandro G. Iñárritu Boyhood, Richard Linklater Foxcatcher, Bennett Miller The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson The Imitation Game, Morten Tyldum Best documentary feature CitizenFour, 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 Best documentary short subject Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1, Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry Joanna, Aneta Kopacz Our Curse, Tomasz Sliwinski and Maciej Slesicki The Reaper (La Parka), Gabriel Serra Arguello White Earth, J. Christian Jensen Achievement in 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 Achievement in music written for motion pictures (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 Achievement in music written for motion pictures (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 Best animated short film 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 Best live action short film 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 Achievement in sound editing American Sniper, Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Martín 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 Achievement in sound mixing American Sniper, John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), 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 Best 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 @TheJimeister