ANNOUNCEMENT: The 2015 Oscar Nominations!

The news is out! “The Grand Budapest Hotel” and “Birdman” both received 9 nominations, including Best Picture. That was expected. What REALLY happened this morning during the announcement of the 2015 Oscar nominees? Well, the same thing that always happens: surprises and snubs.

While I’m delightfully surprised to see Felicity Jones on the list and so many nominations go to “Whiplash”, it is utterly ridiculous that “The LEGO Movie” did not earn a Best Animated Feature nom or “Life Itself” earn a Best Documentary nom. That’s just crazy. There were other snubs, but those two stand out. At least “Selma” is up for Best Picture, even though it won’t win and the film’s director, Ava DuVernay and lead actor, David Oyelowo, were snubbed as well. And I’m still trying to register where all the love for “American Sniper” is coming from.

The rest of the nominees (certainly not the best of the year) can be found below….

Best Picture
American Sniper
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash

Director
Wes Anderson, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, “Birdman”
Richard Linklater, “Boyhood”
Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game
Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher

Actor
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Micheal Keaton, Birdman
Eddie Redmayne, Theory of Everything

Actress
Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night
Felicity Jones, Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon, Wild

Supporting actor
Robert Duvall, “The Judge”
Ethan Hawke, “Boyhood”
Edward Norton, “Birdman”
Mark Ruffalo, “Foxcatcher”
J.K. Simmons, “Whiplash”

Supporting actress
Patricia Arquette, “Boyhood”
Laura Dern, “Wild”
Keira Knightley, “Imitation Game”
Meryl Streep, “Into the Woods”
Emma Stone, “Birdman”

Adapted Screenplay
American Sniper
The Imitation Game
Inherent Vice
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash

Original screenplay
Birdman
Boyhood
Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Nightcrawler

Cinematography
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ida
Mr. Turner
Unbroken

Best Original Song
Everything is Awesome, LEGO Movie
Glory, Selma
Grateful, Behind the Lights
I’m Not Going to Miss you, Glen Campbell
Lost Stars, Begin Again

Original Score
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
Mr. Turner
The Theory of Everything

Makeup and Hairstyling
Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Guardians of the Galaxy

Costume Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Inherent Vice
Into the Woods
Maleficent
Mr. Turner

Foreign Language Film
Ida
Leviathan
Tangerines
Timbuktu
Wild Tales

Best Animated Feature Film
Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Song of the Sea
The Tale of Princess Kaguya

Best Animated Short
The Bigger Picture
The Dam Keeper
Feast
Me and My Moulton
A Single Life

Live Action Short Film
Aya
Boogalo and Graham
Butter Lamp
Parvaneh
The Phone Call

Production Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
Into the Woods
Mr. Turner

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

Best Documentary feature
Citizenfour
Finding Vivian Maier
Last Days in Vietnam
The Salt of the Earth
Virunga

Best Editing
American Sniper
Boyhood
Grand bUdapest hotel
The Imitation Game
Whiplash

Sound Editing
American Sniper
Birdman
The Hobbit: THe Battle of the Five Armies
Interstellar
Unbroken

Sound Mixing
American Sniper
Birdman
Interstellar
Unbroken
Whiplash

The 2015 Oscars will be presented on Sunday, February 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre® in Hollywood and televised live on ABC at 7:00pm EST/4:00pm PST.