14 DAY TRIAL // This is a big year for the Oscars as there is a significant number of good movies that came out, all fighting for the same honors. And since the Golden Globes enjoyed the highest audience in ten years, it's safe to say that the Oscars will top that effortlessly.
The big contenders this year are Scorsese's “The Wolf of Wall Street,” “American Hustle,” “Gravity” and “The Dallas Buyers Club.” Of course, everyone out there has their favorites, but ultimately, it's the Academy Members who decide the winners.
As you can see from the list below, “The Wolf of Wall Street,” “American Hustle,” “Gravity” and “12 Years a Slave” managed to top in the number of nominations, with “Dallas Buyers Club” and “Philomena” hot on their trail.
Most of the nominations aren't big surprises. Except maybe for “Nebraska,” which managed to get six nominations. Here is a short list of the most important categories. For a complete list, visit the Oscars website.
Best Supporting Actor: Barkhad Abdi “Captain Phillips” Jonah Hill “The Wolf of Wall Street” Bradley Cooper “American Hustle” Jared Leto “Dallas Buyers Club” Michael Fassbender “12 Years a Slave”
Best Supporting Actress: Sally Hawkins “Blue Jasmine” Julia Roberts: “August: Osage County” Jennifer Lawrence: “American Hustle” June Squibb: “Nebraska” Lupita Nyong'o: “12 Years a Slave”
Best Actor: Christian Bale “American Hustle” Chiwetel Eijofor “12 Years a Slave” Bruce Dern “Nebraska” Matthew McConaughey “Dallas Buyers Club” Leonardo DiCaprio “The Wolf of Wall Street”
Best Actress: Amy Adams “American Hustle” Judi Dench “Philomena” Cate Blanchett “Blue Jasmine” Meryl Street “August: Osage County” Sandra Bullock “Gravity”
Best Animated Feature Film: “The Croods” “Frozen” “Despicable Me 2” “The Wind Rises” “Ernest & Celestine”
Best Foreign Language Film: “The Broken Circle Breakdown” - Belgium “The great Beauty” - Italy “The Hunt” - Denmark “The Missing Picture” - Cambodia “Omar” - Palestine
Best Director: David O. Russell “American Hustle” Alfonso Cuaron “Gravity” Alexander Payne “Nebraska” Steve McQueen “12 Years a Slave” Martin Scorsese “The Wolf of Wall Street”
Best Original Screenplay: Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell “American Hustle” Woody Allen “Blue Jasmine” Craig Borten& Melisa Wallack “Dallas Buyers Club” Spike Jonze “Her” Bob Nelson “Nebraska”
Best Adapted Screenplay: Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke “Before Midnight” Billy Ray “Captain Phillips” Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope “Philomena” John Ridley “12 Years a Slave” Terence Winter “The Wolf of Wall Street” Best Picture: “American Hustle” “Nebraska” “Captain Phillips” “Philomena” “Dallas Buyers Club” “12 Years Slave” “Gravity” “The Wolf of Wall Street”
Best Documentary Feature:
Joshua Oppenheimer, Signe Byrge Sørensen “The Act of Killing” Zachary Heinzerling, Lydia Dean Pilcher “Cutie and the Boxer” Richard Rowley, Jeremy Scahill “Dirty Wars” Jehane Noujaim, Karim Amer “The Square” “20 Feed from Stardom”