Academy Awards 2014 Nominees Shortlist Announced

Get ready for predictable inclusions and snubs aplenty, as the film industry's most uninspired awards shortlist is unveiled.
The Academy Awards judging panel yesterday announced the full shortlist of nominees for their 2014 awards ceremony. Currently scheduled to broadcast in March, the ceremony will be themed around the heroes of cinema, (supposedly) recognising some of the defining motion picture productions of the past twelve months.

It shouldn't come as a surprise that there's a lot to get through in this case, so let's waste no further time. Here's our definitive round-up of the Academy Awards 2014 nominees shortlist:

• BEST PICTURE- 12 Years A Slave; American Hustle; Captain Philips; Dallas Buyers Club; Gravity; Her; Nebraska; Philomena; The Wolf of Wall Street
• BEST DIRECTOR- Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity); Steve McQueen (12 Years A Slave); Alexander Payne (Nebraska); David O. Russell (American Hustle); Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street)
• BEST ACTOR- Christian Bale (American Hustle); Bruce Dern (Nebraska); Chiwetel Ejofor (12 Years A Slave); Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street); Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)
• BEST ACTRESS- Amy Adams (American Hustle); Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine); Sandra Bullock (Gravity); Judi Dench (Philomena); Meryl Streep (August: Osage County)
• BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR- Barkhad Abdi (Captain Philips); Bradley Cooper (American Hustle); Michael Fassbender (12 Years A Slave); Jonah Hill (The Wolf of Wall Street); Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)
• BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS- Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine); Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle); Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years A Slave); Julia Roberts (August: Osage County); June Squibb (Nebraska)
• BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY- American Hustle; Blue Jasmine; Dallas Buyers Club; Her; Nebraska
• BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY- 12 Years A Slave; Before Midnight; Captain Philips; Philomena; The Wolf of Wall Street
• BEST ANIMATED FEATURE- The Croods; Despicable Me 2; Ernest & Celestine; Frozen; The Wind Rises
• BEST ORIGINAL SCORE- The Book Thief; Gravity; Her; Philomena; Saving Mr Banks
• BEST ORIGINAL SONG- "Alone, Yet Not Alone" (Alone, Yet Not Alone); "Happy" (Despicable Me 2); "Let It Go" (Frozen); "The Moon Song" (Her); "Ordinary Love" (Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom)
• BEST SOUND MIXING- Captain Philips; Gravity; The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug; Inside Llewyn Davis
• BEST SOUND EDITING- All Is Lost; Captain Philips; Gravity; The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug; Lone Survivor
• BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN- 12 Years A Slave; American Hustle; Gravity; The Great Gatsby; Her
• BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY- The Grandmaster; Gravity; Inside Llewyn Davis; Nebraska; Prisoners
• BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING- Dallas Buyers Club; Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa; The Lone Ranger
• BEST COSTUME DESIGN- 12 Years A Slave; American Hustle; The Grandmaster; The Great Gatsby; The Invisible Woman
• BEST FILM EDITING- 12 Years A Slave; American Hustle; Captain Philips; Dallas Buyers Club; Gravity
• BEST VISUAL EFFECTS- Gravity; The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug; Iron Man 3; The Lone Ranger; Star Trek Into Darkness

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