The nominations for the 87th annual Academy Awards were announced this morning, and among them were two for “Selma”, for Best Picture and its Original Song “Glory” by Common and John Legend. The only other movie prominently featuring African-Americans that garnered a nomination is Gina Prince-Bythewood‘s “Beyond The Lights”, also in the Original Song category for “Grateful” written by Diane Warren and performed by Rita Ora.
If “Selma” does win Best Picture out this year’s field of eight, the producers accepting the Award will be Oprah Winfrey, Christian Colson, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner.
A full list of nominees appears below:
BEST PICTURE
NOMINEES
AMERICAN SNIPER
Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar, Bradley Cooper and Peter Morgan, Producers
BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE)
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole, Producers
BOYHOOD
Richard Linklater and Cathleen Sutherland, Producers
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales and Jeremy Dawson, Producers
THE IMITATION GAME
Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky and Teddy Schwarzman, Producers
SELMA
Christian Colson, Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, Producers
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce and Anthony McCarten, Producers
WHIPLASH
Jason Blum, Helen Estabrook and David Lancaster, Producers
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
NOMINEES
STEVE CARELL
Foxcatcher
BRADLEY COOPER
American Sniper
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH
The Imitation Game
MICHAEL KEATON
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
EDDIE REDMAYNE
The Theory of Everything
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
NOMINEES
ETHAN HAWKE
Boyhood
EDWARD NORTON
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
MARK RUFFALO
Foxcatcher
J.K. SIMMONS
Whiplash
ROBERT DUVALL
The Judge
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
NOMINEES
MARION COTILLARD
Two Days, One Night
FELICITY JONES
The Theory of Everything
JULIANNE MOORE
Still Alice
ROSAMUND PIKE
Gone Girl
REESE WITHERSPOON
Wild
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
NOMINEES
PATRICIA ARQUETTE
Boyhood
LAURA DERN
Wild
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY
The Imitation Game
EMMA STONE
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
MERYL STREEP
Into the Woods
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
NOMINEES
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2
Dean DeBlois and Bonnie Arnold
SONG OF THE SEA
Tomm Moore and Paul Young
THE TALE OF THE PRINCESS KAGUYA
Isao Takahata and Yoshiaki Nishimura
BIG HERO 6
Don Hall, Chris Williams and Roy Conli
THE BOXTROLLS
Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable and Travis Knight
CINEMATOGRAPHY
NOMINEES
BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE)
Emmanuel Lubezki
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Robert Yeoman
IDA
Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski
MR. TURNER
Dick Pope
UNBROKEN
Roger Deakins
COSTUME DESIGN
NOMINEES
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
DIRECTING
NOMINEES
BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE)
Alejandro G. Iñárritu
BOYHOOD
Richard Linklater
FOXCATCHER
Bennett Miller
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Wes Anderson
THE IMITATION GAME
Morten Tyldum
FILM EDITING
NOMINEES
AMERICAN SNIPER
Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach
BOYHOOD
Sandra Adair
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Barney Pilling
THE IMITATION GAME
William Goldenberg
WHIPLASH
Tom Cross
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
NOMINEES
LEVIATHAN
Russia
TANGERINES
Estonia
TIMBUKTU
Mauritania
WILD TALES
Argentina
IDA
Poland
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
NOMINEES
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
PRODUCTION DESIGN
NOMINEES
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
THE IMITATION GAME
Production Design: Maria Djurkovic; Set Decoration: Tatiana Macdonald
INTERSTELLAR
Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
INTO THE WOODS
Production Design: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
MR. TURNER
Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Charlotte Watts
SOUND EDITING
NOMINEES
UNBROKEN
Becky Sullivan and Andrew DeCristofaro
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
SOUND MIXING
NOMINEES
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
VISUAL EFFECTS
NOMINEES
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
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
NOMINEES
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Alexandre Desplat
THE IMITATION GAME
Alexandre Desplat
INTERSTELLAR
Hans Zimmer
MR. TURNER
Gary Yershon
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
Jóhann Jóhannsson
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
NOMINEES
BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE)
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
DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
NOMINEES
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
DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
NOMINEES
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
SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
NOMINEES
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
THE BIGGER PICTURE
Daisy Jacobs and Christopher Hees
SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
NOMINEES
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
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
NOMINEES
THE LEGO MOVIE
“Everything Is Awesome” from The Lego Movie; Music and Lyric by Shawn Patterson
SELMA
“Glory” from Selma; Music and Lyric by John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn
BEYOND THE LIGHTS
“Grateful” from Beyond the Lights; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
GLEN CAMPBELL…I’LL BE ME
“I’m Not Gonna Miss You” from Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me; Music and Lyric by Glen Campbell and Julian Raymond
BEGIN AGAIN
“Lost Stars” from Begin Again; Music and Lyric by Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
NOMINEES
INHERENT VICE
Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
Screenplay by Anthony McCarten
WHIPLASH
Written by Damien Chazelle
AMERICAN SNIPER
Written by Jason Hall
THE IMITATION GAME
Written by Graham Moore
article by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (follow @lakinhutcherson)
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The paltry 2 nominations for anything related to African-Americans is nothing new. We couldn’t dare dominate the nominations two years in a row, that was ‘blasphemy’ to the Academy. Let them be satisfied with the two we gave them… And that’s why the Trumpet, Essence, and NAACP Awards are still necessary, and will be for some time to come.
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