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"Selma" Earns Two Academy Award Nominations, Including Best Picture

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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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  1. jsbnew jsbnew January 16, 2015

    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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