And the Oscar nominations are...

And the Oscar nominations are...

Gravity and American Hustle lead the nominations for the 86th Academy Awards, with 10 each.

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12 Years a Slave, which had been expected to dominate, was second, with nine nods.  
 
Overall, nine films were nominated for best picture, out of a possible 10.
 
Thor and Avengers star Chris Hemsworth joined Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Cheryl Boone Isaacs in revealing the nominees at a Beverly Hills news conference today.
 
The Oscars ceremony will air live on March 2, with Ellen DeGeneres hosting.
 
For a complete list of nominees, visit Oscar.go.com.  Here are the nominees in the major categories:
 
Best Picture
12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Her
Nebraska
Philomena
The Wolf of Wall Street
 
Best Actor
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club 
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
Christian Bale, American Hustle
Bruce Dern, Nebraska
 
Best Actress
Meryl Streep, August: Osage County
Sandra Bullock, Gravity
Judi Dench, Philomena
Cate Blanchett Blue Jasmine
Amy Adams, American Hustle
 
Best Supporting Actor
Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips
Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave
Jonah Hill, The Wolf of Wall Street
 
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 Director
Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street
David O. Russell, American Hustle
Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity
Alexander Payne, Nebraska
 
Best Original Screenplay
American Hustle
Blue Jasmine
Her
Dallas Buyer's Club
Nebraska 
 
Best Adapted Screenplay
Wolf of Wall Street
Before Midnight
Captain Phillips
Philomena
12 Years a Slave
 
Best Animated Film
The Croods
Despicable Me 2
Earnest & Celestine
Frozen
The Wind Rises
 
Best Original Song
"Ordinary Love" from Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, U2
"Happy," from Despicable Me 2, Pharrell Williams
"Let It Go" from Frozen, Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
"The Moon Song," from Her, Karen O. and Spike Jonze
"Alone Yet Not Alone" from Alone Yet Not Alone, Bruce Bruoghton and Dennis Spiegel
 
Documentary Feature
The Act of Killing
Cutie and the Boxer
Dirty Wars
The Square
20 Feet from Stardom
 
Best Foreign Language Film
The Broken Circle Breakdown
The Great Beauty
The Hunt
Missing Picture
Omar
 
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