And This Year’s Oscar Nominees Are…

With the Golden Globes out of the way, all eyes are now firmly on the Oscars and this year's nominees have just been announced. The highlight of the awards season will be hosted by Neil Patrick Harris and will take place on February 22nd at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Last year's big winners included 12 Years A Slave (Best Picture), Alfonso Cuarón (Best Director, Gravity), Cate Blanchett (Best Actress, Blue Jasmine), Matthew McConaghey (Best Actor, Dallas Buyers Club), Lupita Nyong'o (Best Supporting Actress, 12 Years A Slave) and Jared Leto (Best Supporting Actor, Dallas Buyers Club). Here's who will be vying for the golden statue on the big night... Best Picture Boyhood, American Sniper, Birdman, Grand Budapest Hotel, Imitation Game, Selma, The Theory of Everything, Whiplash Best Director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Birdman), Richard Linklater (Boyhood), Bennett Miller (Foxcatcher), Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game) Best Actor Steve Carrell (Foxcatcher), Bradley Cooper (American Sniper), Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game), Michael Keaton (Birdman), Eddie Redmayne (The Theory Of Everything) Best Actress Julianne Moore (Still Alice), Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything), Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl), Reese Witherspoon (Wild), Marion Cotillard, (Two Days One Night) Best Supporting Actor J.K. Simmons (Whiplash), Edward Norton (Birdman), Ethan Hawke (Boyhood), Mark Ruffalo (Foxcatcher), Robert Duvall (The Judge) Best Supporting Actress Patricia Arquette (Boyhood), Emma Stone (Birdman), Keira Knightley (The Imitation Game), Meryl Streep (Into the Woods), Laura Dern (Wild)