It’s the day all of awards season has been building up to: This morning, all of the nominations were announced for the Academy Awards and the Mule Awards. And there are some real surprises!
Best Picture
American Sniper
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash
Biggest Mule
Charles
Cornpappy
Ghoul Boy
Hershey
Hickory
Actor In A Leading Role
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Michael Keaton, Birdman
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory Of Everything
Actress In A Leading Role
Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night
Felicity Jones, The Theory Of Everything
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon, Wild
Work Mule
Charles
Fingers
Molasses Toughbaby
Porcelain
Stamper
Show Mule
Charles
Frankenstein
Horse Junior
Lamplight
Mr. Mule
Directing
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game
Best Teeth
Big Angry Tony
Estrella
Lightning Feet
Oatmeal
Whiplash
Mule Of The Year
Bunches Of Trouble
Charles
Dark Thoughts
Frankenstein
Hickory
Porcelain
Screamer
Stamper
Original Screenplay
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, and Armando Bo, Birdman
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman, Foxcatcher
Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler