The nominees for Best Picture are 12 Years a Slave, American Hustle, Captain Phillips, Dallas Buyers Club, Gravity, Her, Nebraska, Philomena and The Wolf of Wall Street.
“Dallas”—which centers on a straight man dealing with being AIDS-affected in the 1980s—did well on several fronts, snagging nominations for Best Actor (Matthew McConaughey), Best Supporting Actor (Jared Leto), Best Original Screenplay, Best Film Editing, and Best Makeup and Hairstyling.
McConaughey’s rivals include Christian Bale (American Hustle), Bruce Dern (Nebraska), Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street) and Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave). Among the Best Actress nominees are Amy Adams (American Hustle), Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine), Sandra Bullock (Gravity), Judi Dench (Philomena) and Meryl Streep (August: Osage County).
Supporting actor nods went to Leto, Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips), Bradley Cooper (American Hustle), Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave) and suprise nominee Jonah Hill (The Wolf of Wall Street). Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave), Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle), June Squibb (Nebraska), Julia Roberts (August: Osage County) and Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine) received supporting actress nods.
Among the snubs were Tom Hanks and Robert Redford, who were expected to nominated for Best Actor for Saving Mr. Banks and All Is Lost, respectively; Emma Thompson for Saving Mr. Banks; and Julia Louis-Dreyfuss and the late James Gandolfini for Enough Said. (In fact, Saving Mr. Banks—about the contentious relationship between Mary Poppins writer P.L. Travers and Walt Disney—received no nominations.) Also, Tracy Letts—who won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for the play August: Osage County—was not acknowledged for writing the movie.
The Academy Awards will take place March 2 on ABC. Ellen DeGeneres will host.