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The 86th Annual Academy Awards: A List of The Nominations

Before the crack of dawn in Los Angeles this morning, the entertainment press corps headed to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills for the nominations announcement of the86th Annual Academy Awards, presented by actor Chris Hemsworth and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs.
Unlike the recent Golden Globes, which in effect, doubles the number of honorees with both dramatic and comedy/musical categories, the Oscars doesn't separate nominees by genre, so inevitably good pictures and performances are left out.
A list of nominees follows. Who do you think was left out? What surprised you?
The Oscars will be televised live on ABC on March 2 at 7 pm ET/4 pm PT.
Best Picture
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Her
Nebraska
Philomena
12 Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street

The Best Actor nominees (Getty Images)
Actor in a Leading Role
Christian Bale, American Hustle
Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club

The Best Actress nominees (Getty Images)
Actress, in a Leading Role
Amy Adams, American Hustle
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock, Gravity
Judi Dench, Philomena
Meryl Streep, August: Osage County

The Best Supporting Actor nominees (Getty Images)
Actor, in A Supporting Role
Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips
Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave
Jonah Hill, The Wolf of Wall Street
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club

Lupita Nyong'o, one of the Best Supporting Actress nominees (Getty Images)
Actress, in a Supporting Role
Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave
Julia Roberts, August: Osage County
June Squibb, Nebraska
Animated Feature Film
The Croods,
Despicable Me 2
Ernest & Celestine
Frozen
The Wind Rises

The Best Director nominees (Getty Images)
Directing
American Hustle, David O. Russell
Gravity, Alfonso Cuarón
Nebraska, Alexander Payne
12 Years a Slave, Steve McQueen
The Wolf of Wall Street, Martin Scorsese
Cinematography
The Grandmaster
Gravity
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
Costume Design
American Hustle
The Grandmaster
The Great Gatsby
The Invisible Woman
12 Years a Slave
Documentary Feature
The Act of Killing
Cutie and the Boxer
Dirty Wars
The Square
20 Feet from Stardom
Documentary Short Subject
CaveDigger
Facing Fear
Karama Has No Walls
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall
Film Editing
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
12 Years a Slave
Music, Original Song
"Alone Yet Not Alone" from ALONE YET NOT ALONE
"Happy" from DESPICABLE ME 2
"Let it Go" from FROZEN
"The Moon Song" from HER
"Ordinary Love" from MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM
Foreign Language Film
The Broken Circle Breakdown, Belgium
The Great Beauty, Italy
The Hunt, Denmark
The Missing Picture, Cambodia
Omar, Palestine
Music, Original Score
The Book Thief
Gravity
Her
Philomena
Saving Mr. Banks
Makeup and Hairstyling
Dallas Buyers Club
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
The Lone Ranger
Production Design
American Hustle
Gravity
The Great Gatsby
Her
12 Years a Slave
Animated Short Film
Feral
Get a Horse!
Mr. Hublot
Possessions
Room on the Broom
Live Action Short Film
Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn't Me)
Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything)
Helium
Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?)
The Voorman Problem
Sound Editing
All Is Lost
Captain Phillips
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Lone Survivor
Sound Mixing
Captain Phillips
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Inside Llewyn Davis
Lone Survivor
Visual Effects
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Iron Man 3
The Lone Ranger
Star Trek Into Darkness
Writing, Adapted Screenplay
Before Midnight, Written by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke
Captain Phillips, Screenplay by Billy Ray
Philomena, Screenplay by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
12 Years a Slave, Screenplay by John Ridley
The Wolf of Wall Street, Screenplay by Terence Winter
Writing, Original Screenplay
American Hustle, Written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell
Blue Jasmine, Written by Woody Allen
Dallas Buyers Club, Written by Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack
Her, Written by Spike Jonze
Nebraska, Written by Bob Nelson
For more information, visit Oscars.com.