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Star Wars: The Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams, Gravity director Alfonso Cuarón and Into the Woods actor Chris Pine announced the nominees for the 87th Annual Academy Awards earlier today.
Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel lead the race for this year's Oscars with nine nominations each, followed closely by The Imitation Game with eight nominations and Boyhood and American Sniper who picked up six.
The Oscars will be broadcast live from Hollywood's Dolby Theatre on Feb. 22 at 7 p.m. ET.
The nominees in the main categories are:
Best film:
- American Sniper
- Birdman
- Boyhood
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- The Imitation Game
- Selma
- The Theory of Everything
- Whiplash
Best director:
- Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
- Richard Linklater (Boyhood)
- Alejandro G Inarritu (Birdman)
- Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game)
- Bennett Miller (Foxcatcher)
Best actor:
- Steve Carell (Foxcatcher)
- Bradley Cooper (American Sniper)
- Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game)
- Michael Keaton (Birdman)
- Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything)
Best actress
- Marion Cotillard (Two Days, One Night)
- Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything)
- Julianne Moore (Still Alice)
- Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl)
- Reese Witherspoon (Wild)