Oscars 2015 nominees

CBC News | Posted: January 15, 2015 2:28 PM | Last Updated: January 15, 2015

A list of some of this year's nominees for the film industry's top awards

Media | Oscars 2015: Birdman, The Grand Budapest Hotel lead nominations with 9

Caption: The extravagant comedies Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel are tied for the most Oscar nominations with nine each, the U.S. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed Jan. 15, 2015, from Hollywood. The 87th annual Academy Awards air on Feb. 22.

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The 2015 Oscar nominations were announced Thursday. Below is a roundup of the nominees in some of the top categories.

Best picture

American Sniper
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash

Best actor in a leading role

Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Michael Keaton, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

Best 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

Best actor in a supporting role

Robert Duvall, The Judge
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Edward Norton, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

Best actress in a supporting role

Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Laura Dern, Wild
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Emma Stone, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Meryl Streep, Into the Woods

Best director

Alejandro G. Inarritu, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game

Best foreign film

Ida, Poland; directed by Pawel Pawlikowski
Leviathan, Russia; directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev
Tangerines, Estonia; directed by Zaza Urushadze
Timbuktu, Mauritania; directed by Abderrahmane Sissako
Wild Tales, Argentina; directed by Damián Szifron

Best original screenplay

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. and Armando Bo
Boyhood, written by Richard Linklater
Foxcatcher, written by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman
The Grand Budapest Hotel, screenplay by Wes Anderson; story by Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness
Nightcrawler, written by Dan Gilroy