Crime caper “American Hustle” and 3D space saga “Gravity” topped the Oscar nominations list with 10 each, followed by historical drama “12 Years a Slave” with 9. Other movies nominated for best picture: “Captain Phillips,” “Dallas Buyers Club,” “Her,” “Nebraska,” “Philomena,” and “The Wolf of Wall Street.” For best actor, the nominees were Christian Bale, Bruce Dern, Leonardo DiCaprio, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Matthew McConaughey. Nominated for best actress were Amy Adams, Cate Blanchett, Sandra Bullock, Judi Dench and Meryl Streep. Nominated for best director were David O. Russell for “American Hustle,” Alfonso Cuaron for “Gravity,” Alexander Payne for “Nebraska,” Briton Steve McQueen for “12 Years a Slave” and Martin Scorsese for “The Wolf of Wall Street.” The surprises were multi-nominations for “The Wolf” with its divided critics over the portrayal of hedonist financial traders, “Dallas Buyers Club”, a low budget film of the life of an HIV-positive man, sleepers “Nebraska” and “Philomena”. CNN reported the “biggest shocker” was the snub of Tom Hanks for “Captain Phillips”. Other disappointments: Robert Redford for “All is Lost”, Emma Thompson for “Mary Poppins” author P.L. Travers, and Oprah Winfrey for “Lee Daniels’ The Butler”. Pixar, was also left out again for animated feature.
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