The 2014 Oscar Nominations: ‘American Hustle,’ ‘Gravity’ Lead with 10 Each
“American Hustle” and “Gravity” led nominations for the 86th Academy Awards with 10 each, followed by nine for “12 Years a Slave.” The trio will compete for best picture in a category that this year has nine entrants, also including “Captain Phillips,” “Dallas Buyers Club,” “Her,” “Nebraska,” “Philomena,” and “The Wolf of Wall Street.”
Oscar voters always provide a few surprises, but this year they outdid themselves. In a strong year, a lot of good work went unrecognized, including Paul Greengrass, Tom Hanks, Robert Redford and Emma Thompson, while critical favs “Inside Llewyn Davis,” “Saving Mr. Banks” and “Lone Survivor” got less-than-hoped-for attention.
Sally Hawkins, Christian Bale and Amy Adams were not shoo-ins, so their inclusion is a mild surprise. Bale and Adams, along with Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, mean that a David O. Russell film has been repped in all four acting categories for the second consecutive year. Russell was also a repeat double nominee, as writer-director. Only six other filmmakers have had back-to-back double bids in those races.
Alfonso Cuaron (“Gravity”) is a triple nominee, in the film, directing and editing races. That’s also true for Spike Jonze, in the film, writer and song categories. Double nominees include producer-writer Steve Coogan, producer Megan Ellison, producer-director Steve McQueen, designer Catherine Martin and sound mixer Chris Munro.
Of the nine best-pic contenders, four are repped in the adapted-screenplay race, and four in the original-screenplay category. (“Gravity” did not get a script nom.) All five directors have their films in the top race. Eight of the nine films also got acting bids; the only exception was “Her.”
Variety first reported last July that the awards race would include a heavy dose of reality-based projects. Five of the nine pics are fact-based (“Captain,” “Dallas,” “Philomena,” “12 Years,” “Wolf”), while a sixth is inspired by real events (“American Hustle”).
The best-picture list contains eight contenders for the Producers Guild of America. The PGA nominated 10 films, including “Blue Jasmine” and “Saving Mr. Banks”; Oscar’s nine also includes “Philomena.” And three of the five SAG Ensemble nominations showed up today: “12 Years,” “Hustle” and “Dallas.” SAG-AFTRA voters also included ““August: Osage County” (which scored two noms, but not best pic) and “The Butler.” Both guilds will present the winners this weekend.
Four of the Directors Guild’s five contenders were recognized by Oscar: Cuaron, McQueen, Russell and Scorsese. Oscar also nominated Alexander Payne, while the DGA had tapped Greengrass. Since 1970, Oscar’s five helming nominees have been identical with the DGA only five times (1977, 1981, 1998, 2005, 2009).
All of the nine best-pic contenders opened in the fourth-quarter, ranging from the Oct. 3 bow of “Gravity” to the Dec. 25 launch of “Wolf.”
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences and PricewaterhouseCoopers follow a complicated weighted system for best picture, which allows for five-to-10 contenders. For the past two years, there were also nine. (James Schamus explains the system in a separate story.)
Many of this year’s top nominees are themed to the economy (“American Hustle,” “Blue Jasmine,” “The Wolf of Wall Street”), health care (“Dallas Buyers Club”), terrorism (“Captain Phillips”), survival (“12 Years,” “Gravity,”) and technology (“Her” and “Gravity”).
And then there are the classic American themes of family: “August: Osage County,” “Nebraska,” “Philomena.”
The nominees include some racial and cultural diversity, underscoring the fact that the film industry needs to reflect a wider cross-section. It’s an expanded sensibility that theater and TV have been quicker to embrace.
Historically, the Oscars nominations rarely parallel box office performance. With $670 million worldwide, “Gravity” was the only best-pic nominee in the global box office top 10.
The foreign language and animation categories failed to capture a best-picture nomination in the way that “Toy Story 3” and “Amour” did in the past few years. The year’s overcrowding meant that Pixar’s “Monsters University” was shut out of the animated-feature contest. And some of the year’s most high-profile documentaries failed to make the grade, including the excellent “The Armstrong Lie,” “Blackfish,” “Stories We Tell” and “Tim’s Vermeer.”
And the original-song omissions is a who’s who in the music world. Among the many with eligible songs who didn’t score a nom were Kings of Leon, Beyonce, Jay Z, Ed Sheeran, Coldplay and Taylor Swift.
The build-up to today’s nominations has been long and intense. In most years, there have been three or four shoo-ins for a best-picture nomination, plus a handful of other possibilities. This year, in addition to four that seemed like no-brainers, there were a dozen other contenders all worthy of attention. Every Oscar category was overcrowded, so the campaigning has been at a record level of activity since September.
Because it was such a good year, there were some casualties in Thursday’s noms. That includes a few longshots whose supporters had hoped in vain for awards attention, such as James Franco (“Spring Breakers”), James Gandolfini (“Enough Said”) and Scarlett Johansson (“Her”). And there were terrific films that never quite gained traction in terms of awards, including “The Place Beyond the Pines,” “Rush,” “Labor Day” and “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.”
There were 289 eligible pics with a total of 6,028 Academy voters. The largest single branch is actors, with 1176 (19% of the total); the smallest being casting directors, with 54 members (less than 1%).
The nominations were announced at 5:38 a.m. at the Academy’s Beverly Hills headquarters. Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences prexy Cheryl Boone Isaacs and Chris Hemsworth made the announcement.
Balloting runs Feb. 14-25. Awards will be handed out at ceremonies at the Dolby Theatre March 2, telecast live by ABC-TV.
THE LIST OF NOMINEES:
BEST PICTURE
“12 Years a Slave”
“American Hustle”
“Captain Phillips”
“Dallas Buyers Club”
“Gravity”
“Her”
“Nebraska”
“Philomena”
“The Wolf of Wall Street”
BEST DIRECTOR
David O. Russell, “American Hustle”
Alfonso Cuaron, “Gravity”
Alexander Payne, “Nebraska”
Steve McQueen, “12 Years a Slave”
Martin Scorsese, “The Wolf of Wall Street”
BEST ACTOR
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”
BEST ACTRESS
Amy Adams, “American Hustle”
Cate Blanchett, “Blue Jasmine”
Sandra Bullock, “Gravity”
Judi Dench, “Philomena”
Meryl Streep, “August: Osage County”
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“American Hustle” – Written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell
“Blue Jasmine” – Written by Woody Allen
“Her” – Written by Spike Jonze
“Nebraska” – Written by Bob Nelson
“Dallas Buyers Club” – Written by Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack
BEST 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
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Lupita Nyong’o, “12 Years a Slave”
Jennifer Lawrence, “American Hustle”
June Squibb, “Nebraska”
Julia Roberts, “August: Osage County”
Sally Hawkins, “Blue Jasmine”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
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”
Oscars are March 2 on ABC
Marvin Gaye’s Family Reaches A Settlement for ‘Blurred Lines’
Remember back in October when I told you that Marvin Gaye’s children filed a lawsuit against, Pharrell, Robin Thicke and T.I. for sampling their father’s song ‘Got to give it up’? According to the Hollywood Reporter, Marvin Gaye’s family and publishing company Sony/ATV have reached an undisclosed settlement with the “Blurred Lines”.
Gaye’s children are siting that EMI April failed to protect their fathers catalog of music. Initially EMI said the charges were “frivolous” but apparently since they decided to settle, their must have been something to the Gaye’s claims. Although they have settled on one end, the lawsuit between Thicke and Gaye’s family continues, which means Sony/ATV is still involved in the process. Mind you Pharell, Robin Thicke and TIP are suing them as well…., but since EMI has settled with them, then they might as well hang it up and settle also… There is no denying (to anyone with common sense) that Blurred Lines is a rip of Marvin Gaye’s Got To Give It Up.
Ciara Confirms Pregnancy On “The View;” Shows Off Growing Baby Bump
Ciara and her fiancé Future have a baby on the way! The “Body Party” songstress paid a visit to The View where she put the pregnancy rumors to rest by showing off her growing baby bump.
While chatting with the show’s hosts, Barbara Walters asked CiCi if she wanted to address the rumors about her being pregnant. “Of course, I would love to do so,” she responded; standing up to reveal her belly while flashing a huge smile.
Ciara and Future got engaged back in October, after he popped the question while they celebrated her 28th birthday in New York City
“She’s a beautiful woman, amazing, incredible, everything that comes with those words, that’s what she represents,” Future told Vibe in an interview last year. “We love being around each other and that’s just what it is. The chemistry is there. It’s amazing. She makes me happy, I make her smile.”
An Instagram snap of CiCi before she hit “The View”.
Good Morning! Off 2 The View! #PressDay. @DegreeWomen and More:) Xo. #costumenational #saintlaurent #umbrella
Congrats to the couple!
The Celebs Hit The 'RIDE ALONG' Red Carpet Premiere In Hollywood
The crowd showed up for the Hollywood premiere and afterparty for Ride Along at the TCL Chinese Theater. Kevin Hart and Ice Cube are gearing up to take over Hollywood with a hilarious comedy all about how far a man will go to prove his love for his almost-fiancee....to her cop brother.
Leading lady Tika Sumpter kept it HOT in a Michael Costello pink halter dress. The curve hugger was paired with an LL Bennett clutch and Jimmy Choo shoes. And she's also been serving it up on the small screen as the leady lady of OWN's hit show "Haves and Have Nots".
Fabulous. Loves her!
The fellas posed it up on the carpet.
Star Kevin Hart kept it stylish in a partial leather sleeved suit and posed it up with his gorgeous model girlfriend Eniko Parrish.
Good look for Kev.
Cube had his fab wife Kimberly on his arm.
Singer Keri Hilson showed off the results of her hard core gym time and dieting:
The girlfriend of OKC baller Serge Ibaka looked cute in plaid. And we know she was mad at that wind and what it did to her hair....
HBO's "Getting On" star Niecy Nash hit the carpet to support the flick.
Nick Cannon decided to go geeky chic for the occasion. You feelin' this? Feels like we just went back to the "Love Don't Cost A Thing" days.
And producer Will Packer was there for the party.
And over at the after party at OHM Nightclub:
Tika chopped it up with her co-stars, Niecy and Director Tim Story. Fab times all around.
Ride Along premieres TODAY!
Daaaammmnn!!: Kanye Is Under Criminal Investigation For Attacking 18 Year Old Man
Kanye has taken rants to a whole different level…
He just might have a good reason too though! Rapper Kanye West is now under criminal investigation for attacking a 18 year old young man.
Although it hasn’t been 2014 for very long, Kanye has been out of the public eye and we almost had hoped that this year would be different. Welp we guess not, but when it comes to your girl, anything will make you go crazy right???
TMZ reported,
Kim was at a Beverly Hills
Apparently that got Kim hot as fish grease … she watched the guy walk into an office. As they were walking we’re told the guy continued berating Kim. She dialed Kanye on his cell, and when the guy realized Kanye was on the phone he allegedly said, “F**k you N****r.” Kanye — who had just arrived at the building — then met up with Kim.
This is the alleged “victim”.
Sources say Kanye and Kim rushed into the waiting room of chiropractor Richard Hill and found the 18-year-old sitting there. Witnesses say Kanye punched the guy and Kim screamed, “We have it all on tape.”
Sources say the massage therapist in the office separated the 2 men. Beverly Hills
Well we don’t know what’s going to happen with Kanye, but we don’t blame him for protecting his fiancé. Hopefully they won’t be too hard right??
JoJo Released from Blackground, Signs with Atlantic Records
JoJo is free at last. After a multi-year battle, the singer has been released from her contract with Blackground Records.
The Los Angeles Times reports that she has signed a new deal with Atlantic Records, home to artists including Bruno Mars, Janelle Monáe, Wiz Khalifa, and K. Michelle.
Her fans campaigned for her freedom from Blackground on Twitter, and last July, JoJo filed a lawsuit demanding to be released from the label and its imprint, Da Family Records.
The 23-year-old is currently working on her third album for Atlantic , and previously released two albums including her 2004 self-titled debut and her 2006 sophomore effort The High Road.
To hold fans over, she delivered two mixtapes—2010′s Can’t Take That Away From Me and 2012′s Agápē.
In addition to music, JoJo stars in the high school comedy G.B.F., which hits theaters Today
20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Announces First Round of Presenters
It’s going to be an amazing evening of talent and celebration, and the 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards just shared some of the presenters on the roster.
“Argo” hunk Ben Affleck has signed on for the gig, as has his wife Jennifer Garner, Don Cheadle, Sasha Alexander and Clark Gregg.
Also on the list is “Captain Phillips” legend Tom Hanks, “Dallas Buyers Club” Golden Globe winners Jared Leto and Matthew McConaughey, Kevin Spacey, Kerry Washington, Forest Whitaker, and Oprah Winfrey.
The 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will go live on Saturday, January 18th, 2014 at 5pm on TBS and TNT.
Khloe Kardashian & The Game LOVE Partying Together: BFF’s Spotted At Hollywood
Best friends forever, The Game and Khloe Kardashian love to party together.
We caught the two sippin’ bubbly and posing for photogs at Hollywood
Looks like all had a good time
Bruno Mars Announces Tour Dates with Pharrell, Aloe Blacc
After performing sold-out shows in over 90 cities around the world, Bruno Mars will return to the road for the next leg of his “Moonshine Jungle World Tour” with special guests Pharrell Williams and Aloe Blacc.
The North American trek will kick off with back-to-back shows in Bruno’s hometown of Honolulu Fresno ’s Save Mart Center
Bruno, who received four nominations at this year’s Grammys, will be joined by Pharrell Williams in New York , Los Angeles , Toronto , Ottawa , and Montreal
Before he heads out on tour, Bruno will touch down at the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVIII Halftime Show at East Rutherford ’s MetLife Stadium on February 2, with special guest Red Hot Chili Peppers.
He and his eight-piece band, The Hooligans, will also continue their extended run at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas, with shows scheduled for February 15 & 16, May 23 & 24, and August 22 & 23.
Tickets for all dates go on sale on February 3. See an itinerary below.
“Moonshine Jungle World Tour” 2014 Dates
April 18 – Honolulu , HI
April 19 – Honolulu , HI
May 27 – Fresno
May 28 – Oakland , CA
May 31 – Los Angeles , CA – Hollywood
June 1 – Los Angeles , CA – Hollywood
June 4 – Tulsa , OK – BOK Center
June 6 – Memphis , TN
June 7 – New Orleans , LA – New Orleans
June 10 – North Little Rock , AR
June 11 – Birmingham , AL – Jefferson County Civic Center Arena *
June 13 – Columbia , SC
June 14 – Raleigh , NC
June 17 – Grand Rapids , MI
June 18 – Auburn Hills , MI
June 20 – Chicago Heights , IL
June 21 – Saint Paul , MN – Xcel Energy Center
June 23 – Omaha , NE – CenturyLink Center
June 25 – Milwaukee , WI
June 27 – Cincinnati , OH
June 28 – Cleveland, OH – Quicken Loans Arena *
June 30 – Buffalo , NY – First Niagara Center
July 2 – Boston , MA
July 9 – Hartford , CT
July 11 – Bristow , VA
July 12 – Hershey , PA – Hershey Park
July 14 – New York , NY – Madison Square Garden
July 15 – New York , NY – Madison Square Garden
July 17 – Camden , NJ – Susquehanna Bank Center
July 18 – Manchester , NH
July 20 – Albany , NY – Times Union Center
July 23 – Montreal , QC – Bell
July 24 – Ottawa , ON
July 26 – Toronto , ON – Air Canada
August 2 – Winnipeg , MB
August 3 – Saskatoon , SK
August 5 – Calgary , AB
August 9 – George , WA
August 11 – Eugene , OR
August 14 – Stateline , NV – Harveys Lake
August 15 – San Jose , CA – SAP Center at San Jose
August 17 – Englewood
^ Features Pharrell Williams
* Supported by Aloe Blacc
Congrats!!!: Evan Ross Engaged To Ashlee Simpson
This is the year of the wedding bells!
Diana Ross’ son Evan ross and his girlfriend Ashlee Simpson are now engaged to be married! The two have been friends for quite a while now, then finally made their relationship public last year.
Before Ashlee dated Evan she was married to Fall Out band member Peter Wentz, who fathers her 5 year old son Bronx . It has been 3 years since she divorced Peter and it looks like Evan is really the love of her life. So of course he would put a ring on it right!?
Evan and Ashlee both made the announcement Jan 13th on twitter with a picture of them two showing off Ashlee’s rock.
Ashlee tweeted,
My baby love and I are ENGAGED!!! Hallelujah Hawaii
Evan tweeted,
The love of my life said YES!!!!!
Aww they both seem really happy! Who would have thought years of being in the friend zone would turn to this. Evan’s mom Diana and family seems to approve of Ashlee.
They were spotted hanging out months ago and some sources say that Ashlee spent the holidays with the Ross family.
Blue Ivy’s Birthday Pictures
Jay, Bey and Blue were in Miami Miami
Ahhh so adorable!
2013 NBA Champion Miami
Dwyane Wade, LeBron James and the rest of the 2013 NBA Champion Miami Heat made a triumphant return to The White House, earlier today, where President Barack Obama honored them during an event in the East Room.
Before the event, Gabrielle Union and Dwyane took a selfie in the hallway.
Adrienne Bosh (in Chanel) enjoyed her time at the White House. "It's that time of year again...annual White House Visit Feeling very blessed and proud of my Husband and the whole HEAT team and organization!! This could be very easy to get used to! #TeamBosh #GoHEAT."
Gabby joked "then we got in trouble ... #BadGirlsWhiteHouseEdition ".
Cute!
AND FINALLY FROM “THE CRAZY PEOPLE SHOPPING AT WALMART” FILES
‘Thinkin’ Pink’
Hey, real men wear pink capris!…not real manly men, but yes technically still male.
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYBODY!!!!!!!!
EFREM
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