'Birdman,' 'Grand Budapest Hotel' lead Oscar nods
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E-mail Xinhua, January 16, 2015
"Birdman" and "The Grand Budapest Hotel" led Thursday's Oscar nominations, with nine nominations each for the 87th Academy Awards, followed by "The Imitation Game," which got eight nods.
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A poster of "Birdman" [Photo/Mtime.com] |
The other five best picture nominees include "American Sniper," "Boyhood," "Selma," "The Theory of Everything" and "Whiplash."
One of young leading Chinese directors, Hu Wei, 32, got best live action short film nomination for his 15-minute Tibetan themed film "Butter Lamp." This is the only Chinese film in this year's Oscar race.
The 12-years-in-the-making movie "Boyhood," the big winner at Sunday's Golden Globe Awards, picked up six nominations, including a directing nod for Richard Linklater. Best picture hopeful "Selma " which some had predicted would earn a shot at the Oscar for director Ava DuVernay, received one other nomination -- for its original song, "Glory."
In addition to Linklater, director nods also went to Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu for "Birdman," Bennett Miller for "Foxcatcher," Wes Anderson for "The Grand Budapest Hotel" and Morten Tyldum for "The Imitation Game."
As widely expected, Michael Keaton picked up a nomination for his role as a one-time blockbuster superhero actor trying to revive his career on Broadway in "Birdman." British actor Eddie Redmayne joined best actor category for his role as physicist Stephen Hawking in "The Theory of Everything." Other best actor nominations are Benedict Cumberbatch for his portrayal of World War II codebreaker Alan Turing in "The Imitation Game," box- office favorite and now three-time nominee Bradley Cooper for " American Sniper" and Steve Carell for his transformation into millionaire murderer John du Pont in "Foxcatcher."
All but Cooper are first-time Oscar nominees. Keaton and Redmayne both took home prizes at Golden Globe Awards four days ago.
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