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It's that time of year again. I'm pretty sure the Oscars require no introduction, but here's a Wikipedia excerpt:
The Academy Awards, commonly known as The Oscars, is an annual American awards ceremony honoring achievements in the film industry. Winners are awarded the statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is much better known by its nickname Oscar. The awards, first presented in 1929 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, are overseen by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).
The awards ceremony was first televised in 1953 and is now seen live in more than 200 countries. The Oscars is also the oldest entertainment awards ceremony; its equivalents, the Golden Globes for foreign and domestic productions (film and television) the Emmy Awards for American television, the Tony Awards for theatre, and the Grammy Awards for music and recording, are modeled after the Academy Awards.
Ellen DeGeneres is hosting this year, and for those of us in the US, it'll be on ABC at 7 PM EST, 4 PM PST. Sorry everyone else, you're on your own.
Here are the nominees for the major categories:
BEST PICTURE- American Hustle
- Captain Phillips
- Dallas Buyers Club
- Gravity
- Her
- Nebraska
- Philomena
- 12 Years a Slave
- Wolf of Wall Street
BEST ACTOR- Christian Bale - American Hustle
- Bruce Dern - Nebraska
- Leonardo DiCaprio - 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
- Dame Judi Dench - Philomena
- Meryl Streep - August: Osage County
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR- Barkhad Abdi - Captain Phillips
- Bradley Cooper - American Hustle
- Michael Fassbender - 12 Years a Slave
- Jonah Hill - Wolf of Wall Street
- Jared Leto - Dallas Buyers Club
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS- Sally Hawkins - Blue Jasmine
- Jennifer Lawrence - American Hustle
- Lupita Nyong'o - 12 Years a Slave
- Julia Roberts - August: Osage County
- June Squibb - Nebraska
All the rest of the nominations can be found by clicking on the logo at the top.
Other than that, just discuss the Oscars and how a bunch of people got snubbed. I'll try my best to update the thread throughout the night, no promises though. If I don't hold out, you guys can probably handle it.
