Thu Jan 15 10:11:16 EST 2015
There sure were some shockers this morning.
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The 2015 Oscar nominations have arrived and they definitely came with some major surprises. "The Grand Budapest Hotel" tied "Birdman" for most nominations overall, which was a bit of a surprise in itself (many expected "Birdman" to easily lead the tally on its own), but not compared to the ten shockers listed below. Whether they're good news or bad news for you personally, you've got to hand it to the Academy for going their own way on many occasions this morning.
1. Marion Cotillard in over Jennifer Aniston.
Thanks to the alphabetical order of their last names, the two biggest shocks of the morning came in one swoop when Marion Cotillard's name was read first in the Best Actress category. It meant a) that Cotillard was in for "Two Days, One Night" despite snubs from SAG and the Golden Globes and b) Jennifer Aniston was out for her work in "Cake." Aniston had campaigned hard for the nomination, and had received precursor support across the board. She's the only person this year to get nominations from SAG, the Golden Globes and the Critics Choice Awards and not go on to get an Oscar nomination.
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2. "Gone Girl" snubbed everywhere but Best Actress, meaning the screenplay categories were a total boy's club.
The title of David Fincher's sadly rang true for its screenwriter Gillian Flynn this morning, who was shockingly left out of the Best Adapted Screenplay category in favor of "Inherent Vice" and "American Sniper." Which led to the very unfortunate scenario that of the 15 people collectively nominated in the screenplay categories, not a single one was a woman. It also meant that Rosamund Pike's Best Actress nomination was the only one "Gone Girl" received, as the film also got snubbed for editing, music and for Best Picture.
3. Everything is not awesome for "The LEGO Movie."
The Best Animated Feature category definitely offered up a major surprise. GKIDS saw both "Song of the Sea" and "The Tale of Princess Kaguya" get in. And somehow the film that they knocked out was the one everyone expected to win: "The LEGO Movie, " which bizarrely missed out despite being a massive commercial and critical success story. So apparently this is "How To Train Your Dragon 2"'s to lose.
