'Birdman' and 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' have been nominated for nine Academy Awards each i.e. they are leading the race with maximum nods, it has been confirmed.
'The Imitation Game' has been nominated for eight awards, 'Boyhood' and 'American Sniper' has been nominated for six awards each, the BBC reported.
'Foxcatcher',' Interstellar', 'The Theory of Everything', and 'Whiplash' have bagged 5 nods each.
Fresh his Golden Globe win, Eddie Redmayne, again nominated for his role as Stephen Hawking in 'The Theory of Everything', told the publication that it was the crack of dawn and he went from being in a deep dark sleep to hearing this news and he could not quite articulate what he was feeling but he felt pretty good.
Meryl Streep bagged her 19th Oscar nomination for her role in 'Into the Woods' more than any other actor or actress in history.
The nominees in the main categories are:
Best film:
American Sniper
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash
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Best director:
Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
Richard Linklater (Boyhood)
Alejandro G Inarritu (Birdman)
Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game)
Bennett Miller (Foxcatcher)
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Best actor:
Steve Carell (Foxcatcher)
Bradley Cooper (American Sniper)
Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game)
Michael Keaton (Birdman)
Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything)
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Best actress
Marion Cotillard (Two Days, One Night)
Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything)
Julianne Moore (Still Alice)
Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl)
Reese Witherspoon (Wild)
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Neil Patrick Harris will host the ceremony in Hollywood's Dolby Theatre on 22 February.
