When I woke up this morning, I had this picture in mind of Paul Revere riding his horse throughout Hollywood shouting “The Oscars are coming! The Oscars are coming!” Because today was the day the 2016 Academy Award nominations were announced.
Some surprises, some disappointments. Plenty of snubs. In other words, just another day in Hollywood.
Here’s the list.
BEST PICTURE
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight
DIRECTING
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, The Revenant
Adam McKay ,The Big Short
George Miller, Mad Max Fury Road
Lenny Abrahamson, Room
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Matt Damon, The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Tom Hardy, The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Sylvester Stallone, Creed
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara, Carol
Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Anomalisa
Boy and the World
Inside Out
Shaun the Sheep Movie
When Marnie Was There
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Bear Story
Prologue
Sanjay’s Super Team
We Can’t Live without Cosmos
World of Tomorrow
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Roger Deakins, Sicario
Edward Lachman, Carol
Emmanuel Lubezki, The Revenant
Robert Richardson, The Hateful Eight
John Seale, Mad Max: Fury Road
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Drew Goddard, The Martian
Nick Hornby, Brooklyn
Adam McKay & Charles Randolph, The Big Short
Phyllis Nagy, Carol
Emma Donoghue, Room
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Matt Charman, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Bridge Of Spies
Alex Garland, Ex Machina
Josh Cooley, Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Inside Out
Tom McCarthy & Josh Singer, Spotlight
Jonathan Herman, Andrea Berloff, S. Leigh Savage, Straight Outta Compton
COSTUME DESIGN
Carol
Cinderella
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Amy
Cartel Land
The Look of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
Body Team 12
Chau, beyond the Lines
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
Last Day of Freedom
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Ave Maria
Day One
Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)
Shok
Stutterer
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Embrace of the Serpent
Mustang
Son of Saul
Theeb
A War
FILM EDITING
Hank Corwin, The Big Short
Margaret Sixel, Mad Max: Fury Road
Tom McArdle, Spotlight
Stephen Mirrione, The Revenant
Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Mad Max: Fury Road
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared
The Revenant
ORIGINAL SCORE
Carter Burwell, Carol
Ennio Morricone, The Hateful Eight
Thomas Newman, Bridge Of Spies
Johann Johannson, Sicario
John Williams, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
ORIGINAL SONG
“Earned It,” Fifty Shades of Grey
“Manta Ray,” Racing Extinction
“Simple Song #3,” Youth
“Til It Happens To You,” The Hunting Ground
“Writing’s On The Wall,” Spectre
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Bridge of Spies
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
SOUND EDITING
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
SOUND MIXING
Bridge of Spies
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
VISUAL EFFECTS
Ex Machina
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens