2015 Oscar Nominations: Rosamund Pike - Best Actress for Gone Girl, Keira Knightley - Best Supporting Actress for The Imitation Game, which scored 8 Nominations!

The 2015 Oscar Nominations were announced (one of the announcers was Chris Pine, KK's Jack Ryan costar) very early in the morning (5:30 am PT/8:30 ET),  and I'm very glad my Bennet girls Rosamund Pike and Keira Knightley made it in, in their acting categories and got Oscar nominated for Best Actress (Rosamund Pike) and Best Supporting Actress (Keira Knightley, her second! First was Best Actress for Pride & Prejudice, almost a decade ago, of course) as they should be. Gone Girl, however, only got one nomination! *shocking!* (and that was for Miss Pike only, which I'm glad she wasn't snubbed 'cause that would be just...#OMGICantEvenKnow (I was almost worried for her, lol...which I already was after the snubs of GG in other categories. That's unfortunate that GG film was almost completely shutout, except for RP. I was hoping, but not expecting, at least a 5 nominations for GG including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Original Score, and Best Director. Oh, well...at least, Rose got in, and to be honest...she's the only one I cared about that deserved to be recognized and nominated the most. So happy for her and her movie's huge box office success worldwide, which those 8 Best Picture nominees combine lack anyways...), while The Imitation Game scored a total of 8 nominations including Best Picture, Best Actor for Benedict Cumberbatch, and Best Supporting Actress for Miss Knightley. Also, Keira's Lost Star song from her other movie, Begin Again, is nominated for Best Original Song. I wonder if Keira (or KK and Adam Levine duet? I'd prefer just Knightley singing by herself...) would perform the song on the awards' night, since she's not a professional singer, she's shy and nervous about singing in front of people, lol...Inherent Vice (Jena Malone co-star) got a few nods as well as Oscar winner* Jacqueline Durran (*Anna Karenina) for Best Costume Design for Mr. Turner.

The 2015 Academy Awards will be hosted by Rosamund's Gone Girl co-star Neil Patrick Harris and will be held on February 22nd at the Dolby Theatre^® at Hollywood & Highland Center^® and televised live on the ABC Television Network at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. .

Here are the categories they are nominated for...

Nominations for the 87th Academy Awards

Best motion picture of the year

“American Sniper” Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar, Bradley Cooper and Peter Morgan, Producers
“Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole, Producers
“Boyhood” Richard Linklater and Cathleen Sutherland, Producers
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales and Jeremy Dawson, Producers
“The Imitation Game” Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky and Teddy Schwarzman, Producers

“Selma” Christian Colson, Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, Producers
“The Theory of Everything” Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce and Anthony McCarten, Producers
“Whiplash” Jason Blum, Helen Estabrook and David Lancaster, Producers

Performance by an actor in a leading role

Steve Carell in “Foxcatcher”
Bradley Cooper in “American Sniper”
Benedict Cumberbatch in “The Imitation Game”

 
Michael Keaton in “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)”
Eddie Redmayne in “The Theory of Everything”

Performance by an actress in a leading role

Marion Cotillard in “Two Days, One Night”
Felicity Jones in “The Theory of Everything”
Julianne Moore in “Still Alice”
Rosamund Pike in “Gone Girl”

Reese Witherspoon in “Wild”

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Patricia Arquette in “Boyhood”
Laura Dern in “Wild”
Keira Knightley in “The Imitation Game” 

Emma Stone in “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)”
Meryl Streep in “Into the Woods”

Achievement in costume design

“The Grand Budapest Hotel” Milena Canonero
“Inherent Vice” Mark Bridges
“Into the Woods” Colleen Atwood
“Maleficent” Anna B. Sheppard and Jane Clive
“Mr. Turner” Jacqueline Durran

Achievement in directing

“Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” Alejandro G. Iñárritu
“Boyhood” Richard Linklater
“Foxcatcher” Bennett Miller
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” Wes Anderson
“The Imitation Game” Morten Tyldum

Achievement in film editing

“American Sniper” Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach
“Boyhood” Sandra Adair
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” Barney Pilling
“The Imitation Game” William Goldenberg
“Whiplash” Tom Cross

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

“The Grand Budapest Hotel” Alexandre Desplat
“The Imitation Game” Alexandre Desplat
“Interstellar” Hans Zimmer
“Mr. Turner” Gary Yershon
“The Theory of Everything” Jóhann Jóhannsson

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

“Everything Is Awesome” from “The Lego Movie”
Music and Lyric by Shawn Patterson
“Glory” from “Selma”
Music and Lyric by John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn
“Grateful” from “Beyond the Lights”
Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
“I’m Not Gonna Miss You” from “Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me”
Music and Lyric by Glen Campbell and Julian Raymond
“Lost Stars” from “Begin Again”
Music and Lyric by Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois

Adapted screenplay

“American Sniper” Written by Jason Hall
“The Imitation Game” Written by Graham Moore
“Inherent Vice” Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson
“The Theory of Everything” Screenplay by Anthony McCarten
“Whiplash” Written by Damien Chazelle

2015 Oscars Nominees Reaction...
via Deadline:

Best Actress
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl

Pike was awakened tonight in the UK “for the first time by someone who wasn’t my baby, wanting food.” Commenting how her villainous yuppie wife Amy Dunne resonated with moviegoers, Pike said, “It’s funny, we did these (post-screening) Q&As and people ask, ‘Why wasn’t justice done?’ I think people get disturbed rooting for; she’s a scheming manipulator and one relishes her in the same way that they’re watching Hannibal Lector.” But with a fierce intensity, Pike kept Dunne real, ensuring that she was never over-toned, even in the most campiest of situations. “I remember the murder bed scene with Neil Patrick Harris and I said to (director) David Fincher, ‘I feel like I’m in a totally different movie. He said, ‘Oh, you are.’ There were sections of the film where it felt like a Rock Hudson-Doris Day picture, but I grounded Amy Dunne in a reality with a thruline from childhood to adulthood.” As far as future projects on the horizon in the wake of Gone Girl, Pike said, “I had my baby and I’ve been able to enjoy (this season) without being besieged. I’m not ready to go back to work yet.”

via Awards Watch forum:

Best Supporting Actress
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game

What an exciting morning! I'm so honoured and grateful for this nomination and to be in the company of such talented and inspiring actresses. Thank you to the Academy for this recognition and also for honouring so many of the film's storytellers. I would like to think the many recognitions the Academy has given our movie is a celebration of Alan Turing's legacy."