4 Oscar Nominations for Philomena including Best actress for Judi Dench!

The 86th Academy Award Nominations has just been announced earlier this morning and Judi Dench and her Philomena film were nominated for 4 Oscars including a Best Actress (Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role) nomination for Dench. In addition to the 4 Oscar nominations, Philomena was nominated for 3 Golden Globe Awards (including Best Actress for Judi Dench), 4 BAFTAs (including Best Actress for Judi Dench), 2 Critics Choice Awards (including Best Actress for Judi Dench), and 1 SAG (a Best Actress nomination for Judi Dench). The 2014 Oscars will be on March 2nd, 2014 starting at 8 PM on ABC and will be hosted by Ellen Degeneres. 
Congrats and best of luck to Judi Dench and her Philomena film on their 4 Academy Award Nominations!
Her Philomena Best Actress nomination is Dame Judi Dench's 7th Oscar Nomination and her 3rd Best Actress nomination (Mrs. Brown, Iris, Philomena) with 4th Best Supporting Actress nomination (Notes On A Scandal, Mrs. Henderson Presents, Chocolat, and Shakespeare In Love) and one Best Supporting Actress win (Shakespeare In Love). Watch the Oscar Nominations announcement, see categories Philomena is nominated for as well as Carey Mulligan's two films: The Great Gatsby and  Inside Llewyn Davis both scoring two Oscar nods in the technical sides below...

Best motion picture of the year

“American Hustle” Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison and Jonathan Gordon, Producers
“Captain Phillips” Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti and Michael De Luca, Producers
“Dallas Buyers Club” Robbie Brenner and Rachel Winter, Producers
“Gravity” Alfonso Cuarón and David Heyman, Producers
“Her” Megan Ellison, Spike Jonze and Vincent Landay, Producers
“Nebraska” Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa, Producers
“Philomena” Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan and Tracey Seaward, Producers

“12 Years a Slave” Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen and Anthony Katagas, Producers
“The Wolf of Wall Street” Nominees to be determined

Performance by an actress in a leading role

Amy Adams in “American Hustle”
Cate Blanchett in “Blue Jasmine”
Sandra Bullock in “Gravity”
Judi Dench in “Philomena”

Meryl Streep in “August: Osage County”

Achievement in costume design
“American Hustle” Michael Wilkinson
“The Grandmaster” William Chang Suk Ping
“The Great Gatsby” Catherine Martin
“The Invisible Woman” Michael O’Connor
“12 Years a Slave” Patricia Norris

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
“The Book Thief” John Williams
“Gravity” Steven Price
“Her” William Butler and Owen Pallett
“Philomena” Alexandre Desplat
“Saving Mr. Banks” Thomas Newman

Achievement in production design
“American Hustle” Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Heather Loeffler
“Gravity” Production Design: Andy Nicholson; Set Decoration: Rosie Goodwin and Joanne Woollard
“The Great Gatsby” Production Design: Catherine Martin; Set Decoration: Beverley Dunn
“Her” Production Design: K.K. Barrett; Set Decoration: Gene Serdena
“12 Years a Slave” Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Alice Baker

Achievement in sound mixing
“Captain Phillips” Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith and Chris Munro
“Gravity” Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro
“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick and Tony Johnson
“Inside Llewyn Davis” Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
“Lone Survivor” Andy Koyama, Beau Borders and David Brownlow

Adapted screenplay
“Before Midnight” Written by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke
“Captain Phillips” Screenplay by Billy Ray
“Philomena” Screenplay by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope

“12 Years a Slave” Screenplay by John Ridley
“The Wolf of Wall Street” Screenplay by Terence Winter

See a full list of the 2014 Oscar Nominations here.