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| American Hustle and Gravity vie for Oscars | American Hustle and Gravity vie for Oscars |
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| Con drama American Hustle and space movie Gravity lead this year's Oscar nominations with 10 nods each. | Con drama American Hustle and space movie Gravity lead this year's Oscar nominations with 10 nods each. |
| American Hustle was shortlisted in all four acting categories for its stars Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence. | American Hustle was shortlisted in all four acting categories for its stars Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence. |
| It is also up for best picture alongside Gravity, which earned a best director nod for Alfonso Cuaron and best actress for Sandra Bullock. | It is also up for best picture alongside Gravity, which earned a best director nod for Alfonso Cuaron and best actress for Sandra Bullock. |
| 12 Years a Slave's nine nominations included best director and picture. | 12 Years a Slave's nine nominations included best director and picture. |
| "I'm just very excited," British director Steve McQueen told the BBC. "My goodness, nine nominations - a lot of them British. We worked very hard and we're privileged to be in this position." | "I'm just very excited," British director Steve McQueen told the BBC. "My goodness, nine nominations - a lot of them British. We worked very hard and we're privileged to be in this position." |
| The film's stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender and Lupita Nyong'o were also nominated in the best actor, supporting actor and supporting actress categories. | The film's stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender and Lupita Nyong'o were also nominated in the best actor, supporting actor and supporting actress categories. |
| British film Philomena is up for four awards, including best picture. | British film Philomena is up for four awards, including best picture. |
| Captain Phillips, 12 Years a Slave, Nebraska, The Wolf of Wall Street, Dallas Buyers Club and Her are also among the nine films nominated for the coveted top award. | Captain Phillips, 12 Years a Slave, Nebraska, The Wolf of Wall Street, Dallas Buyers Club and Her are also among the nine films nominated for the coveted top award. |
| David O Russell's American Hustle is only the 15th film in Oscars' history to land nominations in the four main acting categories - although no film has ever won all the awards. | |
| Russell achieved the same feat with the Silver Linings Playbook last year, when all four of his key actors were nominated - with Lawrence winning best actress. | |
| The director told the BBC he was "humbled" by the nominations. | |
| "You always worry, as sort of the captain, that one of your great performers is not going to get recognised... But you still pray for them all." | |
| "They all put so much into it and they did it together so it's nice none of them got left out," he added. | |
| It is Adams's fifth Oscar nomination - and her first in the leading actress category - having previously been nominated for her supporting roles in The Master (2012), The Fighter (2010), Doubt (2008) and Junebug (2005) - however she has never collected a statuette to date. | |
| She will compete with Bullock, Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine, Dame Judi Dench for Philomena and Meryl Streep - who scored her 18th Oscar nomination - for August: Osage County. | |
| "This is just the loveliest news. I'm so happy for everybody involved, and so proud to have been part of the wonderful experience that Philomena has been," said Dame Judi. | |
| The best actor category sees British stars Bale and Ejiofor up against Bruce Dern for Nebraska, Leonardo DiCaprio for The Wolf of Wall Street and Matthew McConaughey for Dallas Buyers Club. | |
| The winners will be announced at the Oscars ceremony on Sunday 2 March at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres. | The winners will be announced at the Oscars ceremony on Sunday 2 March at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres. |
| See a list of the main nominees here | See a list of the main nominees here |