Sunday, March 2, 2014, the 86th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), will honor the actors, technical achievements, and films of 2013 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Comedian Ellen DeGeneres will host the show for the second time.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present Oscars in 24 categories.
Here is a list of the main Oscar nominations
BEST PICTURE
- American Hustle – Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison, and Jonathan Gordon
- Captain Phillips – Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, and Michael De Luca
- Dallas Buyers Club – Robbie Brenner and Rachel Winter
- Gravity – Alfonso Cuarón and David Heyman
- Her – Megan Ellison, Spike Jonze, and Vincent Landay
- Nebraska – Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa
- Philomena – Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan, and Tracey Seaward
- 12 Years a Slave – Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen, Anthony Katagas,
- The Wolf of Wall Street – Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Joey McFarland, and Emma Tillinger Koskoff
BEST ACTOR
- Christian Bale – American Hustle as Irving Rosenfeld
- Bruce Dern – Nebraska as Woody Grant
- Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street as Jordan Belfort
- Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave as Solomon Northup
- Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club as Ron Woodroof
BEST ACTRESS
- Amy Adams – American Hustle as Sydney Prosser
- Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine as Jeanette “Jasmine” Francis
- Sandra Bullock – Gravity as Dr. Ryan Stone
- Judi Dench – Philomena as Philomena Lee
- Meryl Streep – August: Osage County as Violet Weston
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips as Abduwali Muse
- Bradley Cooper – American Hustle as Agent Richard “Richie” DiMaso
- Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave as Edwin Epps
- Jonah Hill – The Wolf of Wall Street as Donnie Azoff
- Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club as Rayon
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine as Ginger
- Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle as Rosalyn Rosenfeld
- Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave as Patsey
- Julia Roberts – August: Osage County as Barbara Weston-Fordham
- June Squibb – Nebraska as Kate Grant
BEST DIRECTOR
- David O. Russell – American Hustle
- Alfonso Cuarón – Gravity
- Alexander Payne – Nebraska
- Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave
- Martin Scorsese – The Wolf of Wall Street
BEST DOCUMENTARY
- The Act of Killing – Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen
- 20 Feet from Stardom – Morgan Neville, Gil Friesen, and Caitrin Rogers
- Cutie and the Boxer – Zachary Heinzerling and Lydia Dean Pilcher
- Dirty Wars – Richard Rowley and Jeremy Scahill
- The Square – Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
- CaveDigger – Jeffrey Karoff
- Facing Fear – Jason Cohen
- Karama Has No Walls – Sara Ishaq
- The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life – Malcolm Clarke and Nicholas Reed
- Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall – Edgar Barens
BEST FOREIGN FILM
- The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium) in Dutch – Felix Van Groeningen
- The Great Beauty (Italy) in Italian – Paolo Sorrentino
- The Hunt (Denmark) in Danish – Thomas Vinterberg
- The Missing Picture (Cambodia) in French – Rithy Panh
- Omar (Palestine) in Arabic – Hany Abu-Assad
Best picture nominees covered the following relationships: “father-son relationship,” “mother-son relationship,” “husband-wife relationship.”