When Is Taylor Swift Releasing New Music? Ed Sheeran Dishes Details! Brad Pitt in 'War Machine' - Teaser & First Look Photos Revealed! Jimmy Kimmel Reveals Final Oscars Joke He Was Supposed to Do After Best Picture (Hint: Involves Matt Damon) Is Oprah Winfrey Going to Run For President? Oscar Snubs 2015: Jennifer Aniston, 'Lego Movie' & More Left Off the List The 2015 Oscar nominations were just announced this morning – (see the full list of nominees here) – and many are buzzing about their favorite actors/actresses and movies being snubbed! Fans are upset that Jennifer Aniston did not get a nomination for Cake – Marion Cotillard was the one who seemingly knocked her out of the running, as Jennifer was projected to get a nomination and Marion was not. Jake Gyllenhaal was also left off of the list for Nightcrawler. Both Jennifer and Jake did receive Golden Globe nominations for their work in their respective movies. The Lego Movie was left off of the list for Best Animated Picture.
Some even considered the movie a frontrunner for the prize because of its huge success. One huge notable director snub is Ava DuVernay, who directed Selma. Selma did receive a Best Picture nomination, but Ava was left off of the list. David Oyelowo also did not receive a Best Actor nomination for Selma. TELL JJ: Who else did you think get snubbed off the nominations list?? Posted to: 2015 Oscars, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jennifer Aniston, lego movie Also on Just Jared JJ Links Around The Web Oprah assures everyone she's not running for President - TMZ Katie Holmes takes major issue with tabloid magazines - Gossip Cop It looks like Bella Thorne is dating Kendall Jenner's rumored ex-boyfriend - Just Jared Jr All these celebs are expecting babies in 2017 - Wetpaint Angelina Jolie has a new gig - Lainey Gossip Here's everything you need to know about Game of Thrones' Jon Snow - The Hollywood ReporterThe announcement of this year's Oscar nominees took social media by storm on Thursday morning -- and among the surprises and snubs, people quickly took notice of a lack of diversity amongst this year's contenders.
Oscars 2015: The nominees Nominations in the major categories for the 87th Academy Awards, which will be handed out Feb. 22, 2015 Not a single person of color was nominated for an acting Oscar when the names were unveiled -- the first time that's happened since 1998 -- and "Selma" was snubbed in the directing and lead actor categories (though it did receive nods for original song and best picture). Academy voters also selected an all-male lineup for this year's best director category, opting not to nominate Ava DuVernay for "Selma" (which would have made her the first black female director to receive a nomination in that category). On Twitter, the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite caught fire as users shared their frustrations. Apparently to @TheAcademy, in 2015, only the stories (some made up) of white people are relevant. #/ZQFfV1hQSt— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) January 15, 2015 #OscarsSoWhite Exodus was snubbed because it was too diverse.— Dave Zirin (@EdgeofSports) January 15, 2015
#OscarsSoWhite it thinks Miley Cyrus invented twerking— Jawjuh Peach (@NrdLovnNetta) January 15, 2015 #OscarsSoWhite: The Academy is 94% White. Thinks a BW prez makes these stats ok.— Trudy (@thetrudz) January 15, 2015 #OscarsSoWhite they want to touch your hair— Ijeoma Oluo (@IjeomaOluo) January 15, 2015 #OscarsSoWhite they don't see race. Or movies with black folks in it, apparently.— Fed Up Nephew (@Awkward_Duck) January 15, 2015 #OscarsSoWhite that even The Lego Movie didn't get nominated for Best Animated Film because Morgan Freeman voiced a character.— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) January 15, 2015 #OscarsSoWhite They wanted to know why Selma wasn't centered around LBJ. I'm not making this one up.— Nessa. #OscarsSoWhite They didn't see Selma but their housekeeper said it was really good.— Fed-Up AMPAS Member. "We gave them 12 years a slave last year maybe they won't notice" #OscarsSoWhite— Jonas (@jonastheprince) January 15, 2015
When asked Thursday about this year's lineup of nominees, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science president Cheryl Boone Isaacs denied the organization has a problem recognizing diversity."Not at all," Isaacs, the first African-American president of the academy, told Vulture. "The good news is that the wealth of talent is there, and it's being discussed, and it's helpful so much for talent -- whether in front of the camera or behind the camera -- to have this recognition, to have this period of time where there is a lot of publicity, a lot of chitter-chatter."Everything is awesome indeedBirdman soared and The Grand Budapest Hotel housed a bunch of Oscar nominations, but there were a bunch of huge curveballs that shook up the race. Check out the biggest surprises and snubs from Thursday's announcement.Birdman, Grand Budapest Hotel lead Oscar nominationsSurprises American Sniper: Like he always does (see: Million Dollar Baby, Letters to Iwo Jima), Clint Eastwood came late to the party, but made a huge dent.
His late-breaking war drama hit the target with the Academy, scoring six nods, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Bradley Cooper, who's also a producer. Cooper has now nabbed three straight acting nominations -- the first actor to do so since Russell Crowe 13 years ago. Had Eastwood made the Best Director cut, he would've been the oldest nominee ever at 84. He's already the oldest winner, having won 10 years ago for Million Dollar Baby.Marion Cotillard: Two years ago, Cotillard, who won in 2008 for La Vie en Rose, was left off the Best Actress shortlist for Rust and Bone after grabbing Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. This time, the reverse happened. Cotillard picked up a handful of critics' prizes for Two Days, One Night, but her momentum stalled when the major televised precursors came about -- she was even snubbed by the BAFTAs. It's a much overdue second nomination for a star with a very admirable post-win resume.Laura Dern: All of Dern's pre-release buzz died when her name failed to show up anywhere in the precursors, but the Hollywood scion is beloved within the community -- lest we forget, she was all over the circuit stumping for her pops Bruce Dern last year -- and managed to snag the final Best Supporting Actress spot for her lovely, if brief, work in Wild.
It's her first nomination in 23 years. Like Cooper and Cotillard, she made the cut without Globe and SAG nods -- the 33rd, 34th and 35th time that has happened. Bennett Miller: Mark Schultz might not like Miller, but the directing branch does. The Foxcatcher helmer picked up his second nomination for his austere, chilly drama. Foxcatcher exceeded expectations in many ways. The film, which was held over from 2013, wasn't a hit, can be off-putting to some, and got bulldozed by its subject Schultz in a series of angry tweets and Facebook posts last month right in the middle of nomination voting -- this is what he had to say Thursday -- but it garnered five nods nonetheless. Best Picture, however, was not one of them.Dick Poop: Congrats to Dick Poop on his Oscar nomination! Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs hilariously flubbed Mr. Turner cinematographer Dick Pope's name during the announcements. Can't wait for Dick Poop and Adele Dazeem to host next year.Snubs Jen and Jake: It was a bad day for the former Good Girl co-stars.
Aniston (Cake) and Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler) became the 35th and 36th performances to get snubbed by the Oscars after nabbing Globe and SAG nods. (Of note: Aniston is the second actress to miss out despite Globe, SAG and Critics' Choice nods since none other than Angelina Jolie for A Mighty Heart.) Aniston's snub might hurt more than Gyllenhaal's. Nightcrawler was an unexpected hit and player for much of the season, as was Gyllenhaal's surprising but deserving presence in the very crowded Best Actor field at other awards, but Aniston mounted an insane last-minute campaign for film that hasn't even been released yet, only to fall when it counted.Selma: The powerful, poignant civil rights drama earned just two nods: Best Picture and Best Original Song. Ava DuVernay was aiming to be the fifth woman and first black woman to be nominated for Best Director. David Oyelowo's snub for his stirring portrait of Martin Luther King Jr. means this is the second time since 1998 that all 20 acting nominees are white.
The knee-jerk reaction ascribes this solely to racism and sexism, and while the Academy does not by any means have the best track record with diversity -- the majority of its membership is old, white males -- there are other factors that could've played a role. Paramount botched the campaign. Because the film was finished very late, Paramount only sent screeners to Academy members, leading to snubs from the industry guilds (SAG, DGA, PGA; it was ineligible at WGA) and preventing the film from building any momentum. DuVernay was also not credited on the screenplay, on which she reportedly did a heavy rewrite of the third act, because screenwriter Paul Webb's contract gave him solo credit. And not unlike Zero Dark Thirty's torture controversy two years ago (though nowhere near as loud), there is that brouhaha over Lyndon B. Johnson's characterization in the film. All that combined, Selma had an uphill battle from the start and unfortunately couldn't get over it.The Lego Movie: Though it yielded a Best Original Song nomination, The Lego Movie was MIA from the animated feature lineup.
But don't worry, they have an Oscar already./kgyu1GRHGR— philip lord (@philiplord) January 15, 2015 Gone Girl: Going, going... The fall smash earned just one nomination: Best Actress for Amazing Amy herself Rosamund Pike. While it was on the fringes for a Best Picture nod (ironic since it's the biggest moneymaker and the Academy expanded the field after the Dark Knight backlash), a Best Adapted Screenplay nod seemed assured for Gillian Flynn. You can probably blame the Academy for her snub too: Damien Chazelle's Whiplash script was forced to compete in adapted, where it received a nod, instead of original because the Academy's ludicrous rules dictate that the film was adapted from Chazelle's short film of the same name -- even though that short film was adapted from his feature script to raise financing money for the movie. Something tells us David Fincher couldn't care less about all this though.Birdman (not) in editing: An esoteric snub, but Birdman's co-leading nine nominations does not count editing among them.