'Hustle,' '12 Years' are among top Oscar nominees

The nominees for the 86th Annual Academy Awards were announced early this morning from Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Chris Hemsworth and AMPAS President Cheryl Boone Isaacs will take to the podium bright 

The Oscar nominations were announced Jan. 16, and while we all congratulate the lucky ones, we can also lament those left off the list, starting with Captain Phillips' Tom Hanks, a two-time winner looking to snag his first nom 

The Academy got a lot of things right this year, but, as always, they left a lot of expected nominees out in the cold. Relative surprises like Philomena's Best Picture nomination, Christian Bale's Best Actor nomination and Amy 

In the best actress category, all five women nominated return as familiar faces to Oscar voters — all having braved the Hollywood and Highland red carpet as Academy Awards nominees in years past, some hailed as winners. On Thursday, the academy chose 

Virtually all of the other Oscar nominations for categories such as cinematography, costume design, directing, film editing and lead actor performances were for live action movies that were filmed elsewhere. A notable exception was "Blue Jasmine," the