The Oscar nominations: Sure things, snubs and surprises

There were some snubs among this year's Oscar nominees, but the D.C. area has no reason to feel slighted: Spike Jonze, the region's sort-of-native son, picked up three nominations for his futuristic love story “Her” — and Oscar oracles predict he

Now that the Oscar nominations have been revealed, the heart of Oscar season is upon us. And as we lead up to the big night on March 2, it might do us all some good to step away from the insistent and unceasing Oscar prognosticating and try to remember 

(CNN) — The nominations for the Academy Awards were presented Thursday morning, and as always there were trends and surprises. Here are a few things we learned: 1. Make way for older women. It's not for nothing that one of best jokes from Tina Fey and 

The most Academy Award nominations went to three very different best picture possibilities: “Gravity” and “American Hustle,” with 10 in all, and “12 Years a Slave,” with nine.

The nominees for the 86th Academy Awards were announced on Thursday morning, but some movies and big names, predicted by many to be nominees, were left off the list. Tom Hanks didn't receive an Oscar nomination for