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87th Academy Awards
DateFebruary 22, 2015
SiteDolby Theatre
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Hosted byNeil Patrick Harris
Produced byNeil Meron
Craig Zadan[1]
Directed byHamish Hamilton[2]
Highlights
Most nominationsBirdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel (9)
TV in the United States
NetworkABC

The 87th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), is scheduled to take place on February 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles.[3] The Academy gave Academy Honorary Awards to Jean-Claude Carrière, Hayao Miyazaki and Maureen O’Hara and a Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Harry Belafonte in November 2014.[4][5]

Actor Neil Patrick Harris is scheduled to host the ceremony for the first time.[6]

Nominees

Actor Chris Pine and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs at the 87th Oscars Nominations Announcement
Directors J.J. Abrams and Alfonso Cuarón at the 87th Oscars Nominations Announcement

The nominees for the 87th Academy Awards were announced on January 15, 2015, at 5:38 a.m. PST (13:38 UTC), at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Cheryl Boone Isaacs, president of the Academy, directors J. J. Abrams and Alfonso Cuarón, and actor Chris Pine.[7][8] Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel tied for the most nominations with nine each.[9]

Awards

Best Picture Best Director
Best Actor Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress
Best Original Screenplay Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Animated Feature Film Best Foreign Language Film
Best Documentary – Feature Best Documentary – Short Subject
Best Live Action Short Film Best Animated Short Film
Best Original Score Best Original Song
Best Sound Editing Best Sound Mixing
Best Production Design Best Cinematography
Best Makeup and Hairstyling Best Costume Design
Best Film Editing Best Visual Effects

Honorary Academy Awards

The Academy held its 6th Annual Governors Awards ceremony on November 8, 2014, during which the following awards were presented.[10][11][12]

Academy Honorary Awards

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Films with multiple nominations

Ceremony information

Schedule

Date[13] Event
Saturday, November 8, 2014 The Governors Awards
Wednesday, December 3, 2014 Screen credits and music submissions due
Monday, December 29, 2014 Nominations voting begins 8:00 a.m. PST (11:00 a.m. EST)
Thursday, January 8, 2015 Nominations voting ends 5:00 p.m. PST (8:00 p.m. EST)
Thursday, January 15, 2015 Nominations announced 5:30 a.m. PST (8:30 a.m. EST)
Monday, February 2, 2015 Nominees luncheon
Friday, February 6, 2015 Final voting begins 8:00 a.m. PST (11:00 a.m. EST)
Saturday, February 7, 2015 Scientific and Technical Awards
Tuesday, February 17, 2015 Final voting ends 5:00 p.m. PST (8:00 p.m. EST)
Sunday, February 22, 2015 Ceremony begins 4:00 p.m. PST (7:00 p.m. EST)

Box office performance of nominated films

Criticism

There has been criticism of the predominantly white Oscar nominees and in other fields of nominees alike. For the third time since 1995, the 20 Academy Award acting nominations were only for white actors and actresses. The first was in 1998 and second was in 2011.[14] David Sims of The Atlantic states "the surprising coolness towards Martin Luther King, Jr. biopic Selma—nominated for Best Picture but missing in the Director, Actor, and Original Screenplay categories—with the fact that all 20 acting nominees this year are white, the first time such a thing has happened since the Oscars honoring the films of 1995."[15] The Guardian columnist Bidisha also notes the overwhelmingly white nominee list while also discussing the fact that "every nominated best director, screenwriter, screenplay adapter and original score composer is a white man,"[16] additionally suggesting that there is an inherent lack of female representation in the Oscars this year beyond the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress categories. Selma was directed by Ava DuVernay, herself an African-American female. It should be noted, however, that Bidisha was incorrect in her assessment since Best Director nominee Alejandro González Iñárritu is Latino, not white. Additionally, all of the screenwriters for Birdman are Latino as well.

In response to criticism about lack of diversity, Cheryl Boone Isaacs, the president of the Film Academy, stated that “in the last two years, we’ve made greater strides than we ever have in the past toward becoming a more diverse and inclusive organization through admitting new members and more inclusive classes of members. And, personally, I would love to see and look forward to see a greater cultural diversity among all our nominees in all of our categories.”[17] She refused to comment on whether the Academy was embarrassed about the lack of diversity, but stated that she was proud of all the nominees.[18]

There was also some negative reaction from critics due to The Lego Movie not receiving an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature Film, despite strong critical acclaim and nominations in the respective category of other major award ceremonies.[19] Similar reaction also came from singer Lorde not being nominated for Best Original Song for "Yellow Flicker Beat" from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1,[20] as well from singer Lana Del Rey not being nominated in the same category for "Big Eyes" from Big Eyes.[21] There was also criticism from filmmaker James Gunn regarding the fact that Jake Gyllenhaal was not nominated for his performance in Nightcrawler[22] while Dan Gilroy has received a nomination. The absence of Gillian Flynn in the Best Adapted Screenplay category for the film adaptation of her novel Gone Girl was also harshly criticized.[23]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Craig Zadan And Neil Meron Return To Produce The 2015 Oscars®". The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved May 9, 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ "Oscars 2015 production team". Deadline. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
  3. ^ "The Academy Selects 2014 and 2015 Show Dates". The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
  4. ^ "Harry Belafonte handed honorary Oscar". BBC News. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
  5. ^ "Harry Belafonte, Hayao Miyazaki and Maureen O'Hara to get Honorary Oscars". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
  6. ^ Gray, Tim (October 15, 2014). "Neil Patrick Harris to Host the Oscars". Variety. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  7. ^ "Oscars: Why Academy Decided To Announce All 24 Category Nominees". Deadline. January 9, 2015.
  8. ^ "Oscar nominations 2015: live". Guardian. January 15, 2015. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
  9. ^ a b "Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel lead Oscars race". BBC News. January 15, 2015. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  10. ^ "Academy Unveils 2014 Governors Awards Recipients". Variety. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  11. ^ "Honorary Oscars presented to Harry Belafonte, Maureen O'Hara, Hayao Miyazaki". CBS News. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
  12. ^ "Harry Belafonte, Hayao Miyazaki, Maureen O'Hara to get honorary Oscars". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
  13. ^ "Academy Announces Key Dates for the Oscars". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
  14. ^ Tatiana Siegel (January 15, 2014). "Oscars: Acting Nominees All White". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 17, 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  15. ^ David Sims (January 15, 2015). "The Oscars Haven't Been This White in 19 Years". The Atlantic.
  16. ^ Bidisha. "The Oscars celebrates white men. What about the rest of us?". the Guardian.
  17. ^ Sam Frizell. "Film Academy President Wants Greater Cultural Diversity". TIME.com.
  18. ^ "Academy Awards President on Lack of Diversity in Oscars 2015 : People.com". PEOPLE.com.
  19. ^ "Peter Travers Blasts 'Selma,' 'Lego Movie' Oscars 2015 Snubs - Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone.
  20. ^ "Lorde". Billboard.
  21. ^ "Lana Del Rey Snubbed Again for Oscars' Best Original Song". Time Magazine.
  22. ^ Natalie Stone. "Oscars: 'Guardians of the Galaxy' Director Slams 'Lego Movie,' Jake Gyllenhaal Snubs". The Hollywood Reporter.
  23. ^ Sasha Stone (January 17, 2015). "Gillian Flynn breaks Record with Historic Snub, Remains Entirely Awesome while Doing So". awardsdaily.com.
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