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LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 18, 2015: Two wooden stand-in Oscar statuettes are ready to be taken on

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The nominees for the 88th annual Academy Awards were announced this morning in Beverly Hills.  Comedian Chris Rock will host the event taking place on February 28th.  Did your favorite movies and actors make the cut?

The Revenant  leads the nominations with a total of 12, including Leonardo DiCaprio’s Best Actor nomination.  DiCaprio has failed to take home an Oscar, despite being nominated a total of four times over his 20 year career.

Straight Outta Compton was snubbed from the Best Picture category, but it was nominated for Best Original Screenplay.  Surprisingly, Idris Elba didn’t get a nomination for his role in Beasts of No Nation, leaving zero non-white actors nominated.  Creed‘s Michael B. Jordan, and Concussion‘s Will Smith also were noticeably absent from the Best Actor list.

You can check out the full list of nominees below, and read more about the Academy Awards here.

 

Best Picture

The Big Short

Bridge of Spies

Brooklyn

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Martian

The Revenant

Room

Spotlight

Actor in a Leading Role

Leonardo DiCaprio

Bryan Cranston

Matt Damon

Michael Fassbender

Eddie Redmayne

Actress in a Leading Role

Cate Blanchett

Brie Larson

Jennifer Lawrence

Charlotte Rampling

Saoirse Ronan

Directing

Adam McKay, The Big Short

George Miller, Max Max: Fury Road

Alejandro G. Inarritu, The Revenant

Lenny Abrahamson, Room

Tom McCarthy, Spotlight

Foreign Language Film

Embrace of the Serpent, Colombia

Mustang, France

Son of Saul, Hungary

Theeb, Jordan

A War, Denmark

Original Score

Bridge of Spies

Carol

The Hateful Eight

Sicario

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Original Screenplay

Bridge of Spies

Ex Machina

Inside Out

Spotlight

Straight Outta Compton

Adapted Screenplay

The Big Short

Brooklyn

Carol

The Martian

Room

Production Design

Bridge of Spies

The Danish Girl

Max Max: Fury Road

The Martian

The Revenant

Visual Effects

Ex Machina

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Martian

The Revenant

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Film Editing

The Big Short

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Revenant

Spotlight

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Actress in a Supporting Role

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Rooney Mara

Rachel McAdams

Alicia Vikander

Kate Winslet

Actor in a Supporting Role

Christian Bale

Tom Hardy

Mark Ruffalo

Mark Rylance

Sylvester Stallone

Animated Feature

Anomalisa

Boy in the World

Inside Out

Shaun the Sheep Movie

When Marnie Was There

Animated Short Film

Bear Story

Prologue

Sanjay’s Super Team

We Can’t Live Without Cosmos

World of Tomorrow

Live Action Short

Ave Maria

Day One

Everything Will Be Okay

Stutterer

Shok

Makeup and Hairstyling

Mad Max: Fury Road

The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

The Revenant

Sound Mixing

Bridge of Spies

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Martian

The Revenant

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Sound Editing

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Martian

The Revenant

Sicario

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Costume Design

Carol

Cinderella

The Danish Girl

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Revenant

Documentary Feature

Amy

Cartel Land

The Look of Silence

What Happened Miss Simone

Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom

Documentary Short Subject

Body Team 12

Chau Beyond the Lines

Club Lanzmann

A Girl in the River

Cinematography

Carol

The Hateful Eight

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Revenant

Sicario

Original Song

“Earned It” 50 Shades of Grey

“Manta Ray” Racing Extinction

“Simple Song #3” Youth

“’Til It Happens to You” The Hunting Ground

“Writing’s on the Wall” Spectre