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The 86th Academy Awards nominations were announced on Thursday, January 16 morning. "Nebraska" joins the usual suspects, "12 Years a Slave", "American Hustle" and "Gravity", in the Best Picture category which includes also "Captain Phillips", "Her", "Dallas Buyers Club", "Philomena" and "The Wolf of Wall Street".

Lead actor nominees go to Christian Bale, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matthew McConaughey, Bruce Dern and Chiwetel Ejiofor. Meanwhile, lead actress nominees go to Amy Adams, Sandra Bullock, Meryl Streep, Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett.

In supporting categories, Jennifer Lawrence who won an Oscar last year for "Silver Linings Playbook", returns to the category for "American Hustle". Her co-star Bradley Cooper, who was also nominated for "Silver Linings Playbook" last year, is nominated in Supporting Actor for "American Hustle".

Best director category include Steve McQueen for "12 Years a Slave", Alfonso Cuaron for "Gravity", David O. Russell for "American Hustle", Martin Scorsese for "The Wolf of Wall Street" and Alexander Payne for "Nebraska."

In numbers, "American Hustle" and "Gravity" equally lead the list with 10 nominations. "12 Years a Slave" is closely behind with 9, followed by "Nebraska", "Captain Phillips" and "Dallas Buyers Club" at 6 each.

The 2014 Oscars will be broadcast live on March 2 on ABC from Dolby Theater at Hollywood and Highland. Ellen DeGeneres, who hosted the 2007 ceremony, returns as the emcee this year.

Best picture

• "American Hustle"
• "Captain Phillips"
• "Dallas Buyers Club"
• "Gravity"
• "Her"
• "Nebraska"
• "Philomena"
• "The Wolf of Wall Street"
• "12 Years a Slave"

• Christian Bale, "American Hustle"
• Bruce Dern, "Nebraska"
• Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Wolf of Wall Street"
• Matthew McConaughey, "Dallas Buyers Club"
• Chiwetel Ejiofor, "12 Years a Slave"

• Amy Adams, "American Hustle"
• Cate Blanchett, "Blue Jasmine"
• Sandra Bullock, "Gravity"
• Judi Dench, "Philomena"
• Meryl Streep, "August: Osage County"

• Barkhad Abdi, "Captain Phillips"
• Bradley Cooper, "American Hustle"
• Michael Fassbender, "12 Years a Slave"
• Jonah Hill, "The Wolf of Wall Street"
• Jared Leto, "Dallas Buyers Club"

• Sally Hawkins, "Blue Jasmine"
• Jennifer Lawrence, "American Hustle"
• Lupita Nyong'o, "12 Years a Slave"
• Julia Roberts, "August: Osage County"
• June Squibb, "Nebraska"

• Alfonso Cuaron, "Gravity"
• Steve McQueen, "12 Years a Slave"
• Alexander Payne, "Nebraska"
• David O. Russell, "American Hustle"
• Martin Scorsese, "The Wolf of Wall Street"

• "The Croods"
• "Despicable Me 2"
• "Ernest & Celestine"
• "Frozen (2013)"
• "The Wind Rises"

• "The Broken Circle Breakdown", Belgium
• "The Great Beauty", Italy
• "The Hunt (2013)", Denmark
• "The Missing Picture", Cambodia
• "Omar", Palestine

• "American Hustle", Eric Singer and David O. Russell
• "Blue Jasmine", Woody Allen
• "Dallas Buyers Club", Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack
• "Her", Spike Jonze
• "Nebraska", Bob Nelson

• "Before Midnight", Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke
• "Captain Phillips", Billy Ray
• "Philomena", Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
• "12 Years a Slave", John Ridley
• "The Wolf of Wall Street", Terence Winter

• "The Book Thief"
• "Gravity"
• "Her"
• "Philomena"
• "Saving Mr. Banks"

• "Alone Yet Not Alone", from "Along Yet Not Alone"
• "Happy", from "Despicable Me 2"
• "Let It Go", from "Frozen (2013)"
• "The Moon Song", from "Her"
• "Ordinary Love", from "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom"

• "The Grandmasters"
• "Gravity"
• "Inside Llewyn Davis"
• "Nebraska"
• "Prisoners"

• "American Hustle"
• "The Grandmasters"
• "The Great Gatsby"
• "The Invisible Woman"
• "12 Years a Slave"