Oscar Nominations: Stars React To Academy Award Nominations
The stars are reacting to the 2015 Oscar nominations. In the age of social media, we no longer have to wait until entertainment shows air the taped reactions. Instead, we can see who’s reacting to what and how in real time.
As the Inquisitr reported, the nominations were announced by actor Chris Pine, Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences president Cheryl Boone Isaacs, director Alfonso Cuaron, and director J.J. Abrams. Out of the nominations, The Grand Budapest Hotel and Birdman lead the way with nine nominations, and Boyhood continues to dominate the entire season.
Some of the major acting contenders took to Twitter to show their gratitude and excitement.
Thank You @TheAcademy for the #Foxcatcher nomination! Honored and humbled. Thanks @channingtatum @SteveCarell and Bennett Miller. The best.
— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) January 15, 2015
thank u everyone for the congratulations! i am so happy i can barely breathe #makingmyselfdizzy #AcademyAwards
— Julianne Moore (@_juliannemoore) January 15, 2015
So happy to celebrate 2 #Oscarnominations for #WILDmovie with my deeply beautiful & talented costar @lauradern! pic.twitter.com/AkqOkWOXJx
— Reese Witherspoon (@RWitherspoon) January 15, 2015
Cheryl Strayed, who Reese Witherspoon portrayed in the film Wild, voiced her disappointment in the lack of diversity in the nominations by retweeting.
#OscarNoms No female directors, screenwriters, or cinematographers. No actors of color. #diversity
— David Daniel (@CNNLADavid) January 15, 2015
No Ava DuVernay. No Angelina Jolie. Another year of all men nominated for Best Director. Sigh. #OscarsNoms #Oscars
— Bitch Flicks (@BitchFlicks) January 15, 2015
Musician John Legend was grateful for his nomination, despite the Academy virtually ignoring the film for all of its major categories.
So grateful for @TheAcademy Award nomination for GLORY!!! On MLK’s birthday!! @SelmaMovie @Common
— John Legend (@johnlegend) January 15, 2015
Oscar host Neil Patrick Harris got in on the fun too.
My #Oscars nominations thoughts: http://t.co/ZM1gylH4cu
— Neil Patrick Harris (@ActuallyNPH) January 15, 2015
Eddie Redmayne, who is nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role for The Theory of Everything, made a statement via Focus Features.
“I’m so incredibly honored to be recognized by the Academy, and even more thrilled to share this honor with the entire family of filmmakers, cast, and crew of ‘The Theory of Everything.’ This role was a once in a lifetime experience. Congratulations to my fellow nominees, thank you to the Academy, and thank you most of all to Stephen and Jane Hawking.”
Emma Stone, nominated for Best Supporting Actress for Birdman, was obviously very excited in the statement she released.
“Well, this is surreal. I am completely knocked out. Thank you to the Academy for this incredible honor. I am very proud and lucky to be a part of Birdman and can’t believe it came to this. I am so f–king excited. Are you allowed to say f–k when you’re making a statement for the Oscars? I’m just really f–king excited.”
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