All a Buzz

The 2015 Oscar nominations were released today. Here is a list featuring the major categories, but you can also go to the official site for all of the nominees.

Best Picture

American Sniper
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash

Actor in a Leading Role

Steve Carrell
Bradley Cooper
Benedict Cumberbatch
Michael Keaton* See Mr. Keaton in Much Ado About Nothing; DVD 822.33 S527mu
Eddie Redmayne

Actress in a Leading Role

Marion Cotillard
Felicity Jones
Julianne Moore
Rosamund Pike
Reese Witherspoon

Actor in a Supporting Role

Robert Duvall *See this nominee in A Civil Action; DVD 346 C582
Ethan Hawke
Edward Norton
Mark Ruffalo
J.K. Simmons

Actress in a Supporting Role
Patricia Arquette
Laura Dern
Keira Knightley *Watch this nominee in Pride and Prejudice; DVD 823.7 A933pp
Emma StoneMeryl Streep *Check out Julie and Julia, Kramer vs. Kramer, or Silkwood to see this nominee.

Ask one of the librarians about borrowing any of the highlighted DVDs.

"This Is Nuts"-The Oscars

The Academy Awards ceremony will be held on February 22, 2015. To get in the mood for the Oscar announcements, why not take a study break and watch some Oscar-winning movies from previous years. The list below includes a sampling of the Oscar-winning movies that the Sullivan University Library has. If you want to borrow any of these movies, ask one of the librarians at the desk. We will be glad to assist you.  

• Babette’s Feast; DVD 791.43 B113
• Dead Poets Society: DVD 808 D278
• Erin Brockovich; DVD 791.43 E68
• The Great Gatsby; DVD 791.4372 G786
• Kramer vs. Kramer; DVD 346.7301 K89
• Norma Rae; DVD 791.43 N842
• A Streetcar Named Desire; DVD 812.5 W727s

If you don’t have time to watch the movies, but you still have an interest in the Oscars, keep on reading for some cool sites related to the awards.

Maybe you are curious to know when the awards ceremony was first televised or how they came to be in the first place. If so, the Academy Award history page has a cool timeline of events on it.

For a quick laugh or cry check out either the Funny Oscar moments or Memorable acceptance speeches.

The Academy also has two pretty nifty databases. One database lists all of the nominees and award winners, and the other database indexes all of the acceptance speeches.

*The quote, "This is nuts," is from Jennifer Lawrence's acceptance speech. Retrieved from the Academy Award Acceptance Speech Database.