Barkhad Abdi, Bill Pohlad Nominated For Oscars
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (WCCO/AP) -- Minnesota was once again well represented when the 86th annual Academy Award nominations were announced in Beverly Hills, Calif., by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Barkhad Abdi, who now-famously worked as a limo driver in Minneapolis before being discovered by the makers of "Captain Phillips," was nominated for best supporting actor.
Barkhad Abdi and three other amateur Somali actors from Minnesota portray pirates who hijack an American cargo ship off the Horn of Africa in 2009 and take its captain, played by Hanks, hostage. Abdi is the pirates' ringleader.
Appearing on NBC's Today show Thursday, Abdi said he was so excited about the imminent Oscar nominations that he couldn't sleep Wednesday night.
Also, producer Bill Pohlad was among the people behind Best Picture nominee "12 Years a Slave." He was previously nominated in that category for "The Tree of Life." He also served as an executive producer for "Brokeback Mountain."
And Amy Adams, whose career first took off when she acted at the Chanhassen Dinner Theaters in the late 1990s, just received her fifth Oscar nomination. She was cited in the Best Actress category for her performance in "American Hustle," which led the overall nomination count along with "Gravity." The most nominated films of the morning were:
10 nominations: American Hustle; Gravity
9 nominations: 12 Years a Slave
6 nominations: Captain Phillips; Dallas Buyers Club; Nebraska
5 nominations: Her; The Wolf of Wall Street
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The Oscars will be presented March 2 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres and broadcast live on ABC.
Here is the list of Oscar nominees:
Best Picture
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Her
Nebraska
Philomena
12 Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street
Best Director
David O. Russell, American Hustle
Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity
Alexander Payne, Nebraska
Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street
Best Actress
Amy Adams, American Hustle
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock, Gravity
Judi Dench, Philomena
Meryl Streep, August: Osage County
Best Actor
Christian Bale, American Hustle
Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
Best Supporting Actress
Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave
Julia Roberts, August: Osage County
June Squibb, Nebraska
Best Supporting Actor
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
Best Original Screenplay
American Hustle
Blue Jasmine
Dallas Buyers Club
Her
Nebraska
Best Adapted Screenplay
Before Midnight
Captain Phillips
Philomena
12 Years A Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street
Best Animated Feature
The Croods
Despicable Me 2
Ernest & Celestine
Frozen
The Wind Rises
Best Foreign Language Film
The Broken Circle Breakdown
The Great Beauty
The Hunt
The Missing Picture
Omar
Best Documentary
The Act of Killing
Cutie & The Boxer
Dirty Wars
The Square
Twenty Feet From Stardom
Best Original Score
The Book Thief
Gravity
Her
Philomena
Saving Mr. Banks
Best Original Song
"All Yet Not Alone," All Yet Not Alone
"Happy," Despicable Me 2
"Let It Go," Frozen
"The Moon Song," Her
"Ordinary Love," Mandela: Long Road to Freedom
Best Editing
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
12 Years A Slave
Best Cinematography
The Grandmaster
Gravity
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
Prisoners
Best Production Design
American Hustle
Gravity
The Great Gatsby
Her
12 Years A Slave
Best Costume Design
American Hustle
The Grandmaster
The Great Gatsby
The Invisible Woman
12 Years A Slave
Best Makeup
Dallas Buyers Club
Jackass: Bad Grandpa
The Lone Ranger
Best Sound Editing
All Is Lost
Captain Phillips
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Lone Survivor
Best Sound Mixing
Captain Phillips
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Inside Llewyn Davis
Lone Survivor
Best Visual Effects
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Iron Man 3
The Lone Ranger
Star Trek Into Darkness
Best Live-Action Short
Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn't Me)
Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything)
Helium
Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?)
The Voorman Problem
Best Animated Short
Feral
Get a Horse!
Mr. Hublot
Possessions
Room on the Broom
Best Documentary Short
CaveDigger
Facing Fear
Karama Has No Walls
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall
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