2015 Oscar nominees contain some surprising snubs – including Jennifer Aniston and Jake Gyllenhaal

So last night I met a friend at the ArcLight in Hollywood for a screening of The Godfather II which I had never seen on the big screen. It was an absolutely terrific movie-going experience that I highly recommend.

As I arrived, there was some craziness going on outside and I soon realize it was the premiere for Cake and there was Jennifer Aniston and a zillion cameras and reporters. I snapped a quick photo with my phone then we ran into the theater because we were late.

Anyway, it was a terrific night for Aniston I am sure but not such a terrific morning as she was snubbed by the Academy and did not receive an expected Oscar nomination for her performance. Past winner Marion Cotillard, however, did make the cut for Two Days, One Night which might have been a surprise. I haven’t seen Cake but I did see Cotillard’s movie at AFI Fest and I can tell you it is a well-deserved nomination.

Anyway, the nominations were announced early this morning and the one snub that I am most upset about is Jake Gyllenhaal not getting a best actor nod for Nightcrawler. It was a riveting performance on so many levels and it seems ridiculous that he was not on the list. I have no quibbles with Eddie Redmayne or Benedict Cumberbatch or Michael Keaton and I expected those outstanding performances to make the cut. Have not seen American Sniper so have no opinion of Bradley Cooper but I have seen Foxcatcher and do not feel Steve Carrell’s performance was as deserving as Gyllenhaal’s.

Maybe Jake needed a big fake nose?

Here is the full list of nominees:

Best Picture
American Sniper
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash

Best Director
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher
Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game

Best Actress
Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon, Wild

Best Actor
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Michael Keaton, Birdman
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Laura Dern, Wild
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Emma Stone, Birdman
Meryl Streep, Into the Woods

Best Supporting Actor
Robert Duvall, The Judge
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Edward Norton, Birdman
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

Best Adapted Screenplay
Paul Thomas Anderson, Inherent Vice
Damien Chazelle, Whiplash
Jason Hall, American Sniper
Anthony McCarten, The Theory of Everything
Graham Moore, The Imitation Game

Best Original Screenplay
Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Dan Futterman and E. Max Frye, Foxcatcher
Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris and Armando Bo, Birdman
Richard Linklater, Boyhood

Best Foreign Language Film
Leviathan
Ida
Tangerines
Timbuktu
Wild Tales

Best Documentary Feature
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Finding Vivian Maier
Last Days in Vietnam
The Salt in the Earth
Virunga

Best Animated Feature
Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Song of the Sea
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya

Film Editing
American Sniper
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Whiplash

Best Song
Everything is Awesome from The LEGO Movie (written by Shawn Patterson)
Glory from Selma (written by Common and John Legend)
Grateful from Beyond the Lights (written by Diane Warren)
I’m Not Gonna Miss You from Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me (written by Glen Campbell)
Lost Stars from Begin Again (written by Gregg Alexander, Danielle Brisebois, Nick Lashley and Nick Southwood)

Best Original Score
Alexandre Desplat, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alexandre Desplat, The Imitation Game
Johann Johannsson, The Theory of Everything
Gary Yershon, Mr. Turner
Hans Zimmer, Interstellar

Best Cinematography
Roger Deakins, Unbroken
Emmanuel Lubezki, Birdman
Dick Pope, Mr. Turner
Robert Yeoman, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski, Ida

Best Costume Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Inherent Vice
Into the Woods
Maleficent
Mr. Turner

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Guardians of the Galaxy

Best Production Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
Into the Woods
Mr. Turner

Best Sound Editing
American Sniper
Birdman
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Interstellar
Unbroken

Best Sound Mixing
American Sniper
Birdman
Interstellar
Unbroken
Whiplash

Best Visual Effects
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Guardians of the Galaxy
Interstellar
X-Men: Days of Future Past

Best Short Film, Live Action
Aya
Boogaloo and Graham
Butter Lamp
Parvaneh
The Phone Call

Best Short Film, Animated
The Bigger Picture
The Dam Keeper
Feast
Me and My Moulton
A Single Life

Best Documentary, Short Subject
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Joanna
Our Curse
The Reaper
White Earth