The 85th annual Academy Award nominations for supporting actress in a motion picture have been announced in Beverly Hills, Calif., by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

The annual Oscar nominations often confirm the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' allergy to big-budget, crowd-pleasing action and adventure movies.
The 85th annual Academy Award nominations for supporting actor in a motion picture have been announced in Beverly Hills, Calif., by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Visual effects supervisor Bill Taylor is being honored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
The first Oscar recipients of the new year were announced Thursday by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Growing concern that problems with the new electronic Oscar voting system could lead to record-low turnout has prompted the motion picture academy to extend the deadline for members to vote for Oscar nominations.
Oscar voters will have an extra day to cast their ballots.

Oscars host Seth MacFarlane is inviting college students to join him onstage at the Academy Awards.
Tom Hanks. Quincy Jones. Kristen Stewart. Warren Beatty. Quentin Tarantino. George Lucas. Steven Spielberg. Kirk Douglas. Amy Adams. Richard Gere.