12 Years A Slave Has Nine Oscar Nominations!

Again, Lee Daniels' The Butler was pushed to the sidelines. The critically acclaimed movie wasn't mentioned at the 86th Academy Awards. It was snubbed and placing the media mogul Oprah Winfrey at the sidelines.

The movie is a 2013 American historical fiction drama film directed by Lee Daniels and written by Danny Strong. Loosely based on the real life of Eugene Allen, the film stars Forest Whitaker as Cecil Gaines, an African-American who eyewitnesses notable events of the 20th century during his 34-year tenure serving as a White House butler.

It was the last film produced by Laura Ziskin, who died in 2011.

The conservatives are so thrilled that Oprah Winfrey, Jane Fonda and rapper/producer David Banner are snubbed by the Academy Awards.

That Guy Who Throws Shit To The Wall linked Roger Friedman's Showbiz 411 for the story.

Shock: Oprah, Tom Hanks, Robert Redford were all shut out of this year’s Oscars.

The nine Best Picture nominees are American Hustle, Captain Phillips, Dallas Buyers Club, Gravity, Her, Nebraska, Philomena, 12 Years a Slave, and Wolf of Wall Street. Only nine, not 10, films received nominations.


Also snubbed: Emma Thompson and “Saving Mr. Banks” are totally out.

Biggest surprise: Of all Harvey Weinstein’s possible entries, “Philomena” turned out to be his dark horse winner. “August Osage County” pulled two acting noms. And The Weinstein Company has two documentary nomineees.

Completely stopped and I’m not surprised: Robert Redford and “All is Lost.” Sadly I knew this. Roadside Attractions should be called Roadkill. What a mess. Redford was the best actor of the year.

Big winners: Paramount, Warner Bros., Sony played the game beautifully. A big studio turnaround.

But however, 12 Years A Slave, Barkhad Abdi of Captain Phillips portraying Somali pirate Abduwali Muse, and the single Happy from Pharrell Williams are nominated for the Oscars.

Barkhad Abdi

The 86th Academy Awards is an upcoming event during which the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) will present its annual Academy Awards to honor the best films of 2013 in the United States. The ceremony is scheduled for March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California.

This will be a week later than normal so as not to interfere with the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

The ceremony is to be televised in the United States by ABC and will be hosted by comedienne Ellen DeGeneres for the second time. She previously hosted the 79th ceremony in 2007.

Pharrell Williams, famed producer/rapper/rocker is nominated for an Oscar.

On September 5, 2013, The Academy announced the three nominees that will be honored with an Academy Honorary Award: the actress Angela Lansbury, the actor and producer Steve Martin, and the costume designer Piero Tosi. Angelina Jolie will be honored with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for her charity work.

For the Academy Award for Best Picture, 289 films are eligible.

In an official press release, It was announced the 86th Academy Awards will honor big-screen real-life heroes, super heroes, popular heroes and animated heroes, both past and present, as well as the bold filmmakers who bring them to life.