Some actors, actresses and films were left off the Oscar ballots in favor of other performers and movies when the nominees for the Academy Awards were announced Thursday.
Moviegoers expressed their disdain for and approval of this year's exclusions as well as contenders, who will find out their fate on March 2 at which time the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will hand out gold statuettes to winners.
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Among the most-discussed snubs was Tom Hanks in the Best Actor category for his role as a captain of a hijacked ship in Captain Phillips. On the other hand, Jonah Hill's nod in the Best Supporting Actor field for his work in The Wolf of Wall Street surprised many.
Meanwhile, tech-centric movie Her — about the love story between a man and an artificially intelligent operating system — was nominated for Best Picture, finishing second in the "surprise nominations" results, below.
Here are the top snubs and surprises based on moviegoers' votes as tabulated by Fandango, which on Thursday launched an Oscars ballot with prizes:
1. Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips) for Best Actor: 36%
2. Oprah Winfrey (Lee Daniels’ The Butler) for Best Supporting Actress: 18%
3. Emma Thompson (Saving Mr. Banks) for Best Actress: 13%
4. Monsters University for Best Animated Feature Film: 12%
5. Blackfish for Best Documentary Feature: 10%
6. Robert Redford (All is Lost) for Best Actor: 5%
1. Jonah Hill (The Wolf of Wall Street) for Best Supporting Actor: 43%
2. Her for Best Picture: 21%
3. The Croods for Best Animated Feature Film: 20%
4. Christian Bale (American Hustle) for Best Actor: 7%
5. Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa for Best Makeup and Hairstyling: 5%
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BONUS: 10 Fun Facts About Oscar Statuettes
Want to impress your friends on Oscar Sunday? Absorb the fun facts revealed in this gallery and unleash the tidbits at your Academy Awards' viewing party.
Each Oscar statuette stands on a film reel, which has five spokes representing the original branches of the Academy: actors, directors, producers, technicians and writers.
The statuette is a knight grasping a crusader's sword. This year, the Academy is trying to start a meme called "#Oscaring," in which people pose like the Oscar.
No. The Academy has awarded nearly 3,000 Oscar statuettes since 1929, but they all have different number emblazoned on them. This one -- marked 3,111 -- will be handed out at a future ceremony.
Original Academy member Cedric Gibbons designed the statuette. He had director, screenwriter and actor Emilio Fernandez pose nude to inspire the Oscar design. Artist George Stanley sculpted Oscar.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gave out the first statuette in 1929. Back then, it was only referred to as the Academy Award of Merit. Now, it primarily goes by its nickname: Oscar. The Academy officially adopted the nickname in 1939.
R. S. Owens and Company manufatures the statuettes in Chicago. The Academy says it takes three to four weeks to create 50 Oscars.
Original statuettes were gold-plated solid bronze, but now gold-plated britannia metal has replaced the bronze.
The base size changed several times from 1929 to 1945. The base size has remained unchanged since 1945.
The Academy handed the first statuette in 1929 to Emil Jannings, who won Best Actor for The Last Command and The Way of All Flesh.
The 13-and-half-inch Oscar is heavier than it appears, weighing 8.5 pounds.
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