The other five were: Tom McCarthy's investigative journalistic procedural Spotlight, Steven Spielberg's Cold War thriller Bridge of Spies, Adam McKay's Michael Lewis adaptation The Big Short, the mother-son captive drama Room and the '50s Irish immigrant tale Brooklyn.
Director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's The Revenant led all films with 12 nominations.
"Spotlight", about sex abuse, "The Big Short", on the sub-prime mortgage crisis, and dystopian action movie "Mad Max: Fury Road" are also expected to be Oscars threats.
The British actor, who won in 2015 for "The Theory of Everything", was nominated for Best Actor for the second year running as the 2016 awards shortlist was announced.
Manning, Brady meet in AFC championship game[1]
The Broncos will be big favorites to win this game, but the Steelers should not be written off after the season they've had. It was hardly a dominating performance in all phases, but as we've seen all year, it was enough to keep the game close.
"Fury Road" was not far behind, securing 10 nominations.
Industry watchers have been hard-pressed this year to predict which movies and actors will be headed for glory at the Academy Awards on February 28 - the pinnacle of Tinseltown's awards season - and many are betting on some surprises.
Bahrain says it detains Iran-linked militants[2]
Witnesses claim that the compound is still intact and Saudi officials have hit out at the charges saying they are "propaganda". Tensions between the two countries have mounted in the past week as Saudi executed prominent Shia cleric Shiekh Nimr al-Nimr.
Once again this year, the Academy Awards field was whitewashed with no one of colour nominated in either of the acting nominations.
This is the 25-year-old Lawrence's fourth Oscar nomination.
Google wants automakers to help its self-driving vehicle project[3]
Overall, Google's engineers had to assume control of an autonomous vehicle 341 times during the period detailed. Google noted that failures were becoming less and less common over the reporting period.
Will Smith could earn a best actor nomination for National Football League drama "Concussion", but he would be competing with DiCaprio.
In the lead actress category, the picks came in as expected with nods for Cate Blanchett ("Carol"), Brie Larson ("Room"), Jennifer Lawrence ("Joy"), Charlotte Rampling ("45 Years") and Saoirse Ronan ("Brooklyn").
Their male counterparts in the supporting role category are: Christian Bale ("The Big Short"), Mark Ruffalo ("Spotlight"), Mark Rylance ("Bridge of Spies"), Sylvester Stallone ("Creed"), and Tom Hardy ("The Revenant").
Best supporting actress nominees are Jennifer Jason Leigh ("The Hateful Eight"), Rooney Mara ("Carol"), Rachel McAdams ("Spotlight"), Alicia Vikander ("The Danish Girl") and Kate Winslet ("Steve Jobs"). Rashed, the staff's multimedia reporter, covers daily news for the web, shoots/edits feature videos and writes about civil liberties.
George Miller won t make more Mad Max movies - The West Australian
References
- ^ Manning, Brady meet in AFC championship game (gosporttimes.com)
- ^ Bahrain says it detains Iran-linked militants (gosporttimes.com)
- ^ Google wants automakers to help its self-driving vehicle project (gosporttimes.com)
