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“American Hustle,” “Gravity,” “12 Years A Slave” Lead Oscar Nominations:

The speculation is over for Oscar nominations with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences releasing its picks early Thursday morning.

“American Hustle” and “Gravity” lead the pack with 10 nominations each while “12 Years a Slave” has nine nominations.

The Academy Awards will be held Sunday, March 2 at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood with Ellen DeGeneres as host.

Best Picture

— “American Hustle,” Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison and Jonathan Gordon, producers

— “Captain Phillips,” Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti and Michael De Luca, producers

— “Dallas Buyers Club,” Robbie Brenner and Rachel Winter, producers

— “Gravity,” Alfonso Cuaron and David Heyman, producers

— “Her,” Megan Ellison, Spike Jonze and Vincent Landay, producers

— “Nebraska,” Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa, producers

— “Philomena,” Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan and Tracey Seaward, producers

— “12 Years a Slave,” Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen and Anthony Katagas, producers

— “The Wolf of Wall Street,” nominees to be determined

Best Actor

— Christian Bale, “American Hustle”

— Bruce Dern, “Nebraska”

— Leonardo DiCaprio, “The Wolf of Wall Street”

— Chiwetel Ejiofor, “12 Years a Slave”

— Matthew McConaughey, “Dallas Buyers Club”

Best Actress

— Amy Adams, “American Hustle”

— Cate Blanchett, “Blue Jasmine”

— Sandra Bullock, “Gravity”

— Judi Dench, “Philomena”

— Meryl Streep, “August: Osage County”

Supporting Actor

— Barkhad Abdi, “Captain Phillips”

— Bradley Cooper, “American Hustle”

— Michael Fassbender, “12 Years a Slave”

— Jonah Hill, “The Wolf of Wall Street”

— Jared Leto, “Dallas Buyers Club”

Supporting Actress

— Sally Hawkins, “Blue Jasmine”

— Jennifer Lawrence, “American Hustle”

— Lupita Nyong’o, “12 Years a Slave”

— Julia Roberts, “August: Osage County”

— June Squibb, “Nebraska”

Director

— David O. Russell, “American Hustle”

— Alfonso Cuaron, “Gravity”

— Alexander Payne, “Nebraska”

— Steve McQueen, “12 Years a Slave”

— Martin Scorsese, “The Wolf of Wall Street”

For a full list of all categories, visit http://oscar.go.com/nominees.

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