Birdman and Grand Budapest Hotel lead Oscar nominations
Meryl Streep is shortlisted for the 19th time
Launch party and nominations for this year's Brits later
Author Ruth Rendell critical but stable after a stroke
Victoria Lindrea
Arts and entertainment reporter, BBC News
That's all for today. Thanks for joining us. If you want to explore the Oscar nominations further, you can check out our special section which features profiles on all the major award nominees.
The Brit Award nominations will be announced in about an hour. Stay tuned for our story on who makes the grade this year.
Mark Savage
BBC News entertainment reporter
"If you're not bored, external of award nominations yet, we're at the @BRITAwards launch. Red carpet starts soon, so stay tuned!"
Lee Murcutt emails:
"From Batman to Birdman delighted to see Michael Keaton nominated for best actor..he's always been such an unrated actor, hope it lead to more roles for him. Always enjoyed watching him on the silver screen especially in Beetlejuice, Batman & Jackie Brown."
Luke Connolly emails:
"Re: Alan's comment that states he and his wife thought The Grand Budapest Hotel was tripe:
Perhaps you should educate yourself with the work of Wes Anderson before commenting - a director known for his far-flung and imaginative productions.
The Grand Budapest Hotel was - well is - a wonderful film. It's presentation, dark humour and passionate performances grab your attention from the get-go, and Anderson's filming style adds a certain nuance to this excellent production.
Ralph Fiennes is disgustingly talented also: easily one of the best British actors of all time."
British prime minister David Cameron "wishes all British nominees the very best" following their Oscar nominations.
For the first time in the history of the Academy Awards, two short films made by students and recent graduates from the National Film and Television School have been nominated for Oscars.
The Bigger Picture. directed by Daisy Jacobs, has been nominated for best animated short, while Boogaloo and Graham, directed by 2011 graduate Michael Lennox, has been nominated in the best live action short category.
Both films have also been nominated for Baftas.
Jacobs said she was "thrilled to have our film recognised as one of the best". "I'm delighted that what I love doing is something others value."
Lennox said: "It feels like a whirlwind. It's only been three years since I left the NFTS - never in a millions years did I expect to receive a Bafta and an Oscar nomination. I am massively thankful."
Darren Brackett writes: "Can't believe Ralph Fiennes was overlooked in the best actor category! He gave a masterful performance."
Alan Tucker writes: "I watched the Grand Budapest hotel last Saturday. What utter tripe, no other word for it, both my wife and myself agreed - unusual! It was just nonsense and unfunny. How on earth it is nominated for Oscars is totally beyond me."
Dick Pope spoke to BBC World about his "rather wonderful" nomination for cinematography, but denied any knowledge of the new social media star Dick Poop.
"I don't even know what you just said," he told Matthew Amroliwala, when the presenter tried to explain how his name had been mispronounced at the nominations announcement.
"I don't follow Twitter - I've got no idea what trending is, that all bypasses me," he chuckled, but added: "I'm very proud."
Image source, TwitterSteve Carell, external - "Such a great honour. Thank you @TheAcademy. Love to @MarkRuffalo, @channingtatum, Bill Corso, and Bennett Miller."
Reese Witherspoon, external - "So happy to celebrate 2 #Oscarnominations for #WILDmovie with my deeply beautiful & talented costar @lauradern!"
Marvel Entertainment, external - "Congratulations to @Guardians and @CaptainAmerica on receiving three nominations for the 87th annual Academy Awards!"
Tegan and Sara, external (who sang original song nominee Everything Is Awesome) - "We couldn't be more proud to see Everything is Awesome has been nominated for an #Oscar for Best Original Song!! Congrats to the whole team!"
The Lego Movie's other writer/director, Chris Miller, external - "Congrats to 'Everything is Awesome' though currently the title of the song doesn't seem especially accurate!"
Eddie Redmayne spoke to BBC News on the phone from Hollywood, telling them he was "ecstatic" about his nomination in the best actor category. He said he had woken up very early to hear the news.
"I can't quite articulate what I am feeling, but it feels pretty good," he said.
Asked about rivalry with fellow Brit Benedict Cumberbatch, he said: "Frankly just being invited to the party is an extraordinary thing," recalling watching the Oscar ceremony as a young boy. "I never ever dreamt I'd get to go."
- The Hollywood Reporter
For only the second time in nearly two decades, the 20 Oscar acting nominations went to a group made up entirely of white actors and actresses, according to statistics compiled by the Hollywood Reporter, external.
British actor David Oyelowo missed out on a best actor nomination for his role as Martin Luther King in Selma, as did director Ava Duvernay.
It comes at a time of high racial tension in the United States.
In 2011, the 20 nominees were also entirely white. Prior to that, you have to look back as far as 1998 to find an entirely all-white acting group.
It's a far cry from 2002, which saw both Halle Berry and Denzel Washington clinch the top acting Oscars - though critics have suggested Selma's chances may have been hurt by the success of Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave last year.
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Image source, ReutersEddie Redmayne, who plays Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything, has told Sky News, external his best actor nomination is "beyond dreams".
"It's the crack of dawn here in Los Angeles," he said in a phone interview. "I was in the middle of a deep, dark sleep and suddenly there was a rap on the door. I stumbled to the door and it was my manager there, with a team of people on the phone, screaming."
"I'm trying to get to terms with it all. I've gone from nought to a hundred miles an hour in the space of about four minutes."
Some of the movie studios behind the films nominated in the screenplay categories have posted their scripts online.
So if you want a light read on the train home, you can spend your journey with:
Image source, Getty ImagesCelebrity photo-bomber and part time thespian Benedict Cumberbatch says he is "knocked for six" by the news of his best actor nomination for his role as Alan Turing in The Imitation Game.
"To ring my parents, who are both actors, and tell them that their only son has been nominated for an Oscar is one of the proudest moments of my life," he said.
Tim Masters
Entertainment correspondent, BBC News
Theory of Everything producer Tim Bevan just told me the film's five nominations were "fantastic" and the real hero of the day was screenwriter Anthony McCarten "who put in the heavy lift over many years to get the film to a point where it could be produced".
Commenting on the nine films up for best picture, he joked: "I think that if there's a B in the title of your movie you're likely to win it!"
Those films are Birdman, Boyhood and The Grand Budapest Hotel.
Bevan added: "The list is very interesting, very varied, very different and quite indie."
Tim Masters
Entertainment correspondent, BBC News
According to the Academy number crunchers, British cinematographer Roger Deakins (Unbroken) now has the most nominations for cinematography of any living person, amassing 12 nods. Charles B Lang Jr and Leon Shamroy share the all-time record with 18 nominations each.
Also nominated in that category is Mexican Emmanuel Lubezki for Birdman, who will be hoping to repeat his win last year for Gravity.
American Colleen Atwood (Into the Woods) has the most nominations for costume design of any living person with 11. The overall record in the category belongs to Edith Head with 35 nominations.
Image source, Film companyChanning Tatum and Mark Ruffalo in The Foxcatcher
Mark Ruffalo, nominated for his role as a wrestler in Foxcatcher, has been practising his acceptance speech on Twitter, external, thanking his co-stars, his fellow nominees and all of his fans (his agent will be furious).
Image source, TwitterAndro Dominic also points out, external, that with Ruffalo and Norton nominated in the best supporting actor category, two incarnations of The Hulk will be going head-to-head at the Oscars.
Dick Poop is trending on Twitter. Mr Turner cinematographer Dick Pope is, conversely, having the best and worst of days after an unfortunate slip of the tongue by Academy boss Cheryl Boone Isaacs when she announced his nomination in the best cinematography category.
- BBC Radio 5 live
Felicity Jones receives a best actress nomination for playing Stephen Hawking's first wife, Jane, in The Theory of Everything.
But she tells BBC 5 live she purposefully avoided this afternoon's announcement. "It's so nerve-wracking I couldn't watch it," she says. "I was just waiting, then I got a phone call from my brother."