Phil Lord, who wrote and directed The Lego Movie, is not too disheartened his film was snubbed. He tweeted a picture, external of his own Lego Oscar saying: "It's okay. Made my own!"

He added: "This is not a tragedy. Congrats to incredible crew and cast of The Lego Movie, who made a classic."

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Lord's co-director Chris Miller said he was thrilled, external that the movie's theme song, Everything Is Awesome, had been nominated, "though currently the title of the song doesn't seem especially accurate!"

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Bradley Cooper receives his third consecutive Oscar nomination for his role in Clint Eastwood's American Sniper.

He's the first actor to achieve the feat since Russell Crowe was nominated for The Insider, Gladiator and A Beautiful Mind at the start of the century.

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Entertainment correspondent, BBC News

Also in the live action short category is Boogaloo and Graham, directed by Michael Lennox. Filmed entirely on location in Northern Ireland, the film is set in 1970s Belfast and follows two young boys who discover the facts of life, aided by the help of their pet chickens. The short also picked up a Bafta nomination last week.

Rosianna Halse Rojas tweets, external: "Looking at these noms, it's kind of hard to believe that Oscar voters are 94% white, 77% male, and have a median age of 62...not."

- BBC Radio 5 live

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Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory Of Everything has received five Oscar nominations, meaning producer Tim Bevan can dust down his dinner jacket again this year.

He's been nominated for an award on three previous occasions - for Atonement, Elizabeth and Les Miserables - but has never won.

"We're very well trained at the bridesmaid job," he joked to BBC Radio 5 live.

"But it's a very great honour. The Academy Awards stand head and shoulders above the others. As the nominations get read out, you certainly get a knot in your stomach."

He added the Oscar voters would be subject to a lot of... er, persuasion, over the next few weeks.

"The campaigning goes from sometime last year until the voting stops in the next couple of weeks.

"It's just a question of keeping the film fresh in everyone's minds and reminding people how great these two actors are."

Oscar ceremony host Neil Patrick Harris has posted a short video, external giving his thoughts on the Oscar nominations. See why he lost a $20 bet.

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Entertainment correspondent, BBC News

The live action short category includes The Phone Call, by British director Mat Kirkby. It stars Sally Hawkins and Jim Broadbent.

Hawkins plays a helpline call centre volunteer who receives a phone call from a mystery man.

The film was shot in 2013 a week after Hawkins finished filming Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine (for which she was nominated for the best supporting actress Oscar last year). Kirkby sold his car to pay for the film.

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John Legend and Common wrote the Oscar-nominated song Glory, external for Selma, which looks at Martin Luther King's pivotal civil rights marches in Selma, Alabama.

The duo are already front-runners for the best original song award, having picked up a Golden Globe in the same category last weekend.

Legend has just tweeted, external: "So grateful for @TheAcademy Award nomination for GLORY!!! On MLK's birthday!!"

The Theory of Everything star Felicity Jones starred on BBC Radio 4 drama The Archers for 10 years. They've tweeted, external: "Thrilled for Felicity Jones [ex Emma Grundy] who's been nominated for an Oscar. And they say Grundys have bad luck..."

You can see the full list of nominees here.

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Entertainment correspondent, BBC News

Robert Duvall's nomination for best supporting actor in The Judge makes him the oldest Oscar nominee in this category. At 84, he is two years older than the previous oldest nominee, Hal Holbrook, who was up for Into the Wild in 2008. The oldest winner in this category is Christopher Plummer, who was 82 when he picked up the Oscar for Beginners in 2012.

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Meryl Streep's nomination for Into The Woods brings her Oscar tally to 19, extending her reign as most-nominated actress ever.

Katharine Hepburn is in second place, with 12 citations, followed by Bette Davis on 10.

Streep has won three - two for best actress (The Iron Lady/Sophie's Choice) and one for best supporting actress (Kramer vs Kramer).

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Entertainment correspondent, BBC News

Eight films up for best picture this year - it could have been anywhere between five and 10. For the last three years there have been nine on the shortlist. The strongest showing was for two quirky and dark comedies - Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel - both with nine nominations.

Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel lead the Oscar nominations with nine apiece.

The Imitation Game is close behind with eight citations, followed by American Sniper and Boyhood on six.

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Best picture:

• American Sniper

• Birdman

• Boyhood

• The Grand Budapest Hotel

• The Imitation Game

• Selma

• The Theory of Everything

• Whiplash

Best director:

• Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel

• Alejandro G Inarritu, Birdman

• Richard Linklater, Boyhood

• Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher

• Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game

Best actress:

• Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night

• Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything

• Julianne Moore, Still Alice

• Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl

• Reece Witherspoon, Wild

Best actor:

• Steve Carrell, Foxcatcher

• Bradley Cooper, American Sniper

• Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game

• Michael Keaton, Birdman

• Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

Original screenplay:

• Birdman

• Boyhood

• Foxcatcher

• The Grand Budapest Hotel

• Nightcrawler

Adapted screenplay:

• American Sniper

• The Imitation Game

• Inherent Vice

• The Theory of Everything

• Whiplash