This Sunday is the 86th Academy Awards, the day film fanatics, actors, directors, screenwriters, and many others anticipate each year. Awards will be given to outstanding professionals of the film industry who have done noteworthy work in 2013. Here are the nominees in three main categories. Who are you rooting for?

Best Picture:

• American Hustle

• Captain Phillips

• Dallas Buyers Club

• Gravity

• Her

• Nebraska

• Philomena

• 12 Years a Slave

• The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Actor in Leading Role:

• 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 in a Leading Role:

• Amy Adams (American Hustle)

• Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)

• Sandra Bullock (Gravity)

• Judi Dench (Philomena)

• Meryl Streep (August: Osage County)

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