'American Hustle', 'Wolf of Wall Street' snubbed at Oscars

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Press Trust of India Los Angeles
Last Updated : Mar 03 2014 | 2:01 PM IST
While "Gravity" and "12 Years A Slaves" emerged as big winners at the 86th Oscars, David O Russell's "American Hustle" and Martin Scorsese's "The Wolf of Wall Street" returned empty handed despite multiple nominations.
David O Russell's "American Hustle", a 70s style crime-drama about FBI's sting operation with the help of con artists, was up for as many as 10 nominations, equaling "Gravity" but did not receive a single trophy.
"Hustle" stars Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jennifer Lawrence and Christian Bale were ignored by Oscar voters.
Lawrence may have scored an Oscar last year for Russell's 'Silver Linings Playbook', but Lupita Nyong'o with her impressive debut '12 Years A Slaves', managed to charm the voters to win the Best Supporting Actress.
Steve McQueen's '12 Years A Slaves' grandly won over 'American Hustle' in the category of Best Picture.
Leonardo DiCaprio's fans, who were hoping that the star would score his long deserving Oscar, met with disappointment again after he lost the Best actor trophy to Matthew McConaughey "Dallas Buyers Club".
Jonah Hill too was expected to win his first Oscar in the category of Best Actor in a Supporting Role for portraying the role of overeager salesman Donnie Azoff in "The Wolf of Wall Street" but Jared Leto proved himself to be the more deserving candidate in "Dallas Buyers Club".
Similarly, Martin Scorsese once again missed the chance to take home the best director trophy despite his multiple nominations at the Oscars. "The Wolf of Wall Street" also lost in the best picture category.
Woody Allen landed in trouble when his daughter Dylan Farrow pressed renewed allegations that he abused her when she was seven.
The controversy seems to have cost him his fourth Best Original Screenplay Oscar, which was won by Spike Jonze for his futuristic romance 'Her'.
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First Published: Mar 03 2014 | 2:01 PM IST

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