"American sting operation" leads race to the Oscars

Leonardo Di Caprio and Christian Bale can make his debut if win the Academy Award for best actor. As for best actress, Cate Blanchett and Sandra Bullock are named alongside the multi-award winning Meryll Streep. "A great beauty" by Paolo Sorrentino (Italy) presents itself as a big favorite for the Academy Award for best foreign language film.

Here's the full list of candidates to the main categories:

Best film:

Sting Americana/David o. Russell Captain Philips/Paul Greengrass Club Dallas/Jean-Marc Vallée Gravity/Alfonso Cuarón Her/Spike Jonze Nebraska/Alexander Payne Filomena/Stephen Frears 12 years slave/Steve McQueen the Wolf of Wall Street/Martin Scorsese

Best Director:

David o. Russell/Sting/gravity Alfonso Cuaron American Alexander Payne/Nebraska Steve McQueen/12 years slave Martin Scorsese/the Wolf of Wall Street

Best actor:

Christian Bale / American Hustle Bruce Dern / Nebraska Leonardo DiCaprio / O lobo de Wall Street Chiwetel Ejiofor / 12 anos escravo Matthew McConaughey / Clube Dallas

Best actress:

Amy Adams/Sting Americana Cate Blanchett/Blue Jasmine Sandra Bullock/Gravity Judi Dench/Filomena Meryl Streep/A Hot August

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