Let's Meet the Nominees - 2014 Oscars (Part 3)

Every year, multiple foreigners are honored with a nomination at the Oscars. Here's a look at this year's lot.

Cate Blanchett

Best Actress Nominee: "Blue Jasmine"

Nationality: Australian

Judi Dench

Best Actress Nominee: "Philomena"

Nationality: English

Chiwetel Ejoifor

Best Actor Nominee: "12 Years a Slave"

Nationality: English

Christian Bale

Best Actor Nominee: "American Hustle"

Nationality: Welsh

Lupita Nyong'o

Best Supporting Actress Nominee: "12 Years a Slave"

Nationality: Kenyan

Sally Hawkins

Best Supporting Actress Nominee: "Blue Jasmine"

Nationality: English

Barkhad Abdi

Best Supporting Actor Nominee: "Captain Phillips"

Nationality: Somalian

Michael Fassbender

Best Supporting Actor Nominee: "12 Years a Slave"

Nationality: Irish and German

Let's Meet the Nominees - 2014 Oscars (Part 1)

Every year, the Academy changes the lives of several actors... bestowing upon them, a coveted Oscar nomination. This year the Oscar newbies are:

Chiwetel Ejiofor - Best Actor Nominee

"12 Years a Slave"

Matthew McConaughey - Best Actor Nominee

"Dallas Buyers Club"

Lupita Nyong'o - Best Supporting Actress Nominee

"12 Years a Slave"

June Squibb - Best Supporting Actress Nominee

"Nebraska"

Sally Hawkins - Best Supporting Actress Nominee

"Blue Jasmine"

Barkhad Abdi - Best Supporting Actor Nominee

"Captain Phillips"

Jared Leto - Best Supporting Actor Nominee

"Dallas Buyers Club"

Michael Fassbender - Best Supporting Actor Nominee

"12 Years a Slave"

*** we think Matthew McConaughey, Lupita Nyong'o, and Jared Leto will take home the golden guy

Our Oscar Predictions (2013 films)

Acting Oscar Nominations:

(% certainty)

Actor

Chiwetel Ejiofor (100%)

Bruce Dern (100%)

Tom Hanks (100%)

Matthew McConaughey (90%) 

Christian Bale (70%)

Leonardo DiCaprio (68%)

Joaquin Phoenix (50%)

Robert Redford (25%)

Oscar Issac (20%)

Idris Elba (10%)

Forest Whitaker (10%)

Actress

Sandra Bullock (100%)

Cate Blanchett (100%)

Emma Thompson (100%)

Judi Dench (100%)
Meryl Streep (85%)

Amy Adams (70%)
Kate Winslet (15%)
Greta Gerwig (10%)
Julie Delpy (5%)

Supporting Actor

Barkhad Abdi (100%)

Michael Fassbender (100%)

Daniel Bruhl (100%)

Jared Leto (75%)

Bradley Cooper (70%)

James Gandolfini (10%)

Supporting Actress

Jennifer Lawrence (100%)

Julia Roberts (100%)

Lupita Nyong'o (95%)

June Squibb (65%)

Sally Hawkins (60%)

Oprah Winfrey (25%)

Fun Shoots

For the past few years, Newsweek has done various interviews with possible Oscar nominees. Here are some of the shots from past Oscars Actors Roundtables. The Roundtables took place before Oscar nominations were announced for that particular year. These actors were asked to participate because they were all front-runners.

2007: Brad Pitt (Babel), Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland), Leonardo DiCaprio (Blood Diamond), Helen Mirren (The Queen), Penelope Cruz (Volver), and Cate Blanchett (Notes on a Scandal)

*Pitt did not receive a nomination that year

*Whitaker and Mirren won Oscars that year

2008: Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood), Ellen Page (Juno), Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose), Angelina Jolie (A Mighty Heart), James McAvoy (Atonement), and George Clooney (Michael Clayton)

*McAvoy and Jolie did not receive nominations that year

*Day-Lewis and Cotillard won Oscars that year

2009: Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler), Brad Pitt (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), and Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon)

Not pictured: Robert Downey, Jr.(Tropic Thunder), and Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky)

*Hawkins did not receive a nomination that year

2010: Woody Harrelson (The Messanger), Morgan Freeman (Invictus), Gaboruey Sidibe (Precious), Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart), Carey Mulligan (An Education), and Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side)

*Bridges and Bullock won Oscars that year

2011: James Franco (127 Hours), Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole), Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine), Colin Firth (The King's Speech), Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right), and Natalie Portman (Black Swan)

*Firth and Portman won Oscars that year

2012: Michael Fassbender (Shame), Charlize Theron (Young Adult), Christopher Plummer (Beginners), Tilda Swinton (We Need to Talk About Kevin), George Clooney (The Descendants), and Viola Davis (The Help)

*Fassbender, Theron, and Swinton did not receive nominations that year

*Plummer won an Oscar that year

Fun Shoots

Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Christopher Plummer,

Tilda Swinton, George Clooney, and Viola Davis participate in

Newsweek's Oscars Roundtable, 2012

Did You Know...

2011 was the year of the Ginger...

Michael Fassbender and Jessica Chastain virtually came out of nowhere to have some of the most critically acclaimed performances in films like "Shame", "A Dangerous Method", and "Jane Erye" for Fassbender and "The Help" "The Tree of Life", "Take Shelter", and "The Debt" for Chastain. Both garnered a number of award nominations (including Golden Globes). Fassbender just got his first BAFTA nom for Best Actor and Chastain nabbed her first Oscar nomination for Supporting Actress.

Emma Stone became a mainstream leading lady with a move from supporting roles in "Superbad" and "Zombieland" to "Crazy, Stupid, Love" and the Oscar-nominated "The Help". She's gearing up for another huge year, having spent 2011 filming two of the most anticipated films of 2012 "The Amazing Spiderman" and "The Gangster Squad".

Damian Lewis landed a starring role in the amazing series "Homeland" and is well on his way to all sorts of accolades. He's tremendous as a recovered military man with a dangerous secret.

Lindsay Lohan was at the top of the gossip heap with her legal dramas and crazy antics. She hasn't actually been a red-head all year, which is probably a good thing for the ginger community. Here's hoping that she gets some sense slapped into her. Get some serious help, Lohan!!!

Gingers RULE... sometimes

25 Most Attractive Actors

Ryan Gosling (1980)

The last and youngest man on our list is sensitive (but very masculine) Ryan Gosling. Gosling has grown from Mouseketeer to indie actor to full blown Hollywood A-lister. He's captured the hearts of many women with his work in the films "The Notebook", "Half Nelson", "Blue Valentine", and "Crazy, Stupid, Love".

see full list

HONORABLE MENTION:

Michael Fassbender

Common

Chris Pine

Boris Kodjoe

Colin Farrell

Bradley Cooper

Paul Rudd

Jason Momoa

NBR Winners (2011 films)

Best Film: Hugo

Best Director: Martin Scorsese, Hugo

Best Actor: George Clooney, The Descendants

Best Actress: Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About Kevin

Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer, Beginners

Best Supporting Actress: Shailene Woodley, The Descendants

Best Original Screenplay: Will Reiser, 50/50

Best Adapted Screenplay: Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash, The Descendants

Best Animated Feature: Rango

Breakthrough Performance: Felicity Jones, Like Crazy

Breakthrough Performance: Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Debut Director: J.C. Chandor, Margin Call

Best Ensemble: The Help

Spotlight Award: Michael Fassbender (A Dangerous Method, Jane Eyre, Shame, X-Men: First Class)

NBR Freedom of Expression: Crime After Crime

NBR Freedom of Expression: Pariah

Best Foreign Language Film: A Separation

Best Documentary: Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory

Special Achievement in Filmmaking: The Harry Potter Franchise - A Distinguished Translation from Book to Film

Top Films
(in alphabetical order):

"The Artist"
"The Descendants"
"Drive"
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
"The Ides of March"
"J. Edgar"
"Tree of Life"
"War Horse"

Top 5 Foreign Language Films
(In Alphabetical Order):

"13 Assassins"
"Elite Squad: The Enemy Within"
"Footnote"
"Le Havre"
"Point Blank"

Top 5 Documentaries
(In Alphabetical Order):

"Born to be Wild"
"Buck"
"George Harrison: Living in the Material World"
"Project Nim"
"Senna"

Top 10 Independent Films
(In Alphabetical Order):

"50/50"
"Another Earth"
"Beginners"
"A Better Life"
"Cedar Rapids"
"Margin Call"
"Shame"
"Take Shelter"
"We Need To Talk About Kevin"
"Win Win"

Brit of the Week

Idris Elba (Sept. 6, 1972) hails from London, the son of a Ghanaian mother and father from Sierra Leone. He started out with a passion for DJing and even won a place in the National Youth Music Theatre. He landed his first role in 1995 on the series "Bramwell". He then got roles in shows like, "Degrees of Error", "The Bill", and "The Governor". He got his biggest break when he was cast as 'Stringer' in HBO's "The Wire". Since then he has become known for his work in films like "Obsessed", "Little Girls", "28 Weeks Later", and "American Gangster" and also for his recurring role on the NBC show "The Office". Next up: "Thor" (with Natalie Portman), "Ghost Rider 2" (with Nicolas Cage), and "Prometheus" (with Michael Fassbender and Charlize Theron).