(AP) — The con-artist comedy “American Hustle and the 3-D space odyssey “Gravity” lead the Academy Awards with 10 nominations each, with the historical epic “12 Years a Slave” trailing closely with nine nominations.

The nominations, announced Thursday morning in Beverly Hills, Calif. , set up an apparent three-horse race between three very different films, all of which were nominated for best picture.

Nine films were nominated for best picture. The other nominees are “Captain Phillips,” ”Dallas Buyers Club,” ”Her,” ”Nebraska,” ”The Wolf of Wall Street” and “Philomena.”

The most notable omission by the academy was Tom Hanks, whose lead performance in “Captain Phillips” was widely considered a shoo-in. Robert Redford, expected by many to be nominated for the shipwreck drama “All Is Lost,” also missed out on a best actor nod. Redford has never won an acting Oscar.

The best actor nominees are Chiwetel Ejiofor (“12 Years a Slave”), Bruce Dern (“Nebraska”), Leonardo DiCaprio (“The Wolf of Wall Street”), Matthew McConaughey (“Dallas Buyers Club”) and Christian Bale (“American Hustle”)

Disney’s making-of “Mary Poppins” tale “Saving Mr. Banks” also failed to land either a best picture nomination or a best actress nod for Emma Thompson.

The best actress nominees are Amy Adams (“American Hustle”), Cate Blanchett (“Blue Jasmine”), Sandra Bullock (“Gravity”), Judi Dench (“Philomena”) and Meryl Streep (“August: Osage County”).

The 86th annual Academy Awards will take place March 2, with Ellen DeGeneres hosting for the second time.

By Steve Pond
TheWrap

Another guild got into the awards picture on Tuesday, with the Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards announcing nominations for awards that the guild hasn’t presented in nearly a decade.

All seven films on the Academy shortlist for Best Makeup and Hairstyling received nominations in at least one of the five film categories, with “The Lone Ranger” landing two nominations and “American Hustle,” “Dallas Buyers Club,” “The Great Gatsby,” “Hansel Gretel Witch Hunters,” “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” and “Bad Grandpa” each getting one.

The only other film to receive more than one nomination was the singing-competition drama “One Chance,” which did not make the Oscar shortlist.

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Other nominees included “Prisoners,” “August: Osage County,” “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” and “Jobs.”

In the television categories, “Breaking Bad,” “American Horror Story: Coven,” “Vikings,” “Hell on Wheels,” “Key and Peele” and “Behind the Candelabra” each received two nominations. Other nods went to “Glee,” “The Voice,” “Bates Motel,” “Game of Thrones” and “Boardwalk Empire.”

The guild also released nominations in theatrical and commercial categories.

Voting will begin on Jan. 21 and end on Feb. 11. All 1,800 members of the Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild (IATSE, Local 706) are eligible to vote.

The awards ceremony will take place on Feb. 15 at paramount Studios. Veteran makeup artist Dick Smith, who received an Honorary Oscar in 2012, will receive the guild’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

The nominations:

FEATURE LENGTH MOTION PICTURE (FEATURE FILMS)

BEST CONTEMPORARY HAIR STYLING
“Unfinished Song,” Aurora Bergere
“One Chance,” Christine Blundell, Donald McInnes
“Lee Daniels’ The Butler,” Candace Neal, Robert Stevenson

BEST CONTEMPORARY MAKE-UP
“Prisoners,” Donald Mowat, Pamela Westmore
“August: Osage County,” Carla White, Bjoern Rehbein
“One Chance,” Christine Blundell, Donald McInnes

BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER HAIR STYLING
“American Hustle,” Katherine Gordon, Michelle Johnson
“The Lone Ranger,” Gloria Pasqua Casny, Jules Holdren
“Jobs,” Nina Paskowitz, Michael Moore

BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER MAKE-UP
“Dallas Buyers Club,” Evelyne Noraz, Rachel Geary
“The Lone Ranger,” Joel Harlow, Mike Smithson, Robin Beauschesne
“The Great Gatsby,” Maurizio Silvi, Lesley Vanderwalt

BEST SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS
“Bad Grandpa,” Stephen Prouty
“Hansel Gretel: Witch Hunters,” Mike Elizalde, Lufeng Qu
“The Hunger Games – Catching Fire,” Ve Neill, Nikoletta Skarlatos

BEST CONTEMPORARY HAIR STYLING
“The Voice,” Shawn Finch, Jerilynn Stephens
“Breaking Bad,” Georgie Sheffer, Carmen L. Jones
“Bates Motel,” Donna Bis

BEST CONTEMPORARY MAKE-UP
“Glee,” Kelley Mitchell, Jennifer Greenberg
“Super Fun Night,” Debbie Zoller, Tami Lane
“Breaking Bad,” Tarra Day, Sheila Trujillo Gomez

BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER HAIR STYLING
“Vikings,” Dee Corcoran
“Hell on Wheels,” Chris Glimsdale, Penny Thompson
“Key and Peele,” Amanda Mofield, Raissa Patton

BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER MAKE-UP
“Boardwalk Empire,” Michele Paris
“Hell on Wheels,” Sharon Toohey, Rose Gurevitch
“Key and Peele,” Scott Wheeler

BEST SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS
“Vikings,” Thomas McInerney
“Longmire,” Steve La Porte
“The Walking Dead,” Greg Nicotero Jake Garber

TELEVISION MINI-SERIES or MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION (M.O.W) – CABLE NETWORK/M.O.W.s

BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER HAIR STYLING
“Behind the Candelabra,” Marie Larkin, Yvette Stone
“American Horror Story: Coven,” Monte Haught
“Killing Lincoln,” Ardis Cohen, Greg Bazemore

BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER MAKE-UP
“Behind the Candelabra,” Kate Biscoe, Deborah Rutherford
“American Horror Story: Coven,” Eryn Krueger Mekash, Christien Tinsley
“Game of Thrones,” Paul Engelen, Melissa Lackersteen

THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS (LIVE STAGE – LIVE THEATER)
“Falstaff,” Darren Jinks, Brandi Strona, Samantha Wooten
“Magic Flute,” Darren Jinks, Samantha Wooten, Brandi Strona
“Frank Zappa’s 200 Motels,” Vanessa Dionne, Cassandra Russek

COMMERCIALS

Best Contemporary Make-up
“Wash the Day Away” (Kohler), Tyson Fountaine, Brian Penikas

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Former boxing champion Mike Tyson is set to produce a movie about his early years in the ring.

“The Hangover” star will work with his wife, Lakiha Spicer, to chronicle his meteoric rise to the top of the boxing world, which resulted in him becoming the youngest heavyweight champion ever at the age of 20.

Tyson is looking to cast an unknown to play himself, but he wants Kevin Spacey to portray his mentor and trainer, Cus D’Amato, and Helen Mirren to star as his adoptive mother, Camille Ewald, according to the New York Post.

Last year, Tyson brought his life story to the Broadway stage in a one-man show, which was directed by filmmaker Spike Lee.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — While many stars are awash in the gifts and parties of Golden Globes weekend, a few used their privilege to benefit the people of Haiti — and they were rewarded with an intimate performance by U2.

Bette Midler, Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, Charlize Theron, Piers Morgan, Chelsea Handler, Sarah Silverman, Idris Elba and Kathryn Bigelow were among the guests Saturday at Sean Penn’s third annual Help Haiti Home benefit, which raised nearly $6 million for the J/P Haitian Relief Organization. The dinner party at the Montage Hotel included a surprise performance by U2— the band’s first in four years.

The J/P Haitian Relief Organization has been working since the 2010 earthquake to provide emergency care and sustainable shelter and education to the people of Haiti. But Penn says he hopes his organization is obsolete within 10 years.

He said progress in the Caribbean nation has been miraculous despite corruption and “inaccurate, bad Journalism.”

“I’m not satisfied. I want more,” he said. “But this couldn’t have happened in the United States: This amount of clean up, this amount of resilience.”

He expects all of the people displaced by the earthquake to find permanent housing within the next two years. Nearly two million have already moved out of the emergency camps and into homes.

Besides lending his time and his fame to the cause, Penn also gave his vintage El Camino to benefit his organization. It sold for $100,000 at auction Saturday.

The earth is such a tiny speck in the universe that the only thing that makes sense is to take care of those on the planet with us, he said. He promised to reward those who participated in the auction.

Midler, Paltrow and Kevin Bacon cast bids. Paltrow’s husband, Coldplay front man Chris Martin, won an exclusive art piece from Banksy for $650,000. Anderson Cooper, the evening’s host, gave the biggest donation: His auction bid of $1.4 million won a sculpture to be made from Penn’s 65 discarded firearms.

U2’s three-song performance — stunning in a hotel ballroom — followed a tender, acoustic performance earlier in the evening with Bono, guitarist The Edge and Haitian singer Anaelle Jean-Pierre.

Emma Thompson noted the contrast between the Help Haiti event and other pre-awards-show parties.

“I’m here for awards season,” she said, “and this is the first night I’ve been having a good time.”

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BEIJING (AP) — “Lust, Caution” actress Tang Wei fell victim to a $35,000 fraud after being persuaded over the phone to wire money to a suspect, state media reported Sunday.

Citing local police, the official Xinhua News Agency reported that Tang was filming in Shanghai on Saturday afternoon when she received a phone call and was persuaded to go to a bank and wire the 210,000 yuan ($35,000).

Xinhua said police in Shanghai’s Songjiang district were investigating after receiving a report from Tang.

Calls to the Songjiang police propaganda office and Tang’s Beijing-based agent rang unanswered Sunday.

Tang shot to international fame playing a Chinese student activist who seduces a Japanese-allied spy chief in the World War II-era thriller “Lust, Caution.” Her politically sensitive role as a traitor in the 2007 movie led to a three-year reported blacklisting by Chinese film officials.

By Todd Cunningham
TheWrap

“Lone Survivor,” a gritty tale of courage and honor among American fighting men, broke out with a stunning $38.5 million triumph at the U.S. box office this weekend.

The Afghan war drama starring Mark Wahlberg and Emile Hirsch more than doubled distributor Universal Pictures’ pre-release projections. The studio and most analysts had expected the searing and violent tale of a Navy SEAL mission gone awry to land in the high-teen millions over the three days. Instead, it posted the best opening ever on this weekend, and the second-highest January debut ever, behind only the $40 million opening of 2008’s “Cloverfield.”

It was a hit with critics coming in, but the patriotic themes of “Lone Survivor” clearly struck an unexpectedly powerful chord with moviegoers, who turned out in large numbers and gave the film a rare “A+” CinemaScore.

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“Lone Survivor” dominated the weekend. The reigning No. 1 movie, Disney’s animated family film “Frozen,” was a distant second with just over $15 million. The weekend’s only wide opener, the sword-and-sandals adventure “The Legend of Hercules,” was bunched just behind that with holdovers “Wolf of Wall Street,” “American Hustle” and “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,” all between $8 million and $9 million.

The Meryl Streep-Julia Roberts dysfunctional family comedy “August: Osage County” outperformed another expanding Oscar hopeful, Spike Jonze’s computer love story “Her,” to finish seventh with $7.3 million. The Weinstein Company aggressively expanded it from five to 905 theaters; that’s an impressive $8,083 per-screen average for Tracy Letts’ adaptation of his Pulitzer Prize-winning play.

“Her,” which features Joaquin Phoenix as a man who falls for his operating system (voiced by Scarlett Johansson), expanded from 47 theaters to 1,729 and brought in $5.4 million. That’s a so-so $3,129 per-screen average for the Warner Bros. film.

Also: Critics reviews

“Lone Survivor” was adapted and directed by Peter Berg and is based on the book of the same name by Marcus Luttrell, the film’s namesake survivor, and Patrick Robinson. Taylor Kitsch, Eric Bana and Ben Foster co-star in the battle saga, which averaged an impressive $13,395 on its 2,875 theaters — more than three times better than any other movie.

In addition to the major markets, Universal’s marketing targeted the Heartland and military-friendly locales including San Diego, and it connected in a major way. With author Luttrell front and center, “Lone Survivor” and its theme of heroic service to the country also drew major attention on the news circuit in the run-up to its nationwide expansion, and that plainly helped.

“It played extremely well in Middle America,” Universal’s distribution chief Nikki Rocco told The Wrap. “It’s a sad and very tough story, but it also can make you very proud that we have these people representing our country, and I think the movie tapped into that. “

She said the movie’s strength with women — who represented 43 percent of the audience and gave it an “A+” CinemaScore — was surprising. “It’s graphic, there’s no doubt about that,’ she said. “That it would score so well with them is amazing.”

“Lone Survivor,” which has been playing Oscar-qualifying runs in New York and Los Angeles for the past two weekends, easily bested the mid-January expansions of two other war movies. Last year’s “Zero Dark Thirty” came in at $24.4 million and 2001’s “Black Hawk Down” opened wide with $28.6 million. And the big opening is a far cry from Berg and Kitsch’s last military-themed outing for Universal, 2012’s pricey domestic bomb “Battleship.”

“Lone Survivor” was financed by to the tune of $40 million by Emmett Furla, which produced the film along with Berg, Wahlberg and Sarah Aubrey.

Summit’s 3D “Hercules,” directed by Renny Harlin and starring “Twilight” alum Kellan Lutz, brought in $8.6 million from 2,104 locations. That’s in line with the low expectations for the action adventure financed by Millennium Entertainment. Its audience, which was 57 percent male and 55 percent over the age of 25, gave it a “B-” CinemaScore.

It is the first of two movies about the ancient hero set for this year. paramount and MGM’s “Hercules: The Thracian Wars,” directed by Brett Ratner and starring Dwayne Johnson, will hit theaters in July.

Disney’s powerhouse “Frozen” continued its remarkable run. It’s up to $317 million domestically after dropping just 23 percent from last week, and will top the $700 million mark worldwide Sunday. The 53rd feature film from Walt Disney Animation Studios is now the fourth-highest grossing non-sequel animated film of all time.

Martin Scorsese’s “Wolf of Wall Street,” which topped the box office from Tuesday to Thursday, took in $9 million from 2,521 theaters, off just 34 percent from last week. The R-rated black comedy starring Leonardo Di Caprio is showing staying power and is up to $78.5 million domestically in its third weekend for paramount.

Photos: ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’

So is Sony’s quirky David O. Russell con man comedy “American Hustle,” which brought in $8.6 million — just a 32 percent drop from last week — to lift its domestic total to $101.5 million after five weeks.

Warner Bros.’ Blockbuster “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” is still in 3,075 theaters and took in $8 million for sixth. Peter Jackson’s Middle Earth tale has now topped $242 million domestically and is approaching $800 million worldwide in its fifth week.

Disney’s “Saving Mr. Banks” was eighth, after bringing in $6.5 million. The Tom Hanks-Emma Thompson drama about the making of “Mary Poppins,” is also in its fifth week, and is up to $64 million domestically.

Last weekend’s No. 2 movie, the horror spin-off “Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones,” took a 66 percent tumble from last week and brought in $6.3 million. It’s at $28.4 million after two weeks for paramount.

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Another awards contender, CBS Films’ “Inside Llewyn Davis,” also expanded, from 156 to 729 theaters. Ethan and Joel Coen’s take on the 1961 Greenwich Village folk scene brought in $1.8 million for a $$2,573 per-screen average. It’s up to $9.3 million domestically after six weeks in mainly limited release, topping the total of the Coens’ 2009 film “A Serious Man.”

The top 10:
1. “Lone Survivor,” $38.5M;
2. “Frozen,” $15M;
3. “Wolf of Wall Street,” $9M;
4. “American Hustle,” $8.6M;
5. “The Legend of Hercules,” $8.6M;
6. “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,” $8M;
7. “August: Osage County,” $7.3M;
8. “Saving Mr. Banks,” $6.5M;
9. “Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones,” $6.3M;
10. “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues,” $6.1M

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Scottish actor Gerard Butler is reportedly finalizing a deal to star in a remake of surf film “Point Break,” according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The “300” star is in talks to play Bodhi, the adrenaline-junkie athlete who was originally played by Patrick Swayze in the 1991 film. The new screenplay was penned by Kurt Wimmer, the screenwriter who worked on the 2012 “Total Recall” remake.

If Butler lands the role, it won’t be the first time he dons a wetsuit for a surfing movie — he rode the waves in 2012 drama “Chasing Mavericks.”

NEW YORK (AP) — The bong-tossing case against Amanda Bynes will be dismissed if the actress stays out of trouble for six months and goes to counseling twice a week, a judge ruled Friday.

Bynes was charged in New York City last spring with reckless endangerment and marijuana possession after building managers called police because they said she was smoking pot in the lobby of her Manhattan apartment. When officers entered her 36th-floor apartment, they said they saw her heave a bong out the window.

The 27-year-old “Hairspray” star later appeared in court in a disheveled blond wig and said she didn’t do anything wrong. It was one episode in a string of erratic incidents involving Bynes last year. She was institutionalized in August after authorities said she set a small fire in the driveway of a home in Thousand Oaks, Calif. Her mother, Lynn Bynes, was granted a temporary conservatorship over the actress, but the case was dismissed because Amanda Bynes’ care was being overseen by a mental health court.

A Manhattan judge allowed the adjournment in contemplation of dismissal Friday, which means the actress does not have to admit guilt. She must attend counseling twice a week for six months and cannot be re-arrested or the deal is revoked.

Bynes didn’t appear in court. An affidavit filed on her behalf by attorney Gerald Shargel said she understood the agreement.

“This is an important step in her rehabilitation and she is pleased with the result,” he said outside court.

The actress left an inpatient mental health treatment facility in California in December and is currently with her parents. Her California attorney said she is considering returning to school to study fashion design.

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Bynes was one of the hottest actors on children’s TV.

Beginning in 2000, she won four consecutive Kids’ Choice Awards for best television actress, the first for her role in the ensemble kids comedy-variety show “All That,” and the others for her own variety program, “The Amanda Show.” She went on to star in the TV series “What I Like About You” and appeared in several films including “Big Fat Liar,” ”What A Girl Wants” and “She’s the Man.”

Bynes also starred in several TV movies before her career began to decline.

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Actress Robin Wright is set to wed again after accepting a proposal from actor Ben Foster.

The “House of Cards” star, 47, showed off her new engagement ring at a Diane von Furstenberg exhibition in Los Angeles on Friday night, and her publicist has confirmed the news to People.com.

Wright and Foster, 33, co-starred in 2011 film “Rampart,” and officially started dating in 2012.

This will be Wright’s third marriage. She was wed to actor Dane Witherspoon for two years in the 1980s, and she divorced Sean Penn in 2010.

Wright and Penn have two kids, Dylan, 22, and Hopper, 20.

Foster recently hit the headlines after signing up to portray disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong in director Stephen Frears’ upcoming untitled biopic.