Oscar nominations 2014: Portraits by the Los Angeles Times

Jennifer Lawrence, supporting actress nominee for “American Hustle.”  (Kirk McKoy/Los Angeles Times)

Sandra Bullock, lead actress nominee for “Gravity.”  (Kirk McKoy/Los Angeles Times)

Julia Roberts, supporting actress nominee for “August: Osage County.”  (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times)

Meryl Streep, lead actress nominee for “August: Osage County.”  (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)

June Squibb, supporting actress nominee for “Nebraska.”  (Gina Ferazzi/ Los Angeles Times)

Christian Bale, lead actor nominee for “American Hustle.”   (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)

Bruce Dern, lead actor nominee for “Nebraska.”  (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)

Leonardo DiCaprio, lead actor nominee for “The Wolf of Wall Street.”  (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)

Chiwetel Ejiofor, lead actor nominee for “12 Years a Slave.”  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Bradley Cooper, supporting actor nominee for “American Hustle.”  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Matthew McConaughey, lead actor nominee for “Dallas Buyers Club.”  (Liz O. Baylen/Los Angeles Times)

Michael Fassbender, supporting actor nominee for “12 Years a Slave.”   (Kirk McKoy/Los Angeles Times)

Jared Leto, supporting actor nominee for “Dallas Buyers Club.”   (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times)

David O. Russell, director nominee for “American Hustle.”   (Kirk McKoy/Los Angeles Times)

Martin Scorsese, director nominee for “The Wolf of Wall Street.”  (Liz O. Baylen/Los Angeles Times)

Alexander Payne, director nominee for “Nebraska.”   (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)

Alfonso Cuaron, director nominee for “Gravity.”   (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

Steve McQueen, director nominee for “12 Years A Slave.”  (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)