Nominations were announced Jan. 12 by GALECA, which is comprised of more than 100 critics and entertainment journalists nationwide. Stage and screen actor George Takei has been awarded this year's Timeless Award, given to "an actor or performer whose exemplary career is marked by character, wisdom and wit."
Winners will be announced Jan. 20, with a Winners Toast set for March 1 in Los Angeles.
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A full list of nominees follows:
Film of the Year
"Birdman" - Fox Searchlight
"Boyhood" - Sundance Selects/IFC
"The Grand Budapest Hotel" - Fox Searchlight
"The Imitation Game" - The Weinstein Company
"Pride"- CBS Films
Film Performance of the Year - Actor
Steve Carell, "Foxcatcher" - Sony Pictures Classics
Benedict Cumberbatch, "The Imitation Game" - The Weinstein Company
Jake Gyllenhaal, "Nightcrawler" - Open Road
Michael Keaton, "Birdman" - Fox Searchlight
Eddie Redmayne, "The Theory of Everything" - Universal
Film Performance of the Year - Actress
Essie Davis, "The Babadook" - Sundance Selects/IFC
Anne Dorval, "Mommy" - Lionsgate
Julianne Moore, "Still Alice" - Sony Pictures Classics
Rosamund Pike, "Gone Girl" - 20th Century Fox
Reese Witherspoon, "Wild" - Fox Searchlight
Film Director of the Year
Wes Anderson, "The Grand Budapest Hotel" - Fox Searchlight
Ava DuVernay, "Selma" - Paramount
David Fincher, "Gone Girl" - 20th Century Fox
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, "Birdman" - Fox Searchight
Richard Linklater, "Boyhood" - Sundance Selects/IFC
LGBTQ Film of the Year
"The Imitation Game" - The Weinstein Company
"Love is Strange" - Sony Pictures Classics
"Pride" - CBS Films
"Stranger by the Lake" - Strand Releasing
"The Way He Looks" - Strand Releasing
Foreign Language Film of the Year
"Force Majeure" - Magnolia Pictures
"Ida" - Music Box Films
"Mommy" - Lionsgate
"Stranger by the Lake" - Strand Releasing
"Two Days, One Night" - Sundance Selects/IFC
Unsung Film of the Year
"Obvious Child" - A24
"Love is Strange" - Sony Pictures Classics
"Pride" - CBS Films
"The Skeleton Twins" - Roadside Attractions
"Snowpiercer" - Radius/TWC
Documentary of the Year
(theatrical release, TV airing or DVD release)
"The Case Against 8" - HBO
"CitizenFour" - Radius/TWC
"Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me" - Sundance Selects
"Life Itself" - Magnolia Pictures
"Regarding Susan Sontag" - HBO
Visually Striking Film of the Year
(honoring a production of stunning beauty, from art direction to cinematography)
"Birdman" - Fox Searchlight
"The Grand Budapest Hotel" - Fox Searchlight
"Interstellar" - Paramount
"Snowpiercer" - Radius/TWC
"Under the Skin" - A24
Campy Flick of the Year
"Annie"
"Gone Girl"
"Into the Woods"
"Maleficent"
"Tammy"
TV Drama of the Year
"Fargo" - FX
"The Good Wife" - CBS
"How To Get Away with Murder" - ABC
"Mad Men" - AMC
"The Normal Heart" - HBO
TV Comedy of the Year
"The Comeback" - HBO
"Modern Family" - ABC
"Orange is the New Black" - Netflix
"Transparent" - Amazon
"Veep" - HBO
TV Director of the Year
Lisa Cholodenko, "Olive Kitteridge" - HBO
Jodie Foster, "Orange is the New Black" -Netflix
Andrew Haigh, "Looking" - HBO
Ryan Murphy, "The Normal Heart" - HBO
Jill Soloway, "Transparent" - Amazon
TV Performance of the Year - Actor
Matthew Bomer, "The Normal Heart" - HBO
Matthew McConaughey, "True Detective" - HBO
Mark Ruffalo, "The Normal Heart" - HBO
Kevin Spacey, "House of Cards" - Netflix
Jeffrey Tambor, "Transparent" - Amazon
TV Performance of the Year - Actress
Viola Davis, "How to Get Away with Murder" - ABC
Lisa Kudrow, "The Comeback" - HBO
Julianna Margulies, "The Good Wife" - CBS
Tatiana Maslany, "Orphan Black" - BBC America
Frances McDormand, "Olive Kitteridge" - HBO
TV Musical Performance of the Year
Beyonce, MTV Video Music Awards - MTV
Neil Patrick Harris, “Sugar Daddy,” The Tony Awards - CBS
Jessica Lange, “Life on Mars,” American Horror Story: Freak Show - FX
Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, Madonna, et al., “Same Love,” The Grammys - CBS
Prince, Saturday Night Live - NBC
LGBTQ TV Show of the Year
"Looking" - HBO
"Modern Family" - ABC
"Orange is the New Black" - Netflix
"Please Like Me" - Pivot
"Transparent" - Amazon
Unsung TV Show of the Year
"Getting On" - HBO
"Looking" - HBO
"Orphan Black" - BBC America
"Please Like Me" - Pivot
"Transparent" - Amazon
TV Current Affairs Show of the Year
"Anderson Cooper 360" - CNN
"The Colbert Report" - Comedy Central
"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" - Comedy Central
"Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" - HBO
"The Rachel Maddow Show" - MSNBC
Campy TV Show of the Year
"American Horror Story: Freak Show"
"How to Get Away with Murder"
"Jane the Virgin"
"Peter Pan Live!"
"Penny Dreadful"
Music Video of the Year
Nicki Minaj, “Anaconda”
Perfume Genius, “Queen”
Sia, “Chandelier”
Taylor Swift, “Blank Space”
Meghan Trainor, “All About That Bass”
The “We're Wilde About You!” Rising Star Award
Ansel Elgort
Jack Falahee
Ellar Coltrane
Jack O'Connell
Gina Rodriguez
Finn Wittrock
Wilde Wit of the Year
(honoring a performer, writer or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse)
Stephen Colbert
Rachel Maddow
Bill Maher
John Oliver
Jon Stewart
Wilde Artist of the Year
(honoring a truly groundbreaking force in the fields of film, theater and/or television)
Xavier Dolan
Neil Patrick Harris
Richard Linklater
Jill Solloway
Tilda Swinton
Timeless Award
(to an actor or performer whose exemplary career is marked by character, wisdom and wit)
George Takei
