Oscar nominees get kisses, hugs and whoops

"I am blown away!" Weinstein enthused, adding, "I can't say thank you enough to the Academy for their support of our films."

British singer Adele turned to Twitter after "Skyfall," from the James Bond movie of the same title, received a best original song nomination, posting "Oh my god I feel like Meryl Streep!!"

"What can you say? It's so unbelievable," Roman Coppola, nominee for best original screenplay with Wes Anderson for "Moonrise Kingdom," told Reuters.

"I was lucky enough to be in a car with my parents heading to the airport when I got the call and my mom started whooping," said Coppola, the son of Oscar-winning director Francis Ford Coppola.

The director of "A Royal Affair," which was nominated for best foreign language film and is set in the court of a mentally ill 18th-century king, noted the Oscars' global reach.

"It's a big thing in Denmark. It's the biggest thing this year," said Nikolaj Arcel, "the biggest thing that's happened to me in my career ... It probably hasn't sunk in yet."

The awards will be announced on February 24.

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Scenes from films nominated for Oscars