The film Emilia Pérez leads the way in this year’s Oscar nominations having been shortlisted for a total of 13 gongs, which is a record for a non-English language film.
The Spanish-language, French-made musical film is up for best picture and best actress for Karla Sofía Gascón, making her the first openly trans actor ever nominated for an Oscar.
The film also landed nominations for directing, original screenplay, two of its songs and for Zoe Saldaña.
British stars Ralph Fiennes and Cynthia Erivo are up for lead acting awards, marking Fiennes’ first Oscar nomination in almost three decades, and giving Erivo the chance to complete the much-heralded EGOT by adding an Oscar to her Emmy, Grammy, and Tony awards.
The smash Broadway adaptation Wicked came away with an impressive ten nominations, including best picture and an acting nod to Erivo’s co-star Ariana Grande.
The Brutalist, Brady Corbet’s postwar epic, also came away with ten nominations, including best picture, best director and nominations for actors Adrien Brody, Guy Pearce and Felicity Jones.
Meanwhile, Succession co-stars Kieran Culkin and Jeremy Strong are both in the running for the Supporting Actor award.
British-made Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl also made an appearance in the Animated Feature Film category.
Here are the nominations in full:
Actor in a leading role
- Adrien Brody (The Brutalist)
- Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown)
- Colman Domingo (Sing Sing)
- Ralph Fiennes (Conclave)
- Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice)
Actress in a leading role
- Cynthia Erivo (Wicked)
- Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Pérez)
- Mikey Madison (Anora)
- Demi Moore (The Substance)
- Fernanda Torres (I’m Still Here)
Actor in a supporting role
- Yura Borisov (Anora)
- Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain)
- Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown)
- Guy Pearce (The Brutalist)
- Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice)
Actress in a leading role
- Monica Barbaro (A Complete Unknown)
- Ariana Grande (Wicked)
- Felicity Jones (The Brutalist)
- Isabella Rossellini (Conclave)
- Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez)
Best film
- Anora
- The Brutalist
- A Complete Unknown
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- Emilia Pérez
- I’m Still Here
- Nickel Boys
- The Substance
- Wicked
Best director
- Sean Baker (Anora)
- Brady Corbet (The Brutalist)
- James Mangold (A Complete Unknown)
- Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez)
- Coralie Fargeat (The Substance)
This year’s Oscar nominations were delayed twice because of the wildfires in southern California, with the organisers of several US awards ceremonies hosting more subdued events in light of the devastation.
The hosts of the nomination announcements, Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott, paid tribute to California’s firefighters at the start of the ceremony.
The 97th Academy Awards, hosted by comedian and talk show host Conan O’Brien, will take place at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles Sunday, March 2.
The event will be broadcast on STV and STV Player, with Jonathan Ross set to return as host.
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