Musical about trans drug boss leads Oscar nominations

Netflix musical Emilia Perez leads this year’s Oscar nominations, with Wicked also among the top contenders.

Emilia Perez’s drama about a gender-switching Mexican drug mafia has a total of 13 nominations – although one of its stars, Selena Gomez, missed out.

Wicked received 10 nominations – including a nomination for British Actress Cynthia Erivo and her co-stars Ariana Grande,

a three and a half hour epic brutalistStarring adrien brodyThere are also 10 nominations semi-swamp This is the first Oscar nomination of his career.

Moore, 62, is nominated for Best Actress for playing a fading star in The Substance who transforms her body for a younger and more beautiful version of herself.

She said the Oscar nomination was “an incredible honor and these past few months have been beyond my wildest dreams”.

Referring to the wildfires in Los Angeles, he added: “This is a time of incredible contrasts and right now, my heart is with my friends, family, neighbors and community in LA.”

In the Best Actor category, two big names are in contention for portraying the early years of very different real-life personalities – sebastian stan To play Donald Trump in The Apprentice and timothy chalamet To play Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown.

This makes Chalamet, 29, the youngest person to receive two Best Actor nominations since James Dean in the 1950s. according to variety,

But 2003 Best Actor winner Brody is the favorite to take home that award again for playing a Hungarian architect hired by a wealthy American after World War II in The Brutalist.

• Emilia Pérez – 13 nominations
• Wicked – 10
• Brutalist – 10
• A Complete Unknown – 8
• Conclave – 8

The Academy Awards ceremony, hosted by American comedian Conan O’Brien, will take place on March 2.

The nominations were scheduled to be announced last week, but were postponed twice due to the fire.

Organizers have said the ceremony will “highlight recent events while highlighting the strength, creativity and optimism that define Los Angeles and our industry”.

Emilia Perez, which follows the leader of a Mexican drugs cartel who decides to change gender and identity, has yet to take off Netflix and is dividing opinion among those who watch it.

But Oscar voters have strongly approved it.

It is the most nominated non-English language film of all time. It is actually a French production, set mostly in Mexico and acted mostly in Spanish.

carla sofia gascon She is nominated for Best Actress for her lead role in the film, making her the first trans person to be nominated in an acting category (although Elliot Page was nominated for a Juno in 2008 before the actor transitioned).

zoe saldanawho plays Perez’s lawyer, is up for Best Supporting Actress (despite having more screen time than Gascón). The film’s only notable omission is Selena Gomez, who was an outsider in the same category, to play Pérez’s wife.

Erivo is the first black British woman to receive two Oscar nominations for acting Nominated for Harriet in 2020,

If she wins Best Actress this time for playing Elphaba in Wicked, she’ll become an EGOT – completing her set of Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards.

Ralph Fiennes Flying the flag in the Best Actor category with his first nomination for 28 years. He is known for playing the role of a Cardinal who oversees the selection of the new Pope in the conclave.

elsewhere, felicity jones Is nominated for Best Supporting Actress for The Brutalist – a decade after her first Oscar nomination sir elton john In the running for Best Original Song.

The country will also support two more screen giants – wallace and gromit (and their producer Aardman Animations), who are hoping for their fourth Oscar. He has been shortlisted for Best Animated Feature for his latest outing, Vengeance Most Foul.

Producer Nick Park told the BBC that the nomination was a “surprise and a real privilege”, while co-director Marilyn Crossingham said she “almost spilled my tea” when hearing the news and then added that “we all felt very happy and Celebrated”.

Wicked, based on the Broadway musical about the origin story of the Wicked Witch of the West from the Wizard of Oz, has achieved huge box-office success and is now a hit among Oscar voters too.

It exceeded many expectations with its 10 nominations – two more than Barbie received last year.

Following their widely acclaimed performances in both the film and the press tour, Erivo and Grande will reunite on the Oscars red carpet.

Grande said she “couldn’t stop crying” after receiving it. The first Academy Award nomination of his career.

However, the film’s mastermind Jon M. Chu missed out on a Best Director nomination.

Pamela Anderson She received Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild nominations for her vulnerable and powerful performance as an aging Las Vegas stripper in The Last Showgirl, but missed out on an Oscar.

Best Actress is a competitive field, including other big names angelina jolie (Maria) and nicole kidman (Babygirl) was also ignored.

British actress Marianne Jean-Baptiste She could also have been in contention to play a chronically unhappy woman in Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths.

jamie lee curtis Lost a spot in the Best Supporting Actress category for her role alongside Anderson in The Last Showgirl, while in Gladiator II denzel washington Could not achieve the 10th acting nomination of his career.

In fact, 24 years after the original Gladiator won five Oscars, the sequel could only garner a single nomination for Best Costume Design.

former james bond star Daniel Craig He had a chance at his first Oscar nomination – but voters overlooked his performance in Queer as a gay man who goes into the woods in search of a plant with telepathic properties.

and irish language rappers knees Was disappointed – his film, which received six BAFTA nominations last week, was ignored by the Oscars.

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