Nominations for the 97th Academy Awards have been delayed following deadly wildfires in the Los Angeles area.
The nominations for the 97th Academy Awards have finally been revealed, after two delays due to the devastating wildfires that swept through Southern California.
Wildfires aren’t over yet with a new blaze, the Hughes Fire, burning north of Los Angeles this week.
But nominations continued as scheduled Thursday, with the divisive, experimental musical Emilia Perez getting the most nods.
One of her 13 nominations was history-making: Carla Sofia Gascon became the first transgender woman to win the Best Actress award.
She plays a former cartel boss in the film who secretly undergoes gender-affirmation surgery and reinvents herself as a philanthropist in modern-day Mexico.
But her category will be the hottest to watch, with a tough competition between The Substance’s Demi Moore and Brazilian actress Fernanda Torres of the historical drama I’m Still Here.
Scoring another 10 Oscars was the Broadway blockbuster Wicked, signaling a strong year for Hollywood musicals. The Brutalist, a period drama about an architect who survives the Holocaust and moves to America, also earned 10 nominations.
Other Academy favorites this year were the Vatican Drama Conclave and the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, both of which earned eight nods. Another six nominations went to the zany comedy-drama Anura, about a stripper who marries the son of a Russian oligarch.
Some of the biggest misses came in the crowded Best Actress category, with Mariah’s Angelina Jolie, Baby Girl’s Nicole Kidman and Emilia Perez’s Selena Gomez all left out in the cold.
But a surprise came in the form of a nomination for Romanian-American actor Sebastian Stan, who won recognition for his portrayal of United States President Donald Trump in The Apprentice, a cutting portrait of ambition and ego.
Excellent picture
- Anura
- brutal
- A complete unknown
- Conclave
- TELA: PART TWO
- Emilia Perez
- I’m still here
- Nickel Boys
- substance
- The wicked
An actor in a leading role
- Adrien Brody, brutalist
- Timothée Chalamet, a complete unknown
- Coleman Domingo, Sing Gana
- Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
- Sebastian Stein, The Apprentice
Actor in a supporting role
- Yura Borisov, Anura
- Karen Culkin, a real pain
- Edward Norton, a complete unknown
- Guy Pearce, Brutalist
- Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice
An actress in a leading role
- Cynthia Erive, Wicked
- Carla Sophia Gaskin, Emilia Perez
- Mickey Maddison, Anora
- Demi Moore, Female
- Fernanda Torres, I’m still here.
Actress in a supporting role
- Monica Barbaro, a complete unknown
- Ariana Grande, Wicked
- Felicity Jones, The Brutalists
- Isabella Rosellini, Conclave
- Zoe Saldana, Emilia Perez
Animated feature film
- flow
- Inside out 2
- Memoir of a Snail
- Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Foolish
- Wild robot
Animated short film
- handsome man
- In the shade of the cypress
- Magical Candy
- Wonder to Wonder
- Yuki
Cinematography.
- brutal
- TELA: PART TWO
- Emilia Perez
- Maria
- Nosferatu
Costume design
- A complete unknown
- Conclave
- Gladiator II
- Nosferatu
- The wicked
Directing
- Sean Baker, Anora
- Brady Corbett, The Brutalists
- James Mangold, a complete unknown
- Jacques Audiard, Emilia Perez
- Coralie Fargeat, female
Documentary feature film
- Black Box Diary
- No other land.
- The porcelain war
- Coup d’Ett soundtrack
- sugarcane
Documentary short film
- Death by numbers
- I’m ready, warden
- The incident
- Devices for a beating heart
- The only girl in the orchestra
Film editing
- Sean Baker, Anora
- David Jansko, Brutalist
- Nick Emerson, Conclave
- Juliet Welfling, Emilia Perez
- Myron Christine, Wicked
International feature film
- I’m still here, Brazil
- The Girl with the Needle, Denmark
- Emilia Perez, France
- Sacred fig seed, Germany
- Flu, Latvia
Makeup and hair styling
- Mike Marino, David Presto and Crystal Jurado: A Different Man
- Julia Floch Carbonell, Emmanuel Janvier and Jean-Christophe Spadaccini: Emilia Perez
- David White, Tracy Loder and Suzanne Storks-Minton: Nosferatu
- Pierre-Olivier Persson, Stéphanie Gallen and Marlene Scarcelli: Substance
- Frances Hannon, Laura Blount and Sarah Noth: Wicked
Music (Original Score)
- Daniel Blumberg, The Brutalists
- Volker Bertelmann, Conclave
- Clement Ducol and Camille, Emilia Perez
- John Powell and Stephen Schwartz, Wicked
- Chris Bowers, Wild Robot
Music (Original Song)
- Emilia Perez to El Mall
- Music by Clement Ducol and Camille
- Lyrics by Clement Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard
- Journey to The Six Triple Eight
- Music and lyrics by Diane Warren
- Like a singing bird
- Music and lyrics by Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada
- Emilia Perez to MI Camino
- Music and lyrics by Camille and Clement Ducol
- Never Be Too Late by Elton John: Never be too late.
- Music and lyrics by Elton John, Brandi Carlisle, Andrew Watt and Bernie Toppan
Production design
- brutal
- Production Design: Judy Baker
- Set Decoration: Patricia Cuccia
- Conclave
- Production Design: Suzy Davis
- Set Decorations: Cynthia Slater
- TELA: PART TWO
- Production Design: Patrice Vermette
- Set Decoration: ShineView
- Nosferatu
- Production Design: Craig Lathrop
- Set Decoration: Beatrice Brentnova
- The wicked
- Production Design: Nathan Crowley
- Set Decorations: Lee Sandals
Live action short film
- A Lien
- Anuja
- I’m not a robot.
- The last ranger
- The man who couldn’t keep quiet.
voice
- A complete unknown
- Tod A Maitland, Donald Sylvester, Ted Caplan, Paul Massey and David Giammarco
- TELA: PART TWO
- Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett and Doug Hemphill
- Emilia Perez
- Ervan Krazanet, Emerick DeWalder, Maxence Desiry, Cyril Holtz and Niels Barletta
- The wicked
- Simon Hayes, Nancy Nugent Title, Jack Dolman, Andy Nelson and John Marquis
- Wild robot
- Randy Thom, Brian Chumney, Gary A. Rizzo and Leif Lefferts
Visual effects
- Elaine: Romulus
- A better man
- TELA: PART TWO
- Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
- The wicked
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
- James Mangold and Jay Cox for A Complete Unknown
- Peter Straughan for the Conclave
- Jacques Audiard for Emilia Perez
- Contributed by Thomas Bidegain, Lea Mysius and Nicolas Livecchi
- Ramel Ross and Jocelyn Barnes for Nickel Boys
- Clint Bentley and Greg Koeder for Sing Sing
- Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Koeder, Clarence McLean and John “Devine G” Whitfield
Writing (Original Screenplay)
- Sean Baker for Anura
- Brady Corbett and Mona Fasthold for The Brutality
- Jesse Eisenberg for a real pain
- Moritz Binder and Tim Fehlbaum for September 5, co-written with Alex David.
- Coralie Fargeat for substance
