Oscar Shorts: Animation — Hair Love
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"Joker" leads all nominees with 11 nods, followed by "The Irishman" at 10.The nominees for the 92nd Academy Awards were announced on Monday morning (Jan. 13) at the David Geffen Theater in Los Angeles by actors John Cho (Searching) and Issa Rae (Insecure).
The anti-hero smash Joker lead all nominees with 11 nods, followed by Martin Scorsese's all-star Netflix drama The Irishman and Sam Mendes' war drama 1917, both with 10. After receiving high praise and racking up $100 million in
.Oscar Shorts: Animation — Hair Love
Monday morning’s Oscar nominations rebooted the #OscarsSoWhite conversation, reigniting discussion about representation after women were shut out of the directing category and only one person of color — Cynthia Erivo — was nominated in the acting categories.
Cynthia Erivo was 30,000 feet above the Pacific when she found out that she was nominated for two Academy Awards on Monday (Jan. 13), but she may as well have been on the moon."I’m literally in my seat going, 'I can’t say anything! I can’t scream, I can’t jump up and down, I can’t do anything, but I know this is happening!'" she tells Billboard hours after receiving the news of her nominations.
Now that we've all had a beat to come to terms with the many gasp-worthy snubs of the 2020 Oscar nominations list — even if we're still not over the most egregious oversight in a certain category — it might be time to try and figure out what all the fuss is about when it comes to those films, stars, and behind-the-lens talent which did make the cut for the 92nd Academy Awards.
While some can't sleep in anticipation of a big day, Florence Pugh apparently can.
Once you're done steaming about how the Powers That Be in Hollywood seem unable to recognize women directors (as if Little Women, Booksmart, The Farewell, A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood, and again Hustlers just sprung into theaters fully formed), here are the nine Best Picture Nominees and how you can watch them before the big day. They're not all bad, promise!
The 2020 Academy Award nominations are out today, and amongst all the movie news was one surprising snub in the music categories. Beyoncé was nowhere to be found on the list with her fan-favorite track, “Spirit,” from The Lion King.
So many women were snubbed by the Academy when the were announced on Monday morning, you could slot their names into a parody of Mambo No. 5 and still have room to cast several reboots of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.Seriously, this year's nominations take to a whole new level.
Actors, songwriters, directors and more took to social media on Monday morning (Jan. 13) to react to their nominations for the 2020 Academy Awards."We are deeply grateful to @TheAcademy for our nomination this morning," Frozen 2 songwriter Kristen Anderson-Lopez, who scored a nod for best original song with her husband Robert Lopez for "Into the Unknown," tweeted before shouting out her collaborators on the smash Disney sequel.
Joker led the nominations for the 92nd annual Academy Awards with a total 11 nods.
Cynthia Erivo is one step closer to becoming an EGOT winner.The actress and singer is nominated for best actress for her portrayal as Harriet Tubman in Harriet and best original song for co-writing and performing the film's number "Stand Up," at the 92nd Annual Academy Awards.If Erivo wins one of the categories, she would become the 16thperson to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award.
It's been one of the most competitive years in a while for movies. There were several top-tier films competing for limited space on the Oscars shortlist, but the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed their nominees for the upcoming 92nd Academy Awards on Monday morning. As is the case every year, there were a few surprises among the nominee list and, of course, several deserving names that weren't called.
There wasn’t a lot of diversity in this morning’s 2020 Oscar nominations. The early-morning announcement started generating controversy before Issa Rae and John Cho even finished reading the list.
Somewhere, Jennifer Lopez and Nai Nai are sh*t-talking the Academy.
This morning (January 13), Issa Rae and helped announce the 2020 Oscar nominations from Los Angeles.So many of your faves received nods, including Florence Pugh and Saoirse Ronan (Little Women), Scarlett Johansson (Marriage Story and Jojo Rabbit), Laura Dern (Marriage Story), and Charlize Theron (). But much of the discussion online has been centered on who didn't get a nomination.
Dust off your Oscars ballots and awards season bingo cards because Hollywood's biggest night is almost here. The 92nd Academy Awards are just a few weeks away, which means it's now time for film buffs to have some fun as we dissect those films, stars, and behind-the-scenes talent which have been chosen to compete for this year's slate of trophies.