A look at the Best Director nominees for this year’s Oscar

Laura Dern thinks Greta Gerwig was snubbed by the Oscars this year.

Laura Dern just won her first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her remarkable performance in Marriage Story and while interacting with media, backstage, the actress said she would like to share it with director Greta Gerwig, who could not make it to the list of nominations despite her outstanding work.

This little woman is about to be a big star! Florence Pugh took Hollywood by storm with starring roles in Midsommar and Little Women this year — and scored an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress in the process.

“Little Women” reached a notable box office benchmark, surpassing $100 million in North America.

Little Women

By Anthony D'Alessandro

With “Little Women,” producer Amy Pascal has scored her second Oscar nomination (after “The Post”). Writer-director Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of Louisa May Alcott is only the third best picture nominee ever to be produced, written and directed solely by women, following “The Piano” and “Winter’s Bone.” Pascal has another distinction: Of the nine nominated films of 2019, she is the only solo producer.

By Matthew Carey

Great movies always speak directly to the here and now regardless of their actual settings. Taken together, six of 2019’s best-picture nominees manage to survey still-potent American themes across the span of the past century and a half.

Geena Davis doesn’t blame Academy bosses for the lack of women nominated for Best Director at the 2020 Oscars.

The nominees for this year’s Academy Awards gathered Monday for the annual Oscar Nominees Luncheon and class photo.

Florence Pugh received her first ever Oscar nomination for her critically acclaimed performance as Amy March in the Greta Gerwig-directed Little Women and the 24-year-old actress reacted to the news in the most hilarious way. The actress took to Instagram and shared before-and-after pictures from the morning she received the news of her nomination. Pugh woke up to the nominations early morning on December 13 and documented her epic reaction from her bed and shared it with her fans.

Florence Pugh is still reeling from the amazing surprise of being among the lucky few performers to be up for an Oscar when this year's nominees were announced early Monday morning.

In a year when 10.6% of the top 100 highest-grossing films of the year were directed by women — a record level, according to a study from the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative — absolutely none of them were recognized by the Academy during the Oscars nominations on Jan. 13.

On Monday morning, the 2020 Oscars nominations were announced. Stars John Cho and Issa Rae presented this year’s nominees for the 92nd Academy Awards, which saw lots of surprises and snubs. Joker led the pack with a total of 11 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor, while foreign film Parasite also earned high praise with six nominations, including Best Picture.