History made, a good day for Brits, and the snubs: The Oscar nominations key talking points

Trent Reznor hasn't "processed" his double Oscars nomination. The Nine Inch Nails musician and his collaborator Atticus Ross - who first won an Oscar for best original score 10 years ago for 'The Social Network' - are nominated for their music on 'Mank' and 'Soul' this year and Trent admitted it still doesn't feel real.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticThose who typically scope the Academy Award-nominated shorts programs hoping to win the Oscar pool will have a particularly tough time of it with this year’s animated roster, as the options are wide-ranging but lack a clear frontrunner. A few of the talents have ties to Pixar, though only one short was actually developed at a studio, while the other four are far more personal, independent expressions with little in common, least of all technique.

Imprisonment, in many senses of the word, is at the center of each of the five nominees for this year's live-action short film Oscar, which is not to say they're a homogenous bunch: Though all have political undercurrents and speak to present-tense issues, their moods and styles vary enough that their one big (mostly) common theme —cops, and how they wield power —stands out only because we've already been thinking about it every day for what feels like forever.

Wigan Warriors saw off Wakefield Trinity 34-6 at the Totally Wicked Stadium to maintain their unbeaten start to the Super League season.

Collapsed in Sunbeams. Dua Lipa is fresh off her success at the Grammy Awards, where she won Best Pop Vocal album for 2020’s Future Nostalgia, while Celeste achieved a No 1 this year for her debut, Not Your Muse.

While the COVID-19 pandemic isn't in the mood to be put down just yet, cinemas are slowly and steadily trying to trudge through the shores with releases every week.

Jon Burlingame The Academy music branch made Oscar history yesterday by nominating two films with Black composers for best original score: “Soul” and “Da 5 Bloods.”Prior to this, in the 86-year history of the category, only six films featuring Black composers were even nominated: “In Cold Blood,” “Shaft,” “The Color Purple,” “Round Midnight,” “Cry Freedom” and “BlacKkKlansman.”Herbie Hancock remains the only African-American composer to win in this category, for his jazz-filled “Round Midnight”

Gallery: She grows what?! 10 things you should know about Oprah Winfrey (BANG Showbiz)The 'Mamma Mia!' actress - who has Nina, three, and Thomas, six months, with husband Thomas Sadoski - didn't get much sleep the night the nominations were announced because she was so "excited and anxious", while she admitted being recognised by The Academy "deepens [her] clarity" that she chose the right career path. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, she said: "I'm in Georgia.

Andra Day — correction: Best Actress nominee Andra Day — couldn’t be more excited. ET spoke with the star following news of her Oscar nomination Monday to get the details on how she first learned she was nominated and what this recognition means to her. “When I looked at my phone I saw that it was full of messages,” she shared about first realizing she was nominated.

That’s something we really need now, when so many countries are dealing with manipulative, corrupt and incompetent politicians.”Also Read: 'Collective' Named Top Documentary at Cinema Eye Honors“Collective” follows a team of Romanian journalists in the aftermath of a 2015 nightclub fire that killed 27 people.

In an exclusive interview with ET Canada, Andra Day opened up about her highly coveted Oscar nomination, Golden Globe win and her unstoppable success in the music and film industry.

Priyanka Chopra cutely pops her heel during a sweet moment with husband Nick Jonas while announcing the 2021 Oscars nominations on Monday morning (March 15).

“Honestly, my head has not caught up to it,” Minari director/writer Lee Isaac Chung told Deadline in regards to the six Oscar nominations his American family drama received on Monday morning. “My heart is full but my head can’t wrap around what happened this morning.”

Clayton Davis The Oscars have unveiled the 2021 nominations, and it was a historic group that closes the chapter of one of the hardest years for cinema.After a year in which the Academy announced its divisive inclusion and representation standards, members stepped up to the plate, recognizing the most people of color in the acting categories in history with nine nods.

In Ireland today, Wolfwalkers directors Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart are celebrating an Oscar nom for Best Animated Feature.

Awards season is very much underway and the nominations for the 2021 Academy Awards were announced on Monday.