Oscars 2021: Best Picture and Best Director nominations

William Earl When this year’s Oscars best picture envelope is opened, viewers might not be on the edge of their seat to see if “Nomadland,” “Mank” or “Promising Young Woman” — or another contender — is named. Instead, they might be scratching their heads.

Questlove is bringing his talent and expertise to the 2021 Oscars! Jesse Collins, Stacey Sher and Steven Soderbergh, who are producing the 93rd Oscars, announced on Wednesday that the 50-year-old founding member of The Roots will serve as the musical director for this year's show.Questlove (real name: Ahmir Khalib Thompson) is a member of the Academy and has previously performed at the Oscars.

Oscar’s nominations were announced Monday and it was revealed that a couple of records were set for women. First, in total, 70 women scored nods for 76 different nominations, which was a record for the Academy.

For years, specialty films have counted on an Oscar best picture nomination to provide a major boost at the box office. This time around, analysts are stumped as to how much the top nominees will benefit, considering that the box office has yet to recover from the pandemic.

The 2021 Oscar nominations have been announced. The list of best picture nominees includes a number of movies original to streaming services, and several that have already made their way to such services despite their recent releases.

As the nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards rolled in on Monday, it was clear that this year’s Oscars would be a ray of hope for people of colour. Infamous for having all-white nominees, the award show received backlash for consistently failing to diversify in the past.

Nominations were revealed Monday for the 93rd Oscars, the apex so far of a movie awards season that has been impacted by coronavirus with movie theaters shuttered forand the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences forced to move its ceremony to its latest date ever, April 25.

2021 Oscar nominations are out now, and there's still time to catch up on all the nominated movies before the winners are announced at the 93rd Academy Awards on April 25.Many of this year's Best Picture nominees are currently streaming, while the rest are available on demand for convenient at-home viewing.

The awards season just got hotter! The 93rd Academy Awards nominations have commenced and Nick Jonas along with have taken centre stage. Just hours after the Grammys 2021 came to an end, the Jonases have geared up to announce the most anticipated awards of the season.Priyanka and Nick will be announcing the nominations across 23 categories.

Oscars 2021 is bigger, better and diverse! The 93rd Academy Award nominations were announced on Monday, 15 March and presented by and Nick Jonas. While there are some hits and misses, there are also quite a few firsts.

Best Actor predictions included Riz Ahmed for Sound of Metal, Anthony Hopkins for The Father and Tahar Rahim The Mauritanian for Best Actor; and Judas and the Black Messiah's Daniel Kaluuya, and Sacha Baron Cohen for The Trial of the Chicago 7 for supporting actor. Meanwhile, Best Actress nominees include Mank's Amanda Seyfried, Pieces of a Woman's Vanessa Kirby, Nomadland's Frances McDormand, The Father's Olivia Colman, and Andra Day for The United States vs.

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With Oscar nominations for Best International Feature and Best Director, Another Round’s Thomas Vinterberg today joined an elite, yet growing, group of overseas filmmakers to score simultaneous mentions in those categories. Speaking to Deadline from his home in Denmark just minutes after the announcement — and with the Danish press camped out in front of his house — Vinterberg said, “I don’t anticipate anything, don’t count on anything.

Oscar 2021 nominations have been announced in full.

Oscars nominations have been announced with Nomadland, The Trial of the Chicago 7 and Mank among the contenders.This year’s ceremony has been delayed until April 26 due to the coronavirus pandemic.Actress Priyanka Chopra and her husband Nick Jonas announced this year’s contenders.You can watch the reveal ceremony below: The Best Original Song and Original Score categories were announced last month with Janelle Monáe, Trent Reznor, Celeste and more receiving mentions.Despite some social

Nomadland filmmaker Chloe Zhao has had made history once again as the first woman of color to be nominated for Best Director at the Oscars. Alongside Promising Young Woman director Emerald Fennell, this marks the first time two women have been nominated for Best Director in the history of the Academy Awards — and this is the 93rd edition of the ceremony.

Steven Yeun just made Oscars history, becoming the first Asian American ever nominated for Best Actor. The recognition comes for his acclaimed performance in the film,, which picked up several nominations at the 93rd Academy Awards.Although the actor is the first Asian American to be nominated in the category, he’s also only the fourth man of East or South Asian descent to ever be recognized in the Academy Awards’ 93-year history.

Oscars nominations are set to be announced later today (March 15) with Nomadland, The Trial of the Chicago 7 and Mank expected to be among the contenders.This year’s ceremony has been delayed until April 26 due to the coronavirus pandemic.Actress Priyanka Chopra and her husband Nick Jonas will announce the contenders at 12:19 GMT.