As wildfires swept through Los Angeles, the spotlight turned to Hollywood’s awards season, with Netflix’s Emilia Pérez, a groundbreaking Spanish-language narco-musical, dominating the 2024 Oscar nominations. Directed by Jacques Audiard, the French-made film earned 13 nominations, including Best Picture and Best Actress for Karla Sofía Gascón, the first openly transgender actor to be nominated for an Oscar.
Another musical, Wicked, adapted from the Broadway hit, followed closely with 10 nominations, including Best Picture and acting nods for Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande.
The nominees for Best Picture include:
Anora, The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez, I’m Still Here, Nickel Boys, The Substance, and Wicked.
Best Actor nominees are:
Adrien Brody (The Brutalist), Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown), Colman Domingo (Sing Sing), Ralph Fiennes (Conclave), and Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice).
Best Actress nominees are:
Demi Moore (The Substance), Cynthia Erivo (Wicked), Mikey Madison (Anora), Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Pérez), and Fernanda Torres (I’m Still Here).
Original Song nominees include:
“El Mal” (Emilia Pérez), “The Journey” (The Six Triple Eight), “Like a Bird” (Sing Sing), “Mi Camino” (Emilia Pérez), and “Never Too Late” (Elton John: Never Too Late).
The Best Animated Film category features:
Flow, Inside Out 2, Memoir of a Snail, Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, and The Wild Robot.
Best Supporting Actor nominees:
Yura Borisov (Anora), Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain), Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown), Guy Pearce (The Brutalist), and Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice).
Best Supporting Actress nominees:
Monica Barbaro (A Complete Unknown), Felicity Jones (The Brutalist), Ariana Grande (Wicked), Isabella Rossellini (Conclave), and Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez).
Best Original Screenplay nominees:
Anora, The Brutalist, A Real Pain, September 5, and The Substance.
Source: Swifteradio.com
