The nominations for the 95th Academy Awards have been announced. Everything Everything All at Once led the field with 11 nominations, followed by All Quiet on the Western Front and The Banshees of Inisherin at 9 each.
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The 10 films competing for Best Picture include for the first time two sequels, Avatar: The Way of the Water and Top Gun: Maverick, which are also top two highest grossing films of the past year.
Steven Spielberg secures his 8th nomination for Best Director and will face Martin McDonagh, Ruben Ostlund, Todd Field and the duo of Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert.
The Best Lead Actor category features all five first-time Oscar nominees in Austin Butler, Bill Nighy, Brendan Fraser, Colin Farrell and Paul Mescal.
Cate Blanchett is the only previous Oscar winner in Best Lead Actress. It’s the fifth nomination for Michelle Williams, while the first for Ana De Armas, Andrea Riseborough and Michelle Yeoh.
Best Supporting Actor includes Ke Huy Quan in his comeback role and Judd Hirsch who waited a record 42 years for his second Oscar nomination. They contend against Barry Keoghan, Brendan Gleeson, and Brian Tyree Henry.
Best Supporting Actress pits Jamie Lee Curtis and Stephanie Hsu from the same film Everything Everything All at Once. Angela Bassett, Hong Chau and Kerry Condon are the other nominees.
Best Adapted Screenplay nominees are All Quiet on the Western Front, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Living, Top Gun: Maverick and Women Talking.
Best Original Screenplay nominees are Everything Everywhere All at Once, Tar, The Banshees of Inisherin, The Fabelmans and Triangle of Sadness.
The Oscars ceremony will be held on Sunday, March 12th . The AwardOption for the winner will cash out at H$25, while those failing to win will delist at H$0.
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