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Nominations for the 97th Annual Academy Awards (Oscars) - starting at 8:30am ET this morning...

97th Oscars Nominations Announcement Hosted By Bowen Yang & Rachel Sennott | Feat. ASL Interpreters
Oscars   Jan 23, 2025


You can also watch live here:
https://abcnews.go.com/Live 
https://abc.com/show/0a6328a2-6451-46e7-a55a-fa84ddbb9541 

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The 2025 Oscar Nominations
By Jason P. Frank   Jan 23, 2025
https://www.vulture.com/article/oscar-nominations-2025.html 


The biggest snubs and surprises of the 2025 Oscar nominations
Glenn Whipp   Jan 23, 2025
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2025-01-23/oscars-nominations-2025-snubs-surprises 

2025 Oscar nominations: Snubs and surprises include ‘A Real Pain,’ Edward Berger, Selena Gomez
Christopher Rosen   January 23, 2025
https://www.goldderby.com/article/2025/selena-gomez-oscar-snubs-surprises/ 

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Nominations are out! Wicked, Anora, A Complete Unknown, Emilia Perez and The Brutalist are the Oscar darlings this year!

Yay Demi Moore!!!

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Best Picture

Anora
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
I’m Still Here
Nickel Boys
The Substance
Wicked

Best Actress

Cynthia Erivo - Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón - Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison - Anora
Demi Moore - The Substance
Fernanda Torres - I’m Still Here

Best Actor

Adrien Brody - The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet - A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo - Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes - Conclave
Sebastian Stan - The Apprentice

Best Supporting Actress

Monica Barbaro - A Complete Unknown
Ariana Grande - Wicked
Felicity Jones - The Brutalist
Isabella Rossellini - Conclave
Zoe Saldaña - Emilia Pérez

Best Supporting Actor

Yura Borisov - Anora
Kieran Culkin - A Real Pain
Edward Norton - A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce - The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong - The Apprentice

Best Director

Sean Baker - Anora
Brady Corbet - The Brutalist
James Mangold - A Complete Unknown
Jacques Audiard - Emilia Pérez
Coralie Fargeat - The Substance

 

 

2 minutes ago, MicheleinPhilly said:

I've seen a grand total of ONE nominated film but that ONE film demonstrates that category fraud is still alive and well.

Kieran Culkin is no way a supporting actor in his film. He's on screen in virtually every single scene. 

You're ahead of me -- I've send 1/2 of ONE of the nominated films -- Conclave.  It's good but so slow -- working on finishing it.

Very happy for Demi Moore and The Substance. Even Nosferatu got a cinematography nomination. Nice day for Horror fans.  

I have no interest in seeing Emilia Perez. The few clips I have seen I do not understand the love.  

Happy for Wicked and Anora as well since I actually saw those movies and liked them. I went to check out A Royal Pain but I can't stand Jesse Eisenberg. 

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16 minutes ago, ShadowHunter said:

I went to check out A Royal Pain but I can't stand Jesse Eisenberg. 

Hello fellow Jesse Eisenberg hater! This film won't endear you to him. I basically watched it to see what the fuss was. I'm not opposed to the screenplay nomination but he does nothing for me as an actor. Too much association with Fuckerberg for me. 

The good news is that it is barely 90 minutes long. 

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12 minutes ago, MicheleinPhilly said:

Hello fellow Jesse Eisenberg hater! This film won't endear you to him. I basically watched it to see what the fuss was. I'm not opposed to the screenplay nomination but he does nothing for me as an actor. Too much association with Fuckerberg for me. 

The good news is that it is barely 90 minutes long. 

Haha yes, let's rejoice in the hate lol. 90 minutes is not too bad thanks for the info. 

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4 hours ago, MicheleinPhilly said:

Kieran Culkin is no way a supporting actor in his film. He's on screen in virtually every single scene. 

Same with Zoe Saldana, she's in Emilia Perez more than KSG.  I don't know anyone who saw Wicked that would qualify AG's part as supporting and not lead.

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1 hour ago, kittykat said:

Category fraud is nothing new unfortunately. 

So true, three years in a row the best supporting Oscar went to three actors in a leading role (Mahershala Ali in Green Book, Brad Pitt in Once Upon A Time in Hollywood and Daniel Kaluuya in Judas and The Black Messiah).  I feel bad for the veteran actors, character actors and newbies who got screwed out of a nomination because of studio strategizing.

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The press behind Emilia Perez is so toxic that I do wonder if it will win anything.  Zoe Saldana was the frontrunner but Grande or Jones could get late momentum.  Best Actress seems to be a toss up between Demi Moore and Fernanda Torres.  As far as Adrien Brody goes I know he won the globe but Oscar seems to have a hard on for Chalamet that I think he's taking it.  I'm still hoping Ralph Fiennes gets his long overdue accolades.

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On 1/31/2025 at 5:45 PM, kittykat said:

The press behind Emilia Perez is so toxic that I do wonder if it will win anything.  Zoe Saldana was the frontrunner but Grande or Jones could get late momentum.  Best Actress seems to be a toss up between Demi Moore and Fernanda Torres.  As far as Adrien Brody goes I know he won the globe but Oscar seems to have a hard on for Chalamet that I think he's taking it.  I'm still hoping Ralph Fiennes gets his long overdue accolades.

Ralph Fiennes is my dark horse pick as well. 

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Oscars Presenters Will Include Halle Berry, Penélope Cruz, Bowen Yang and More
The new names join previously announced presenters Robert Downey Jr., Cillian Murphy, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Emma Stone.
By Zoe G. Phillips   February 11, 2025 
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/oscars-presenters-halle-berry-penelope-cruz-bowen-yang-1236132657/ 

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Halle Berry, Penélope Cruz, Bowen Yang and more will present during the Oscars ceremony on March. 2, the Academy announced Tuesday.

Elle Fanning, Whoopi Goldberg, Scarlett Johansson, John Lithgow, Amy Poehler and June Squibb round out the list, with Robert Downey Jr., Cillian Murphy, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Emma Stone already announced and more names yet to come.

Conan O’Brien will host the 97th Academy Awards, his first time on the job. The show will air on ABC, stream live on Hulu.

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Conan O'Brien Hosts The Oscars | Live Sunday, March 2 at 7e/4p on ABC and Hulu
ABC   Feb 20, 2025

 
 

Oprah Winfrey, Selena Gomez Among New Oscars Presenters With Nick Offerman on Board as Show Announcer
By Chris Gardner   Feb 19, 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/oscars-presenters-2025-oprah-winfrey-selena-gomez-lily-rose-depp-willem-dafoe-1236140601/ 

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Oprah Winfrey, Selena Gomez, Ben Stiller, Willem Dafoe, Goldie Hawn, Sterling K. Brown, Joe Alwyn, Lily-Rose Depp, Ana de Armas and Connie Nielsen are set to take the stage as presenters during the 97th Oscars, per executive producer and showrunner Raj Kapoor and executive producer Katy Mullan who confirmed Wednesday.

Also booking a high-profile gig for the telecast is Nick Offerman, who will serve as the announcer. The versatile Emmy Award-winning performer will be making his first appearance at the Academy Awards, though he’s attended one of the night’s most coveted afterparties at Vanity Fair several times with wife Megan Mullally. Offerman follows in the footsteps of David Alan Grier, who served as the “voice of God” for the 2024 Oscar telecast.
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The roster of new additions join previously announced Oscar presenters including Halle Berry, Penélope Cruz, Robert Downey Jr., Elle Fanning, Whoopi Goldberg, Scarlett Johansson, John Lithgow, Cillian Murphy, Amy Poehler, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, June Squibb, Emma Stone and Bowen Yang.

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This is a welcome change. I’ve always favored acting clips over individual tributes. There are small movies with nominees that a lot of people have not seen, and a small clip will help some in understanding why they’re nominated, and in some cases, win.

And as shown by the mini-scandal last year, it’s never a good idea for 5 people to try to swarm an already overwhelmed winner onstage:

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As for the past, the Oscars are also bringing back an old way of introducing the nominees. That means playing a variety of film clips as acting nominees are introduced, something that had been missing from the ceremony the past few years.

https://variety.com/2025/film/awards/oscars-film-clips-return-producers-1236320740/

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1 hour ago, chitowngirl said:

Gene Hackman had better get edited into the In Memoriam!!

Gosh, what a sad story. Coincidentally, I was just reading an article on THR about how the In Memoriam segment is always one of the most controversial parts of the show. A part of the article just came true:

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The job is so complicated that Kapoor and Mullan say that as of our Feb. 10 interview, they’d already screened 11 different versions of the 2025 montage and could still see a dozen more. And though the music is coordinated down to the second, space is allotted in case a major talent dies just before the show. In fact, the montage isn’t locked until the last dress rehearsal on the morning of the show.

I would also assume Gene would now get the coveted last spot:

 

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As for the coveted last spot — Oscar stans know it’s historically reserved for a true VIP — one obvious contender this year is Lynch. Schulman predicts Quincy Jones, who has exec produced the Oscars.

 

 

Article here:

 

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8 hours ago, slowpoked said:

This is a welcome change. I’ve always favored acting clips over individual tributes. There are small movies with nominees that a lot of people have not seen, and a small clip will help some in understanding why they’re nominated, and in some cases, win.

And as shown by the mini-scandal last year, it’s never a good idea for 5 people to try to swarm an already overwhelmed winner onstage:

https://variety.com/2025/film/awards/oscars-film-clips-return-producers-1236320740/

I like the acting tributes, but I do prefer clips. I wonder if this is a change in reaction to the Karla Sofia Gascon controversy. I remember seeing an article that mentioned they were doing the acting tributes again. A few people I watch on YouTube joked about who would get the short straw honoring KSG. They might have just decided to skip the awkwardness and do clips instead.

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1 hour ago, FilmTVGeek80 said:

A few people I watch on YouTube joked about who would get the short straw honoring KSG. They might have just decided to skip the awkwardness and do clips instead.

That's exactly the reason why.  Could you imagine an agent calling his client:

Agent:  Hey, I've got good news and bad news.

Actor: what's the good news?

Agent: the Oscars want you to pay tribute to one of the performers in the lead categories.

Actor: Bad news?

Agent: it's KSG!

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36 minutes ago, slowpoked said:

I'm not sure if she's an AMPAS member (most likely not), and she was never an A-list star, but to a lot of millennials, Michelle Trachtenberg was one of their more essential actress. I hope she gets included in the In Memoriam segment. 

The only requirement is making movies. If MT made movies she should be in it.

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10 hours ago, DanaK said:

Harrison Ford will no longer be presenting; per unconfirmed reports, due to a Shingles diagnosis. Not a fun thing; I had a mild case several years ago on my arm

https://www.laughingplace.com/w/entertainment/even-more-97-oscars-presenters/?a=11

Oh, I hope he doesn't have too bad a case!  I had it on my face in 2020, and it was not at all fun.

Will anyone be here later to live chat?  Red carpet and/or ceremony?

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