The 97th Oscars will air live on March 2nd on ABC and Hulu.
Preview:
- ‘Anora,’ ‘The Brutalist’ and ‘Emilia Pérez’ are in contention for Oscars.
- ‘Wicked’ made the cut for Best Picture and other categories, though Jon M. Chu missed out on a directing nod.
- The ceremony happens on March 2nd.
The 97th Academy Awards will be upon us before we know it, and actors Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott announced the Oscar nominees for the various categories Thursday morning.
As a result of the wildfires that have plagued Los Angeles and its surrounding areas, the Academy has extended its voting period, though it’s notable that more decisions still have to be made about final producer credits than in other years.
And the show’s producers have also recently said that the ceremony will honor Los Angeles, which faces an ongoing fire danger situation, while doing away with having the original songs performed live, raising eyebrows since Ryan Gosling and the “I’m Just Ken” team from ‘Barbie’ was one of the showstoppers last year.
On the whole, the nominations are much as expected –– a lot of love for ‘Anora,’ ‘The Brutalist,’ ‘A Complete Unknown’ and ‘Wicked,’ even if the latter missed out on some key categories, including director and adapted screenplay.
‘Emilia Pérez’ is this year’s Academy darling, with 13 nominations (an all-time record for a movie not in the English language), followed by ‘The Brutalist’ (seemingly unaffected by the recent batch of headlines about AI use to tweak some of the movie’s dialogue) and ‘Wicked’ with 10 apiece.
The Best Director list as usual skewed male, with just ‘The Substance’s Coralie Fargeat making the cut in her category.
Animated charmer ‘Flow,’ meanwhile, scored in its own category and made the International Film list.
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List of Nominees:
BEST PICTURE
Adrien Brody in ‘The Brutalist’. Photo: A24.
- ‘Anora,’ Alex Coco, Samantha Quan and Sean Baker
- ‘The Brutalist,’ Nominees TBC
- ‘A Complete Unknown,’ Fred Berger, James Mangold and Alex Heineman
- ‘Conclave,’ Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell and Michael A. Jackman
- ‘Dune: Part Two,’ Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Tanya Lapointe and Denis Villeneuve
- ‘Emilia Pérez,’ Nominees TBC
- ‘I’m Still Here,’ Nominees TBC
- ‘Nickel Boys,’ Nominees TBC
- ‘The Substance,’ Nominees TBC
- ‘Wicked,’ Marc Platt
BEST DIRECTOR
(L to R) Director James Mangold and Timothée Chalamet on the set of ‘A Complete Unkown’. Photo by Macall Polay, Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. © 2024 Searchlight Pictures All Rights Reserved.
- Sean Baker, ‘Anora’
- Brady Corbet, ‘The Brutalist’
- James Mangold, ‘A Complete Unknown’
- Jacques Audiard, ‘Emilia Pérez’
- Coralie Fargeat, ‘The Substance’
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump in ‘The Apprentice’. Photo: Briarcliff Entertainment.
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Demi Moore in ‘The Substance’. Photo: Mubi.
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
(L to R) Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg in ‘A Real Pain’. Photo Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures, © 2024 Searchlight Pictures All Rights Reserved.
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Zoe Saldaña as Emilia Pérez in ‘Emilia Pérez’. Photo: Netflix.
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
(L to R) Ethan Herisse stars as Elwood and Brandon Wilson as Turner in director RaMell Ross’s ‘Nickel Boys’, from Orion Pictures. Photo: Courtesy of Orion Pictures. © 2024 Amazon Content Services LLC. All Rights Reserved.
- ‘A Complete Unknown,’ Screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks
- ‘Conclave,’ Screenplay by Peter Straughan
- ‘Emilia Pérez,’ Screenplay by Jacques Audiard; In collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius and Nicolas Livecchi
- ‘Nickel Boys,’ Screenplay by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
- ‘Sing Sing,’ Screenplay by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar; Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John “Divine G” Whitfield
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Paramount Pictures’ ‘September 5’, the film that unveils the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news today, set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics. the film that unveils the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news today, set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics. Photo: Paramount Pictures.
- ‘Anora,’ Sean Baker
- ‘The Brutalist,’ Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
- ‘A Real Pain,’ Jesse Eisenberg
- ‘September 5,’ Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum; Co-Written by Alex David
- ‘The Substance,’ Coralie Fargeat
CINEMATOGRAPHY
(L to R) Producer Chris Columbus, director Robert Eggers and director of photography Jarin Blaschke on the set of their film ‘Nosferatu’, a Focus Features release.
Credit: Aidan Monaghan / © 2024 Focus Features LLC.
ORIGINAL SONG
Selena Gomez as Emilia Pérez in ‘Emilia Pérez’. Photo: Netflix.
COSTUME DESIGN
Ariana Grande is Glinda in ‘Wicked’, directed by Jon M. Chu. Photo: Universal Pictures.
SOUND
Roz (Lupita N’yongo) in DreamWorks Animation’s ‘The Wild Robot’, directed by Chris Sanders. © 2024 DreamWorks Animation. All Rights Reserved.
- ‘A Complete Unknown,’ Tod A. Maitland, Donald Sylvester, Ted Caplan, Paul Massey and David Giammarco
- ‘Dune: Part Two,’ Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett and Doug Hemphill
- ‘Emilia Pérez,’ Erwan Kerzanet, Aymeric Devoldère, Maxence Dussère, Cyril Holtz and Niels Barletta
- ‘Wicked,’ Simon Hayes, Nancy Nugent Title, Jack Dolman, Andy Nelson and John Marquis
- ‘The Wild Robot,’ Randy Thom, Brian Chumney, Gary A. Rizzo and Leff Lefferts
ORIGINAL SCORE
Ralph Fiennes stars as Cardinal Lawrence in director Edward Berger’s ‘Conclave’, a Focus Features release. Credit: Courtesy of Focus Features. © 2024 All Rights Reserved.
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
- ‘Black Box Diaries,’ Shiori Ito, Eric Nyari and Hanna Aqvilin
- ‘No Other Land,’ Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham
- ‘Porcelain War,’ Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev, Aniela Sidorska and Paula DuPre’ Pesmen
- ‘Soundtrack to a Coup D’état,’ Johan Grimonprez, Daan Milius and Rémi Grellety
- ‘Sugarcane,’ Nominees TBC
DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
Fernanda Torres in ‘I’m Still Here’. Photo: Sony Pictures Releasing.
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
‘Flow’ opens in theaters in New York and Los Angeles on November 22nd.
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
(L to R) Adam Pearson and Sebastian Stan in ‘A Different Man’. Photo: A24.
- ‘A Different Man,’ Mike Marino, David Presto and Crystal Jurado
- ‘Emilia Pérez,’ Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier and Jean-Christophe Spadaccini
- ‘Nosferatu,’ David White, Traci Loader and Suzanne Stokes-Munton
- ‘The Substance,’ Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli
- ‘Wicked,’ Frances Hannon, Laura Blount and Sarah Nuth
PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Emerald City in ‘Wicked’, directed by Jon M. Chu. Photo: Universal Pictures.
- ‘The Brutalist,’ Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Patricia Cuccia
- ‘Conclave,’ Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Cynthia Sleiter
- ‘Dune: Part Two’ Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau
- ‘Nosferatu,’ Production Design: Craig Lathrop; Set Decoration: Beatrice Brentnerová
- ‘Wicked,’ Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales
FILM EDITING
(L to R) Sean Baker and DP Drew Daniels on the set of ‘Anora’. Photo: Courtesy of NEON.
- ‘Anora,’ Sean Baker
- ‘The Brutalist,’ David Jancso
- ‘Conclave,’ Nick Emerson
- ‘Emilia Pérez,’ Juliette Welfling
- ‘Wicked,’ Myron Kerstein
VISUAL EFFECTS
Xenomorph in 20th Century Studios’ ‘Alien: Romulus.’ Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2024 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.
- ‘Alien: Romulus,’ Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin and Shane Mahan
- ‘Better Man,’ Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft and Peter Stubbs
- ‘Dune: Part Two,’ Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe and Gerd Nefzer
- ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,’ Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story and Rodney Burke
- ‘Wicked,’ Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, David Shirk and Paul Corbould
When and where can I watch the 2025 Oscars?
The 2025 Academy Awards ceremony, to be hosted by Conan O’Brien, will be broadcast on the ABC network on March 2nd, 2025.
The 97th Oscars will air live on March 2nd on ABC and Hulu.
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