Los Angeles/CMEDIA: As Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced nominations Thursday, Netflix narco-musical about transgender identity Emilia Pérez in Oscar nominations lined up behind an embattled movie industry.
Dominating with a leading 13 nominations, Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez, a Spanish language, French-made film including best picture and best actress for Karla Sophia Gascon, making her the first openly trans actor ever nominated for an Oscar.
Another musical Wicked, the smash Broadway adaptation came away with nearly as many nominations, while Jon M. Chu’s lavish Wizard of Oz scored 10 nominations, including best picture and acting nods for its stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande.
The nominees for best picture are:
Anora
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
I’m Still Here
Nickel Boys
The Substance
Wicked
Best actor:
Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice
Best actress:
Demi Moore, The Substance
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Mikey Madison, Anora
Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez
Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here
Original song:
El Mal from Emilia Perez
The Journey from The Six Triple Eight
Like a Bird from Sing Sing
Mi Camino from Emilia Pérez
Never Too Late from Elton John: Never Too Late
Best animated film:
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot
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 supporting actress:
Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown
Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
Ariana Grande, Wicked
Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez
Best original screenplay:
Anora
The Brutalist
A Real Pain
September 5
The Substance
