‘Emilia Perez’ leads the nominations for the upcoming Academy Awards with a record-breaking 14.
Emilia Perez star Karla Sofia Gascon is nominated for an Oscar
Jacques Audiard’s musical thriller is up for the coveted Best Picture accolade – for which it will contest with ‘Anora’, ‘Brutalist’, ‘A Complete Unknown’, ‘Conclave’, ‘Dune: Part Two’, ‘I’m Still Here’, ‘Nickel Boys’, ‘The Substance’, and ‘Wicked’ – as well as Best Director for the filmmaker, Best Actress in a Leading Role for Karla Sofía Gascón, a Supporting Actress nod for Zoe Saldaña, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best International Feature Film.
It is also nominated for sound, make-up and hairstyling, film editing, cinematography, original score, and received two spots on the Best Original Song shortlist, for ‘El Mal’ and ‘Mi Camino’.
‘The Brutalist’ and ‘Wicked’ follow with 10 places on the shortlist, with nods for the first including Best Actor in a Leading Role for Adrien Brody, Supporting Actor and Actress nods for Guy Pearce and Felicity Jones respectively, and Best Director for Brady Corbet.
‘Wicked’ stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role and Best Actress in a Supporting Role respectively, with a number of other nods in technical categories.
While Adrien will be looking to secure his second Best Actor award, he faces competition from Timothee Chalamet (‘A Complete Unknown’), Colman Domingo (‘Sing Sing’), Ralph Fiennes (‘Conclave’) and Sebastian Stan (‘The Apprentice’), while the Best Actress sees Karlaand Cynthia joined on the shortlist by Mikey Madison (‘Anora’), Demi Moore (‘The Substance’), and Fernanda Torres (‘I’m Still Here’).
Joining Zoe, Ariana and Felicity in being nominated for the Best Actress in a Supporting Role award are Monica Barbaro (‘A Complete Unknown’), and Isabella Rossellini (‘Conclave’), while Best Actor in a Supporting Role will go to either Guy, Yura Borisov (‘Anora’),…
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