It’s that time of the year again when all big wigs in Hollywood slap each other on the back and tell each other how great they all are. Yes, the nominations for the 97th Academy Awards are in.

Set your faces to stunned as Wicked! sweeps the board. I haven’t seen the list just yet, but I’m guessing it will be up for every award, including Best Animated Short and Best Foreign Language Film. Here is the official:

Actor in a leading role

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

Actress in a leading role

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

Actor in a Supporting Role

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

Actress in a Supporting Role

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

Directing

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

Makeup and Hairstyling

A Different Man
Emilia Pérez
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked

Costume Design

A Complete Unknown (Arianne Phillips)
Conclave (Lisy Christl)
Gladiator II (Janty Yates and David Crossman)
Nosferatu (Linda Muir)
Wicked (Paul Tazewell)

Best Original Score

The Brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
The Wild Robot

Live Action Short Film

Anuja
A Lien
I’m Not a Robot
The Last Ranger
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent

Best Original Song

El Mal from Emilia Pérez
Like A Bird from Sing Sing
The Journey from The Six Triple Eight
Mi Camino from Emilia Pérez
Never Too Late from Elton John: Never Too Late

Best International Feature

I’m Still Here – Brazil
The Girl With the Needle – Denmark
Emilia Pérez – France
The Seed of the Sacred Fig – Germany
Flow – Latvia

Documentary Short Film

Death by Numbers
I Am Ready, Warden
Incident
Instruments of a Beating Heart
The Only Girl in the Orchestra

Best Adapted Screenplay

A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing

Best Original Screenplay

Anora
The Brutalist
A Real Pain
September 5
The Substance

Documentary Feature Film

Black Box Diaries
No Other Land
Porcelain War
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Sugarcane

Film Editing

Anora
The Brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Wicked

Best Sound

A Complete Unknown
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Perez
Wicked
The Wild Robot

Best Visual Effects

Alien: Romulus
Better Man
Dune: Part Two
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Wicked

Animated feature film

Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot

Animated short film

Beautiful Men
In the Shadow of the Cypress
Magic Candies
Wander to Wonder
Yuck!

Cinematography

The Brutalist
Dune Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Maria
Nosferatu

So there you have it, no major surprises, again, I’m writing this before I have seen the award list. I’m surprised to see *insert movie here* is on the list and an even bigger shock to see *insert actor here* is up for best actor. I have copied and pasted most of those, so if I have missed anything, I just don’t care!

I’ll put money on it now, I say that Cynthia Erivo will win an award for Best Actress. If I am wrong, I will watch and review Queer, Will & Harper and Bottoms!

Also, a cynical me giggled to myself to see James Mangold down for Best Director. I wonder if they said to him “James, if you take the hit on ruining Indiana Jones, we’ll give you an Oscar next year?”.

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