Sci-fi Everything Everywhere All At Once leads the Oscar nominations with 11 nods in total, including four acting nominations and the big one, best film. But there's plenty to discuss following the Academy Awards' shortlist reveal for the 2023 ceremony, which takes place on 12 March.
In something of a coup, it was a particularly successful year for first-timers with 16 of the 20 actor nominations for those who had never been nominated before.
Meanwhile, British character actress Andrea Riseborough's nod for little-known film To Leslie has caught the film world by surprise, after the movie gained a legion of A-List fans including Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet and Jennifer Aniston. Lest we forget, in Hollywood, it's all about who you know…Jennifer Connelly plays Penny Benjamin while Tom Cruise returned as Captain Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell in Top Gun: Maverick.
Widely watched, they all performed well at the box office, with Avatar breaking box office records and taking more than $2bn worldwide, Top Gun taking $1.5bn and Elvis taking over $280mn , making it the third highest-grossing music biopic since the 1970s. Despite Netflix putting plenty of campaigning heft into Glass Onion and Pinocchio, both movies scored just one nomination each.
While directors Charlotte Wells , Sarah Polley and Gina Prince-Bythewood were all overlooked, it was six men who made the cut. In fact, Martin McDonagh's dark comedy The Banshees Of Inisherin, a story about dealing with a friendship that is falling apart, picked up nine nods in total - beaten only by sci-fi thriller Everything Everywhere All At Once.
Last year, five of the 20 nominees were British, and the year before that, the number stood at eight.Olivia Colman and Eddie Redmayne, both previous Oscar winners who have been recognised throughout this awards season, missed out on nominations for their performances in Empire of Light and The Good Nurse respectively.
Damien Chazelle's Babylon, an ode to the wild days of silent film, did receive three nominations - for costume, music and production design - but didn't make the cut in the acting or directing categories, and missed out on best film. "I wouldn't have this nomination without [director] Darren Aronofsky, [writer] Samuel D Hunter, [producers] A24 and the extraordinary cast and crew who gave me the gift of Charlie," he said.MusicIt's not just the A-list film stars you need to watch out for at this year's Oscars ceremony, as musicians including Rihanna and Lady Gaga could be there on the red carpet, too.
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