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  • Oscars 2024: Oppenheimer To Poor Things, A Look At The Complete List Of Nominees | Movies News

    New Delhi: The 96th annual Academy Awards are scheduled to take place at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, Los Angeles on March 10, reported Deadline.

    With 13 nominations in total, director Christopher Nolan's biopic 'Oppenheimer' leads the nominations list, followed by 'Poor Things' with 11 noms and Martin Scorsese's 'Killers of the Flower Moon' with 10.

    Big names like Jodie Foster, Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, and Robert Downey Jr. are among the actors nominated.

    See the full list of nominees below:

    1. Best Picture American Fiction Anatomy of a Fall Barbie The Holdovers Killers of the Flower Moon Maestro Oppenheimer Past Lives Poor Things The Zone of Interest

    2. Actor in a Leading Role Bradley Cooper Colman Domingo Paul Giamatti Cillian Murphy Jeffrey Wright

    3. Actress in a Leading Role Annette Bening Lily Gladstone Sandra Huller Carey Mulligan Emma Stone

    4. Actor in a Supporting Role Sterling K Brown Robert De Niro Robert Downey Jr Ryan Gosling Mark Ruffalo

    5. Actress in a Supporting Role Emily Blunt Danielle Brooks America Ferrera Jodie Foster Da'Vine Joy Randolph

    6. Directing Justine Triet Martin Scorsese Christopher Nolan Yorgos Lanthimos Jonathan Glazer

    7. Writing (Adapted Screenplay) American Fiction Barbie Oppenheimer Poor Things The Zone of Interest

    8. Writing (Original Screenplay) Anatomy of a Fall The Holdovers Maestro May December Past Lives

    9. International Feature Film Io Capitano Perfect Days Society of the Snow The Teachers' Lounge The Zone of Interest

    10. Animated Feature Film The Boy and the Heron Elemental Nimona Robot Dreams Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

    11. Documentary Feature Film Bobi Wine: The People's President The Eternal Memory Four Daughters To Kill a Tiger 20 Days in Mariupol

    12. Live Action Short Film The Actor Invincible Knight of Fortune Red, White and Blue The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

    13. Documentary Short Film The ABCs of Book Banning The Barber of Little Rock The Island In Between The Last Repair Shop Nai Nai and Wai Po

    14. Animated Short Film Letter to a Pig Ninety-Five Senses Our Uniform Pachyderme War Is Over!

    15. Film Editing Anatomy of a Fall The Holdovers Killers of the Flower Moon Oppenheimer Poor Things

    16. Production Design Barbie Killers of the Flower Moon Napoleon Oppenheimer Poor Things

    17. Costume Design Barbie Killers of the Flower Moon Napoleon Oppenheimer Poor Things

    18. Music (Original Score) American Fiction Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Killers of the Flower Moon Oppenheimer Poor Things

    19. Music (Original Song) The Fire Inside I'm Just Ken It Never Went Away Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People) What Was I Made For?

    20. Makeup and Hairstyling Golda Maestro Oppenheimer Poor Things Society of the Snow

    21. Sound The Creator Maestro Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One Oppenheimer The Zone of Interest

    22. Visual Effects The Creator Godzilla Minus One Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One Napoleon

  • The Race To The 'Oscars 2024', A Likely Clean Sweep for Oppenheimer; Take A Look At The Predictions | Movies News

    New Delhi: As the countdown begins to the biggest movie night in showbiz, The Academy Awards, are there going to be the proverbial Oscar upsets, snubs and jaw-hanging surprises? Unlikely.

    Christopher Nolan's epic blockbuster biopic Oppenheimer which chronicles the life and times of the father of the atomic bomb, j Robert Oppenheimer is poised to make a clean sweep in the major categories. The film has been lauded for being one of the most detailed and intricate biopics and has been the indisputable toast of the industry.

    Oppenheimer has had the perfect season so far, bagging every honor from the Golden Globes, Critics Choice, DGA, BAFTA, SAG and PGA, in the run-up to the Oscars.

    Everyone has bet their last penny that not only will the film take home Best Picture, but will also win Christopher Nolan the Best Director trophy.

    Cillian Murphy's restrained and moving performance as Oppenheimer is a hands-down winner in the best actor category. But, he could face a likely upset from Paul Giamatti for his moving performance as the cranky teacher in “The Holdovers”.

    In the best actress category, it is a race between Emma Stone and Lily Gladstone with the latter having a slight edge.

    Gladstone's restrained performance as Molly Burkhart has been called the soul of “Killers of the Flower Moon”.

    Emma Stone as the uber-exuberant feminist Bella Baxter in Poor Things is as impressive but might get upstaged by Gladstone. Emma Stone has previously won La La Land, and if Gladstone wins it could well be Oscar history, as she would be the first Native American to win Best Actress.

    The best-supporting actor category seems locked with Robert Downey Jr. (“Oppenheimer”) and Da’Vine Joy Randolph (“The Holdovers”) leading the pack. But Downey Jr's turn as the charismatic Lewis Strauss is the likely one to take the golden man home.

    He will in all probability be accompanied by Da' Vine Joy Randolph for best actress in a supporting role. Randolph has been applauded and won all industry accolades for her performance in The Holdovers as Mary, a grieving mother who works as a cook at a private school.

    Greta Gerwig's “Barbie” has been snubbed at most awards and appears to be the frontrunner in the original song category, with the Grammy-winning “What Was I Made For? And with Ryan Gosling giving us some Ken Vibes with his performance of “I Am Just Ken from the film.

  • Emmys to be postponed due to Hollywood strikes: US media

    Hollywood's actors and writers are both currently on strike, in the first industry-wide walkout for 63 years. LOS ANGELES: Television’s equivalent of the Oscars was scheduled to take place in September, but could be pushed as far back as January, the Los Angeles Times reported.

    Trade publication Variety said “vendors, producers and others involved with the event” have already been informed of the delay, which has not yet been officially announced.

    A source familiar with the plans said that a new date for the show has not yet been set.

    Hollywood’s actors and writers are both currently on strike, in the first industry-wide walkout for 63 years.

    Stars would not be able to attend the Emmys if the actors’ strike was still in effect at the time of the ceremony — a development that would be disastrous for television ratings.

    Writers would also not be allowed to script a monologue or jokes for the telecast’s host and presenters.

    According to reports, Fox — this year’s Emmy Awards broadcaster in the United States — has been pushing to delay until January, giving the strikes longer to be resolved.

    The Television Academy, who vote for and host the awards, preferred a shorter postponement, as January lands the Emmys right in the middle of Hollywood’s packed film award season.

    Neither Fox nor the Television Academy has commented.

    The last time the Emmys were delayed was in 2001, when the ceremony was postponed in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

    The Hollywood strikes have essentially shut down all US movie and television productions, with limited exceptions such as reality and game shows.

    ALSO READ | Striking actors join picket lines as Hollywood shuts down

    Members of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) and the Writers Guild of America (WGA) are barred from promoting their movies and series.

    The unions’ demands have focused on dwindling pay in the streaming era, and the threat posed to their careers and future livelihoods by artificial intelligence.

    Nominations for the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced earlier this month, just hours before talks between studios and SAG-AFTRA collapsed.

    ALSO READ | Hollywood’s actors may join its writers on strike

    “Succession,” the HBO drama about an ultra-wealthy family fighting for control of a sinister media empire, led the nominations with a whopping 27 nods, including best drama.

    “The Last of Us” became the first live-action video game adaptation to earn major nominations, with 24, while satire “The White Lotus” earned 23 nods.

  • The Oscars best picture rules are changing. Here’s how it’ll affect contenders and movie theaters

    By Associated Press

    The theatrical requirements for movies vying for the Oscars top prize are getting a little tougher.

    Starting with the 97th Academy Awards in 2025, best picture hopefuls will have to spend more time in theaters to qualify for film’s top prize. The changes, announced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences this week, come after three years of adjusted release standards due to the pandemic.

    On top of the current one week “qualifying run” in one of six U.S cities — New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, San Francisco or Miami — best picture contenders would now must also now play for an additional seven days in 10 of the top 50 U.S. markets. Additionally, there’s several other new rules about when the movies must play in theaters.

    “It is our hope that this expanded theatrical footprint will increase the visibility of films worldwide and encourage audiences to experience our art form in a theatrical setting,” Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy President Janet Yang said in a statement.

    It’s part gesture to theaters still struggling from the pandemic, partly for audiences in markets outside of New York and Los Angeles who don’t always get theatrical access to best picture contenders, and partly a statement to deep pocketed streaming services that theaters remain paramount for Hollywood’s top prize.

    The film academy’s leaders also say the decision was born out of many conversations with industry partners and that they feel that this “evolution benefits film artists and movie lovers alike.”

    But some in the industry questioned what it really changes, who it benefits and who it might hurt.

    Michael O’Leary, the President and CEO of the National Association of Theater Owners, applauded the “important initiative.” In a statement, O’Leary said it “affirms that theatrical exhibition is the keystone of the industry.”

    For traditional studios, from the big ones like Warner Bros., Universal and Disney, to the smaller players, like A24 and Neon, behind recent best picture winners “ Everything Everywhere All At Once ” and “Parasite,” it likely affects very little.

    For streaming services, it could be a case-by-case adjustment depending on the company but not a hurdle. Amazon is already planning to release 12 to 15 movies theatrically every year, as they’ve already done with Ben Affleck’s “Air.” Apple is also set to spend $1 billion a year on movies that will land in cinemas before streaming, including Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon.”

    Netflix has had a bigger theatrical footprint lately too. Not only do they control two U.S. theaters — New York’s Paris Theater and Los Angeles’ American Cinematheque — but they’ve also historically given theatrical runs to their awards hopefuls. All of Netflix’s nominees since “Roma” have met the requirement. Its most recent best picture nominee, “All Quiet on the Western Front,” played in hundreds of theaters.

    The new rule may weed out the possibility of a grassroots campaign on behalf of a very small film, however. Independent theaters and those willing to play independent films have become rarer and the competition is fierce for those screens in the major markets. Some of the bigger indie stalwarts are even scheduling major studio films, leaving fewer times and screens available for true independents.

    Much like the diversity requirements that went into effect this year, few could think of recent best picture players that wouldn’t have met this threshold. Apple’s best picture winner “CODA” played in about 40 theaters. Even non-traditional Oscar “underdogs” like “ Drive My Car ” and “ RRR ” had substantial theatrical runs.

    “It’s important to consider that qualifying is merely a first step in a long process that involves robust and costly campaigning,” said Dan Berger, the president of the independent film company Oscilloscope. “I think it’s fair to say that nearly any film that doesn’t meet these parameters never stood a chance in a best picture race anyway.”

    Berger added: “Hopefully the result of this isn’t more robust and more costly campaigning that only serves to further divide merit based results from campaign based results.”

    There are a lot of unknowns about the specifics of the expansion, including whether there will be minimum of showtimes and screens. Could companies simply rent out eight screens that will play to minimal or no crowds in densely populated areas that are relatively cheap and that are also not historically great for indie films? It’ll check the box, but will it help theaters, the films or audiences? And will it lead to an even greater year-end bottleneck of releases?

    Questions also remain about how it will affect the eligibility of animated films and documentaries, which wouldn’t have to meet these requirements to qualify in their individual categories but now might have to adopt a different strategy to be in contention for best picture.

    Others are more hopeful and know that the academy’s board of governors meet often to reassess rules as the landscape continues to change.

    “It’s about time that the academy made a move to recommit to theatrical. The Oscars were inching closer and closer to becoming the Emmys,” said one top awards strategist and academy member who requested anonymity to speak candidly about the changes. “Could they have gone further? Of course. But it’s a good faith step in the right direction.” 

    The theatrical requirements for movies vying for the Oscars top prize are getting a little tougher.

    Starting with the 97th Academy Awards in 2025, best picture hopefuls will have to spend more time in theaters to qualify for film’s top prize. The changes, announced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences this week, come after three years of adjusted release standards due to the pandemic.

    On top of the current one week “qualifying run” in one of six U.S cities — New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, San Francisco or Miami — best picture contenders would now must also now play for an additional seven days in 10 of the top 50 U.S. markets. Additionally, there’s several other new rules about when the movies must play in theaters.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    “It is our hope that this expanded theatrical footprint will increase the visibility of films worldwide and encourage audiences to experience our art form in a theatrical setting,” Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy President Janet Yang said in a statement.

    It’s part gesture to theaters still struggling from the pandemic, partly for audiences in markets outside of New York and Los Angeles who don’t always get theatrical access to best picture contenders, and partly a statement to deep pocketed streaming services that theaters remain paramount for Hollywood’s top prize.

    The film academy’s leaders also say the decision was born out of many conversations with industry partners and that they feel that this “evolution benefits film artists and movie lovers alike.”

    But some in the industry questioned what it really changes, who it benefits and who it might hurt.

    Michael O’Leary, the President and CEO of the National Association of Theater Owners, applauded the “important initiative.” In a statement, O’Leary said it “affirms that theatrical exhibition is the keystone of the industry.”

    For traditional studios, from the big ones like Warner Bros., Universal and Disney, to the smaller players, like A24 and Neon, behind recent best picture winners “ Everything Everywhere All At Once ” and “Parasite,” it likely affects very little.

    For streaming services, it could be a case-by-case adjustment depending on the company but not a hurdle. Amazon is already planning to release 12 to 15 movies theatrically every year, as they’ve already done with Ben Affleck’s “Air.” Apple is also set to spend $1 billion a year on movies that will land in cinemas before streaming, including Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon.”

    Netflix has had a bigger theatrical footprint lately too. Not only do they control two U.S. theaters — New York’s Paris Theater and Los Angeles’ American Cinematheque — but they’ve also historically given theatrical runs to their awards hopefuls. All of Netflix’s nominees since “Roma” have met the requirement. Its most recent best picture nominee, “All Quiet on the Western Front,” played in hundreds of theaters.

    The new rule may weed out the possibility of a grassroots campaign on behalf of a very small film, however. Independent theaters and those willing to play independent films have become rarer and the competition is fierce for those screens in the major markets. Some of the bigger indie stalwarts are even scheduling major studio films, leaving fewer times and screens available for true independents.

    Much like the diversity requirements that went into effect this year, few could think of recent best picture players that wouldn’t have met this threshold. Apple’s best picture winner “CODA” played in about 40 theaters. Even non-traditional Oscar “underdogs” like “ Drive My Car ” and “ RRR ” had substantial theatrical runs.

    “It’s important to consider that qualifying is merely a first step in a long process that involves robust and costly campaigning,” said Dan Berger, the president of the independent film company Oscilloscope. “I think it’s fair to say that nearly any film that doesn’t meet these parameters never stood a chance in a best picture race anyway.”

    Berger added: “Hopefully the result of this isn’t more robust and more costly campaigning that only serves to further divide merit based results from campaign based results.”

    There are a lot of unknowns about the specifics of the expansion, including whether there will be minimum of showtimes and screens. Could companies simply rent out eight screens that will play to minimal or no crowds in densely populated areas that are relatively cheap and that are also not historically great for indie films? It’ll check the box, but will it help theaters, the films or audiences? And will it lead to an even greater year-end bottleneck of releases?

    Questions also remain about how it will affect the eligibility of animated films and documentaries, which wouldn’t have to meet these requirements to qualify in their individual categories but now might have to adopt a different strategy to be in contention for best picture.

    Others are more hopeful and know that the academy’s board of governors meet often to reassess rules as the landscape continues to change.

    “It’s about time that the academy made a move to recommit to theatrical. The Oscars were inching closer and closer to becoming the Emmys,” said one top awards strategist and academy member who requested anonymity to speak candidly about the changes. “Could they have gone further? Of course. But it’s a good faith step in the right direction.”
     

  • ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ wins best picture, is everywhere at Oscars 2023

    By Associated Press

    LOS ANGELES: The metaphysical multiverse comedy “Everything Everywhere All at Once” wrapped its hot dog fingers around Hollywood’s top prize Sunday, winning best picture at the 95th Academy Awards, along with awards for Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis.

    Though worlds away from Oscar bait, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s anarchic ballet of everything bagels, googly-eyed rocks and one messy tax audit emerged as an improbable Academy Awards heavyweight. The indie hit, A24’s second best-picture winner following “Moonlight,” won seven Oscars in all.

    Fifty years after “The Godfather” won at the Oscars, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” triumphed with a much different immigrant experience. Its eccentric tale about a Chinese immigrant family – just the second feature by the Daniels, as the filmmaking duo is known – blended science fiction and alternate realities in the story of an ordinary woman and laundromat owner.

    “Everything Everywhere,” released all the way back in March 2022, helped revive arthouse cinemas after two years of pandemic, racking up more than $100 million in ticket sales. And despite initially scant expectations of Oscar glory, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” toppled both blockbusters (“Top Gun: Maverick,” “Avatar: The Way of Water”) and critical darlings (“Tar,” “The Banshees of Inisherin”).

    Yeoh became the first Asian woman to best actress, taking the award for her lauded performance in “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” The 60-year-old Malaysian-born Yeoh won her first Oscar for a performance that relied as much on her comic and dramatic chops as it did her kung fu skills. She’s the first best actress win for a non-white actress in 20 years.

    “Ladies, don’t let anyone ever tell you you’re past your prime,” said Yeoh, who received a raucous standing ovation.

    In winning best director, the Daniels — both 35 years old — won for just their second and decidedly un-Oscar bait feature. They’re just the third directing pair to win the award, following Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins (“West Side Story”) and Joel and Ethan Coen (“No Country for Old Men”). Scheinert dedicated the award “to the moms of the world.”

    Best actor went to Brendan Fraser, culminating the former action star’s return to center stage for his physical transformation as a 600-lb. reclusive professor in “The Whale.” The best-actor race had been one of the closest contests of the night, but Fraser in the end edged Austin Butler.

    “So this is what the multiverse looks like,” said a clearly moved Fraser, pointing to the “Everything Everywhere All at Once” crew.

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    The former child star Quan capped his own extraordinary comeback with the Oscar for best supporting actor for his performance in the indie hit “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” Quan, beloved for his roles as Short Round in “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” and Data in “Goonies,” had all but given up acting before being cast in “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”

    His win, among the most expected of the night, was nevertheless one of the ceremony’s most moving moments. The audience — including his “Temple of Doom” director, Steven Spielberg — gave Quan a standing ovation as he fought back tears.

    “Mom, I just won an Oscar!” said Quan, 51, whose family fled Vietnam in the war when he was a child.

    “They say stories like this only happen in the movies. I can’t believe it’s happening,” said Quan. “This is the American dream.”

    Minutes later, Quan’s castmate Jamie Lee Curtis won for best supporting actress. Her win, in one of the most competitive categories this year, denied a victory for comic-book fans. Angela Bassett (“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”) would have been the first performer to win an Oscar for a Marvel movie.

    It also made history for Curtis, a first-time winner who alluded to herself as “a Nepo baby” during her win at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. She’s the rare Oscar winner whose parents were both Oscar nominees, something she emotionally referenced in her speech. Tony Curtis was nominated for “The Defiant Ones” in 1959 and Janet Leigh was nominated in 1961 for “Psycho.” Curtis thanked “hundreds” of people who put her in that position.

    The German-language WWI epic “All Quiet on the Western Front” — Netflix’s top contender this year — took four awards as the academy heaped honors on the craft of the harrowing anti-war film. It won for cinematography, production design, score and best international film.

    Though Bassett missed on supporting actress, Ruth E. Carter won for the costume design of “Wakanda Forever,” four years after becoming the first Black designer to win an Oscar, for “Black Panther.” This one makes Carter the first Black woman to win two Oscars.

    “Thank you to the Academy for recognizing the superhero that is a Black woman,” said Carter. “She endures, she loves, she overcomes, she is every woman in this film.”

    Carter dedicated the award to her mother, who she said died last week at 101.

    The telecast, airing live on ABC, opened traditionally: with a montage of the year’s films (with Kimmel edited into a cockpit in “Top Gun: Maverick”) and a lengthy monologue. Kimmel, hosting for the third time, didn’t dive right into revisiting Will Smith’s slap of Chris Rock at last year’s ceremony.

    The late-night comedian struggled to find lessons from last year’s incident, which was followed by Smith winning best actor. If anyone tried any violence this year, Kimmel said, “you will be awarded the Oscar for best actor and permitted to give a 19-minute-long speech.”

    But Kimmel, hosting for the third time, said anyone who wanted to “get jiggy with it” this year will have to come through a fearsome battalion of bodyguards, including Michael B. Jordan, Michelle Yeoh, Steven Spielberg and his show’s “security guard” Guillermo Rodriguez.

    After landmark wins for Chloé Zhao (“Nomadland”) and Jane Campion (“The Power of the Dog”), no women were nominated for best director. Sarah Polley, though, won best adapted screenplay for the metaphor-rich Mennonite drama “Women Talking.”

    “Thank you to the academy for not being mortally offended by the words ‘women’ and ‘talking,’” said Polley.

    Daniel Roher’s “Navalny,” about the imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, took best documentary. The film’s win came with clear overtones to Navalny’s ongoing imprisonment and Vladimir Putin’s continued war in Ukraine. Yulia Navalnaya joined the filmmakers on the stage.

    “My husband is in prison just for telling the truth,” said Navalnaya. “Stay strong my love.”

    Some big names weren’t in attendance for other reasons. Neither Tom Cruise, whose “Top Gun: Maverick” is up for best picture, nor James Cameron, director of best-picture nominee “Avatar: The Way of Water,” were at the ceremony. Both have been forefront in Hollywood’s efforts to get moviegoers back after years of pandemic.

    “The two guys who asked us to go back to theater aren’t in the theater,” said Kimmel, who added that Cruise without his shirt on in “Top Gun: Maverick” was “L. Ron Hubba Hubba.”

    After last year’s Oscars, which had stripped some categories from being handed out in the live telecast, the academy restored all awards to the show and leaned on traditional song and and dance numbers. That meant some show-stopping numbers, including the elastic suspenders dance of “Naatu Naatu” from the Telugu action-film sensation “RRR,” an intimate, impassioned performance by Lady Gaga of “Hold My Hand” from “Top Gun: Maverick,” and an Super Bowl follow-up by Rihanna. Best song went to “Naatu Naatu.”

    It also meant a long show. “This kind of makes you miss the slapping a little bit, right?” Kimmel said mid-show.

    The night’s first award went to “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” for best animated film. That handed Netflix its first Oscar in the category.

    After last year’s slap, the academy created a crisis management team to better respond to surprises. Neither Rock, who recently made his most forceful statement about the incident in a live special, nor Smith, who was banned by the academy for 10 years, attended.

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    The Academy Awards is attempting to recapture some of its old luster. One thing working in its favor: This year’s best picture field was stacked with blockbusters. Ratings usually go up when the nominees are more popular, which certainly goes for “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Avatar: The Way of Water.”

    Neither won much, though. “The Way of Water,” with more than $2.28 billion in box office, won for best visual effects. The “Top Gun” sequel ($1.49 billion), took best sound.

    Last year, Apple TV’s “CODA” became the first streaming movie to win best picture. But this year, nine of the 10 best picture nominees were theatrical releases. After the movie business cratered during the pandemic, moviegoing recovered to about 67% of pre-pandemic levels. But it was an up and down year, full of smash hits and anxiety-inducing lulls in theaters.

    This year, ticket sales have been strong thanks to releases like “Creed III” and “Cocaine Bear” — which made not one but two cameos at Sunday’s show. But there remain storm clouds on the horizon. The Writers Guild and the major studios are set to begin contract negotiations March 20, a looming battle that has much of the industry girding for the possibility of a work stoppage throughout film and television.

    The Oscars, too, are seeking steadiness. Last year’s telecast drew 16.6 million viewers, a 58% increase from the scaled-down 2021 edition, watched by a record low 10.5 million.

    LOS ANGELES: The metaphysical multiverse comedy “Everything Everywhere All at Once” wrapped its hot dog fingers around Hollywood’s top prize Sunday, winning best picture at the 95th Academy Awards, along with awards for Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis.

    Though worlds away from Oscar bait, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s anarchic ballet of everything bagels, googly-eyed rocks and one messy tax audit emerged as an improbable Academy Awards heavyweight. The indie hit, A24’s second best-picture winner following “Moonlight,” won seven Oscars in all.

    Fifty years after “The Godfather” won at the Oscars, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” triumphed with a much different immigrant experience. Its eccentric tale about a Chinese immigrant family – just the second feature by the Daniels, as the filmmaking duo is known – blended science fiction and alternate realities in the story of an ordinary woman and laundromat owner.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    “Everything Everywhere,” released all the way back in March 2022, helped revive arthouse cinemas after two years of pandemic, racking up more than $100 million in ticket sales. And despite initially scant expectations of Oscar glory, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” toppled both blockbusters (“Top Gun: Maverick,” “Avatar: The Way of Water”) and critical darlings (“Tar,” “The Banshees of Inisherin”).

    Yeoh became the first Asian woman to best actress, taking the award for her lauded performance in “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” The 60-year-old Malaysian-born Yeoh won her first Oscar for a performance that relied as much on her comic and dramatic chops as it did her kung fu skills. She’s the first best actress win for a non-white actress in 20 years.

    “Ladies, don’t let anyone ever tell you you’re past your prime,” said Yeoh, who received a raucous standing ovation.

    In winning best director, the Daniels — both 35 years old — won for just their second and decidedly un-Oscar bait feature. They’re just the third directing pair to win the award, following Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins (“West Side Story”) and Joel and Ethan Coen (“No Country for Old Men”). Scheinert dedicated the award “to the moms of the world.”

    Best actor went to Brendan Fraser, culminating the former action star’s return to center stage for his physical transformation as a 600-lb. reclusive professor in “The Whale.” The best-actor race had been one of the closest contests of the night, but Fraser in the end edged Austin Butler.

    “So this is what the multiverse looks like,” said a clearly moved Fraser, pointing to the “Everything Everywhere All at Once” crew.

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    The former child star Quan capped his own extraordinary comeback with the Oscar for best supporting actor for his performance in the indie hit “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” Quan, beloved for his roles as Short Round in “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” and Data in “Goonies,” had all but given up acting before being cast in “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”

    His win, among the most expected of the night, was nevertheless one of the ceremony’s most moving moments. The audience — including his “Temple of Doom” director, Steven Spielberg — gave Quan a standing ovation as he fought back tears.

    “Mom, I just won an Oscar!” said Quan, 51, whose family fled Vietnam in the war when he was a child.

    “They say stories like this only happen in the movies. I can’t believe it’s happening,” said Quan. “This is the American dream.”

    Minutes later, Quan’s castmate Jamie Lee Curtis won for best supporting actress. Her win, in one of the most competitive categories this year, denied a victory for comic-book fans. Angela Bassett (“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”) would have been the first performer to win an Oscar for a Marvel movie.

    It also made history for Curtis, a first-time winner who alluded to herself as “a Nepo baby” during her win at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. She’s the rare Oscar winner whose parents were both Oscar nominees, something she emotionally referenced in her speech. Tony Curtis was nominated for “The Defiant Ones” in 1959 and Janet Leigh was nominated in 1961 for “Psycho.” Curtis thanked “hundreds” of people who put her in that position.

    The German-language WWI epic “All Quiet on the Western Front” — Netflix’s top contender this year — took four awards as the academy heaped honors on the craft of the harrowing anti-war film. It won for cinematography, production design, score and best international film.

    Though Bassett missed on supporting actress, Ruth E. Carter won for the costume design of “Wakanda Forever,” four years after becoming the first Black designer to win an Oscar, for “Black Panther.” This one makes Carter the first Black woman to win two Oscars.

    “Thank you to the Academy for recognizing the superhero that is a Black woman,” said Carter. “She endures, she loves, she overcomes, she is every woman in this film.”

    Carter dedicated the award to her mother, who she said died last week at 101.

    The telecast, airing live on ABC, opened traditionally: with a montage of the year’s films (with Kimmel edited into a cockpit in “Top Gun: Maverick”) and a lengthy monologue. Kimmel, hosting for the third time, didn’t dive right into revisiting Will Smith’s slap of Chris Rock at last year’s ceremony.

    The late-night comedian struggled to find lessons from last year’s incident, which was followed by Smith winning best actor. If anyone tried any violence this year, Kimmel said, “you will be awarded the Oscar for best actor and permitted to give a 19-minute-long speech.”

    But Kimmel, hosting for the third time, said anyone who wanted to “get jiggy with it” this year will have to come through a fearsome battalion of bodyguards, including Michael B. Jordan, Michelle Yeoh, Steven Spielberg and his show’s “security guard” Guillermo Rodriguez.

    After landmark wins for Chloé Zhao (“Nomadland”) and Jane Campion (“The Power of the Dog”), no women were nominated for best director. Sarah Polley, though, won best adapted screenplay for the metaphor-rich Mennonite drama “Women Talking.”

    “Thank you to the academy for not being mortally offended by the words ‘women’ and ‘talking,’” said Polley.

    Daniel Roher’s “Navalny,” about the imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, took best documentary. The film’s win came with clear overtones to Navalny’s ongoing imprisonment and Vladimir Putin’s continued war in Ukraine. Yulia Navalnaya joined the filmmakers on the stage.

    “My husband is in prison just for telling the truth,” said Navalnaya. “Stay strong my love.”

    Some big names weren’t in attendance for other reasons. Neither Tom Cruise, whose “Top Gun: Maverick” is up for best picture, nor James Cameron, director of best-picture nominee “Avatar: The Way of Water,” were at the ceremony. Both have been forefront in Hollywood’s efforts to get moviegoers back after years of pandemic.

    “The two guys who asked us to go back to theater aren’t in the theater,” said Kimmel, who added that Cruise without his shirt on in “Top Gun: Maverick” was “L. Ron Hubba Hubba.”

    After last year’s Oscars, which had stripped some categories from being handed out in the live telecast, the academy restored all awards to the show and leaned on traditional song and and dance numbers. That meant some show-stopping numbers, including the elastic suspenders dance of “Naatu Naatu” from the Telugu action-film sensation “RRR,” an intimate, impassioned performance by Lady Gaga of “Hold My Hand” from “Top Gun: Maverick,” and an Super Bowl follow-up by Rihanna. Best song went to “Naatu Naatu.”

    It also meant a long show. “This kind of makes you miss the slapping a little bit, right?” Kimmel said mid-show.

    The night’s first award went to “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” for best animated film. That handed Netflix its first Oscar in the category.

    After last year’s slap, the academy created a crisis management team to better respond to surprises. Neither Rock, who recently made his most forceful statement about the incident in a live special, nor Smith, who was banned by the academy for 10 years, attended.

    ALSO READ | Oscars 2023: Check out the winners; ‘Naatu Naatu’, women create history

    ALSO READ | Tamil documentary ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ triumphs at Oscars 2023

    The Academy Awards is attempting to recapture some of its old luster. One thing working in its favor: This year’s best picture field was stacked with blockbusters. Ratings usually go up when the nominees are more popular, which certainly goes for “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Avatar: The Way of Water.”

    Neither won much, though. “The Way of Water,” with more than $2.28 billion in box office, won for best visual effects. The “Top Gun” sequel ($1.49 billion), took best sound.

    Last year, Apple TV’s “CODA” became the first streaming movie to win best picture. But this year, nine of the 10 best picture nominees were theatrical releases. After the movie business cratered during the pandemic, moviegoing recovered to about 67% of pre-pandemic levels. But it was an up and down year, full of smash hits and anxiety-inducing lulls in theaters.

    This year, ticket sales have been strong thanks to releases like “Creed III” and “Cocaine Bear” — which made not one but two cameos at Sunday’s show. But there remain storm clouds on the horizon. The Writers Guild and the major studios are set to begin contract negotiations March 20, a looming battle that has much of the industry girding for the possibility of a work stoppage throughout film and television.

    The Oscars, too, are seeking steadiness. Last year’s telecast drew 16.6 million viewers, a 58% increase from the scaled-down 2021 edition, watched by a record low 10.5 million.

  • ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ wins best picture, is everywhere at Oscars 2023

    By Associated Press

    LOS ANGELES: The metaphysical multiverse comedy “Everything Everywhere All at Once” wrapped its hot dog fingers around Hollywood’s top prize Sunday, winning best picture at the 95th Academy Awards, along with awards for Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis.

    Though worlds away from Oscar bait, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s anarchic ballet of everything bagels, googly-eyed rocks and one messy tax audit emerged as an improbable Academy Awards heavyweight. The indie hit, A24’s second best-picture winner following “Moonlight,” won seven Oscars in all.

    Fifty years after “The Godfather” won at the Oscars, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” triumphed with a much different immigrant experience. Its eccentric tale about a Chinese immigrant family – just the second feature by the Daniels, as the filmmaking duo is known – blended science fiction and alternate realities in the story of an ordinary woman and laundromat owner.

    “Everything Everywhere,” released all the way back in March 2022, helped revive arthouse cinemas after two years of pandemic, racking up more than $100 million in ticket sales. And despite initially scant expectations of Oscar glory, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” toppled both blockbusters (“Top Gun: Maverick,” “Avatar: The Way of Water”) and critical darlings (“Tar,” “The Banshees of Inisherin”).

    Yeoh became the first Asian woman to best actress, taking the award for her lauded performance in “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” The 60-year-old Malaysian-born Yeoh won her first Oscar for a performance that relied as much on her comic and dramatic chops as it did her kung fu skills. She’s the first best actress win for a non-white actress in 20 years.

    “Ladies, don’t let anyone ever tell you you’re past your prime,” said Yeoh, who received a raucous standing ovation.

    In winning best director, the Daniels — both 35 years old — won for just their second and decidedly un-Oscar bait feature. They’re just the third directing pair to win the award, following Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins (“West Side Story”) and Joel and Ethan Coen (“No Country for Old Men”). Scheinert dedicated the award “to the moms of the world.”

    Best actor went to Brendan Fraser, culminating the former action star’s return to center stage for his physical transformation as a 600-lb. reclusive professor in “The Whale.” The best-actor race had been one of the closest contests of the night, but Fraser in the end edged Austin Butler.

    “So this is what the multiverse looks like,” said a clearly moved Fraser, pointing to the “Everything Everywhere All at Once” crew.

    READ HERE | Oscar for ‘RRR’: ‘This is just the beginning’, says Jr NTR, ‘Still feels like I’m living in a dream, says Charan

    The former child star Quan capped his own extraordinary comeback with the Oscar for best supporting actor for his performance in the indie hit “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” Quan, beloved for his roles as Short Round in “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” and Data in “Goonies,” had all but given up acting before being cast in “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”

    His win, among the most expected of the night, was nevertheless one of the ceremony’s most moving moments. The audience — including his “Temple of Doom” director, Steven Spielberg — gave Quan a standing ovation as he fought back tears.

    “Mom, I just won an Oscar!” said Quan, 51, whose family fled Vietnam in the war when he was a child.

    “They say stories like this only happen in the movies. I can’t believe it’s happening,” said Quan. “This is the American dream.”

    Minutes later, Quan’s castmate Jamie Lee Curtis won for best supporting actress. Her win, in one of the most competitive categories this year, denied a victory for comic-book fans. Angela Bassett (“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”) would have been the first performer to win an Oscar for a Marvel movie.

    It also made history for Curtis, a first-time winner who alluded to herself as “a Nepo baby” during her win at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. She’s the rare Oscar winner whose parents were both Oscar nominees, something she emotionally referenced in her speech. Tony Curtis was nominated for “The Defiant Ones” in 1959 and Janet Leigh was nominated in 1961 for “Psycho.” Curtis thanked “hundreds” of people who put her in that position.

    The German-language WWI epic “All Quiet on the Western Front” — Netflix’s top contender this year — took four awards as the academy heaped honors on the craft of the harrowing anti-war film. It won for cinematography, production design, score and best international film.

    Though Bassett missed on supporting actress, Ruth E. Carter won for the costume design of “Wakanda Forever,” four years after becoming the first Black designer to win an Oscar, for “Black Panther.” This one makes Carter the first Black woman to win two Oscars.

    “Thank you to the Academy for recognizing the superhero that is a Black woman,” said Carter. “She endures, she loves, she overcomes, she is every woman in this film.”

    Carter dedicated the award to her mother, who she said died last week at 101.

    The telecast, airing live on ABC, opened traditionally: with a montage of the year’s films (with Kimmel edited into a cockpit in “Top Gun: Maverick”) and a lengthy monologue. Kimmel, hosting for the third time, didn’t dive right into revisiting Will Smith’s slap of Chris Rock at last year’s ceremony.

    The late-night comedian struggled to find lessons from last year’s incident, which was followed by Smith winning best actor. If anyone tried any violence this year, Kimmel said, “you will be awarded the Oscar for best actor and permitted to give a 19-minute-long speech.”

    But Kimmel, hosting for the third time, said anyone who wanted to “get jiggy with it” this year will have to come through a fearsome battalion of bodyguards, including Michael B. Jordan, Michelle Yeoh, Steven Spielberg and his show’s “security guard” Guillermo Rodriguez.

    After landmark wins for Chloé Zhao (“Nomadland”) and Jane Campion (“The Power of the Dog”), no women were nominated for best director. Sarah Polley, though, won best adapted screenplay for the metaphor-rich Mennonite drama “Women Talking.”

    “Thank you to the academy for not being mortally offended by the words ‘women’ and ‘talking,’” said Polley.

    Daniel Roher’s “Navalny,” about the imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, took best documentary. The film’s win came with clear overtones to Navalny’s ongoing imprisonment and Vladimir Putin’s continued war in Ukraine. Yulia Navalnaya joined the filmmakers on the stage.

    “My husband is in prison just for telling the truth,” said Navalnaya. “Stay strong my love.”

    Some big names weren’t in attendance for other reasons. Neither Tom Cruise, whose “Top Gun: Maverick” is up for best picture, nor James Cameron, director of best-picture nominee “Avatar: The Way of Water,” were at the ceremony. Both have been forefront in Hollywood’s efforts to get moviegoers back after years of pandemic.

    “The two guys who asked us to go back to theater aren’t in the theater,” said Kimmel, who added that Cruise without his shirt on in “Top Gun: Maverick” was “L. Ron Hubba Hubba.”

    After last year’s Oscars, which had stripped some categories from being handed out in the live telecast, the academy restored all awards to the show and leaned on traditional song and and dance numbers. That meant some show-stopping numbers, including the elastic suspenders dance of “Naatu Naatu” from the Telugu action-film sensation “RRR,” an intimate, impassioned performance by Lady Gaga of “Hold My Hand” from “Top Gun: Maverick,” and an Super Bowl follow-up by Rihanna. Best song went to “Naatu Naatu.”

    It also meant a long show. “This kind of makes you miss the slapping a little bit, right?” Kimmel said mid-show.

    The night’s first award went to “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” for best animated film. That handed Netflix its first Oscar in the category.

    After last year’s slap, the academy created a crisis management team to better respond to surprises. Neither Rock, who recently made his most forceful statement about the incident in a live special, nor Smith, who was banned by the academy for 10 years, attended.

    ALSO READ | Oscars 2023: Check out the winners; ‘Naatu Naatu’, women create history

    ALSO READ | Tamil documentary ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ triumphs at Oscars 2023

    The Academy Awards is attempting to recapture some of its old luster. One thing working in its favor: This year’s best picture field was stacked with blockbusters. Ratings usually go up when the nominees are more popular, which certainly goes for “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Avatar: The Way of Water.”

    Neither won much, though. “The Way of Water,” with more than $2.28 billion in box office, won for best visual effects. The “Top Gun” sequel ($1.49 billion), took best sound.

    Last year, Apple TV’s “CODA” became the first streaming movie to win best picture. But this year, nine of the 10 best picture nominees were theatrical releases. After the movie business cratered during the pandemic, moviegoing recovered to about 67% of pre-pandemic levels. But it was an up and down year, full of smash hits and anxiety-inducing lulls in theaters.

    This year, ticket sales have been strong thanks to releases like “Creed III” and “Cocaine Bear” — which made not one but two cameos at Sunday’s show. But there remain storm clouds on the horizon. The Writers Guild and the major studios are set to begin contract negotiations March 20, a looming battle that has much of the industry girding for the possibility of a work stoppage throughout film and television.

    The Oscars, too, are seeking steadiness. Last year’s telecast drew 16.6 million viewers, a 58% increase from the scaled-down 2021 edition, watched by a record low 10.5 million.

    LOS ANGELES: The metaphysical multiverse comedy “Everything Everywhere All at Once” wrapped its hot dog fingers around Hollywood’s top prize Sunday, winning best picture at the 95th Academy Awards, along with awards for Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis.

    Though worlds away from Oscar bait, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s anarchic ballet of everything bagels, googly-eyed rocks and one messy tax audit emerged as an improbable Academy Awards heavyweight. The indie hit, A24’s second best-picture winner following “Moonlight,” won seven Oscars in all.

    Fifty years after “The Godfather” won at the Oscars, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” triumphed with a much different immigrant experience. Its eccentric tale about a Chinese immigrant family – just the second feature by the Daniels, as the filmmaking duo is known – blended science fiction and alternate realities in the story of an ordinary woman and laundromat owner.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    “Everything Everywhere,” released all the way back in March 2022, helped revive arthouse cinemas after two years of pandemic, racking up more than $100 million in ticket sales. And despite initially scant expectations of Oscar glory, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” toppled both blockbusters (“Top Gun: Maverick,” “Avatar: The Way of Water”) and critical darlings (“Tar,” “The Banshees of Inisherin”).

    Yeoh became the first Asian woman to best actress, taking the award for her lauded performance in “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” The 60-year-old Malaysian-born Yeoh won her first Oscar for a performance that relied as much on her comic and dramatic chops as it did her kung fu skills. She’s the first best actress win for a non-white actress in 20 years.

    “Ladies, don’t let anyone ever tell you you’re past your prime,” said Yeoh, who received a raucous standing ovation.

    In winning best director, the Daniels — both 35 years old — won for just their second and decidedly un-Oscar bait feature. They’re just the third directing pair to win the award, following Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins (“West Side Story”) and Joel and Ethan Coen (“No Country for Old Men”). Scheinert dedicated the award “to the moms of the world.”

    Best actor went to Brendan Fraser, culminating the former action star’s return to center stage for his physical transformation as a 600-lb. reclusive professor in “The Whale.” The best-actor race had been one of the closest contests of the night, but Fraser in the end edged Austin Butler.

    “So this is what the multiverse looks like,” said a clearly moved Fraser, pointing to the “Everything Everywhere All at Once” crew.

    READ HERE | Oscar for ‘RRR’: ‘This is just the beginning’, says Jr NTR, ‘Still feels like I’m living in a dream, says Charan

    The former child star Quan capped his own extraordinary comeback with the Oscar for best supporting actor for his performance in the indie hit “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” Quan, beloved for his roles as Short Round in “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” and Data in “Goonies,” had all but given up acting before being cast in “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”

    His win, among the most expected of the night, was nevertheless one of the ceremony’s most moving moments. The audience — including his “Temple of Doom” director, Steven Spielberg — gave Quan a standing ovation as he fought back tears.

    “Mom, I just won an Oscar!” said Quan, 51, whose family fled Vietnam in the war when he was a child.

    “They say stories like this only happen in the movies. I can’t believe it’s happening,” said Quan. “This is the American dream.”

    Minutes later, Quan’s castmate Jamie Lee Curtis won for best supporting actress. Her win, in one of the most competitive categories this year, denied a victory for comic-book fans. Angela Bassett (“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”) would have been the first performer to win an Oscar for a Marvel movie.

    It also made history for Curtis, a first-time winner who alluded to herself as “a Nepo baby” during her win at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. She’s the rare Oscar winner whose parents were both Oscar nominees, something she emotionally referenced in her speech. Tony Curtis was nominated for “The Defiant Ones” in 1959 and Janet Leigh was nominated in 1961 for “Psycho.” Curtis thanked “hundreds” of people who put her in that position.

    The German-language WWI epic “All Quiet on the Western Front” — Netflix’s top contender this year — took four awards as the academy heaped honors on the craft of the harrowing anti-war film. It won for cinematography, production design, score and best international film.

    Though Bassett missed on supporting actress, Ruth E. Carter won for the costume design of “Wakanda Forever,” four years after becoming the first Black designer to win an Oscar, for “Black Panther.” This one makes Carter the first Black woman to win two Oscars.

    “Thank you to the Academy for recognizing the superhero that is a Black woman,” said Carter. “She endures, she loves, she overcomes, she is every woman in this film.”

    Carter dedicated the award to her mother, who she said died last week at 101.

    The telecast, airing live on ABC, opened traditionally: with a montage of the year’s films (with Kimmel edited into a cockpit in “Top Gun: Maverick”) and a lengthy monologue. Kimmel, hosting for the third time, didn’t dive right into revisiting Will Smith’s slap of Chris Rock at last year’s ceremony.

    The late-night comedian struggled to find lessons from last year’s incident, which was followed by Smith winning best actor. If anyone tried any violence this year, Kimmel said, “you will be awarded the Oscar for best actor and permitted to give a 19-minute-long speech.”

    But Kimmel, hosting for the third time, said anyone who wanted to “get jiggy with it” this year will have to come through a fearsome battalion of bodyguards, including Michael B. Jordan, Michelle Yeoh, Steven Spielberg and his show’s “security guard” Guillermo Rodriguez.

    After landmark wins for Chloé Zhao (“Nomadland”) and Jane Campion (“The Power of the Dog”), no women were nominated for best director. Sarah Polley, though, won best adapted screenplay for the metaphor-rich Mennonite drama “Women Talking.”

    “Thank you to the academy for not being mortally offended by the words ‘women’ and ‘talking,’” said Polley.

    Daniel Roher’s “Navalny,” about the imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, took best documentary. The film’s win came with clear overtones to Navalny’s ongoing imprisonment and Vladimir Putin’s continued war in Ukraine. Yulia Navalnaya joined the filmmakers on the stage.

    “My husband is in prison just for telling the truth,” said Navalnaya. “Stay strong my love.”

    Some big names weren’t in attendance for other reasons. Neither Tom Cruise, whose “Top Gun: Maverick” is up for best picture, nor James Cameron, director of best-picture nominee “Avatar: The Way of Water,” were at the ceremony. Both have been forefront in Hollywood’s efforts to get moviegoers back after years of pandemic.

    “The two guys who asked us to go back to theater aren’t in the theater,” said Kimmel, who added that Cruise without his shirt on in “Top Gun: Maverick” was “L. Ron Hubba Hubba.”

    After last year’s Oscars, which had stripped some categories from being handed out in the live telecast, the academy restored all awards to the show and leaned on traditional song and and dance numbers. That meant some show-stopping numbers, including the elastic suspenders dance of “Naatu Naatu” from the Telugu action-film sensation “RRR,” an intimate, impassioned performance by Lady Gaga of “Hold My Hand” from “Top Gun: Maverick,” and an Super Bowl follow-up by Rihanna. Best song went to “Naatu Naatu.”

    It also meant a long show. “This kind of makes you miss the slapping a little bit, right?” Kimmel said mid-show.

    The night’s first award went to “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” for best animated film. That handed Netflix its first Oscar in the category.

    After last year’s slap, the academy created a crisis management team to better respond to surprises. Neither Rock, who recently made his most forceful statement about the incident in a live special, nor Smith, who was banned by the academy for 10 years, attended.

    ALSO READ | Oscars 2023: Check out the winners; ‘Naatu Naatu’, women create history

    ALSO READ | Tamil documentary ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ triumphs at Oscars 2023

    The Academy Awards is attempting to recapture some of its old luster. One thing working in its favor: This year’s best picture field was stacked with blockbusters. Ratings usually go up when the nominees are more popular, which certainly goes for “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Avatar: The Way of Water.”

    Neither won much, though. “The Way of Water,” with more than $2.28 billion in box office, won for best visual effects. The “Top Gun” sequel ($1.49 billion), took best sound.

    Last year, Apple TV’s “CODA” became the first streaming movie to win best picture. But this year, nine of the 10 best picture nominees were theatrical releases. After the movie business cratered during the pandemic, moviegoing recovered to about 67% of pre-pandemic levels. But it was an up and down year, full of smash hits and anxiety-inducing lulls in theaters.

    This year, ticket sales have been strong thanks to releases like “Creed III” and “Cocaine Bear” — which made not one but two cameos at Sunday’s show. But there remain storm clouds on the horizon. The Writers Guild and the major studios are set to begin contract negotiations March 20, a looming battle that has much of the industry girding for the possibility of a work stoppage throughout film and television.

    The Oscars, too, are seeking steadiness. Last year’s telecast drew 16.6 million viewers, a 58% increase from the scaled-down 2021 edition, watched by a record low 10.5 million.

  • India@Oscars: ‘RRR’ team, Deepika Padukone stun at red carpet

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: The team of “RRR” and Hindi film star Deepika Padukone led the Indian contingent at the red carpet of the 95th Oscars where India is vying for three trophies.

    This year, India-made productions have earned three nominations at the Academy Awards — “Naatu Naatu” has been shortlisted for Original Song, “All That Breathes” is in the running for Documentary Feature and “The Elephant Whisperers” for Documentary Short.

    “RRR” director SS Rajamouli represented the country at the global stage wearing a traditional dhoti with mauve-coloured silk kurta.

    His leading men Ram Charan and Jr NTR wore black velvet bandhgalas with statement embroidery reminiscent of their characters in “RRR”.

    “The RRR at the #OSCARS!!! #Oscars95 #NaatuNaatu #RRRMovie,” the official Twitter page of “RRR” shared the pictures from the red carpet.

    Charan — whose character Alluri Sitarama Raju was described as a soldier in the British Indian Army — sported a medal-like brooch on his bandhgala.

    ALSO READ| The Elephant Whisperers Interview: We wanted indigenous people to have a voice

    He was accompanied by his wife and entrepreneur Upasana Konidela, who looked resplendent in white.

    Jr NTR’s sherwani celebrated the majestic tiger with whom his character Komaram Bheem has a face off in “RRR”.

    “RRR” (Rise Roar Revolt), a pre-independence fictional story, follows two real-life Indian revolutionaries Alluri Sitarama Raju (Ram Charan) and Komaram Bheem (Jr NTR) in the 1920s.

    Padukone, who will be presenting an award at the Oscars, channelled Hollywood icon Audrey Hepburn for her maiden appearance at the Academy Awards.

    Deepika Padukone introduces the song “Naatu Naatu” from “RRR” at the Oscars on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo | AP)

    She wore a custom Louis Vuitton black gown with matching satin gloves and completed her look with a statement neckpiece from Cartier. The Indian star tied her hair in a neat loose bun.

    “Naatu Naatu” singers Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava, who will perform the Telugu chartbuster at the Oscars stage, also walked the red carpet along with choreographer Prem Rakshith.

    Sipligunj wore a metallic grey kurta with cigarette pants and blingy white shoes, and Bhairava and Rakshith donned black attire.

    ALSO READ | ‘Naatu Naatu’ performance receives standing ovation at Oscars 2023

    Talking about the performing the Oscar-nominated track, Bhairava said they are grateful to the Academy for giving the singers an opportunity to perform “Naatu Naatu” on the stage.

    “It’s going to be fun. There’s going to be lots of dance and energy,” he told The Hollywood Reporter on the red carpet,” Bhairava said. 

    “‘RRR’ is very rooted in its nativity. The most beautiful part of the Oscars is that everyone comes and represents their culture and art forms,” she added.

    Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga — “The Elephant Whisperers” director and producer duo — brought Indian colours to the red carpet.

    Monga opted for a bright traditional Benarasi saree in deep pink and Gonsalves chose a heavily embroidered floor-length dress.

    “Let’s Oscars @kartikigonsalves,” Monga posted on her Instagram Stories.

    The Tamil short documentary depicts an unbreakable bond between two abandoned elephants and their caretakers.

    LOS ANGELES: The team of “RRR” and Hindi film star Deepika Padukone led the Indian contingent at the red carpet of the 95th Oscars where India is vying for three trophies.

    This year, India-made productions have earned three nominations at the Academy Awards — “Naatu Naatu” has been shortlisted for Original Song, “All That Breathes” is in the running for Documentary Feature and “The Elephant Whisperers” for Documentary Short.

    “RRR” director SS Rajamouli represented the country at the global stage wearing a traditional dhoti with mauve-coloured silk kurta.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    His leading men Ram Charan and Jr NTR wore black velvet bandhgalas with statement embroidery reminiscent of their characters in “RRR”.

    “The RRR at the #OSCARS!!! #Oscars95 #NaatuNaatu #RRRMovie,” the official Twitter page of “RRR” shared the pictures from the red carpet.

    Charan — whose character Alluri Sitarama Raju was described as a soldier in the British Indian Army — sported a medal-like brooch on his bandhgala.

    ALSO READ| The Elephant Whisperers Interview: We wanted indigenous people to have a voice

    He was accompanied by his wife and entrepreneur Upasana Konidela, who looked resplendent in white.

    Jr NTR’s sherwani celebrated the majestic tiger with whom his character Komaram Bheem has a face off in “RRR”.

    “RRR” (Rise Roar Revolt), a pre-independence fictional story, follows two real-life Indian revolutionaries Alluri Sitarama Raju (Ram Charan) and Komaram Bheem (Jr NTR) in the 1920s.

    Padukone, who will be presenting an award at the Oscars, channelled Hollywood icon Audrey Hepburn for her maiden appearance at the Academy Awards.

    Deepika Padukone introduces the song “Naatu Naatu” from “RRR” at the Oscars on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo | AP)

    She wore a custom Louis Vuitton black gown with matching satin gloves and completed her look with a statement neckpiece from Cartier. The Indian star tied her hair in a neat loose bun.

    “Naatu Naatu” singers Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava, who will perform the Telugu chartbuster at the Oscars stage, also walked the red carpet along with choreographer Prem Rakshith.

    Sipligunj wore a metallic grey kurta with cigarette pants and blingy white shoes, and Bhairava and Rakshith donned black attire.

    ALSO READ | ‘Naatu Naatu’ performance receives standing ovation at Oscars 2023

    Talking about the performing the Oscar-nominated track, Bhairava said they are grateful to the Academy for giving the singers an opportunity to perform “Naatu Naatu” on the stage.

    “It’s going to be fun. There’s going to be lots of dance and energy,” he told The Hollywood Reporter on the red carpet,” Bhairava said. 

    “‘RRR’ is very rooted in its nativity. The most beautiful part of the Oscars is that everyone comes and represents their culture and art forms,” she added.

    Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga — “The Elephant Whisperers” director and producer duo — brought Indian colours to the red carpet.

    Monga opted for a bright traditional Benarasi saree in deep pink and Gonsalves chose a heavily embroidered floor-length dress.

    “Let’s Oscars @kartikigonsalves,” Monga posted on her Instagram Stories.

    The Tamil short documentary depicts an unbreakable bond between two abandoned elephants and their caretakers.

  • India@Oscars: Deepika Padukone stuns in Louis Vuitton gown, team ‘RRR’ goes desi

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: The team of “RRR” and Hindi film star Deepika Padukone led the Indian contingent at the red carpet of the 95th Oscars where India is vying for three trophies.

    This year, India-made productions have earned three nominations at the Academy Awards — “Naatu Naatu” has been shortlisted for Original Song, “All That Breathes” is in the running for Documentary Feature and “The Elephant Whisperers” for Documentary Short.

    “RRR” director SS Rajamouli represented the country at the global stage wearing a traditional dhoti with mauve-coloured silk kurta.

    His leading men Ram Charan and Jr NTR wore black velvet bandhgalas with statement embroidery reminiscent of their characters in “RRR”.

    “The RRR at the #OSCARS!!! #Oscars95 #NaatuNaatu #RRRMovie,” the official Twitter page of “RRR” shared the pictures from the red carpet.

    (Photo | Upasana Kamineni Konidela Instagram)

    Charan — whose character Alluri Sitarama Raju was described as a soldier in the British Indian Army — sported a medal-like brooch on his bandhgala.

    ALSO READ | The Elephant Whisperers Interview: We wanted the indigenous people to have a voice

    He was accompanied by his wife and entrepreneur Upasana Konidela, who looked resplendent in white.

    Jr NTR’s sherwani celebrated the majestic tiger with whom his character Komaram Bheem has a face off in “RRR”.

    “RRR” (Rise Roar Revolt), a pre-independence fictional story, follows two real-life Indian revolutionaries Alluri Sitarama Raju (Ram Charan) and Komaram Bheem (Jr NTR) in the 1920s.

    Padukone, who will be presenting an award at the Oscars, channelled Hollywood icon Audrey Hepburn for her maiden appearance at the Academy Awards.

    She wore a custom Louis Vuitton black gown with matching satin gloves and completed her look with a statement neckpiece from Cartier. The Indian star tied her hair in a neat loose bun.

    (Photo | AP)”Naatu Naatu” singers Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava, who will perform the Telugu chartbuster at the Oscars stage, also walked the red carpet along with choreographer Prem Rakshith.

    Sipligunj wore a metallic grey kurta with cigarette pants and blingy white shoes, and Bhairava and Rakshith donned black attire.

    ALSO READ | ‘Naatu Naatu’ performance receives standing ovation at Oscars 2023

    Talking about the performing the Oscar-nominated track, Bhairava said they are grateful to the Academy for giving the singers an opportunity to perform “Naatu Naatu” on the stage.

    “It’s going to be fun. There’s going to be lots of dance and energy,” he told The Hollywood Reporter on the red carpet,” Bhairava said. 

    “‘RRR’ is very rooted in its nativity. The most beautiful part of the Oscars is that everyone comes and represents their culture and art forms,” she added.

    Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga — “The Elephant Whisperers” director and producer duo — brought Indian colours to the red carpet.

    Monga opted for a bright traditional Benarasi saree in deep pink and Gonsalves chose a heavily embroidered floor-length dress.

    “Let’s Oscars @kartikigonsalves,” Monga posted on her Instagram Stories.

    The Tamil short documentary depicts an unbreakable bond between two abandoned elephants and their caretakers.

    LOS ANGELES: The team of “RRR” and Hindi film star Deepika Padukone led the Indian contingent at the red carpet of the 95th Oscars where India is vying for three trophies.

    This year, India-made productions have earned three nominations at the Academy Awards — “Naatu Naatu” has been shortlisted for Original Song, “All That Breathes” is in the running for Documentary Feature and “The Elephant Whisperers” for Documentary Short.

    “RRR” director SS Rajamouli represented the country at the global stage wearing a traditional dhoti with mauve-coloured silk kurta.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    His leading men Ram Charan and Jr NTR wore black velvet bandhgalas with statement embroidery reminiscent of their characters in “RRR”.

    “The RRR at the #OSCARS!!! #Oscars95 #NaatuNaatu #RRRMovie,” the official Twitter page of “RRR” shared the pictures from the red carpet.

    (Photo | Upasana Kamineni Konidela Instagram)

    Charan — whose character Alluri Sitarama Raju was described as a soldier in the British Indian Army — sported a medal-like brooch on his bandhgala.

    ALSO READ | The Elephant Whisperers Interview: We wanted the indigenous people to have a voice

    He was accompanied by his wife and entrepreneur Upasana Konidela, who looked resplendent in white.

    Jr NTR’s sherwani celebrated the majestic tiger with whom his character Komaram Bheem has a face off in “RRR”.

    “RRR” (Rise Roar Revolt), a pre-independence fictional story, follows two real-life Indian revolutionaries Alluri Sitarama Raju (Ram Charan) and Komaram Bheem (Jr NTR) in the 1920s.

    Padukone, who will be presenting an award at the Oscars, channelled Hollywood icon Audrey Hepburn for her maiden appearance at the Academy Awards.

    She wore a custom Louis Vuitton black gown with matching satin gloves and completed her look with a statement neckpiece from Cartier. The Indian star tied her hair in a neat loose bun.

    (Photo | AP)”Naatu Naatu” singers Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava, who will perform the Telugu chartbuster at the Oscars stage, also walked the red carpet along with choreographer Prem Rakshith.

    Sipligunj wore a metallic grey kurta with cigarette pants and blingy white shoes, and Bhairava and Rakshith donned black attire.

    ALSO READ | ‘Naatu Naatu’ performance receives standing ovation at Oscars 2023

    Talking about the performing the Oscar-nominated track, Bhairava said they are grateful to the Academy for giving the singers an opportunity to perform “Naatu Naatu” on the stage.

    “It’s going to be fun. There’s going to be lots of dance and energy,” he told The Hollywood Reporter on the red carpet,” Bhairava said. 

    “‘RRR’ is very rooted in its nativity. The most beautiful part of the Oscars is that everyone comes and represents their culture and art forms,” she added.

    Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga — “The Elephant Whisperers” director and producer duo — brought Indian colours to the red carpet.

    Monga opted for a bright traditional Benarasi saree in deep pink and Gonsalves chose a heavily embroidered floor-length dress.

    “Let’s Oscars @kartikigonsalves,” Monga posted on her Instagram Stories.

    The Tamil short documentary depicts an unbreakable bond between two abandoned elephants and their caretakers.

  • India@Oscars: Deepika Padukone stuns in Louis Vuitton gown, team ‘RRR’ goes desi

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: The team of “RRR” and Hindi film star Deepika Padukone led the Indian contingent at the red carpet of the 95th Oscars where India is vying for three trophies.

    This year, India-made productions have earned three nominations at the Academy Awards — “Naatu Naatu” has been shortlisted for Original Song, “All That Breathes” is in the running for Documentary Feature and “The Elephant Whisperers” for Documentary Short.

    “RRR” director SS Rajamouli represented the country at the global stage wearing a traditional dhoti with mauve-coloured silk kurta.

    His leading men Ram Charan and Jr NTR wore black velvet bandhgalas with statement embroidery reminiscent of their characters in “RRR”.

    “The RRR at the #OSCARS!!! #Oscars95 #NaatuNaatu #RRRMovie,” the official Twitter page of “RRR” shared the pictures from the red carpet.

    (Photo | Upasana Kamineni Konidela Instagram)

    Charan — whose character Alluri Sitarama Raju was described as a soldier in the British Indian Army — sported a medal-like brooch on his bandhgala.

    ALSO READ | The Elephant Whisperers Interview: We wanted the indigenous people to have a voice

    He was accompanied by his wife and entrepreneur Upasana Konidela, who looked resplendent in white.

    Jr NTR’s sherwani celebrated the majestic tiger with whom his character Komaram Bheem has a face off in “RRR”.

    “RRR” (Rise Roar Revolt), a pre-independence fictional story, follows two real-life Indian revolutionaries Alluri Sitarama Raju (Ram Charan) and Komaram Bheem (Jr NTR) in the 1920s.

    Padukone, who will be presenting an award at the Oscars, channelled Hollywood icon Audrey Hepburn for her maiden appearance at the Academy Awards.

    She wore a custom Louis Vuitton black gown with matching satin gloves and completed her look with a statement neckpiece from Cartier. The Indian star tied her hair in a neat loose bun.

    (Photo | AP)”Naatu Naatu” singers Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava, who will perform the Telugu chartbuster at the Oscars stage, also walked the red carpet along with choreographer Prem Rakshith.

    Sipligunj wore a metallic grey kurta with cigarette pants and blingy white shoes, and Bhairava and Rakshith donned black attire.

    ALSO READ | ‘Naatu Naatu’ performance receives standing ovation at Oscars 2023

    Talking about the performing the Oscar-nominated track, Bhairava said they are grateful to the Academy for giving the singers an opportunity to perform “Naatu Naatu” on the stage.

    “It’s going to be fun. There’s going to be lots of dance and energy,” he told The Hollywood Reporter on the red carpet,” Bhairava said. 

    “‘RRR’ is very rooted in its nativity. The most beautiful part of the Oscars is that everyone comes and represents their culture and art forms,” she added.

    Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga — “The Elephant Whisperers” director and producer duo — brought Indian colours to the red carpet.

    Monga opted for a bright traditional Benarasi saree in deep pink and Gonsalves chose a heavily embroidered floor-length dress.

    “Let’s Oscars @kartikigonsalves,” Monga posted on her Instagram Stories.

    The Tamil short documentary depicts an unbreakable bond between two abandoned elephants and their caretakers.

    LOS ANGELES: The team of “RRR” and Hindi film star Deepika Padukone led the Indian contingent at the red carpet of the 95th Oscars where India is vying for three trophies.

    This year, India-made productions have earned three nominations at the Academy Awards — “Naatu Naatu” has been shortlisted for Original Song, “All That Breathes” is in the running for Documentary Feature and “The Elephant Whisperers” for Documentary Short.

    “RRR” director SS Rajamouli represented the country at the global stage wearing a traditional dhoti with mauve-coloured silk kurta.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    His leading men Ram Charan and Jr NTR wore black velvet bandhgalas with statement embroidery reminiscent of their characters in “RRR”.

    “The RRR at the #OSCARS!!! #Oscars95 #NaatuNaatu #RRRMovie,” the official Twitter page of “RRR” shared the pictures from the red carpet.

    (Photo | Upasana Kamineni Konidela Instagram)

    Charan — whose character Alluri Sitarama Raju was described as a soldier in the British Indian Army — sported a medal-like brooch on his bandhgala.

    ALSO READ | The Elephant Whisperers Interview: We wanted the indigenous people to have a voice

    He was accompanied by his wife and entrepreneur Upasana Konidela, who looked resplendent in white.

    Jr NTR’s sherwani celebrated the majestic tiger with whom his character Komaram Bheem has a face off in “RRR”.

    “RRR” (Rise Roar Revolt), a pre-independence fictional story, follows two real-life Indian revolutionaries Alluri Sitarama Raju (Ram Charan) and Komaram Bheem (Jr NTR) in the 1920s.

    Padukone, who will be presenting an award at the Oscars, channelled Hollywood icon Audrey Hepburn for her maiden appearance at the Academy Awards.

    She wore a custom Louis Vuitton black gown with matching satin gloves and completed her look with a statement neckpiece from Cartier. The Indian star tied her hair in a neat loose bun.

    (Photo | AP)”Naatu Naatu” singers Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava, who will perform the Telugu chartbuster at the Oscars stage, also walked the red carpet along with choreographer Prem Rakshith.

    Sipligunj wore a metallic grey kurta with cigarette pants and blingy white shoes, and Bhairava and Rakshith donned black attire.

    ALSO READ | ‘Naatu Naatu’ performance receives standing ovation at Oscars 2023

    Talking about the performing the Oscar-nominated track, Bhairava said they are grateful to the Academy for giving the singers an opportunity to perform “Naatu Naatu” on the stage.

    “It’s going to be fun. There’s going to be lots of dance and energy,” he told The Hollywood Reporter on the red carpet,” Bhairava said. 

    “‘RRR’ is very rooted in its nativity. The most beautiful part of the Oscars is that everyone comes and represents their culture and art forms,” she added.

    Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga — “The Elephant Whisperers” director and producer duo — brought Indian colours to the red carpet.

    Monga opted for a bright traditional Benarasi saree in deep pink and Gonsalves chose a heavily embroidered floor-length dress.

    “Let’s Oscars @kartikigonsalves,” Monga posted on her Instagram Stories.

    The Tamil short documentary depicts an unbreakable bond between two abandoned elephants and their caretakers.

  • Oscar nominees in main categories

    By AFP

    HOLLYWOOD: Here are the nominees in key categories for the 95th Academy Awards, to be handed out in Hollywood on Sunday.

    Multiverse sci-fi smash “Everything Everywhere All at Once” tops the list with 11 nominations, followed by Irish dark comedy “The Banshees of Inisherin” and World War I flick “All Quiet on the Western Front” at nine.

    Best picture

    “All Quiet on the Western Front”

    “Avatar: The Way of Water”

    “The Banshees of Inisherin”

    “Elvis”

    “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

    “The Fabelmans”

    “Tar”

    “Top Gun: Maverick”

    “Triangle of Sadness”

    “Women Talking”

    Best director

    Martin McDonagh, “The Banshees of Inisherin”

    Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

    Steven Spielberg, “The Fabelmans”

    Todd Field, “Tar”

    Ruben Ostlund, “Triangle of Sadness”

    Best actor

    Austin Butler, “Elvis”

    Colin Farrell, “The Banshees of Inisherin”

    Brendan Fraser, “The Whale”

    Paul Mescal, “Aftersun”

    Bill Nighy, “Living”

    Best actress

    Cate Blanchett, “Tar”

    Ana de Armas, “Blonde”

    Andrea Riseborough, “To Leslie”

    Michelle Williams, “The Fabelmans”

    Michelle Yeoh, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

    Best supporting actor 

    Brendan Gleeson, “The Banshees of Inisherin”

    Brian Tyree Henry, “Causeway”

    Judd Hirsch, “The Fabelmans”

    Barry Keoghan, “The Banshees of Inisherin”

    Ke Huy Quan, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

    Best supporting actress

    Angela Bassett, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”

    Hong Chau, “The Whale”

    Kerry Condon, “The Banshees of Inisherin”

    Jamie Lee Curtis, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

    Stephanie Hsu, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

    – Best international feature film -“All Quiet on the Western Front” (Germany)

    “Argentina, 1985” (Argentina)

    “Close” (Belgium)

    “EO” (Poland)

    “The Quiet Girl” (Ireland)

    Best animated feature

    “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”

    “Marcel the Shell With Shoes On”

    “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”

    “The Sea Beast”

    “Turning Red”

    Best documentary feature

    “All That Breathes”

    “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed”

    “Fire of Love”

    “A House Made of Splinters”

    “Navalny”

    Films with seven or more nominations

    “Everything Everywhere All at Once” – 11

    “All Quiet on the Western Front” – 9

    “The Banshees of Inisherin” – 9

    “Elvis” – 8

    “The Fabelmans” – 7

    HOLLYWOOD: Here are the nominees in key categories for the 95th Academy Awards, to be handed out in Hollywood on Sunday.

    Multiverse sci-fi smash “Everything Everywhere All at Once” tops the list with 11 nominations, followed by Irish dark comedy “The Banshees of Inisherin” and World War I flick “All Quiet on the Western Front” at nine.

    Best picturegoogletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    “All Quiet on the Western Front”

    “Avatar: The Way of Water”

    “The Banshees of Inisherin”

    “Elvis”

    “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

    “The Fabelmans”

    “Tar”

    “Top Gun: Maverick”

    “Triangle of Sadness”

    “Women Talking”

    Best director

    Martin McDonagh, “The Banshees of Inisherin”

    Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

    Steven Spielberg, “The Fabelmans”

    Todd Field, “Tar”

    Ruben Ostlund, “Triangle of Sadness”

    Best actor

    Austin Butler, “Elvis”

    Colin Farrell, “The Banshees of Inisherin”

    Brendan Fraser, “The Whale”

    Paul Mescal, “Aftersun”

    Bill Nighy, “Living”

    Best actress

    Cate Blanchett, “Tar”

    Ana de Armas, “Blonde”

    Andrea Riseborough, “To Leslie”

    Michelle Williams, “The Fabelmans”

    Michelle Yeoh, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

    Best supporting actor 

    Brendan Gleeson, “The Banshees of Inisherin”

    Brian Tyree Henry, “Causeway”

    Judd Hirsch, “The Fabelmans”

    Barry Keoghan, “The Banshees of Inisherin”

    Ke Huy Quan, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

    Best supporting actress

    Angela Bassett, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”

    Hong Chau, “The Whale”

    Kerry Condon, “The Banshees of Inisherin”

    Jamie Lee Curtis, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

    Stephanie Hsu, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

    – Best international feature film –
    “All Quiet on the Western Front” (Germany)

    “Argentina, 1985” (Argentina)

    “Close” (Belgium)

    “EO” (Poland)

    “The Quiet Girl” (Ireland)

    Best animated feature

    “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”

    “Marcel the Shell With Shoes On”

    “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”

    “The Sea Beast”

    “Turning Red”

    Best documentary feature

    “All That Breathes”

    “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed”

    “Fire of Love”

    “A House Made of Splinters”

    “Navalny”

    Films with seven or more nominations

    “Everything Everywhere All at Once” – 11

    “All Quiet on the Western Front” – 9

    “The Banshees of Inisherin” – 9

    “Elvis” – 8

    “The Fabelmans” – 7