Thursday, January 23, 2025
Emilia Perez,
Netflix’s Spanish-language musical about a drug kingpin who undergoes gender-affirming surgery, leads the pack with 13
Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director, along with nods for Actress, Supporting Actress and two entrants in the Best Original Song category.
The Academy recognized director
Jacques Audiard and gave nods to
Karla Sofia Gascon for Best Actress and
Zoe Saldana for Best Supporting Actress. “El Mal” and “Mi Camino" were acknowledged in the Best Original Song category.
Wicked and the critically acclaimed historical drama
The Brutalist each notched 10 nominations, including Best Picture.
Wicked’s stars also got their flowers, with
Cynthia Erivo in contention for Best Actress and
Ariana Grande for Best Supporting Actress.
The musical trend continued with love for the fascinating-yet-divisive
Bob Dylan biopic
A Complete Unknown, which earned a Best Picture nod as well as an expected Best Actor nomination for
Timothée Chalamet as the rock legend.
NOMINEES FOR BEST ORIGINAL SONG
- "El Mal," from Emilia Perez (Clément Ducol, Camille, Jacques Audiard)
- "The Journey," from The Six Triple Eight (Diane Warren)
- "Like a Bird," from Sing Sing (Abraham Alexander, Brandon Marcel, Adrian Quesada)
- "Mi Camino," from Emilia Perez (Clément Ducol, Camille)
- "Never Too Late," from Elton John: Never Too Late (Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt, Bernie Taupin)
NOMINEES FOR BEST SCORE
- The Brutalist (Daniel Blumberg)
- Conclave (Volker Bertelmann)
- Emilia Pérez (Clement Ducol, Camile)
- Wicked (John Powell, Stephen Schwartz)
- The Wild Robot (Kyle Bowers)
Among the studios, Netflix leads with 16 nominations, followed by
A24 with 14,
Universal with 13,
Focus Features with 12 and
Searchlight with 10.
For a full list of the nominations, go to
Oscars.org.
The 97th Academy Awards will air live 3/2 on
ABC and
Hulu at 7pm ET.
Conan O'Brien will host.
