After the many delays odue to the Covid-19 pandemic, the nominations for Academy Awards, popularly known as the the Oscars, was announced on Monday. Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Nick Jonas announced the Academy Award nominations in a two-part live
presentation on Monday via global live stream. The ceremony will take place in-person at Los Angeles’ Union Station and the Dolby Theatre on April 25, after being pushed back from its original 28 February
date, reports the Variety.
Competing for best picture are The Father, Judas and the Black Messiah, Mank, Minari, Nomadland, Promising Young Woman, Sound of Metal and
The Trial of the Chicago 7.
Netflix’s Mank scored a leading 10 nominations, including nods for best director (David Fincher), best actor (Gary Oldman) and best supporting actress (Amanda Seyfried), in addition to best picture. Following behind with six nominations apiece are The Father, Judas and the Black Messiah, Minari, Nomadland, Sound of Metal
and The Trial of the Chicago 7.
Emerald Fennell’s Promising Young Woman received five nods. Two women were nominated for best director for the first time ever with Chloé Zhao (Nomadland) and Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman). They will compete against Thomas Vinterberg (Another Round), David Fincher (Mank) and Lee Isaac
Chung (Minari).
Here is the list of 2021
Oscar nominations:
Best Director
Thomas Vinterberg (Another Round), David Fincher (Mank), Lee Isaac Chung (Minari), Chloé Zhao (Nomadland), Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman)
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal), Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom), Anthony Hopkins
(The Father), Gary Oldman (Mank), Steven Yeun (Minari)
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Viola Davis (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom), Andra Day (The United States v. Billie Holiday), Vanessa Kirby (Pieces of a Woman), Frances McDormand (Nomadland), Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Sacha Baron Cohen (The Trial of the Chicago 7), Daniel Kaluuya (Judas and the Black Messiah), Leslie Odom Jr (One Night in Miami), Paul Raci (Sound of Metal), Lakeith Stanfield (Judas and the Black Messiah)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm), Glenn Close (Hillbilly Elegy), Olivia Colman (The Father), Amanda Seyfried (Mank),
Yuh-jung Youn (Minari)
Best Animated Feature Film
Onward (Pixar), Over the Moon (Netflix), A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (Netflix), Soul (Pixar), Wolfwalkers (Apple TV Plus/GKIDS)
Best Animated Short Film
Burrow (Disney Plus/Pixar), Genius Loci (Kazak Productions), If Anything Happens I Love You (Netflix), Opera (Beasts and Natives Alike),
Yes-People (CAOZ hf. Hólamói).
