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Awards season continues to shock and surprise us with this years Oscar nominations.

This morning, March 15th, Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas announced this years Academy Award Nominees, which featured some incredible milestones that are worth mentioning. For the first time in Academy Awards history, two women were nominated for best director in the same year; Chloe Zhao for Nomadland and Emerald Fennell for Promising Young Woman. Before this morning, only 5 women in total have ever been nominated for Best Director, with Kathryn Bigelow being the only woman to ever take the coveted award. Also, Chloe Zhao becomes the first woman of Asian decent to be nominated for directing.

Leading the pack with 10 nominees is David Fincher’s original Netflix film Mank, a film seen through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiwicz as he desperately tries to finish the screen play for Citizen Kane. Another notable film to mention is Nomadland, which has been cleaning up this awards season, received 7 nominations this morning.

Steven Yeun, who is nominated for Best Actor for his work in the movie Minari, became the first Asian-American actor to get a nod in this category. Minari, which is a film about a Korean family moving to Arkansas to start a farm, tied notable Best Picture nominees; The Father, Judas and the Black Messiah, Sound of Metal, and The Trial of the Chicago 7 with six nominations apiece.

Also, Chadwick Boseman deservedly received the posthumous Best Actor nomination this morning for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. A couple weeks ago, he won the Golden Globe for the same role, which was accepted by his wife, whose speech moved me tears.

The Oscars will be presented live on ABC, Sunday, April 25th at 8pm ET / 5pm PT.

Find the complete list of Oscar 2021 Nominations listed below.

Best Picture
The Father
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank
Minari
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Actor
Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins, The Father
Gary Oldman, Mank
Steven Yeun, Minari

Best Actress
Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Andra Day, The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman

Best Supporting Actor
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 Supporting Actress
Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman, The Father
Amanda Seyfried, Mank
Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari

Best Directing
Thomas Vinterberg, Another Round
David Fincher, Mank
Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman

Best Adapted Screenplay
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
The Father
Nomadland
One Night in Miami
The White Tiger

Best Original Screenplay
Judas and the Black Messiah
Minari
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Animated Feature Film
Onward
Over the Moon
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Soul
Wolfwalkers

Best Cinematography
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank
News of the World
Nomadland
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Costume Design
Emma
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
Mulan
Pinocchio

Best Documentary Feature
Collective
Crip Camp
The Mole Agent
My Octopus Teacher
Time

Best Documentary Short Subject
Colette
A Concerto Is a Conversation
Do Not Split
Hunger Ward
A Love Song for Latasha

Best Film Editing
The Father
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best International Feature Film
Another Round (Denmark)
Better Days (Hong Kong)
Collective (Romania)
The Man Who Sold His Skin (Tunisia)
Quo Vadis, Aida? (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Emma
Hillbilly Elegy
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
Pinocchio

Best Original Score
Da 5 Bloods
Mank
Minari
News of the World
Soul

Best Original Song
“Fight for You,” Judas and the Black Messiah
“Hear My Voice,” The Trial of the Chicago 7
“Husavik,” Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
“Io sì (Seen),” The Life Ahead (La vita davanti a sé)
“Speak Now,” One Night in Miami

Best Production Design
The Father
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
News of the World
Tenet

Best Animated Short Film
Burrow
Genius Loci
If Anything Happens I Love You
Opera
Yes-People

Best Live-Action Short Film
Feeling Through
The Letter Room
The Present
Two Distant Strangers
White Eye

Best Sound
Greyhound
Mank
News of the World
Soul
Sound of Metal

Best Visual Effects
Love and Monsters
The Midnight Sky
Mulan
The One and Only Ivan
Tenet

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