The Oscars are one of the most anticipated yearly award shows. This year the star-studded event will be aired live on April 25 on ABC. The infamous occasion is to be held partly at its usual venue, Dolby Theater, but much of the event will occur at Union Station in downtown Los Angeles.<\/p>\n
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released the 2021 nominations list Monday morning. There is much-improved diversity in the nominations, resulting from the Academy\u2019s endeavor to expand their voting members\u2019 demographics. This transition follows their recent scandal that revealed the Hollywood Foreign Press Association did not have even one black member to vote. That controversy appears to have prompted some much-needed change.<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s list marked many firsts in Oscar history. Chlo\u00e9 Zhao (\u201cNomadland\u201d) is the first woman of color to obtain a Director nomination. Chlo\u00e9 Zhao (\u201cNomadland\u201d) and Emerald Fennell (\u201cPromising Young Woman\u201d) became the first two women in the category \u2018Best Director\u2019 at the same time.<\/p>\n
These nominations were decided amidst the unprecedented times of this past year. With the pandemic resulting in many theaters\u2019 prolonged closure, audiences viewed new film releases at home via viewing services. Another factor in the change in these nominations was the major cultural shift in society regarding amplifying black voices that were previously overlooked.<\/p>\n
Below is the complete list of nominees.<\/p>\n
Best Picture<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThe Father\u201d \u201cJudas and the Black Messiah\u201d \u201cMank\u201d \u201cMinari\u201d \u201cNomadland\u201d \u201cPromising Young Woman\u201d \u201cSound of Metal\u201d \u201cThe Trial of the Chicago 7\u201d Actor in a Leading Role<\/strong><\/p>\n Riz Ahmed Chadwick Boseman Anthony Hopkins Gary Oldman Steven Yeun Actress in a Leading Role<\/strong><\/p>\n Viola Davis Andra Day Vanessa Kirby Frances McDormand Carey Mulligan Actor in a Supporting Role<\/strong><\/p>\n Sacha Baron Cohen Daniel Kaluuya Leslie Odom, Jr Paul Raci Lakeith Stanfield Actress in a Supporting Role<\/strong><\/p>\n Maria Bakalova Glenn Close Olivia Colman Amanda Seyfried Yuh-Jung Youn Directing<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cAnother Round\u201d \u201cMank\u201d \u201cMinari\u201d \u201cNomadland\u201d \u201cPromising Young Woman\u201d Writing (Adapted Screenplay)<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cBorat Subsequent Moviefilm\u201d \u201cThe Father\u201d \u201cNomadland\u201d \u201cOne Night in Miami\u201d \u201cThe White Tiger\u201d Writing (Original Screenplay)<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cJudas and the Black Messiah\u201d \u201cMinari\u201d \u201cPromising Young Woman\u201d \u201cSound of Metal\u201d \u201cThe Trial of the Chicago 7\u201d Costume Design<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cEmma\u201d \u201cMa Rainey\u2019s Black Bottom\u201d \u201cMank\u201d \u201cMulan\u201d \u201cPinocchio\u201d Music (Original Score)<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cDa 5 Bloods\u201d \u201cMank\u201d \u201cMinari\u201d \u201cNews of the World\u201d \u201cSoul\u201d Music (Original Song)<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cFight For You\u201d from \u201cJudas and the Black Messiah\u201d \u201cHear My Voice\u201d from \u201cThe Trial of the Chicago 7\u201d \u201cHusavik\u201d from \u201cEurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga\u201d \u201cIo S\u00ec (Seen)\u201d from \u201cThe Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Se)\u201d \u201cSpeak Now\u201d from \u201cOne Night in Miami\u201d Documentary Feature<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cCollective\u201d \u201cCrip Camp\u201d \u201cThe Mole Agent\u201d \u201cMy Octopus Teacher\u201d \u201cTime\u201d Documentary Short Subject<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cColette\u201d \u201cA Concerto Is a Conversation\u201d \u201cDo Not Split\u201d \u201cHunger Ward\u201d \u201cA Love Song for Latasha\u201d Animated Feature Film<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cOnward\u201d \u201cOver the Moon\u201d \u201cA Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon\u201d \u201cSoul\u201d \u201cWolfwalkers\u201d Animated Short Film<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cBurrow\u201d \u201cGenius Loci\u201d \u201cIf Anything Happens I Love You\u201d \u201cOpera\u201d \u201cYes-People\u201d Live Action Short Film<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cFeeling Through\u201d \u201cThe Letter Room\u201d \u201cThe Present\u201d \u201cTwo Distant Strangers\u201d \u201cWhite Eye\u201d International Feature Film<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cAnother Round\u201d \u201cBetter Days\u201d \u201cCollective\u201d \u201cThe Man Who Sold His Skin\u201d \u201cQuo Vadis, Aida?\u201d Cinematography<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cJudas and the Black Messiah\u201d \u201cMank\u201d \u201cNews of the World\u201d \u201cNomadland\u201d \u201cThe Trial of the Chicago 7\u201d Film Editing<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThe Father\u201d \u201cNomadland\u201d \u201cPromising Young Woman\u201d \u201cSound of Metal\u201d \u201cThe Trial of the Chicago 7\u201d Production Design<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThe Father\u201d \u201cMa Rainey\u2019s Black Bottom\u201d \u201cMank\u201d \u201cNews of the World\u201d \u201cTenet\u201d Makeup and Hairstyling<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cEmma\u201d \u201cHillbilly Elegy\u201d \u201cMa Rainey\u2019s Black Bottom\u201d \u201cMank\u201d \u201cPinocchio\u201d Sound<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cGreyhound\u201d \u201cMank\u201d \u201cNews of the World\u201d \u201cSoul\u201d \u201cSound of Metal\u201d Visual Effects<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cLove and Monsters\u201d \u201cThe Midnight Sky\u201d \u201cMulan\u201d \u201cThe One and Only Ivan\u201d \u201cTenet\u201d The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released the 2021 nominations list Monday morning. This year\u2019s list marked many firsts in Oscar history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":642,"featured_media":10136,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fbia_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3488],"tags":[3051,1500,933,3130,1365,4113,531],"class_list":["post-16713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-award-show","tag-entertainment","tag-film","tag-movies-2","tag-nominations","tag-oscar","tag-oscar-nominations","tag-oscars"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nDavid Parfitt, Jean-Louis Livi and Philippe Carcassonne, Producers<\/p>\n
\nShaka King, Charles D. King and Ryan Coogler, Producers<\/p>\n
\nCe\u00e1n Chaffin, Eric Roth and Douglas Urbanski, Producers<\/p>\n
\nChristina Oh, Producer<\/p>\n
\nFrances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey and Chlo\u00e9 Zhao, Producers<\/p>\n
\nBen Browning, Ashley Fox, Emerald Fennell and Josey McNamara, Producers<\/p>\n
\nBert Hamelinck and Sacha Ben Harroche, Producers<\/p>\n
\nMarc Platt and Stuart Besser, Producers<\/p>\n
\n\u201cSound of Metal\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cMa Rainey\u2019s Black Bottom\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cThe Father\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cMank\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cMinari\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cMa Rainey\u2019s Black Bottom\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cThe United States vs. Billie Holiday\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cPieces of a Woman\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cNomadland\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cPromising Young Woman\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cThe Trial of the Chicago 7\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cJudas and the Black Messiah\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cOne Night in Miami\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cSound of Metal\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cJudas and the Black Messiah\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cBorat Subsequent Moviefilm\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cHillbilly Elegy\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cThe Father\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cMank\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cMinari\u201d<\/p>\n
\nThomas Vinterberg<\/p>\n
\nDavid Fincher<\/p>\n
\nLee Isaac Chung<\/p>\n
\nChlo\u00e9 Zhao<\/p>\n
\nEmerald Fennell<\/p>\n
\nScreenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Peter Baynham & Erica Rivinoja & Dan Mazer & Jena Friedman & Lee Kern; Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Nina Pedrad<\/p>\n
\nScreenplay by Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller<\/p>\n
\nWritten for the screen by Chlo\u00e9 Zhao<\/p>\n
\nScreenplay by Kemp Powers<\/p>\n
\nWritten for the screen by Ramin Bahrani<\/p>\n
\nScreenplay by Will Berson & Shaka King; Story by Will Berson & Shaka King and Kenny Lucas & Keith Lucas<\/p>\n
\nWritten by Lee Isaac Chung<\/p>\n
\nWritten by Emerald Fennell<\/p>\n
\nScreenplay by Darius Marder & Abraham Marder; Story by Darius Marder & Derek Cianfrance<\/p>\n
\nWritten by Aaron Sorkin<\/p>\n
\nAlexandra Byrne<\/p>\n
\nAnn Roth<\/p>\n
\nTrish Summerville<\/p>\n
\nBina Daigeler<\/p>\n
\nMassimo Cantini Parrini<\/p>\n
\nTerence Blanchard<\/p>\n
\nTrent Reznor and Atticus Ross<\/p>\n
\nEmile Mosseri<\/p>\n
\nJames Newton Howard<\/p>\n
\nTrent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste<\/p>\n
\nMusic by H.E.R. and Dernst Emile II; Lyric by H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas<\/p>\n
\nMusic by Daniel Pemberton; Lyric by Daniel Pemberton and Celeste Waite<\/p>\n
\nMusic and Lyric by Savan Kotecha, Fat Max Gsus and Rickard G\u00f6ransson<\/p>\n
\nMusic by Diane Warren; Lyric by Diane Warren and Laura Pausini<\/p>\n
\nMusic and Lyric by Leslie Odom, Jr. and Sam Ashworth<\/p>\n
\nAlexander Nanau and Bianca Oana<\/p>\n
\nNicole Newnham, Jim LeBrecht and Sara Bolder<\/p>\n
\nMaite Alberdi and Marcela Santib\u00e1\u00f1ez<\/p>\n
\nPippa Ehrlich, James Reed and Craig Foster<\/p>\n
\nGarrett Bradley, Lauren Domino and Kellen Quinn<\/p>\n
\nAnthony Giacchino and Alice Doyard<\/p>\n
\nBen Proudfoot and Kris Bowers<\/p>\n
\nAnders Hammer and Charlotte Cook<\/p>\n
\nSkye Fitzgerald and Michael Scheuerman<\/p>\n
\nSophia Nahli Allison and Janice Duncan<\/p>\n
\nDan Scanlon and Kori Rae<\/p>\n
\nGlen Keane, Gennie Rim and Peilin Chou<\/p>\n
\nRichard Phelan, Will Becher and Paul Kewley<\/p>\n
\nPete Docter and Dana Murray<\/p>\n
\nTomm Moore, Ross Stewart, Paul Young and St\u00e9phan Roelants<\/p>\n
\nMadeline Sharafian and Michael Capbarat<\/p>\n
\nAdrien M\u00e9rigeau and Amaury Ovise<\/p>\n
\nWill McCormack and Michael Govier<\/p>\n
\nErick Oh<\/p>\n
\nG\u00edsli Darri Halld\u00f3rsson and Arnar Gunnarsson<\/p>\n
\nDoug Roland and Susan Ruzenski<\/p>\n
\nElvira Lind and Sofia Sondervan<\/p>\n
\nFarah Nabulsi<\/p>\n
\nTravon Free and Martin Desmond Roe<\/p>\n
\nTomer Shushan and Shira Hochman<\/p>\n
\nDenmark<\/p>\n
\nHong Kong<\/p>\n
\nRomania<\/p>\n
\nTunisia<\/p>\n
\nBosnia and Herzegovina<\/p>\n
\nSean Bobbitt<\/p>\n
\nErik Messerschmidt<\/p>\n
\nDariusz Wolski<\/p>\n
\nJoshua James Richards<\/p>\n
\nPhedon Papamichael<\/p>\n
\nYorgos Lamprinos<\/p>\n
\nChlo\u00e9 Zhao<\/p>\n
\nFr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Thoraval<\/p>\n
\nMikkel E. G. Nielsen<\/p>\n
\nAlan Baumgarten<\/p>\n
\nProduction Design: Peter Francis; Set Decoration: Cathy Featherstone<\/p>\n
\nProduction Design: Mark Ricker; Set Decoration: Karen O\u2019Hara and Diana Stoughton<\/p>\n
\nProduction Design: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Jan Pascale<\/p>\n
\nProduction Design: David Crank; Set Decoration: Elizabeth Keenan<\/p>\n
\nProduction Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Kathy Lucas<\/p>\n
\nMarese Langan, Laura Allen and Claudia Stolze<\/p>\n
\nEryn Krueger Mekash, Matthew Mungle and Patricia Dehaney<\/p>\n
\nSergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson<\/p>\n
\nGigi Williams, Kimberley Spiteri and Colleen LaBaff<\/p>\n
\nMark Coulier, Dalia Colli and Francesco Pegoretti<\/p>\n
\nWarren Shaw, Michael Minkler, Beau Borders and David Wyman<\/p>\n
\nRen Klyce, Jeremy Molod, David Parker, Nathan Nance and Drew Kunin<\/p>\n
\nOliver Tarney, Mike Prestwood Smith, William Miller and John Pritchett<\/p>\n
\nRen Klyce, Coya Elliott and David Parker<\/p>\n
\nNicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc, Carlos Cort\u00e9s and Phillip Bladh<\/p>\n
\nMatt Sloan, Genevieve Camilleri, Matt Everitt and Brian Cox<\/p>\n
\nMatthew Kasmir, Christopher Lawrence, Max Solomon and David Watkins<\/p>\n
\nSean Faden, Anders Langlands, Seth Maury and Steve Ingram<\/p>\n
\nNick Davis, Greg Fisher, Ben Jones and Santiago Colomo Martinez<\/p>\n
\nAndrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley and Scott Fisher<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"