In the Best Animated Short Film category, We Can’t Live Without Cosmos scored a nomination: the film follows two cosmonauts in training in an effort to achieve their dreams of reaching the stars.
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Sylvester Stallone (“Creed”) is the clear, and clearly sentimental, nominee for best supporting actor, at 2-1.
The Nominations for Best Picture are: The Big Short, Bridge of Spies, Brooklyn, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian, The Revenant, Room and Spotlight. But “Mad Max: Fury Road”, landing 10 nominations, including one for Best Picture, certainly was.
Best actress contenders are Cate Blanchett, “Carol”; Brie Larson, “Room”; Charlotte Rampling, “45 Years”; Saoirse Ronan, “Brooklyn” and Jennifer Lawrence, “Joy”.
Although he is up against some stiff competition from Bryan Cranston, Matt Damon, Michael Fassbender and Eddie Redmayne, fans and online polls suggest that this trophy might finally be his to keep. The general consensus is that nothing short of a raging grizzly bear will keep DiCaprio from collecting a trophy.
Like a year ago, there was an absence of performers of color. Now will you go see it?
While it’s a great day for the Irish, you can’t please everyone and there are some notable omissions from the nominations – what’s awards season without a few snubs?
This is the seventh Academy Award nomination for Inarritu.
He wasn’t the only overlooked filmmaker.
The Martian has bagged seven nominations while Carol and Spotlight got six each.
“This will send the message that diversity in the film industry must be more than a hollow promise”, he said. Or were voters more intent on welcoming a newcomer like Lenny Abrahamson of “Room” into the tent?
“The Revenant” was directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, who also helmed last year’s big Oscars victor “Birdman”, which earned four golden statuettes including for best picture and director. Other actresses nominated in the supporting category include Jennifer Jason Leigh (“The Hateful Eight”), Rooney Mara (“Carol”), Rachel McAdams (“Spotlight”) and Kate Winslet (“Steve Jobs”).
The Oscars have also faced criticism in recent years for focusing on art-house content over blockbusters.
Will Smith (“Concussion”), Idris Elba (“Beasts of No Nation”), and Michael B. Jordan (“Creed”) were among those thought to be in the running for a nomination but left out.
– Speaking of composers, Thomas Newman’s original score for “Bridge of Spies” is his 13th nomination.
Star Wars, which is line to be one of the highest-grossing films ever, failed to make the shortlist.
Nominees for best documentary: “Amy”, “Cartel Land”, “The Look of Silence”, “What Happened Miss Simone?” and “Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom“.
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“Movie celebs have been forcing check-box diversity on Americans, and now they get upset when it’s done to them”, he explained.
