Oscars nominations 2023 – as it happened: Irish stars triumph with Paul Mescal and Colin Farrell up for Best Actor
Irish films and actors win big while Ana de Armas shocks with a nod for ‘Blonde’
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Everything Everywhere All At Once leads the pack with the most Oscar nominations this year – but some surprises and snubs have certainly shaken things up.
The nominations were announced today (24 January), as awards season continues.
Read: Full list of 2023 Oscar nominees here
Among the surprise nominees this year is Paul Mescal who received a Best Actor nod for his role in the father-daughter drama Aftersun. He is nominated alongside Austin Butler, Brendan Fraser, Bill Nighy, and fellow Irish actor Colin Farrell.
It is a big year for Ireland, with Brendan Gleeson and Kerry Condon joining Mescal and Farrell in the list of nominees. The Banshees of Inisherin, An Irish Goodbye and A Quiet Girl all received nods this year.
Read: The 7 biggest snubs and surprises from the 2023 Oscar nominations
Another shock came when Ana de Armas was nominated for Best Actress thanks to her role in the hugely polarising Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde, which The Independent gave one-star.
Riz Ahmed and Alison Williams hosted the announcement presentation from the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Beverly Hills, California.
The 95th Academy Awards will air live on ABC on Sunday (12 March) with Jimmy Kimmel returning as host for the third time.
Follow along with all the live updates below…
All the 2022 Oscar winners
Cast an eye back to last year. Last year’s 2022 ceremony is in danger of being remembered solely for Will Smith’s notorious Oscars slap.
Here are all the winners from last year’s Academy Awards, including Coda for Best Picture, Will Smith for Best Actor, and Jessica Chastain for Best Actress.
Oscars Winners 2022: See the Complete List - Oscars 2023 News | 95th Academy Awards
See the full list of Oscars 2022 winners both here and on the Oscars Winners page for the 94th Academy Awards.
Ariana DeBose made history as the first ‘openly queer woman of colour’ to win Best Supporting Actress
Last year may only be remembered for one thing – ahem, the Will Smith slap – but Ariana DeBose’s Best Supporting Actress for West Side Story win also made history.
Ariana DeBose wins Best Supporting Actress Oscar
Actor played Anita in Steven Spielberg’s musical remake of West Side Story
What is ‘Women Talking'?
One title in competition for Best Picture is Women Talking.
In comparison to the other frontrunner films, which include Tár and Elvis,Women Talking is unfamiliar to UK audiences.
Although the film had its US wide release on 20 January, UK viewers will have to wait until 10 February for Women Talking to hit cinemas.
Women Talking has a star-studded cast with Claire For, Jessie Buckley, Rooney Mara, and Frances McDormand all attached.
The film, directed by Sarah Polley, follows women in an isolated religios colony who encounter a crisis of faith after a series of sexual assaults.
Jennifer Connelly throws her support behind her ‘Top Gun: Maverick' co-star Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise has at least one person back him for Best Actor.
The action star’s Top Gun: Maverick co-star Jennifer Connelly said Cruise “absolutely deserves” an Oscar nod. We’ll see if the Academy are listening...
Jennifer Connelly says Tom Cruise deserves an Oscar nomination for Top Gun: Maverick
‘He embodies that character so beautifully, and I think he absolutely deserves it,’ Connelly said of Cruise
Who gets an invite?
Every year, the Academy Awards brings in the most glitzy and glam guests – but how does one actually nab the toughest ticket in town?
The Dolby Theatre, which has hosted the ceremony since 2002, seats 3,400 people across four levels and 20 opera boxes.
Oscar nominees and presenters each receive a pair of tickets and can request an additional pair. Most, of course, do.
As per The LA Times, after nominees account for 800 tickets, blocks are then reserved for the show’s broadcast network (ABC), the telecast’s sponsors, the production team, the accountants, the legal team, media, academy museum donors and various dignitaries, such as Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.
Movie studios too, will receive a group of tickets. According to the publication, indie studios have complained that major studios receive more than their fair share.
Remove the spots that have obstructed views (these are occupied by seat fillers) and there’s only a few hundred available seats left.
Members of the academy are invited to enter a ticket lottery, which is conducted the old-fashioned way: written on slips of paper and pulled out of a drum.
Read more about the ticketing process here...
Who gets invited to the Oscars?
Over the past two years, most everyone has applauded the motion picture academy’s decision to add nearly 1,500 new industry professionals as a long-needed step toward diversifying the group’s ranks.
... The Razzies
There’s the Oscars, and then there’s the Razzies.
The Golden Raspberry Awards, a parody awards ceremony honouring the worst of the year’s cinema, has been going for 41 years.
Earlier this week, the Razzies attracted criticism for nominating 12-year-old actor Ryan Kiera Armstrong for worst performance.
“With Armstrong’s nomination for Firestarter, organisers need to be told that punching down is not the way to go,” writes The Independent’s Jacob Stolworthy. “Or, failing that, perhaps it’s time to burn the whole idea to the ground.”
The Razzies have hit a tacky new low with its 2023 nomination list
Tom Hanks and Jared Leto are fair game – a 12-year-old child star is not, argues Jacob Stolworthy
47 brilliant films that didn’t receive a single Oscar nomination
While there’s no doubt that an Oscar is a prestigious accolade, the gold statuette doesn’t automatically make a film good.
Just take a look at all the spectacular films, including American Psycho, The Big Lebowski, and In the Mood for Love, that were somehow overlooked by the Academy.
Will Smith is banned from any Academy events for the next 10 years
Will Smith is one star who will definitely not be in attendance at the awards cermony in March.
In April last year, it was announced that the actor received a 10-year ban from the Oscars gala and any Academy events.
A board of governors decided to impose the ban after Smith slapped presenter Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars last March.
25 top-notch movies that bombed at the box office
Despite bombing at the box office, Babylon could still be in for a shot at this year’s Oscars.
Damien Chazelle’s old Hollywood bacchanal recouped less than half of its budget. Likewise, The Fabelmans, another Oscar contender, represents one of the biggest bombs of Steven Spielberg’s illustrious career.
25 brilliant movies that bombed at the box office
Jacob Stolworthy runs through the films that didn’t get the attention they deserved
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