Oscar Sunday is almost here! American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, Oppenheimer, Past Lives, Poor Things and The Zone of Interest – these are the Best Picture nominees for the 96th Oscars.
Will Oppenheimer take home the most gold statuettes? Does Barbie win for Best Costume Design? Can Paul Giamatti pull an upset over Cillian Murphy and win the Best Actor Oscar.
Check out Deadline’s and The Hollywood Reporter’s predictions HERE and HERE.
Emily Blunt, Cynthia Erivo, America Ferrera, Sally Field, Ryan Gosling, Ariana Grande, Ben Kingsley, Melissa McCarthy, Issa Rae, Tim Robbins, Steven Spielberg, Mary Steenburgen, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlize Theron, Christoph Waltz and Forest Whitaker will present at the 96th Oscars®, executive producer and showrunner Raj Kapoor and executive producers Molly McNearney and Katy Mullan announced this week.
Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, the 96th Oscars will air live on ABC and broadcast outlets worldwide on Sunday, March 10, 2024, at the new time of 7 p.m. EDT/4 p.m. PDT.
Previously announced Oscars presenters include Mahershala Ali, Bad Bunny, Nicolas Cage, Jamie Lee Curtis, Brendan Fraser, Chris Hemsworth, Dwayne Johnson, Michael Keaton, Regina King, Jessica Lange, Jennifer Lawrence, Matthew McConaughey, Kate McKinnon, Rita Moreno, John Mulaney, Lupita Nyong’o, Catherine O’Hara, Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Ke Huy Quan, Sam Rockwell, Octavia Spencer, Michelle Yeoh, Ramy Youssef and Zendaya.
The 96th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 10, 2024, at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC and in more than 200 territories worldwide.
The show will also be broadcast via livestream with Deaf Interpreters for the 96th Oscars broadcast over on YouTube.
Fun fact: Since the initial awards banquet on May 16, 1929, in the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel’s Blossom Room, more than 3,000 statuettes have been presented.
Achievements in up to 23 regular categories will be honored on March 10, 2024, at the 96th Oscars® presentation. However, the Academy won’t know how many statuettes it will hand out until the envelopes are opened on Oscar Night®. Although the number of categories will be known prior to the ceremony, the possibility of ties and of multiple recipients sharing the prize in some categories makes the exact number of Oscar statuettes to be presented unpredictable. As in previous years, any surplus awards will be housed in the Academy’s vault until next year’s event.
As the sun sets on Oscar night and all of Hollywood is dancing the night away, the winners will be celebrating in the Ray Dolby Ballroom at the Governors Ball, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ official post-Oscars® celebration.
Wolfgang Puck Catering celebrates its 30th year at the Governors Ball with a menu created by Wolfgang Puck and Eric Klein, and pastry design by Kamel Guechida and Garry Larduinat.
At Oscars Night at the Museum in Los Angeles, guests will experience a one-of-a-kind evening celebration of the 96th Oscars with special photo opportunities, access to the museum galleries, food by Wolfgang Puck and Shake Shack and wines from Clarendelle & Domaine Clarence Dillon, with access to Fanny’s and the David Geffen Theater to watch the Oscars broadcast live on ABC. The celebration takes place from 3pm – 8pm PDT and is open to the public with some tickets still available here.
The Governors Ball Press Preview for the 96th Oscars® at Ovation Hollywood on Tuesday, March 5, 2024.
WAMG has been checking out the set up on the red carpet this past week.
Check out the photos from behind the scenes as Hollywood gets ready for the Academy Awards!
Wednesday, March 6, 2024.The Red Carpet rollout for the 96th Oscars on Wednsday, March 6, 2024. The Red Carpet rollout for the 96th Oscars on Wednsday, March 6, 2024.
The 2023 Oscars will be handed out on March 12, 2023, honoring Hollywood’s picks for the best films of the past year with all the glitz and glam we expect. In keeping with another annual tradition, that of trying to predict the Oscar winners, here are our predictions for what/who will win, should win, and for some categories, who/what should have been nominated but was not. Rather than cover all categories, these predictions will focus on just some top ones.
Best Picture – 301 features were eligible for Academy Awards.
The nominees are:
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT, Malte Grunert, Producer
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER, James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin and Martin McDonagh, Producers
ELVIS, Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Gail Berman, Patrick McCormick and Schuyler Weiss, Producers
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert and Jonathan Wang, Producers
THE FABELMANS, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner, Producers
TÁR, Todd Field, Alexandra Milchan and Scott Lambert, Producers
TOP GUN: MAVERICK, Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, David Ellison and Jerry Bruckheimer, Producers
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS, Erik Hemmendorff and Philippe Bober, Producers
WOMEN TALKING, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Frances McDormand, Producers
Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg at the Oscar Nominee Luncheon held in the International Ballroom at the Beverly Hilton on Monday, February 13, 2023. The 95th Oscars will air on Sunday, March 12, 2023 live on ABC.
Cate:
Will win: EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert and Jonathan Wang, Producers
Should win: EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert and Jonathan Wang, Producers
Michelle:
Will win: TOP GUN: MAVERICK – Hollywood is grateful to Tom Cruise right now – even Steven Spielberg thanked Cruise at The Oscars Nominee Luncheon
Should win: ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
Jim:
Will win: EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Should win: EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Should have been nominated: THE WOMAN KING, SHE SAID and TILL
95th Oscars® nominees Daniel Kwan, Jamie Lee Curtis and Daniel Scheinert arrive at the Oscar Nominee Luncheon held in the International Ballroom at the Beverly Hilton on Monday, February 13, 2023. The 95th Oscars will air on Sunday, March 12, 2023 live on ABC.
Best Director
The nominees are:
Martin McDonagh (THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN)
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert (EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE)
Steven Spielberg (THE FABELMANS)
Todd Field (TÁR)
Ruben Östlund (TRIANGLE OF SADNESS)
Cate
Will win: EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
Should win: EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
Michelle:
Will win: Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
Should win: Martin McDonagh
Jim:
Will win: EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Should win: EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Should have been nominated: Gina Prince-Bythewood (THE WOMAN KING) and Chinonye Chukwu (TILL): Joseph Kosinski (TOP GUN: MAVERICK)
BARDO, FALSE CHRONICLE OF A HANDFUL OF TRUTHS, Darius Khondji
ELVIS, Mandy Walker
EMPIRE OF LIGHT, Roger Deakins
TÁR, Florian Hoffmeister
Cate:
Will win: ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT, James Friend
Should win: BARDO, FALSE CHRONICLE OF A HANDFUL OF TRUTHS, Darius Khondji
Michelle:
Will win: ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
Should win: ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
Jim:
Will win: ELVIS
Should win: ELVIS
Should have been nominated: TILL and THE WOMAN KING; THE BATMAN from cinematographer Greig Fraser and Claudio Miranda, the director of photography of Paramount’s TOP GUN: MAVERICK.
Best Documentary Feature Film
The nominees are:
ALL THAT BREATHES, Shaunak Sen, Aman Mann and Teddy Leifer
ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED, Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, John Lyons, Nan Goldin and Yoni Golijov
FIRE OF LOVE, Sara Dosa, Shane Boris and Ina Fichman
A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS, Simon Lereng Wilmont and Monica Hellström
NAVALNY, Daniel Roher, Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller and Shane Boris
Cate:
Will win: ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED, Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, John Lyons, Nan Goldin and Yoni Golijov
Should win: NAVALNY, Daniel Roher, Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller and Shane Boris
Michelle:
Will win: NAVALNY
Should win: NAVALNY
Jim:
Will win: ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED
Should win: FIRE OF LOVE
Should have been nominated: GOOD NIGHT OPPY, SIDNEY
Tom Cruise plays Capt. Pete “Maverick” Mitchell in Top Gun: Maverick from Paramount Pictures, Skydance and Jerry Bruckheimer Films.
Best Film Editing
The nominees are:
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN, Mikkel E.G. Nielsen
ELVIS, Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, Paul Rogers
TÁR, Monika Willi
TOP GUN: MAVERICK, Eddie Hamilton
Cate:
Will win: TOP GUN: MAVERICK, Eddie Hamilton
Should win: EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, Paul Rogers
Michelle:
Will win: TOP GUN: MAVERICK
Should win: TOP GUN: MAVERICK
Jim:
Will win: EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Should win: EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Should have been nominated: WOMEN TALKING, Christopher Donaldson & Roslyn Kalloo
Best International Feature Film
The nominees are:
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (Germany)
ARGENTINA, 1985 (Argentina)
CLOSE (Belgium)
EO (Poland)
THE QUIET GIRL (Ireland)
Cate:
Will win: ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (Germany)
Should win: ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (Germany)
Michelle:
Will win: ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
Should win: THE QUIET GIRL
Jim:
Will win: ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
Should win: ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
Should have been nominated: RRR
Catherine Clinch as Cait in THE QUIET GIRL. Courtesy of Super
Best Production Design
The nominees are:
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT, Production Design: Christian M. Goldbeck; Set Decoration: Ernestine Hipper
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER, Production Design: Dylan Cole and Ben Procter; Set Decoration: Vanessa Cole
BABYLON, Production Design: Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino
ELVIS, Production Design: Catherine Martin and Karen Murphy; Set Decoration: Bev Dunn
THE FABELMANS, Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara
Cate:
Will win: ELVIS
Should win: ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
Michelle:
Will win: ELVIS
Should win: ELVIS
Jim:
Will win: ELVIS
Should win: ELVIS
Should have been nominated: THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN & EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
It’s all glitz and glamour as the granddaddy of all awards shows, The Oscars, gets ready to hit the worldwide stage this Sunday and WAMG is glad you’re back!
In 2020, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 93rd Awards eligibility period was extended into early 2021 and the awards presentation was moved from its original date of February 28, 2021 to April 25, making it the latest date on record for a televised broadcast of the Academy Awards.
Host Jimmy Kimmel was on hand for the carpet rollout for the 95th Oscars on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. The 95th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC at 8 p.m. EDT/5 p.m. PDT.
Instead of the traditional red, AMPAS went with an elegant champagne tone – the first time since 1961 that the carpet at the Oscars isn’t red. Kimmel said, “I think we can go with a champagne carpet instead of a red carpet because of how confident we are that no blood will be shed.” ABC has telecast the show since 1976 and is under contract through 2028.
The decision to change the color came from creative consultants Lisa Love, a longtime Vogue contributor, and Raúl Àvila, the creative director for the glamourous Met Gala in New York.
This year the carpet will be covered, in part to protect the stars and cameras from the weather, but also to help turn the arrivals into an evening event. For Love, there has always been a disconnect between the elegant black tie dress code and the fact that it’s mid-afternoon when people arrive to be photographed in the daylight. With a covered carpet, they could change that.
“We turned a day event into night,” Love told The Associated Press. “It’s evening, even though it’s still 3:00.”
The Oscars red carpet dates back to 1961, the 33rd Academy Awards held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, when Billy Wilder’s “The Apartment” won best picture, Burt Lancaster and Elizabeth Taylor won the lead acting prizes, and there was still a “juvenile award,” which went to Hayley Mills for “Pollyanna.” It was the first televised ceremony, broadcast on ABC and hosted by Bob Hope. The general public wouldn’t see the red carpet in all its glory on television until 1966, when the Oscars were first broadcast in color.
WAMG went behind the scenes as The Academy got ready for Hollywood’s biggest night. We’ll be in the pressroom once again to bring you coverage of the winners as they arrive backstage with their statuettes.
Halle Berry, Paul Dano, Cara Delevingne, Harrison Ford, Kate Hudson, Mindy Kaling, Eva Longoria, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Andie MacDowell, Elizabeth Olsen, Pedro Pascal and John Travolta round out the slate of presenters at the 95th Oscars®, executive producers and showrunners Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner and executive producer Molly McNearney announced.
Previously announced Oscars presenters include Riz Ahmed, Halle Bailey, Antonio Banderas, Elizabeth Banks, Emily Blunt, Jessica Chastain, John Cho, Glenn Close, Jennifer Connelly, Ariana DeBose, Andrew Garfield, Hugh Grant, Danai Gurira, Salma Hayek Pinault, Samuel L. Jackson, Dwayne Johnson, Michael B. Jordan, Nicole Kidman, Troy Kotsur, Jonathan Majors, Melissa McCarthy, Janelle Monáe, Deepika Padukone, Florence Pugh, Questlove, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver and Donnie Yen.
Preparations continue for the 95th Oscars on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. The 95th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC at 8 p.m. EDT/5 p.m. PDT
Join the Academy Museum on Sunday, March 12, from 3pm to 10pm, for a one-of-a-kind evening celebrating the 95th Academy Awards. Come dressed in your best Hollywood glam looks! The event includes access to the David Geffen Theater to watch the Oscars live stream on ABC, gallery admission, food by Wolfgang Puck Catering, hosted bar, a commemorative gift, red carpet photography, access to fun photo booths, a 15% discount at the Academy Museum Store. Get your tickets here: https://www.academymuseum.org/en/programs/detail/oscars-night-2023
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s indie sci-fi hit “Everything Everywhere All at Once” leads the field as the favorite to win Best Picture and has 11 nominations. Second is director Martin McDonagh’s Irish comedy “The Banshees of Inisherin,” with nine nods, a total matched by Netflix’s WWI film “All Quiet on the Western Front.”
The Oscar-nominated song “Naatu Naatu” from “RRR” will be performed at the 95th Oscars. Singers Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava will make their Oscars debut performing the song. Oscar®-winning multi-hyphenate David Byrne, Oscar-nominated actor Stephanie Hsu and music trio Son Lux will perform the Oscar-nominated song “This Is A Life” from “Everything Everywhere All at Once”. Actress and singer Sofia Carson, accompanied by songwriter Diane Warren, will perform the Oscar®-nominated song “Applause” from “Tell It like a Woman”. “Applause,” with music and lyric by Warren, is nominated for Original Song. It is Warren’s 14th Oscar nomination. She received an Honorary Award at the Academy’s Governors Awards in November 2022. Music superstar Rihanna will perform the Oscar®-nominated song “Lift Me Up” from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”. “Lift Me Up,” with music by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Goransson and lyric by Tems and Ryan Coogler, is nominated for Original Song. It is Rihanna’s first Oscar nomination.
Oscars executive producer and showrunner Glenn Weiss slashed Lady Gaga fans’ hopes when he confirmed Wednesday that the Oscar- and Grammy-winning entertainer, who is nominated this year for her “Top Gun: Maverick” power ballad “Hold My Hand,” will not take the stage to sing the song. The LA Times says, “In a Zoom call with entertainment journalists Wednesday, Weiss explained that the artists who perform this year’s Oscar-nominated original songs were invited to perform, but Lady Gaga couldn’t make it work.”
Grammy®-winning musician Lenny Kravitz will deliver the “In Memoriam” performance at the 95th Oscars®.
A writer, producer and multi-instrumentalist, Kravitz has transcended genre throughout a three-decade-plus musical career. He has recorded eleven studio albums that have sold 40 million copies worldwide and won four consecutive Grammy Awards. Kravitz appeared in such films as “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,” “Lee Daniels’ The Butler,” “The Hunger Games” and “Precious.”
Following the broadcast tribute, more than 200 filmmakers, artists and executives will be memorialized in an extended photo gallery on A.frame, the Academy’s digital magazine.
The broadcast can be streamed with a subscription to Hulu Live TV, YouTubeTV, AT&T TV and Fubo TV. Some of these services offer brief free trials. You can also stream the show on ABC.com and on the ABC app by authenticating your provider. https://www.oscars.org/how-to-watch/
The nominations for the 92nd Academy Awards were announced this morning live from the David Geffen Theater at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
JOKER received the most nominations with 11. The Irishman, 1917 and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood each got 10 nominations. Meanwhile, Jojo Rabbit, Little Women, Marriage Story and Parasite each earned six noms.
Among the five nominated films for best documentary short subject is ST. LOUIS SUPERMAN, from MTV Documentary Films and directed by Smriti Mundhra and Sami Khan. It won Best Local short at the St. Louis International Film Festival in November.
Bruce Franks Jr. is a 34-year-old battle rapper, leading Ferguson activist and state representative from St. Louis, Missouri. Known as Superman to his constituents, he’s a political figure the likes of which you’ve never seen — full of contradictions and deep insights, who has overcome unspeakable loss to become one of the most dynamic and unapologetic young leaders in the country.
This verite documentary follows Bruce at a critical juncture in his life. He’s forced to deal with the mental trauma he’s been carrying for nearly 30 years, ever since his 9-year-old brother was shot and killed in front of him. Only by confronting his pain can Bruce find peace and truly fulfill his destiny as a leader for his community.
Also of note out of St. Louis is the Animated Short that was produced locally by Lion Forge Animation, HAIR LOVE. An an animated short film from Matthew A. Cherry, the film tells the heartfelt story of an African American father learning to do his daughter’s hair for the first time.
The project is a collaboration with Sony Pictures Animation that was launched as a Kickstarter campaign in 2017 with a fundraising goal of $75,000. Strong support led to the campaign amassing nearly $300,000, making it the most highly-funded short film campaign in Kickstarter history.
Academy members from each of the 17 branches vote to determine the nominees in their respective categories – actors nominate actors, film editors nominate film editors, etc. In the Animated Feature Film and International Feature Film categories, nominees are selected by a vote of multi-branch screening committees. All voting members are eligible to select the Best Picture nominees.
The Oscars will air Sunday, February 9, live on ABC at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET.
Nominations for the 92nd Academy Awards
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Antonio Banderas in “Pain and Glory”
Leonardo DiCaprio in “Once upon a Time…in Hollywood”
Adam Driver in “Marriage Story”
Joaquin Phoenix in “Joker”
Jonathan Pryce in “The Two Popes”
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Tom Hanks in “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”
Anthony Hopkins in “The Two Popes”
Al Pacino in “The Irishman”
Joe Pesci in “The Irishman”
Brad Pitt in “Once upon a Time…in Hollywood”
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Cynthia Erivo in “Harriet”
Scarlett Johansson in “Marriage Story”
Saoirse Ronan in “Little Women”
Charlize Theron in “Bombshell”
Renée Zellweger in “Judy”
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Kathy Bates in “Richard Jewell”
Laura Dern in “Marriage Story”
Scarlett Johansson in “Jojo Rabbit”
Florence Pugh in “Little Women”
Margot Robbie in “Bombshell”
Best animated feature film of the year
“How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World” Dean DeBlois, Bradford Lewis and Bonnie Arnold
“I Lost My Body” Jérémy Clapin and Marc du Pontavice
“Klaus” Sergio Pablos, Jinko Gotoh and Marisa Román
“Missing Link” Chris Butler, Arianne Sutner and Travis Knight
“Toy Story 4” Josh Cooley, Mark Nielsen and Jonas Rivera
Achievement in cinematography
“The Irishman” Rodrigo Prieto
“Joker” Lawrence Sher
“The Lighthouse” Jarin Blaschke
“1917” Roger Deakins
“Once upon a Time…in Hollywood” Robert Richardson
Achievement in costume design
“The Irishman” Sandy Powell and Christopher Peterson
“Jojo Rabbit” Mayes C. Rubeo
“Joker” Mark Bridges
“Little Women” Jacqueline Durran
“Once upon a Time…in Hollywood” Arianne Phillips
Achievement in directing
“The Irishman” Martin Scorsese (Scorsese is the most-nominated living director. Only William Wyler has more nominations in the category, with a total of 12.)
“Joker” Todd Phillips (This is his first nomination in this category)
“1917” Sam Mendes ( This is his second nomination in this category)
“Once upon a Time…in Hollywood” Quentin Tarantino (This is his eighth nomination and third in this category. He is also nominated for Best Picture and Original Screenplay this year.)
“Parasite” Bong Joon Ho (This is his first nomination in this category. He is also nominated for Best Picture and Original Screenplay this year. )
Best documentary feature
“American Factory” Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert and Jeff Reichert
“The Cave” Feras Fayyad, Kirstine Barfod and Sigrid Dyekjær
“The Edge of Democracy” Petra Costa, Joanna Natasegara, Shane Boris and Tiago Pavan
“For Sama” Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts
“Honeyland” Ljubo Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska and Atanas Georgiev
Best documentary short subject
“In the Absence” Yi Seung-Jun and Gary Byung-Seok Kam
“Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl)” Carol Dysinger and Elena Andreicheva
“Life Overtakes Me” John Haptas and Kristine Samuelson
“St. Louis Superman” Smriti Mundhra and Sami Khan
“Walk Run Cha-Cha” Laura Nix and Colette Sandstedt
Achievement in film editing
“Ford v Ferrari” Michael McCusker and Andrew Buckland
“The Irishman” Thelma Schoonmaker
“Jojo Rabbit” Tom Eagles
“Joker” Jeff Groth
“Parasite” Yang Jinmo
Best international feature film of the year
“Corpus Christi” Poland
“Honeyland” North Macedonia
“Les Misérables” France
“Pain and Glory” Spain
“Parasite” South Korea
Achievement in makeup and hairstyling
“Bombshell” Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan and Vivian Baker
“Joker” Nicki Ledermann and Kay Georgiou
“Judy” Jeremy Woodhead
“Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” Paul Gooch, Arjen Tuiten and David White
“1917” Naomi Donne, Tristan Versluis and Rebecca Cole
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
“Joker” Hildur Guðnadóttir (the ninth woman nominated in the music scoring categories.)
“Little Women” Alexandre Desplat
“Marriage Story” Randy Newman
“1917” Thomas Newman
“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” John Williams
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
“I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away” from “Toy Story 4” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
“(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” from “Rocketman” Music by Elton John; Lyric by Bernie Taupin
“I’m Standing With You” from “Breakthrough” Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
“Into The Unknown” from “Frozen II” Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
“Stand Up” from “Harriet” Music and Lyric by Joshuah Brian Campbell and Cynthia Erivo
Best motion picture of the year
“Ford v Ferrari” Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping and James Mangold, Producers
“The Irishman” Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Producers
“Jojo Rabbit” Carthew Neal and Taika Waititi, Producers
“Joker” Todd Phillips, Bradley Cooper and Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Producers
“Little Women” Amy Pascal, Producer (the fourth film version of the Louisa May Alcott novel to receive Academy Award nominations, for a total of 14 nominations)
“Marriage Story” Noah Baumbach and David Heyman, Producers
“1917” Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris, Jayne-Ann Tenggren and Callum McDougall, Producers
“Once upon a Time…in Hollywood” David Heyman, Shannon McIntosh and Quentin Tarantino, Producers
“Parasite” Kwak Sin Ae and Bong Joon Ho, Producers
Achievement in production design
“The Irishman” Production Design: Bob Shaw; Set Decoration: Regina Graves
“Jojo Rabbit” Production Design: Ra Vincent; Set Decoration: Nora Sopková
“1917” Production Design: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales
“Once upon a Time…in Hollywood” Production Design: Barbara Ling; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
“Parasite” Production Design: Lee Ha Jun; Set Decoration: Cho Won Woo
Best animated short film
“Dcera (Daughter)” Daria Kashcheeva
“Hair Love” Matthew A. Cherry and Karen Rupert Toliver
“Kitbull” Rosana Sullivan and Kathryn Hendrickson
“Memorable” Bruno Collet and Jean-François Le Corre
“Sister” Siqi Song
Best live action short film
“Brotherhood” Meryam Joobeur and Maria Gracia Turgeon
“Nefta Football Club” Yves Piat and Damien Megherbi
“The Neighbors’ Window” Marshall Curry
“Saria” Bryan Buckley and Matt Lefebvre
“A Sister” Delphine Girard
Achievement in sound editing
“Ford v Ferrari” Donald Sylvester
“Joker” Alan Robert Murray
“1917” Oliver Tarney and Rachael Tate
“Once upon a Time…in Hollywood” Wylie Stateman
“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” Matthew Wood and David Acord
Achievement in sound mixing
“Ad Astra” Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson and Mark Ulano
“Ford v Ferrari” Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Steven A. Morrow
“Joker” Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic and Tod Maitland
“1917” Mark Taylor and Stuart Wilson
“Once upon a Time…in Hollywood” Michael Minkler, Christian P. Minkler and Mark Ulano
Achievement in visual effects
“Avengers: Endgame” Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Matt Aitken and Dan Sudick
“The Irishman” Pablo Helman, Leandro Estebecorena, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser and Stephane Grabli
“The Lion King” Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Elliot Newman
“1917” Guillaume Rocheron, Greg Butler and Dominic Tuohy
“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” Roger Guyett, Neal Scanlan, Patrick Tubach and Dominic Tuohy
Adapted screenplay
“The Irishman” Screenplay by Steven Zaillian
“Jojo Rabbit” Screenplay by Taika Waititi
“Joker” Written by Todd Phillips & Scott Silver
“Little Women” Written for the screen by Greta Gerwig
“The Two Popes” Written by Anthony McCarten
Original screenplay
“Knives Out” Written by Rian Johnson
“Marriage Story” Written by Noah Baumbach
“1917” Written by Sam Mendes & Krysty Wilson-Cairns
“Once upon a Time…in Hollywood” Written by Quentin Tarantino
“Parasite” Screenplay by Bong Joon Ho, Han Jin Won; Story by Bong Joon Ho
Contributed by Melissa Thompson and Michelle Hannett
The Oscars statues backstage at The 87th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre in Hollywood, CA on Sunday, February 22, 2015.
Three hundred forty-seven feature films are eligible for the 2018 Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today.
To be eligible for 91st Academy Awards consideration, feature films must open in a commercial motion picture theater in Los Angeles County by December 31, and begin a minimum run of seven consecutive days. https://www.oscars.org/sites/oscars/files/91st_reminder_list.pdf
Under Academy rules, a feature-length motion picture must have a running time of more than 40 minutes and must have been exhibited theatrically on 35mm or 70mm film, or in a qualifying digital format.
Feature films that receive their first public exhibition or distribution in any manner other than as a theatrical motion picture release are not eligible for Academy Awards in any category. The “Reminder List of Productions Eligible for the 91st Academy Awards” is available at http://www.oscars.org/oscars/rules-eligibility.
Nominations voting opens: Monday, January 7, 2019 Nominations voting closes: Monday, January 14, 2019 Oscar Nominations Announcement: Tuesday, January 22, 2019 Oscar Nominees Luncheon: Monday, February 4, 2019 Scientific and Technical Awards: Saturday, February 9, 2019 Finals voting opens: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 Finals voting closes: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 91st Oscars: Sunday, February 24, 2019
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences also announced shortlists in consideration for the 91st Oscars in nine categories: Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, Foreign Language Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Music (Original Song), Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film and Visual Effects. To download shortlists by category, visit Oscars.org/91st-oscars-shortlists.
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Fifteen films will advance in the Documentary Feature category for the 91st Academy Awards. One hundred sixty-six films were originally submitted in the category. Members of the Documentary Branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees.
The films, listed in alphabetical order by title, are:
“Charm City”
“Communion”
“Crime + Punishment”
“Dark Money”
“The Distant Barking of Dogs”
“Free Solo”
“Hale County This Morning, This Evening”
“Minding the Gap”
“Of Fathers and Sons”
“On Her Shoulders”
“RBG”
“Shirkers”
“The Silence of Others”
“Three Identical Strangers”
“Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
Ten films will advance in the Documentary Short Subject category for the 91st Academy Awards. One hundred four films had originally qualified in the category. Members of the Documentary Branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees.
The films, listed in alphabetical order by title, are:
“Black Sheep”
“End Game”
“Lifeboat”
“Los Comandos”
“My Dead Dad’s Porno Tapes”
“A Night at the Garden”
“Period. End of Sentence.”
“’63 Boycott”
“Women of the Gulag”
“Zion”
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Nine films will advance to the next round of voting in the Foreign Language Film category for the 91st Academy Awards. Eighty-seven films had originally been considered in the category.
Los Angeles-based Academy members from all branches screened the original submissions in the category between mid-October and December 10. The group’s top six choices, augmented by three additional selections voted by the Academy’s Foreign Language Film Award Executive Committee, constitute the shortlist. Academy members eligible to participate in the Nominations round of voting will view the shortlisted films. Members must see all nine films before casting their ballots.
The films, listed in alphabetical order by country, are:
Colombia, “Birds of Passage”
Denmark, “The Guilty”
Germany, “Never Look Away”
Japan, “Shoplifters”
Kazakhstan, “Ayka”
Lebanon, “Capernaum”
Mexico, “Roma”
Poland, “Cold War”
South Korea, “Burning”
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Seven films will advance in the Makeup and Hairstyling category for the 91st Academy Awards. All members of the Academy’s Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Branch will be invited to view 10-minute excerpts from each of the seven shortlisted films on Saturday, January 5, 2019. Members will vote to nominate three films for final Oscar® consideration.
The films, listed in alphabetical order by title, are:
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
Fifteen scores will advance in the Original Score category for the 91st Academy Awards. One hundred fifty-six scores were eligible in the category. Members of the Music Branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees.
The scores listed in alphabetical order by film title are:
“Annihilation”
“Avengers: Infinity War”
“The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”
“Black Panther”
“BlacKkKlansman”
“Crazy Rich Asians”
“The Death of Stalin”
“Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald”
“First Man”
“If Beale Street Could Talk”
“Isle of Dogs”
“Mary Poppins Returns”
“A Quiet Place”
“Ready Player One”
“Vice”
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
Fifteen songs will advance in the Original Song category for the 91st Academy Awards. Ninety songs were eligible in the category. Members of the Music Branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees.
The original songs, along with the motion picture in which each song is featured, are listed below in alphabetical order by film title and song title:
“When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings” from “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”
“Treasure” from “Beautiful Boy”
“All The Stars” from “Black Panther”
“Revelation” from “Boy Erased”
“Girl In The Movies” from “Dumplin’”
“We Won’t Move” from “The Hate U Give”
“The Place Where Lost Things Go” from “Mary Poppins Returns”
“Trip A Little Light Fantastic” from “Mary Poppins Returns”
“Keep Reachin’” from “Quincy”
“I’ll Fight” from “RBG”
“A Place Called Slaughter Race” from “Ralph Breaks the Internet”
“OYAHYTT” from “Sorry to Bother You”
“Shallow” from “A Star Is Born”
“Suspirium” from “Suspiria”
“The Big Unknown” from “Widows”
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Ten films will advance in the Animated Short Film category for the 91st Academy Awards. Eighty-one films had originally qualified in the category. Members of the Short Films and Feature Animation Branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees.
The films, listed in alphabetical order by title, are:
“Age of Sail”
“Animal Behaviour”
“Bao”
“Bilby”
“Bird Karma”
“Late Afternoon”
“Lost & Found”
“One Small Step”
“Pépé le Morse”
“Weekends”
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Ten films will advance in the Live Action Short Film category for the 91st Academy Awards. One hundred forty films had originally qualified in the category. Members of the Short Films and Feature Animation Branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees.
The films, listed in alphabetical order by title, are:
VISUAL EFFECTS
Ten films remain in the running in the Visual Effects category for the 91st Academy Awards. The Visual Effects Branch Executive Committee determined the shortlist. All members of the Visual Effects Branch will be invited to view 10-minute excerpts from each of the shortlisted films on Saturday, January 5, 2019. Following the screenings, members will vote to nominate five films for final Oscar consideration.
The films, listed in alphabetical order by title, are:
“Ant-Man and the Wasp”
“Avengers: Infinity War”
“Black Panther”
“Christopher Robin”
“First Man”
“Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom”
“Mary Poppins Returns”
“Ready Player One”
“Solo: A Star Wars Story”
“Welcome to Marwen”
The 91st Oscars will be held on Sunday, February 24, 2019, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network. The Oscars also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
Host Jimmy Kimmel onstage during The 89th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre in Hollywood, CA on Sunday, February 26, 2017.
For a second consecutive year, late-night talk show favorite Jimmy Kimmel will return to host the Oscars telecast and Michael De Luca and Jennifer Todd will produce, Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced today.
The 90th Academy Awards will air live on the ABC Television Network and broadcast outlets worldwide on Oscar Sunday, March 4, 2018.
“Jimmy, Mike and Jennifer are truly an Oscar Dream Team,” said Boone Isaacs. “Mike and Jennifer produced a beautiful show that was visually stunning. And Jimmy proved, from his opening monologue all the way through a finale we could never have imagined, that he is one our finest hosts in Oscar history.”
“Hosting the Oscars was a highlight of my career and I am grateful to Cheryl, Dawn and the Academy for asking me to return to work with two of my favorite people, Mike De Luca and Jennifer Todd,” said Kimmel. “If you think we screwed up the ending this year, wait until you see what we have planned for the 90th anniversary show!”
“It’s not often you get two chances to have a once-in-a-lifetime experience and even more rare to be handed the keys to a party 90 years in the making,” said De Luca and Todd. “We always thought the idea that anything can happen on the Oscars was a cliché until we lived it.”
“Our Oscars team this year delivered a show that hit every high note,” said Academy CEO Dawn Hudson. “Jimmy brought back the essence and light touch of the greatest hosts of Oscars’ past. Mike and Jennifer’s love of movies is infectious and touched every aspect of the show. This is the perfect team to lead us into the ninth decade.”
“After just one year, we can’t imagine anyone else hosting The Oscars. Jimmy’s skillful command of the stage is invaluable on a night when anything can happen – and does,” said Channing Dungey, President, ABC Entertainment. “With Mike and Jennifer at the helm, we’re ready for another unforgettable show that will dazzle, delight and, most importantly, honor 90 years of Hollywood’s most prestigious award.”
Kimmel serves as host and executive producer of the Emmy®-winning “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” ABC’s late-night talk show. Now in its 15th season, “JKL” has earned six Emmy nominations in the Outstanding Variety Series Talk category, the Writing for a Variety Series category, and the Variety, Music or Comedy Series category.
De Luca earned Best Picture Oscar nominations for producing “Captai” Phillips,” “Moneyball” and “The Social Network.”
Todd is currently president of Pearl Street Films, the production company founded by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, where she produced “Live by Night” and executive produced last year’s “Jason Bourne.”
The 90th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. The Oscars also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
What’s gonna win !?!?! (I’m predicting a HACKSAW RIDGE sweep!)
Hey there fellow movie geeks! Looking for a fun place to watch the big Academy Awards show with your fellow film fans Sunday night February 26th? Well, We Are Movie Geeks‘ own Tom Stockman will be emceeing a big screen viewing of the Oscars in the main auditorium of the Tivoli Theatre at 6350 Delmar in the heart of University City. During the commercial breaks you’ll have the chance to win some great movie gifts when he tests your Oscar movie trivia knowledge.
And the concession stand will be open so you can purchase drinks (yes, beer and wine) and snacks (the Tivoli pops the best corn!). Best of all, there’s no charge to get in! So dust off the tux and tiara (but formal attire is optional), bone up on this year’s nominated flicks, and join as at the Tivoli Sunday February 26th. The doors open at 6 PM, so get there early! We’ll see you for the big show on the big screen!
Solid colored gowns and sequin ruled the red carpet at the 2016 Oscars. Filled with reds, greens, blues and yellows, the red carpet was filled with an array of colors. There were plenty of fashion hits at the 88th Academy Awards. Here’s a look our picks for the 10 best from Hollywood’s golden night.
1. Cate Blanchett – She was rocking her ethereal Mother-earth look with all the hand sewn feathers applique – complete with the earrings, the gown was beautiful and flowed and moved perfectly on the red carpet.
2. Charlize Theron – She looked stunning in Furiosa Red by Dior.
3. Alicia Vikander – Outstanding in the custom yellow gown by Louis Vuitton.
4. Jennifer Garner – The cut of this gown was perfection and looked amazing on the actress.
5. Margot Robbie – She looked hot in the Tom Ford dress. The gold, snake-skin gown was such a glamorous Hollywood Oscar dress.
6. Daisy Ridley – The STAR WARS actress looked young and fresh. A presenter during the Oscars, Ridley was beautiful in this Chanel Haute Couture dress.
7. Sofia Vergara – The actress couldn’t have been more lovelier in her Marchesa gown and Lorraine Schwartz jewels.
8. Lady Gaga – The color white, with the pants and skirt, was Old Hollywood to a T and one of our favorite looks of the night.
9. Olivia Wilde – The actress floated in this Valentino Haute Couture gown. Wilde exec-produced BODY TEAM 12, which was a Best Documentary – Short Subject nominee.
10. Jennifer Lawrence – Sporting a blonde bob, a sheer lace Dior gown – with a plunging neckline and black feathers – the whole look looked great on the Oscar-winning actress and was among our Best Dressed of the night.
Contributed by Michelle McCue and Melissa Thompson
Another awards season came to a close on Sunday night when the annual Academy Awards were held in Hollywood from the Dolby Theatre. With many of the categories and ultimate winners anyone’s guess up until the end, there were many highlights from the big night. From the red carpet to the performances, check out our look at the best moments from the 88th Oscars.
George Miller and Margaret Sixel.
1. Big winner of the 88th Oscars was George Miller’s MAD MAX: FURY ROAD. The film received the most wins with six, including Best Editing, Best Production Design, Best Hair and Makeup, Best Costume Design, Best Sound Mixing and Best Sound Editing. Oh What A Lovely Day!
Mark Rylance poses backstage with the Oscar®
2. The shock of the night was Sylvester Stallone’s Oscar loss for CREED. While all the precursor awards pointed to a win for the ROCKY actor, voters ultimately went with the superb performance of Mark Rylance in BRIDGE OF SPIES and the Best Supporting Actor winner gave the classiest on-stage speech of the night.
3. Lady Gaga’s emotional and rousing performance of her song “Til It Happens To You” from THE HUNTING GROUND. There wasn’t a dry eye in the house and her performance received a standing ovation.
4. Yay for Women Filmmakers and their strong showing at the 88th Oscars! The Best Visual Effects Academy Award went to Sara Bennett for EX MACHINA (first woman to win in 23 years), Margaret Sixel won Best Editing for MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, Jenny Beavan won Best Costume Design for MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy won Best Documentary Short for A GIRL IN THE RIVER: THE PRICE OF FORGIVENESS, Lesley Vanderwalt and Elka Wardega won Best Hair And Makeup for their work on MAD MAX: FURY ROAD as well as Lisa Thompson for her Set Decoration design on the film in the Best Production Design category. One of the co-directors of the Best Live action short STUTTERER is Serena Armitage.
Backstage at the Oscars, Sixel commented on Women Filmmakers saying, “I think there is some prejudice that women can’t cut action, but I’m hoping that will change with the STAR WARS girls and me. I just ‑‑ I think it will change. I think it’s already changing, don’t you? That’s my personal feeling. And you just watch. In the next ten years, I think the balance will come back in our favor, hopefully.”
Sara Bennett (EX MACHINA Oscar winner) remarked, “I’m lucky enough I was a co‑founder of the company in London called Milk Visual Effects. So as a manager it makes it easy for me I guess because ‑‑ no, it’s not easy. Let’s say two people come knocking, a man and woman come for the same job, they had about the same talent, I’d pick the female and get more women in basically, just so it will make the ratio more even. But I’ve been doing it for 17 years. There’s a lot of women, a lot of brilliant women doing what I do in our industry. It just so happens you get picked, if you’re nominated for an Oscar or a BAFTA, but there’s a lot of women doing it already. So we just need more, I guess”
5. Cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki garnered a third consecutive Academy Award, while composer Ennio Morricone won his first Oscar for his THE HATEFUL EIGHT score.
6. After six nominations, Leonardo DiCaprio at long last was awarded the Oscar for Best Picture. Both the audience in the theater and press backstage erupted into applause when his name was announced. Plus we couldn’t help but gush a little over the TITANIC reunion between DiCaprio and Kate Winslet
7. The shimmering stage looked every bit majestic and Golden inside the Dolby Theatre and the dramatic panels were a great touch.
8. Innovative way to introduce some of the categories as the Oscar presenters explained each one with moving set pieces.
9. Winner’s thank-yous crawled at the bottom of the screen during acceptance speeches. A first, but a time-saver.
10. Chris Rock as host. The ratings were down, the lowest in 8 years. Could have been the selection of movies, but his opening and humorous monologue was timely. The parodies were hilarious! Viewers were mixed on Rock’s hosting duties – did he nail it or was he way off with his digs at Hollywood?
Contributed by Michelle McCue and Melissa Thompson
That’s a wrap. On Sunday evening, the 88th Oscars were awarded during the live ABC telecast from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, CA.
A montage complete with the sights and sounds from the films of 2016 kicked off the annual Academy Awards.
Hosted by Chris Rock, the film SPOTLIGHT took home the award for Best Picture, as well as one for Best Original Screenplay. Producers Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin and Blye Pagon Faust accepted the Oscar.
During the Q&A backstage in the Oscars pressroom, producer Blye Pagon Faust told reporters, “I think we knew that journalists were important, but I don’t think we understood the depth of the importance of investigative journalism, and that’s just good boots on the ground, local reporting. And the impact that it can have on a global scale has just become abundantly clear to us.”
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD was the big winner overall with six Oscars, including Best Editing.
THE REVENANT saw three wins. Director Alejandro G. Iñárritu was awarded for Achievement in directing of a Motion Picture. With last year’s win for BIRDMAN, this marks back-to-back Oscars for the filmmaker. Iñárritu said, “I couldn’t be more happy. Every film is like ‑‑ is like ‑‑ is like a son. So you cannot like more one son than the other. I love this film as I loved BIRDMAN, and I think this experience and sharing this with Leo and with all the nominees, part of the crew that we are celebrating tonight. I think the award that I’m getting is on behalf of all of them and they make possible. So I couldn’t be more happy, especially because we are celebrating tonight, and that’s fantastic.”
Emmanuel Lubezki accepted the Oscar for Achievement in Cinematography, for his work on THE REVENANT. This is his third consecutive win in this category – he previously won for GRAVITY and last year’s BIRDMAN. And finally Leonardo DiCaprio won the Best Actor Oscar. “THE REVENANT was a product of the tireless efforts of an unbelievable cast and crew I got to work alongside,” said the six-time nominee in his acceptance speech.
Brie Larson won the Best Actress Oscar for ROOM. On her win, Larson said during her acceptance speech,”Thank you to everyone who participated in “Room.” Thank you to all of you who saw it. Thank you to the fans. Thank you to the moviegoers. Thank you for going to the theater and seeing our films. I appreciate it. Thank you.”
In the supporting categories, the Best Supporting Actress Oscar went to Alicia Vikander for her work in THE DANISH GIRL. When asked backstage on what advice she would give to young girls around the world, she said, “a lot of things can be possible, things that I would never, ever, ever have believed in and that is only because I have had some incredible women supporting me so that is probably what I wanted to say to some young girls, just keep on doing it.”
In the biggest upset of the night, Mark Rylance won the Best Supporting Actor for BRIDGE OF SPIES. While thanking director Steven Spielberg and co-star Tom Hanks, Rylance added in his acceptance speech, “I want to just say thank you to my fellow nominees. I don’t know how they separate my acting from your glorious acting in these wonderful films that you’re in, which everyone must see. I don’t know how they separated the five of us from all the other supporting actors who are making films at the moment. It’s a wonderful time to be an actor and I’m proud to be part of it. Thank you.”
88TH ACADEMY AWARDS winners:
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Bryan Cranston in “Trumbo”
Matt Damon in “The Martian” Leonardo DiCaprio in “The Revenant”
Michael Fassbender in “Steve Jobs”
Eddie Redmayne in “The Danish Girl”
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Christian Bale in “The Big Short”
Tom Hardy in “The Revenant”
Mark Ruffalo in “Spotlight” Mark Rylance in “Bridge of Spies”
Sylvester Stallone in “Creed”
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Cate Blanchett in “Carol” Brie Larson in “Room”
Jennifer Lawrence in “Joy”
Charlotte Rampling in “45 Years”
Saoirse Ronan in “Brooklyn”
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Jennifer Jason Leigh in “The Hateful Eight”
Rooney Mara in “Carol”
Rachel McAdams in “Spotlight” Alicia Vikander in “The Danish Girl”
Kate Winslet in “Steve Jobs”
Best animated feature film of the year
“Anomalisa” Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson and Rosa Tran
“Boy and the World” Alê Abreu “Inside Out” Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera
“Shaun the Sheep Movie” Mark Burton and Richard Starzak
“When Marnie Was There” Hiromasa Yonebayashi and Yoshiaki Nishimura
Achievement in cinematography
“Carol” Ed Lachman
“The Hateful Eight” Robert Richardson
“Mad Max: Fury Road” John Seale “The Revenant” Emmanuel Lubezki
“Sicario” Roger Deakins
Achievement in costume design
“Carol” Sandy Powell
“Cinderella” Sandy Powell
“The Danish Girl” Paco Delgado “Mad Max: Fury Road” Jenny Beavan
“The Revenant” Jacqueline West
Achievement in directing
“The Big Short” Adam McKay
“Mad Max: Fury Road” George Miller “The Revenant” Alejandro G. Iñárritu
“Room” Lenny Abrahamson
“Spotlight” Tom McCarthy
Best documentary feature
“Amy” Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees
“Cartel Land” Matthew Heineman and Tom Yellin
“The Look of Silence” Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen
“What Happened, Miss Simone?” Liz Garbus, Amy Hobby and Justin Wilkes
“Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom” Evgeny Afineevsky and Den Tolmor
Best documentary short subject
“Body Team 12” David Darg and Bryn Mooser
“Chau, beyond the Lines” Courtney Marsh and Jerry Franck
“Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah” Adam Benzine “A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness” Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
“Last Day of Freedom” Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman
Achievement in film editing
“The Big Short” Hank Corwin “Mad Max: Fury Road” Margaret Sixel
“The Revenant” Stephen Mirrione
“Spotlight” Tom McArdle
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey
Best foreign language film of the year
“Embrace of the Serpent” Colombia
“Mustang” France “Son of Saul” Hungary
“Theeb” Jordan
“A War” Denmark
Achievement in makeup and hairstyling
“Mad Max: Fury Road” Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin
“The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared” Love Larson and Eva von Bahr
“The Revenant” Siân Grigg, Duncan Jarman and Robert Pandini
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
“Bridge of Spies” Thomas Newman
“Carol” Carter Burwell “The Hateful Eight” Ennio Morricone
“Sicario” Jóhann Jóhannsson
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” John Williams
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
“Earned It” from “Fifty Shades of Grey”
Music and Lyric by Abel Tesfaye, Ahmad Balshe, Jason Daheala Quenneville and Stephan Moccio
“Manta Ray” from “Racing Extinction”
Music by J. Ralph and Lyric by Antony Hegarty
“Simple Song #3” from “Youth”
Music and Lyric by David Lang
“Til It Happens To You” from “The Hunting Ground”
Music and Lyric by Diane Warren and Lady Gaga “Writing’s On The Wall” from “Spectre” Music and Lyric by Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith
Achievement in production design
“Bridge of Spies” Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Rena DeAngelo and Bernhard Henrich
“The Danish Girl” Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Michael Standish “Mad Max: Fury Road” Production Design: Colin Gibson; Set Decoration: Lisa Thompson
“The Martian” Production Design: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Celia Bobak
“The Revenant” Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Hamish Purdy
Best animated short film
“Bear Story” Gabriel Osorio and Pato Escala
“Prologue” Richard Williams and Imogen Sutton
“Sanjay’s Super Team” Sanjay Patel and Nicole Grindle
“We Can’t Live without Cosmos” Konstantin Bronzit
“World of Tomorrow” Don Hertzfeldt
Best live action short film
“Ave Maria” Basil Khalil and Eric Dupont
“Day One” Henry Hughes
“Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)” Patrick Vollrath
“Shok” Jamie Donoughue “Stutterer” Benjamin Cleary and Serena Armitage
Achievement in sound editing
“Mad Max: Fury Road” Mark Mangini and David White
“The Martian” Oliver Tarney
“The Revenant” Martin Hernandez and Lon Bender
“Sicario” Alan Robert Murray
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Matthew Wood and David Acord
Achievement in sound mixing
“Bridge of Spies” Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Drew Kunin “Mad Max: Fury Road” Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff and Ben Osmo
“The Martian” Paul Massey, Mark Taylor and Mac Ruth
“The Revenant” Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Randy Thom and Chris Duesterdiek
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson
Achievement in visual effects
“Ex Machina” Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington and Sara Bennett
“Mad Max: Fury Road” Andrew Jackson, Tom Wood, Dan Oliver and Andy Williams
“The Martian” Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Chris Lawrence and Steven Warner
“The Revenant” Rich McBride, Matthew Shumway, Jason Smith and Cameron Waldbauer
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan and Chris Corbould
Adapted screenplay
“The Big Short” Screenplay by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay
“Brooklyn” Screenplay by Nick Hornby
“Carol” Screenplay by Phyllis Nagy
“The Martian” Screenplay by Drew Goddard
“Room” Screenplay by Emma Donoghue
Original screenplay
“Bridge of Spies” Written by Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
“Ex Machina” Written by Alex Garland
“Inside Out” Screenplay by Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley; Original story by Pete Docter, Ronnie del Carmen “Spotlight” Written by Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy
“Straight Outta Compton” Screenplay by Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff; Story by S. Leigh Savidge & Alan Wenkus and Andrea Berloff
