NO CHASE INFINITI ("ONE BATTLE") FOR BEST ACTRESS 😩😩😩💔💔💔

That bums me out the most, as a) she really deserved it, and b) had she gotten nominated, One Battle After Another (by far my favorite movie of the year, and one of the best films ever by perhaps my favorite filmmaker) would have been the first movie in 49 years to get 5 acting nominations. And the first non-David O. Russell movie in over 40 years to get acting nominations in all four categories. Alasssss!!!

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But Kate Hudson (who slid in over her for Song Sung Blue) was lovely in that film - so at least there's that.

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Happy for Delroy Lindo and his surprise nomination for Sinners. And speaking of Sinners... wow, 16 nominations!!!

Some will point out that Sinners had an easier time landing so many nominations what with the new Casting category; and I encourage you to remind those people that up until five years ago there were two Sound categories, and the last two of the only three movies to ever receive 14 nominations (the previous record) got both of those Sound nominations. Sinners surely had an impressive morning.

But I still think One Battle will reign supreme on Oscar night, and I'm excited about that!!! It'll be the first time since Parasite that my favorite movie of the year since Best Picture.


Biggest surprises:

*F1 for Best Picture... ugh, sigh...

*Delroy over Mescal, Hudson over Infiniti

*Elle Fanning landing a nod for Sentimental Value - didn't think that'd transpire in the end.

 

*Blue Moon for Original Screenplay


Some notable stats I found online:

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*Timothée Chalamet is now the second-youngest person to ever get three Best Actor nominations (behind Marlon Brando).

*Ruth Carter (costumes for Sinners) is now the most nominated Black woman in history

*Autumn Durald Arkapaw (Sinners) is the first Black woman to be nominated Best Cinematography

*Chloé Zhao is only the second woman to be nominated twice for Best Director.

*Wicked: For Good was totally snubbed - wild, given that the first one landed 10 nominations last year...


Anyway, catch up on your movie-watching, and get stoked for...

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OSCAR SUNDAY, MARCH 15 -> MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

And read more detailed thoughts on each category's page!