Given that the 93rd
edition of the Academy Awards, which will give kudos to the best output of the
hobbled Hollywood motion picture industry during the pandemic-plagued year of
2020, will be taking place late next month, it would be a prime time to know who
and what will be nominated for the award categories. Thanks to Nick Jonas and
his wife Priyanka Chopra, the world was informed via global live-stream of the
nominees this past Monday, March 15. All in all, it was a repeat of the trend
that formed from the already-presented Golden Globes. Some records, for both the
current awards and all-time Oscar history, were also set.
Entertainment Weekly has a good lowdown on the list of nominees for
this year’s Oscars, and the milestones achieved both in this edition of the
awards and as a whole for the Academy. For instance, one film set the record
for the most nominations in the 23 running categories this 2021. That would be
Netflix’s biopic “Mank” about early 20th Century screenwriter Herman
J. Mankiewicz (Gary Oldman) and his phenomenal work on “Citizen Kane.” Best
Picture, Director, Actor, Supporting Actress and several technical awards are
in the running for “Mank.”
It says a lot about “Mank” and
its 10 nominations when the next-highest amount is six, shared also by six
movies. One of them, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” has the honor of including
among its nominations that of Viola Davis’ as Best Actress. The Academy Awards
have nominated the 55-year-old actress three times before. This now makes her
the most-nominated African-American actress of all time at the Oscars. The fact
that “Ma Rainey’s” also has a Best Actor nom for the late Chadwick Boseman only
makes a strong case for victory with this other Netflix movie, again cementing
the streaming giant as a cinematic force.
Also mirroring the choices made
for the 78th Golden Globe Awards are the Best Picture nomination for
“Nomadland,” plus the Best Director nom for filmmaker Chloe Zhao. She has
already become the second woman (and first Asian woman) to win the Golden
Globes Best Director, and she stands a solid chance of repeating the feat with
the Academy. Asian representation also has another point in these Oscars after
Steven Yeun got a Best Actor nom and Youn Yuh-jung the Best Supporting Actress
one for “Minari.” Speaking of which, that too is a Best Picture nominee.
Disney-Pixar might have the Best Animated
Feature Film down with the Disney+ release of “Soul” starring Jamie Foxx. That
is in spite of solo Disney also having the animated movie “Onward” (Tom Holland
and Chris Pratt) from earlier in 2020. We will just have to see which nominees
triumph when the 93rd Academy Awards kick off jointly at Los Angeles
Union Station and the Dolby Theater this coming April 25.
Image: Times of India
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