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The 2024 Oscar nominations had been introduced at the moment (Jan. 23). Whereas critics have their opinions about shock nominations and movies that had been snubbed, the most important shock is discovering out Niecy Nash-Betts, Sterling Ok. Brown and Danielle Brooks are all associated. Try the checklist of numerous nominees and some fan reactions to the information inside.
Movies Oppenheimer, Poor Issues and Killers of the Flower Moon dominated the checklist of contenders for the 96th Academy Awards this 12 months. Oppenheimer leads with 13 nods, together with Finest Image. 9 different movies be part of Christopher Nolan’s mission to compete for the highest prize together with Wire Jefferson’s American Fiction, Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall, Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers, Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, Bradley Cooper’s Maestro, Celine Track’s Previous Lives, Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Issues and Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Curiosity.
Poor Issues acquired 11 nominations and Killers of the Flower Moon adopted carefully behind with 10 complete nominations. Barbie secured eight nominations.
There have been many historic nominations this 12 months with a number of numerous actors and movies included.
Lily Gladstone made historical past as the primary Native American nominated for finest actress, for her position as Mollie Burkhart within the crime thriller Killers of the Flower Moon.
Colman Domingo turned the primary Afro Latino to be nominated within the Finest Actor class for his efficiency within the civil rights drama Rustin. Jeffrey Wright, who starred in American Fiction, joins Domingo within the Finest Actor class. That is the second time in Oscar historical past the place a couple of Black actor was nominated for the main prize. The primary was the 2004 Oscars with Don Cheadle (Lodge Rwanda) and winner Jamie Foxx (Ray).
Wright’s co-star Sterling Ok. Brown was additionally nominated for Finest Supporting Actor for his portrayal as Clifford “Cliff” Ellison, a just lately divorced and as soon as closeted homosexual man. That is the primary time a Black lead actor was nominated alongside a supporting actor from the identical movie.
Domingo and finest supporting actress nominee Jodie Foster (Nyad) made Oscar historical past changing into the primary two overtly LGBTQ actors who’ve been nominated for enjoying LGBTQ characters.
Two Black girls had been nominated for supporting actress. Danielle Brooks represents for The Coloration Purple because the movie’s solely nominee. Da’Vine Pleasure Randolph is nominated for her portrayal in The Holdovers. They had been additionally joined by America Ferrera for Barbie, the ninth Latina actress ever nominated within the class.
First-time director and screenwriter Celine Track made historical past as the primary Asian girl nominated for finest unique screenplay for Previous Lives.
A number of different highlights to say on this 12 months’s Oscar nominations checklist embrace: Spider-Man: Throughout the Spider-Verse for Finest Animated Characteristic Movie, Bobi Wine: The Folks’s President for Finest Documentary Characteristic, and Jon Batiste for his efficiency tune “It By no means Went Away” from American Symphony.
Everybody’s in such nice firm.
Actress Niecy Nash-Betts loudly and proudly celebrated her precise cousins Brown and Brooks on their Oscar nominations. She shared a submit on social media saying, “Each of my COUSINS are OSCAR NOMINATED ‼️‼️ Sure! We’re blood associated! REAL cousins!” she wrote in a caption to her submit. “I’m so happy with my fam! @thedaniellebrooks @sterlingkbrown I’m rooting for you! 💜🎉💜🎉💜🎉💜🎉.”
Try her submit congratulating them under:
Followers are shook that these three phenomenal skills are all associated.
Try just a few fan reactions under:
Congrats to all of the 2024 Oscar’s nominees! Remember to keep tuned for the 96th Academy Awards, which will likely be introduced on March tenth.
