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[Follow live coverage and analysis of the Oscar nominations.]

This time last year, the red carpets were already back in storage.

The 93rd Academy Awards ceremony is scheduled to take place on April 25, more than two months later than last year’s ceremony. The awards will recognize films released during a year in which movie theaters were largely closed.

Streaming services, which were already on the rise as an awards-season presence, are poised to dominate in April, both with their own productions (like Netflix’s “Mank”) and with traditional studio films that were released through streaming platforms because of the pandemic (like Searchlight Pictures’s “Nomadland,” which is streaming on Hulu).

Nominations were announced on Monday morning. See below for the full list.

Best Picture
“The Father”
“Judas and the Black Messiah”
“Mank”
“Minari”
“Nomadland”
“Promising Young Woman”
“Sound of Metal”
“The Trial of the Chicago 7”

Best Director
Lee Isaac Chung, “Minari”
Emerald Fennell, “Promising Young Woman”
David Fincher, “Mank”
Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland”
Thomas Vinterberg, “Another Round”

Best Actor
Riz Ahmed, “Sound of Metal”
Chadwick Boseman, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Anthony Hopkins, “The Father”
Gary Oldman, “Mank”
Steven Yeun, “Minari”

Best Actress
Viola Davis, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Andra Day, “The United States vs. Billie Holiday”
Vanessa Kirby, “Pieces of a Woman”
Frances McDormand, “Nomadland”
Carey Mulligan, “Promising Young Woman”

Best Supporting Actor
Sacha Baron Cohen, “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
Daniel Kaluuya, “Judas and the Black Messiah”
Leslie Odom Jr., “One Night in Miami”
Paul Raci, “Sound of Metal”
Lakeith Stanfield, “Judas and the Black Messiah”

Best Supporting Actress
Maria Bakalova, “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”
Glenn Close, “Hillbilly Elegy”
Olivia Colman, “The Father”
Amanda Seyfried, “Mank”
Yuh-Jung Youn, “Minari”

Original Screenplay
“Judas and the Black Messiah”
“Minari”
“Promising Young Woman”
“Sound of Metal”
“The Trial of the Chicago 7”

Adapted Screenplay
“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”
“The Father”
“Nomadland”
“One Night in Miami”
“The White Tiger”

Animated Feature
“Onward”
“Over the Moon”
“A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon”
“Soul”
“Wolfwalkers”

Production Design
“The Father”
“Mank”
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
“News of the World”
“Tenet”

Costume Design
“Emma”
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
“Mank”
“Mulan”
“Pinocchio”

Cinematography
Sean Bobbitt, “Judas and the Black Messiah”
Erik Messerschmidt, “Mank”
Dariusz Wolski, “News of the World”
Joshua James Richards, “Nomadland”
Phedon Papamichael, “The Trial of the Chicago 7”

Editing
“The Father”
“Nomadland”
“Promising Young Woman”
“Sound of Metal”
“The Trial of the Chicago 7”

Makeup and Hairstyling
“Emma”
“Hillbilly Elegy”
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
“Mank”
“Pinocchio”

Sound
“Greyhound”
“Mank”
“News of the World”
“Soul”
“Sound of Metal”

Visual Effects
“Love and Monsters”
“The Midnight Sky”
“Mulan”
“The One and Only Ivan”
“Tenet”

Score
“Da 5 Bloods”
“Mank”
“Minari”
“News of the World”
“Soul”

Song
“Husavik” (“Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga”)
“Fight for You” (“Judas and the Black Messiah”)
“Lo Sì (Seen)” (“The Life Ahead”)
“Speak Now” (“One Night in Miami”)
“Hear My Voice” (“The Trial of the Chicago 7”)

Documentary Feature
“Collective”
“Crip Camp”
“The Mole Agent”
“My Octopus Teacher”
“Time”

International Feature
“Another Round,” Denmark
“Better Days,” Hong Kong
“Collective,” Romania
“The Man Who Sold His Skin,” Tunisia
“Quo Vadis, Aida?” Bosnia and Herzegovina

Animated Short
“Burrow”
“Genius Loci”
“If Anything Happens I Love You”
“Opera”
“Yes-People”

Documentary Short
“Colette”
“A Concerto Is a Conversation”
“Do Not Split”
“Hunger Ward”
“A Love Song for Latasha”

Live-Action Short
“Feeling Through”
“The Letter Room”
“The Present”
“Two Distant Strangers”
“White Eye”

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I have not heard of most of the movies that have been nominated, but I'm sure you have.
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TENET, Mank, and Wolf-Walkers are the only movies I believe are good. Everything else...ehhh.
 
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Actually, I watched part of Tenet and wasn’t particularly jazzed with it, so I just went to bed.
I generally like Nolan’s films, but this one’s story and characters didn’t really grab me like Interstellar or Inception, and the scenes weren’t as impressive as both of those and Dunkirk. Overall, in his films I can point to a moment and say, “that was magnificent”. Going through 40 years of messages always tears me up, DiCaprio finally talking to his wife and the shot of them both old and holding hands floored me the first time I saw it, the tension of the soldiers calling each other Germans, I just didn’t really feel Tenet gave me what I like in his films.
 
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TaterFarmer said:
In Comifornia land of the lock down? Hush your mouth.
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Need we forget?
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Hence, why it's OK for a bunch of celebrities to get together and jack each other off, yet you're KILLING GRANDMA if you try to visit her for the first time in months. :roll:
 
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Vyse Inglebard said:
Need we forget?
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Hence, why it's OK for a bunch of celebrities to get together and jack each other off, yet you're KILLING GRANDMA if you try to visit her for the first time in months. :roll:
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Are YOU part of an idiotic elitist cabal that makes billions of dollars annually?
Yes, of course they can do whatever they want.
 
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GOOD! This ceremony has become almost pointless a lot faster than I expected.

This might be the only positive outcome of the covid frenzy.
 
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Best Supporting Actor
Sacha Baron Cohen, “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
Daniel Kaluuya, “Judas and the Black Messiah”
Leslie Odom Jr., “One Night in Miami”
Paul Raci, “Sound of Metal”
Lakeith Stanfield, “Judas and the Black Messiah”
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Maybe this doesn’t make sense to me, but I don’t get why the lead actor and supporting actor are nominated in the same category. Either way, Judas Priest > Judas and The Black Messiah

Prince Lotor said:
Borat is nominated in 2 categories?
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He’s only nominated because of Borat 2 and it’s political messaging. I don’t think I’ve ever taken a dramatic Sacha Baron Cohen seriously. Especially when he’s essentially complaining and sperging about the lizard man Mark Zuckerberg.
 
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albert chan said:
Maybe this doesn’t make sense to me, but I don’t get why the lead actor and supporting actor are nominated in the same category. Either way, Judas Priest > Judas and The Black Messiah
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Saw someone suggest that they didn't think they could pull a lead actor nom so they put both in supporting to improve their chances.
 
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Not a bad list this year, most stuff was delayed till 2021 but not awful picks with what they had to work with.
For best picture I would remove Promising Young Woman comes across bit too Disney Channel in a few parts and has some bad acting in it that drags it down in important moments, would replace it with Never Rarely Sometimes Always. I feel like Emerald Fennell did a meh job, her direction felt better a Pitch Perfect movie rather than what Promising Young Woman was trying.

Best actress no issue with but would have liked to see Jessie Buckley for I'm Thinking of Ending Things and Morfydd Clark for Saint Maud.

Best Supporting Actor, Leslie Odom Jr in One Night in Miami wasn't bad but felt too much like acting rather than being a real person, Aldis Hodge who played Jim Brown was far better in the movie and true stand out for me.

Adapted Screenplay, not sure why Borat is up for this well I do it's for political reasons but the movie is mostly improve.

Animated Feature, replace Over the Moon with Lupin the First and not bad.

Visual Effects, what a joke, know most blockbusters were moved from the year but still better stuff than this poor list. Tenet and the Midnight Sky are the only two that should be on the list, maybe the One and Only Ivan as well, would had the Invisible Man on the list, Soul was on the shortlist so in that case would have gave it to that as well, Greenland would have been a fine fit, it did nothing new but didn't look bad same with the Greyhound. Also Mank, David Fincher uses a lot of effects just they are the type that go unnoticed.
 
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Atatata said:
Demon Slayer didn't get in? Didn't they release it in Florida so that it would have a chance?

While its a little funny and it does make sense it feels like a joke since it got the top charts. Sold better than fucking Soul, at least.
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The animated film category is a joke every year. I don't think the judges even watch any of the contenders. They just give the award to whatever Disney or Pixar movie comes out that year and totally snub some genuinely artistic or beautiful animation. Ghibli gets nominations but hasn't won one since Spirited Away.
 
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Blini Cat said:
The animated film category is a joke every year. I don't think the judges even watch any of the contenders. They just give the award to whatever Disney or Pixar movie comes out that year and totally snub some genuinely artistic or beautiful animation. Ghibli gets nominations but hasn't won one since Spirited Away.
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Which sucks because there's some beautiful non Disney animated movies that deserves an Oscar.
 
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James Tiberius Lurk said:
I cannot believe Borat 2 got an Oscar nomination. What a gigantic piece of shit. Whether I'm talking about the sequel or the awards ceremony is up for you to decide.
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Because it was brave enough to tell us that Trump was bad. Great comedy has always been about pushing the boundaries of what is acceptable, and who else had the guts to voice such a controversial opinion?
 
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The_Penultimate_Warrior said:
Because it was brave enough to tell us that Trump was bad. Great comedy has always been about pushing the boundaries of what is acceptable, and who else had the guts to voice such a controversial opinion?
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I know when seeing that movie. I'm like oh my God, Sacha Baron Cohen is a brave man who is risking everything to teach us how bad orange man is.

Also how does mr. Cohen mange to be married to Isla Fisher who is a smoking babe and out of his league.
 
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albert chan said:
Maybe this doesn’t make sense to me, but I don’t get why the lead actor and supporting actor are nominated in the same category. Either way, Judas Priest > Judas and The Black Messiah


He’s only nominated because of Borat 2 and it’s political messaging. I don’t think I’ve ever taken a dramatic Sacha Baron Cohen seriously. Especially when he’s essentially complaining and sperging about the lizard man Mark Zuckerberg.
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Weirdly not the Oscars fault that one, it's up for the studio to submit for each category they want, for some reason they put them both up for best supporting actors, maybe they think it would be an easier win.
 
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