The Spanish actress Karla Sofía Gascón achieves a historic nomination for best actress in an Oscar dominated by the phenomenon Emilia Perezthe 'narcotrans' musical by Jacques Audiard, which leads the nominations with 13 nominations and becomes the non-English speaking film with the most nominations in all editions of the awards. Karla Sofía Gascón follows in the footsteps of Penelope Cruz y Javier Bardemthe only Spanish performers nominated for an Oscar so far (four times each).
A Emilia Perez they follow him closely The brutalistthe monumental epic of a Hungarian architect in the United States after World War II directed by Brady Cobert, and Wicked the Broadway musical adapted by John M. Chuwith 10 nominations each, and Conclave, of Edward Berger, a fictional intrigue about the election of a Pope, with 8. The ten nominees for best film are completed with A complete unknown, The Bob Dylan biopic James Mangold, (8 nominations); Anora, the reverse of the romantic comedy Sean Baker (6), The substance, the savage horror of Coralie Fargeat on aging (5), Dune: part 2, second part of the saga by Denis Villenueve (5), I'm still here, lhe Brazilian film by Walter Salles that is the big surprise of the nominations (4) and Nickel boys (2).
The musical 'narctotrans' Audiard surpasses the record for a film not spoken in English, which they shared Roma (2008) y tiger and dragon (2000) and the Spanish actress becomes the first openly trans performer to achieve a nomination, rounding off an incredible year in which she has been awarded at the Cannes Festival and the European Film Awards. will compete with Demi Moore (The substance), Cynthia Erivo (Wicked), Fernanda Torres (I'm still here) y Mikey Madison (Anora).
'Bob Dylan' and 'Donald Trump', in the nominations for best actor
For the Oscar for best actor the finalists are Adrien Brodywhich aspires with The Brutalist to his second after The pianist (2003), Timothée Chalamet, for getting into the shoes of Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown; Ralph Fiennesby Conclave; Colman Domingo, by Sing Sing, y Sebastian Stanfor portraying the darker side of young Donald Trump in The apprentice.
In the nominations for best director, which further refines the favorite film for the gala, are Brady Corbet (The Brutalist), James Mangold, (A complete Unknown;) Sean Baker, by Anora; and a historic event for France with two nominated filmmakers: Coralie Fargeat, The substance, y Jacques Audiard by Emilia Perez. Thus, the gala is presented as a three-way duel evenly matched right now between Emilia Pérez, Anora and The brutalist.
-In the best supporting actress, Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez's lawyer, appears alongside Ariana Grande (Wicked), Monica Barbaro (John Baez), Felicity Jones (The brutalist) and Isabela Rosselini (Conclave)
Finally, Alberto Iglesiaswhich had made the first cut on the soundtrack of The next roomby Pedro Almodóvar, has not achieved its fifth nomination at the Oscars, nor have the Spanish short films shortlisted Paris 70 (Dani Feixas) y The great work (Alex Lora).
Los Angeles is trying to recover some normality, after the devastation of the fires of recent weeks, with the announcement postponed for more than a week due to the seriousness of the situation (and the impossibility of many academics being able to see the films since around 60% of voters reside in the city). The Oscars will take place on March 3, at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, in a ceremony that will be presented by American comedian Conan O'Brien.
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