Rihanna, Lady Gaga And Michelle Yeoh Receive Their First Oscars Nominations

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The 2023 Academy Awards is set to be a record-breaking show with an abundance of first-time nominees

The race is officially on! The nominees for the 2023 Academy Awards have been announced. This year’s list features 16 first-timers including Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Jamie-Lee Curtis, Brendan Fraser, Austin Butler and Michelle Yeoh, who is the first Asian to be nominated in the Best Actress category. Angela Basset also made Oscars history with her role in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, landing Marvel its first nomination. Everything Everywhere All At Once leads the pack with 11 nominations – including for Best Picture – closely followed by The Banshees of Inisherin with nine and Elvis with eight. Lady Gaga and Rihanna are head-to-head in the Best Song category, nominated for the soundtracks in Top Gun: Maverick and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever respectively. Who will walk away with the coveted trophy? We’ll have to wait until 12 March to find out.

Best Picture

 

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All Quiet on the Western Front

Avatar: The Way of Water

The Banshees of Inisherin

Elvis

Everything Everywhere All at Once

The Fabelmans

Tár

Top Gun: Maverick

Triangle of Sadness

Women Talking

Actress In A Leading Role

Cate Blanchett – Tár

Ana de Armas – Blonde

Andrea Riseborough – To Leslie

Michelle Williams – The Fabelmans

Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Actor In A Leading Role

 

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Austin Butler – Elvis

Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin

Brendan Fraser – The Whale

Paul Mescal – Aftersun

Bill Nighy – Living

Actress In A Supporting Role

Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Hong Chau – The Whale

Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin

Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Actor In A Supporting Role

 

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Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin

Brian Tyree Henry – Causeway

Judd Hirsch – The Fabelmans

Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Inisherin

Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Director

Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin

Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans

Todd Field – Tár

Ruben Östlund – Triangle of Sadness

Best Original Screenplay

 

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The Banshees of Inisherin – Martin McDonagh

Everything Everywhere All at Once – Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert

The Fabelmans – Tony Kushner, Steven Spielberg

Tár – Todd Field

Triangle of Sadness – Ruben Östlund

Best Adapted Screenplay

All Quiet on the Western Front – Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery – Rian Johnson

Living – Kazuo Ishiguro

Top Gun: Maverick – Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, Christopher McQuarrie

Women Talking – Sarah Polley

Best Original Song

 

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ApplauseTell It Like a Woman (Diane Warren)

Hold My HandTop Gun: Maverick (Lady Gaga, BloodPop)

Naatu NaatuRRR (MM Keeravaani, Chandrabose)

Lift Me UpBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever (Tems, Ludwig Göransson, Rihanna and Ryan Coogler)

This Is A Life Everything Everywhere All at Once (Ryan Lott, David Byrne, Mitski)

Best Cinematography

 

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All Quiet on the Western Front – James Friend

Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths – Darius Khondji

Elvis – Mandy Walker

Empire of Light – Roger Deakins

Tár – Florian Hoffmeister

Best Costume Design

Babylon – Mary Zophres

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Ruth E Carter

Elvis – Catherine Martin

Everything Everywhere All at Once – Shirley Kurata

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris – Jenny Beavan

See the full list of Oscars nominations here

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