The nominees for the 88th Academy Awards, aka Oscars 2016, were announced Thursday morning … and it is very interesting.
First, it looks like Leonardo DiCaprio is now sure of an Oscar award this time around, as his movie The Revenant is leading the pack with 12 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor. However, the competition is going to be tough, as DiCaprio is up against the likes of Matt Damon (The Martian), 2015 winner Eddie Redmayne (The Danish Girl), Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs) and category regular Bryan Cranston (Trumbo). The upside for DiCaprio, however, is that he won Best Actor in the 2016 Golden Globes for the same movie role and based on past scenarios, one can be safe to assume that he will most probably go home with this one.
Mad Max: Fury Road is closely following behind with 10 nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director. The Martian is third with 7 nominations.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens got 5 nods but didn’t score in any of the most coveted categories. But given the insane popularity of the movie, it is highly likely that it will dust the competition in the Best Sound Mixing, Best Editing and Best Visual Effects categories.
On the female side, Jennifer Lawrence again made it to the Best Actress category for the critically not-so-liked movie Joy. She will be up against Cate Blanchett (Carol), Brie Larson (Room), Charlotte Rampling (45 Years) and Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn).
As The Verge notes, there is not a single black person nominated for this year’s Oscars. Straight Outta Compton, arguably last year’s biggest movie from the African-American community, only got one nomination for Best Original Screenplay … but the screenwriters – who will take home the award should the movie win – are all white. This will definitely raise a race issue.
The Oscars ceremony will take place in Los Angeles on February 28.
Check out the full list of nominees and share your thoughts below (via BBC):
Best Picture
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight
Best Actor
Bryan Cranston – Trumbo
Matt Damon – The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett – Carol
Brie Larson – Room
Jennifer Lawrence – Joy
Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn
Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale – The Big Short
Tom Hardy – The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo – Spotlight
Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies
Sylvester Stallone – Creed
Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara – Carol
Rachel McAdams – Spotlight
Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina
Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs
Best Director
Lenny Abrahamson – Room
Alejandro G Inarritu – The Revenant
Tom McCarthy – Spotlight
Adam McKay – The Big Short
George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Big Short
Brooklyn
Carol
The Martian
Room
Best Original Screenplay
Bridge of Spies
Ex Machina
Inside Out
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton
Best Animated Film
Anomalisa
Boy and the World
Inside Out
Shaun the Sheep Movie
When Marnie Was There
Best Foreign Language Film
Embrace of the Serpent – Colombia
Mustang – France
Son of Saul – Hungary
Theeb – Jordan
A War – Denmark
Best Animated Short
Bear Story
Prologue
Sanjay’s Super Team
We Can’t Live without Cosmos
World of Tomorrow
Best Cinematography
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Sicario
Best Costume Design
Carol
Cinderella
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Best Documentary Feature
Amy
Cartel Land
The Look of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom
Best Documentary Short
Body Team 12
Chau, Beyond the Lines
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
Last Day of Freedom
Best Editing
The Big Short
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Spotlight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Live Action Short
Ave Maria
Day One
Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)
Shok
Stutterer
Best Make-up and Hair
Mad Max: Fury Road
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
The Revenant
Best Original Score
Bridge of Spies
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Original Song
Earned It, The Weeknd – Fifty Shades of Grey
Manta Ray, J Ralph & Antony – Racing Extinction
Simple Song #3, Sumi Jo – Youth
Til It Happens To You, Lady Gaga – The Hunting Ground
Writing’s On the Wall, Sam Smith – Spectre
Best Production Design
Bridge of Spies
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Best Sound Editing
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Sound Mixing
Bridge of Spies
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Visual Effects
Ex Machina
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
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