Saturday, January 25, 2025

'Emilia Perez' earned the most nominations at Academy Awards nominations announcements for 97th Oscars

On January 23, 2025, Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott announced the nominations for 97th Oscars. Bowen appears on 'Saturday Night Live' regularly, plus he is in the 'Wicked' movie. Rachel Sennott appears consistently on 'Saturday Night Live' and she was in the 'Saturday Night' movie about the NBC hit tv show. Their announcement lasted about 15 minutes, as they read all the nominees from the twenty four categories. The French musical crime comedy film, 'Emilia Perez'; received thirteen nominations this year. 'Wicked' and 'The Brutalist' each received ten nominations. If you have Netflix, then you can see 'Emilia Perez.' This movie was released in November 2024 in the USA for twelve days only. Zoe Saldana received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Karla Sofia Gascon received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. Selena Gomez did not receive an Academy Award nomination for this movie. 'Emilia Perez' was one Academy Award nomination short of tying the record held by Titanic. Next, Ariana Grande received the best supporting actress nomination for 'Wicked.' Cynthia Erivo received the best actress nomination for 'Wicked'; which is her third total nomination in her career. Jon Chu directed 'Wicked'; but he did not receive a best director nomination during the January 23 announcements. 'Wicked' is one of the ten films nominated in the Best Picture category. Michelle Yeoh won the Best Actress award at the 2023 Oscars, but she is not nominated for her role in 'Wicked'. If you want to spend 230 minutes at the movie theater, 'The Brutalist' movie is for you to see. This movie has a running time of 215 minutes, plus there is an intermission. Adrien Brody does a stupendous acting job in the movie, which is based on the true story of Laszlo Toth. Brody received his second Academy Award nomination, as he is nominated for Best Actor. Adrien Brody won the Best Actor award at the 2003 Oscars, for his emotional role in 'The Pianist.' Guy Pearce received the Best Supporting Actor nomination for his stellar role in 'The Brutalist.' Felicity Jones received the Best Supporting Actress nomination for 'The Brutalist.' In closing, the 97th Academy Awards is March 2, 2025 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Demi Moore received the Best Actress nomination for 'The Substance' movie. Ralph Fiennes received the Best Actor nomination for 'Conclave' movie. There are many other good movies like 'Anora'; 'A Real Pain'; and 'A Complete Unknown' that received nominations in Best Actress; Best Supporting Actor; and Best Actor categories. Enjoy the picture above of Guy Pearce and Adrien Brody from 'The Brutalist' movie. G. Ripley looks forward to the Oscars on ABC every year. Bye from Hollywood!

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