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Final Oscars voting is February 11-18, 2025. The 97th Oscars telecast will be broadcast on Sunday, March 2, and air live on ABC at 7 p.m. Et/ 4 p.m. Pt. We update our picks throughout awards season, so keep checking IndieWire for all our 2025 Oscar predictions.

The State of the Race

The Best Makeup and Hairstyling nominees are “A Different Man,” “Emilia Pérez,” “Nosferatu,” “The Substance,” and “Wicked.” The emphasis on horror is unusual, with Best Picture nominee “The Substance” as the favorite since the prosthetics are key to Demi Moore’s Oscar-nominated performance.

Oscar-nominated director Coralie Fargeat’s “The Substance” is a brilliant satire of toxic beauty culture, in which 50-year-old TV aerobics star Elisabeth (Moore) transforms into gorgeous 20-something Sue (Margaret Qualley). But the youth miracle drug turns to body horror, with Elisabeth becoming the decaying mutation called Gollum and both of them evolving into the hideous Monstro. Prosthetics makeup...

The 2025 Oscar nominations were announced on Thursday and while some vets like Ralph Fiennes (Conclave) and Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown) have been around the block before, many others heard their names called for the very first time.

Among those Oscar newbies is Best Actress contender Demi Moore (The Substance), whose career spans more than 40 years but who, as she noted in her Golden Globe acceptance speech, was dismissed as a “popcorn actress” by a producer. It’s surprising that Guy Pearce (The Brutalist) never earned an Oscar nom before now; his past roles include Oscar-winning films like L.A. Confidential (1997), The Hurt Locker (2009), and The King’s Speech (2010), but he finally got on the board in this year’s Best Supporting Actor race. Hollywood royalty Isabella Rossellini (Conclave), the daughter of Oscar nominee Roberto Rossellini and Oscar winner Ingrid Bergman, finally scored a nom of her own in Best Supporting Actress.

Emilia Pérez has set a new Oscar precedent for an international film with 13 nominations, breaking the record held by Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) from Taiwan, and Roma (2018) from Mexico, both with 10. Emilia Pérez‘s huge nomination haul was only one away from tying the all-time Oscar record set by All About Eve (1950), Titanic (1997), and La La Land (2016).

The Netflix crime musical is about a cartel kingpin (Karla Sofía Gascón) who, with the help of a small-time lawyer (Zoe Saldaña), tries to begin a new life after going through a gender transition. Here are all the nominations the movie received on Jan. 23, including acclaimed filmmaker Jacques Audiard as the director and writer.

Best Picture

Best Director

Jacques Audiard

Best Actress

Karla Sofía Gascón as Juan “Manitas” Del Monte

Best Supporting Actress

Zoe Saldaña as Rita Mora Castro

Best Adapted Screenplay

Jacques Audiard

Best International Film

France

Best Score

Clément Ducol and...

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Nominations for the 97th Academy Awards were announced today by actor-writer-comedians Rachel Sennott and Bowen Yang in a virtual presentation that revealed the nominees in all 23 Academy Award categories. The 97th Oscars airs Sunday, 2 March, with the in-person event taking place at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood.

And the nominees are…

Best Picture

Anora

The Brutalist

A Complete Unknown

Conclave

Dune: Part Two

Emilia Pérez

I’m Still Here

Nickel Boys

The Substance

Wicked

Actor In A Leading Role

Adrien Brody - The Brutalist

Timothée Chalamet - A Complete Unknown

Colman Domingo - Sing Sing

Ralph Fiennes - Conclave

Sebastian Stan - The Apprentice

Actor In A Supporting Role

Yura Borisov - Anora

Kieran Culkin - A Real Pain

Edward Norton - A Complete Unknown

Guy Pearce - The Brutalist

Jeremy Strong - The Apprentice

Actress In A Leading Role...

The 97th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), is scheduled to take place on March 2nd at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, with Conan O’Brien hosting… but before we get to the ceremony, we need to know the nominees. This morning, actor/writer/comedians Rachel Sennott and Bowen Yang were tasked with announcing the 2025 Oscar nominations – and the list of nominees can now be seen below!

Best Picture

Anora – Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, and Sean Baker

The Brutalist – Nominees to be determined

A Complete Unknown – Fred Berger, James Mangold, and Alex Heineman

Conclave – Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, and Michael A. Jackman

Dune: Part Two – Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Tanya Lapointe, and Denis Villeneuve

Emilia Pérez – Nominees to be determined

I’m Still Here – Nominees to be determined

Nickel Boys – Nominees to be determined

The Substance – Nominees to be determined

Wicked – Marc Platt...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has unveiled the nominations for the 97th Academy Awards (Oscars), set to honour the outstanding films of 2024. Originally delayed due to the Los Angeles wildfires, the announcement was made on January 23, from the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.

Brady Corbet’s ‘The Brutalist’ leads the pack with multiple nominations, lauded for its ambitious narrative chronicling the life of an immigrant architect in mid-20th-century America.

The Best Actress category has drawn significant attention, with Demi Moore (The Substance) and Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Pérez) leading the conversation. Moore’s performance has been hailed as one of the best of her career, while Gascón’s nomination is historic, representing a landmark moment for transgender actors in Hollywood.

In the Best Actor category, Colman Domingo (Sing Sing) stands out for his deeply moving portrayal of a prison inmate seeking redemption.

‘Conclave,’ a gripping...

One of the most open-wide races in years is coming into focus. “Emilia Pérez” led all nominees for the 97th Academy Awards with 13, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. Its haul sets a new record for a film not in English. “The Brutalist” and “Wicked” tied for second place with 10 each, both also receiving nods for picture. Brady Corbet was also nominated for directing and Adrien Brody scored a lead actor nom, his first since winning for “The Piano” in 2003.

More major milestones: “Conclave” supporting actress Isabella Rossellini earned her first nomination, 46 years after her mother Ingrid Bergman’s final nom. Demi Moore also earned her first nomination, for her lead performance in Coralie Fargeat’s body-horror film “The Substance.” Fargeat became the ninth woman to ever be nominated for directing, following her fellow Frenchwoman Justine Triet (“Anatomy of a Fall”) last year. Fargeat also...

Conclave Leads Nominations (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Hollywood’s award season has already warmed up the new year; the Golden Globes successfully separated favorites from potential surprises, and nominations for SAG and Critics Choice Awards have already been unveiled. Now, the British Academy Film Awards have followed suit.

While Hollywood is fighting the cataclysmic California wildfires, postponing forthcoming ceremonies and extending Academy Awards submission dates, fortunately, all the way across the Atlantic Ocean, the British Isles face no such threat. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced nominees across 26 categories, recognizing outstanding contributions to cinema.

Doctor Who actor David Tennant, last year’s host, will return to lead the ceremony. This year marks one of the most competitive lineups, with no clear frontrunners and several close races. Conclave leads with 12 nominations, followed closely by Emilia Pérez with 11. Anora director Sean Baker achieved a historic six individual nods,...