#2021 Oscar Nominations, Snubs, and Surprises – /Film

On the March 15, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, weekend editor Brad Oman, and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to talk about the latest film and TV news, including this morning’s Academy Award nominations.

Opening Banter: 
In The News:

• • 2021 Academy Award Nominations Announced: ‘Mank’ Leads with 10 Nods
    • HT: Best Actor
      • Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
      • Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
      • Anthony Hopkins, The Father
      • Gary Oldman, Mank
      • Steven Yeun, Minari
    • Chris: Best Actress
      • Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
      • Andra Day, The United States vs. Billie Holiday
      • Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman
      • Frances McDormand, Nomadland
      • Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman
    • Brad: Best Director
      • Thomas Vinterberg, Another Round
      • David Fincher, Mank
      • Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
      • Chloe Zhao, Nomadland
      • Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
    • Ben: Best Original Screenplay

• Judas and the Black Messiah

• The Trial of the Chicago 7

• Judas and the Black Messiah

• The Trial of the Chicago 7

• • HT: Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
    • The Father
    • Nomadland
    • One Night in Miami
    • The White Tiger
  • Chris: Best Animated Film
    • Onward
    • Over the Moon
    • A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
    • Soul
    • Wolfwalkers
  • Brad: Best Score
    • Da 5 Bloods
    • Mank
    • Minari
    • News of the World
    • Soul
  • Ben: Best Supporting Actor
    • Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7
    • Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
    • Leslie Odom, Jr., One Night in Miami
    • Paul Raci, Sound of Metal
    • LaKeith Stanfield, Judas and the Black Messiah
  • Jacob: Best Supporting Actress
    • Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
    • Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy
    • Olivia Colman The Father
    • Amanda Seyfried, Mank
    • Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari
• The Biggest Surprises and Snubs From the 2021 Academy Award Nominations
  • HT: First Cow
  • Chris: Delroy Lindo
  • Brad: Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
  • Ben: Judas and the Black Messiah
  • Jacob: Paul Raci
• Trivia
  • Chloe Zhao and Emerald Fennell: first time two women have been nominated for Best Director in the same year; there are now seven women who have been nominated for Best Director in the history of the Oscars.
  • Minari’s Steven Yeun and Youn Yuh-jung become the first actors born in Korea to earn nominations.
  • Minari producer Christina Oh is the first Asian American woman to receive a nomination for Best Picture.
  • Judas and the Black Messiah marks the first time an all-Black producing lineup earned a nomination for Best Picture (Shaka King, Charles D. King, and Ryan Coogler).

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