The Oscars are coming soon, and the movie “Emilia Perez,” starring Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldana, has garnered a record number of nominations.
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The musical “Emilia Perez” is about the story of a woman’s escape from the Mexican mafia, and managed to break the record for the most Oscar nominations, although the film is not in English, writes The Guardian.
Also, Karla Sofia Gascon becomes the first transgender actor to be nominated for an Oscar. Other nominations are for Best Supporting Actor, Director, Picture, Screenplay, International Feature Film, Editing, Cinematography, Makeup and Hairstyling, Original Score and twice for Soundtrack.
The musical is followed by the film “The Brutalist”, with ten nominations, directed by Brady Corbet, in which the famous actor Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones star, and the musical “Wicked”, with Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo.
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“A Complete Unknown” managed to get eight nominations, as did the thriller “Conclave”, starring Ralph Fiennes.
Only one of the ten nominated films was directed by a woman, and it was “The Substance”, a horror film directed by Coralie Fargeat. There were other surprises for best actress in a leading role, with Hollywood industry veterans Nicole Kidman and Angelina Jolie nominated.
Even the movie got 2 “The Apprentice” nominations, Sebastian Stan for Best Lead Actor and Jeremy Strong for Best Supporting Actor.
This year’s nominations were announced late to allow time for the 10,000 voters (60 percent of whom live in Los Angeles). Voting ended last Friday, January 17th. It remains unclear what impact the use of artificial intelligence, as was done in “The Brutalist” and “Emilia Perez,” will have on next year’s vote.
Both films used voice cloning technology, the first to alter the Hungarian accents of actors Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones, and in “Emilia Perez” to adjust Gascon’s voice when singing.
Due to the deadly fires ravaging Los Angeles, the Oscar ceremony is on the verge of being canceled, a first in its 96-year history
“The council’s primary concern at this time is not to appear to be celebrating while many Los Angeles residents are dealing with unimaginable grief and loss.
And certainly, even if the fires are out in the next week, the reality is that the city is still hurting and will be dealing with that pain for months.
So it was decided that the focus would be on support and fundraising when the right opportunities arose.”says an insider.
