The 2020 Academy Awards announced their nominations a few days ago and there are several shocks and surprises that made the internet headlines.
1. No Female Directors Nominated
Just like the Golden Globes, there is no female directors nominated for the Best Director plum. In a year where a lot of women directors excelled, it came a surprise to not see at least one of them get a nod. The obvious oversight here is Greta Gerwig who made a gem in the modern retelling of Little Women. The saving grace is that the film is nominated for the Best Picture award. Other notables to miss the cut are Jennifer Kent (The Nightingale), Lulu Wang (The Farewell), Kasi Lemmons (Harriett) and Lorene Scafaria (Hustlers).
2. Joker Grabs 11 Nominations
I know Joker is a shoo-in for some categories in the upcoming Academy Awards but what is a bit of a surprise is that it led all movies with 11 nominations topping expected favorites 1917, The Irishman and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood with 10 apiece.
3. Jennifer Lopez Left Out of Best Actress Race
Lopez continues to search for her first Oscar nomination after she missed the cut of nominees in the Best Supporting Actress category. It came to a shock as Lopez together with Laura Dern (“Marriage Story”) and Margot Robbie (“Bombshell”) have been front-runners for the said category.
4. The Farewell Was Shut Out
The Farewell did not only miss out on a Best Director nod for Lulu Wang but also missed out on any nomination on any category at the upcoming Oscars. The glaring omission aside from Wang is that of Awkwafina whose performance on the film was well received from the past year.
5. Swift and Knowles Both Snubbed
It seems the Acedemy Awards was about to get great publicity as coming into the day of nominations, both Taylor Swift and Beyonce Knowles songs for "Cats" and "The Lion King" have both been nominated in other award giving bodies. Although Swift's omission did not come as a surprise specially how critically panned "Cats" is, we are still in shock Beyonce was missed out.
6. No Acting Nominations for Parasite
Although Parasite grabbed a total of 6 nods including Best Picture, Best Director for Bong Joon Ho and Best Original Screenplay, it was so notable that none of its actors were given any nominations. It seems the Academy still finds it difficult to acknowledge acting talents from foreign language flicks.
7. Frozen II Missed Best Animated Feature Nod
In a twist of surprising events, Disney's Frozen II failed to grab a nomination for the Best Animated Feature Film. Although I personally think that it does not have a strong chance of winning, a non-nomination however came as a big shock.
8. No Love for Taron Egerton
Despite winning the Golden Globe for best actor in a musical or comedy, Taron Egerton will not be in contention for the leading actor Oscar which was indeed a snub. His great portrayal in Rocketman at least merits him to get a nomination not necessarily a win.
9. Avengers: Endgame Only Scores a Best Visual Effects Nod
With the box-office success of Avengers: Endgame, it was not to be a surprise to have it on some of the technical list of nominees. Instead, it only landed one nomination for Best Visual Effects missing out on nominations on both Sound Editing and Sound Mixing of which it was thought to be shoo-ins.
10. Sandler Misses Cut
Another notable exclusion in the Best Actor nomination is Adam Sandler. His stellar performance in Uncut Gems was one of the surprise snubs of the upcoming Academy Awards.
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