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In the wake of devastating wildfires in Los Angeles that struck at the heart of the movie industry, an embattled Hollywood lined up behind the Netflix narco-musical about trans identity Emilia P\u00e9rez in Oscar nominations Thursday.<\/p>\n

Jacques Audiard\u2019s Emilia P\u00e9rez<\/a>, a Spanish language, French-made film, dominated the nominations with a leading 13 nominations, including best picture and best actress for Karla Sof\u00eda Gasc\u00f3n, making her the first openly trans actor ever nominated for an Oscar. The film also landed nominations for directing, original screenplay, two of its songs and for Zoe Salda\u00f1a.<\/p>\n

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Netflix, despite its starring role in Hollywood, has never won best picture. Many of its top contenders have previously racked up large numbers of nominations (including Mank, The Irishman and Roma) but gone home with only a handful of trophies. Emilia P\u00e9rez, though, may be its best chance yet. It became the most nominated non-English language film ever, surpassing Netflix\u2019s own Roma, which scored 10 nominations. Only three films \u2013 All About Eve, Titanic and La La Land \u2013 have scored more nominations in Academy Awards history.<\/p>\n

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Another musical \u2013 Wicked, the smash Broadway adaptation \u2014 came away with nearly as many nominations. Jon M. Chu\u2019s lavish Wizard of Oz riff scored 10 nominations, including best picture and acting nods for its stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande. The Brutalist, Brady Corbet\u2019s postwar epic filmed in VistaVision, also came away with a commanding 10 nominations, including best picture, best director and nominations for actor Adrien Brody, Guy Pearce and Felicity Jones.<\/p>\n

The nominees for best picture are: Anora; The Brutalist; A Complete Unknown; Conclave; Dune: Part Two; Emilia P\u00e9rez; I\u2019m Still Here, Nickel Boys; The Substance; Wicked.<\/p>\n

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In a wide-open Oscar race, the six most honored films \u2013 Emilia P\u00e9rez, Wicked, The Brutalist, Anora (six nominations) Conclave (eight nominations) and A Complete Unknown (eight nominations) \u2013 all fared as expected. The biggest surprises were the Brazilian film I\u2019m Still Here, which also landed Fernanda Torres a best actress nomination, and RaMell Ross\u2019 Nickel Boys, a POV-shot drama that had been overlooked by many guilds in earlier voting.<\/p>\n

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Those nominees likely displaced a few best-picture possibilities in Sing Sing, September 5 and A Real Pain, though those films all landed nominations elsewhere.<\/p>\n

One of 2024\u2019s most audacious films, The Apprentice landed a surprising pair of nominations, for Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong. The film dramatizes the formative years of President Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019 s emergence in New York real estate under the tutelage of attorney Roy Cohn. Trump has called those involved with the film human scum.<\/p>\n

In the best actor category, where Stan and Brody were nominated, the other nominees were Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet (A Complete Unknown), Colman Domingo (Sing Sing) and Ralph Fiennes (Conclave). Most notably left out was Daniel Craig, acclaimed for his very un-James Bond performance in Queer.<\/p>\n

Best actress, a category that Demi Moore has appeared to have locked up for her full-bodied performance in The Substance, saw nominations for Moore, Gasc\u00f3n, Torres, Erivo and the star of Anora, Mikey Madison. Arguably the year\u2019s most competitive category, that left out Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths), Pamela Anderson, The Last Showgirl), Nicole Kidman (Babygirl) and Angelina Jolie<\/a> (Maria).<\/p>\n

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In the directing category, The Substance filmmaker Coralie Fargeat managed to crack into the otherwise all-male group of Sean Baker (Anora), Corbet, Audiard and James Mangold (A Complete Unknown). Most had expected Edward Berger to be nominated for directing the papal thriller Conclave.<\/p>\n

Supporting actor was led by Kieran Culkin, the favorite for the award, for his performance in A Real Pain. The other nominees were: Yura Borisov (Anora), Guy Pearce (The Brutalist), Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown) and Strong.<\/p>\n

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The nominations had originally been planned for January 17. But after wildfires on January 7 began burning through the Pacific Palisades, Altadena and other areas around Los Angeles, leaving behind historic levels of destruction, the academy extended its voting window and twice postponed the nominations announcement. Fresh fires outside Los Angeles continued Thursday.<\/p>\n

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With so many in the film industry reeling from the fires, some called on the Academy to cancel the Oscars altogether. Academy leaders have argued the March 2 ceremony must go ahead, for their economic impact on Los Angeles and as a symbol of resilience for the industry. Organizers have vowed this year\u2019s awards will \u201ccelebrate the work that unites us as a global film community and acknowledge those who fought so bravely against the wildfires.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Oscar nominations followed a up-and-down year for Hollywood that saw expansive post-strike delays, wide swaths of unemployed workers due to an industry-wide production slowdown and the tragedy of the California fires in January. Most humbling, perhaps, was the presidential election that returned Trump to office in a race where podcaster Joe Rogan seemed to hold more sway than all A-listers combined.<\/p>\n

That uncertain state of the movies seemed to be reflected in the Oscar nominations, which were spread across films both widely seen and little noticed, theatrically released and predominantly streaming. But unlike last year, when Hollywood rallied around the success of Oppenheimer, the 2024 movie year offered up no clear frontrunner for the industry\u2019s top honor. With five weeks to go until the Oscar ceremony, at least four or five movies \u2013 including The Brutalist, Emilia P\u00e9rez, Anora, Conclave and Wicked \u2013 are seen having a shot at best picture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n