Oscars nominations 2023 – as it happened: Irish stars triumph with Paul Mescal and Colin Farrell up for Best Actor

Everything Everywhere All At Once leads the pack with the most Oscar nominations this year – but some surprises and snubs have certainly shaken things up.

The nominations were announced today (24 January), as awards season continues.

Read: Full list of 2023 Oscar nominees here

Among the surprise nominees this year is Paul Mescal who received a Best Actor nod for his role in the father-daughter drama Aftersun. He is nominated alongside Austin Butler, Brendan Fraser, Bill Nighy, and fellow Irish actor Colin Farrell.

It is a big year for Ireland, with Brendan Gleeson and Kerry Condon joining Mescal and Farrell in the list of nominees. The Banshees of Inisherin, An Irish Goodbye and A Quiet Girl all received nods this year.

Read: The 7 biggest snubs and surprises from the 2023 Oscar nominations

Another shock came when Ana de Armas was nominated for Best Actress thanks to her role in the hugely polarising Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde, which The Independent gave one-star.

Riz Ahmed and Alison Williams hosted the announcement presentation from the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Beverly Hills, California.

The 95th Academy Awards will air live on ABC on Sunday (12 March) with Jimmy Kimmel returning as host for the third time.

Follow along with all the live updates below…

Oscars nominations – live

• Who gets to go to the Oscars?

• Full list of 2023 Oscar nominees

• Films with the most nominations, in order

Riz Ahmed and Alison Williams will announce the nominations

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Oscar winner Riz Ahmed and Get Out star Alison Williams – most recently seen in the horror hit M3GAN – will be announcing today’s nominees.

When will the Oscars nominations be broadcast?

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The announcements – livestreamed from Beverly Hills, Los Angeles – will begin at 1.30pm GMT / 8.30am ET / 5.30am PT.

How to watch the Oscars nominations

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You can tune into the live stream on Oscar.com and on the Academy’s social media platforms, which include TikTok, Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook.

Reminder: the announcements begin at 1.30pm GMT.

Categories that will be announced in the first section of presentation

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*The Academy has said that these are not in running order and are subject to change

1.30pm GMT

Actor in a supporting role

Actress in a supporting role

Animated feature film

Animated short film

Costume design

Live action short film

Makeup and hairstyling

Music (original score)

Sound

Writing (adapted screenplay)

Writing (original screenplay)

Categories that will be announced in the second section of presentation

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*The Academy has said that these are not in running order and are subject to change

1.41pm GMT

Actor in a leading role

Actress in a leading role

Cinematography

Directing

Documentary feature film

Documentary short film

Film editing

International feature film

Music (original song)

Best picture

Production design

Visual effects

Oscars shortlist

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Today’s nominees won’t come as a total surprise. In December last year, a shortlist for the 95th Academy Awards was unveiled in 10 categories.

These categories include Documentary Feature Film, Documentary Short Film, International Feature Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Music (Original Song), Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film, Sound, and Visual Effects.

See the shortlist in full here...

95th Oscars Shortlists Announced for 10 Categories | A.frame

Shortlist for Best International Feature Film

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With an increasing number of people watching international films, more eyes than ever will be on the International Feature Film category.

This is the shortlist for International Feature Film:

Argentina, Argentina, 1985Austria, CorsageBelgium, CloseCambodia, Return to SeoulDenmark, Holy SpiderFrance, Saint OmerGermany, All Quiet on the Western FrontIndia, Last Film ShowIreland, The Quiet GirlMexico, Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of TruthsMorocco, The Blue CaftanPakistan, JoylandPoland, EOSouth Korea, Decision to LeaveSweden, Cairo Conspiracy

Is this the year sequels dominate?

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2023 could be the year that sequels dominate, with more follow-up films than ever before in contention for top prizes.

The contendors include Top Gun: Maverick, Avatar: The Way of Water, and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

It’s also not impossible that Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery could also nab a nod.

Only eight sequels have been nominated for Best Picture before, including Toy Story 3 and Mad Max: Fury Road. Never before, however, has there been two in a single year.

Ana de Armas could be one of the biggest surprises

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The Best Actress category is as crowded as ever.

It is probably safe to say that Cate Blanchett (Tár), Viola Davis (The Woman King), Danielle Deadwyler (Till), and Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All At Once) will receive nominations this afternoon.

More surprising would be a nod for Ana de Armas for her controversial role as Marilyn Monroe in Blonde. Despite the film receiving mostly awful reviews, de Armas has managed to secure nominations at the Globes, SAG, and BAFTA awards.

I would speculate that that last nomination is between de Armas and Michelle Williams for her part in The Fablemans.

Read our one-star review of Blonde here...

Blonde is dull trauma porn with no idea what it’s trying to say – review

Best Picture will have 10 nominees – six appear to be locked

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Of the 10 nominations available for Best Picture, we can predict at least six very likely films (below).

The Banshees of Inisherin

Elvis

Everything Everywhere All At Once

Tar

Top Gun: Maverick

The Fabelmans

This means that four spots are still up for grabs. Frontrunners to nab them including The Whale, Avatar: The Way of Water, Women Talking, the German-language war film All Quiet on the Western Front, and Palme d’Or winner Triangle of Sadness.

All the 2022 Oscar winners

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Cast an eye back to last year. Last year’s 2022 ceremony is in danger of being remembered solely for Will Smith’s notorious Oscars slap.

Here are all the winners from last year’s Academy Awards, including Coda for Best Picture, Will Smith for Best Actor, and Jessica Chastain for Best Actress.

Oscars Winners 2022: See the Complete List - Oscars 2023 News | 95th Academy Awards

Ariana DeBose made history as the first ‘openly queer woman of colour’ to win Best Supporting Actress

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Last year may only be remembered for one thing – ahem, the Will Smith slap – but Ariana DeBose’s Best Supporting Actress for West Side Story win also made history.

Ariana DeBose wins Best Supporting Actress Oscar

What is ‘Women Talking'?

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One title in competition for Best Picture is Women Talking.

In comparison to the other frontrunner films, which include Tár and Elvis,Women Talking is unfamiliar to UK audiences.

Although the film had its US wide release on 20 January, UK viewers will have to wait until 10 February for Women Talking to hit cinemas.

Women Talking has a star-studded cast with Claire For, Jessie Buckley, Rooney Mara, and Frances McDormand all attached.

The film, directed by Sarah Polley, follows women in an isolated religios colony who encounter a crisis of faith after a series of sexual assaults.

Jennifer Connelly throws her support behind her ‘Top Gun: Maverick' co-star Tom Cruise

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Tom Cruise has at least one person back him for Best Actor.

The action star’s Top Gun: Maverick co-star Jennifer Connelly said Cruise “absolutely deserves” an Oscar nod. We’ll see if the Academy are listening...

Jennifer Connelly says Tom Cruise deserves an Oscar nomination for Top Gun: Maverick

Who gets an invite?

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Every year, the Academy Awards brings in the most glitzy and glam guests – but how does one actually nab the toughest ticket in town?

The Dolby Theatre, which has hosted the ceremony since 2002, seats 3,400 people across four levels and 20 opera boxes.

Oscar nominees and presenters each receive a pair of tickets and can request an additional pair. Most, of course, do.

As per The LA Times, after nominees account for 800 tickets, blocks are then reserved for the show’s broadcast network (ABC), the telecast’s sponsors, the production team, the accountants, the legal team, media, academy museum donors and various dignitaries, such as Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.

Movie studios too, will receive a group of tickets. According to the publication, indie studios have complained that major studios receive more than their fair share.

Remove the spots that have obstructed views (these are occupied by seat fillers) and there’s only a few hundred available seats left.

Members of the academy are invited to enter a ticket lottery, which is conducted the old-fashioned way: written on slips of paper and pulled out of a drum.

Read more about the ticketing process here...

Who gets invited to the Oscars?

... The Razzies

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There’s the Oscars, and then there’s the Razzies.

The Golden Raspberry Awards, a parody awards ceremony honouring the worst of the year’s cinema, has been going for 41 years.

Earlier this week, the Razzies attracted criticism for nominating 12-year-old actor Ryan Kiera Armstrong for worst performance.

“With Armstrong’s nomination for Firestarter, organisers need to be told that punching down is not the way to go,” writes The Independent’s Jacob Stolworthy. “Or, failing that, perhaps it’s time to burn the whole idea to the ground.”

The Razzies have hit a tacky new low with its 2023 nomination list

47 brilliant films that didn’t receive a single Oscar nomination

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While there’s no doubt that an Oscar is a prestigious accolade, the gold statuette doesn’t automatically make a film good.

Just take a look at all the spectacular films, including American Psycho, The Big Lebowski, and In the Mood for Love, that were somehow overlooked by the Academy.

47 brilliant movies that didn’t receive a single Oscar nomination

Will Smith is banned from any Academy events for the next 10 years

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Will Smith is one star who will definitely not be in attendance at the awards cermony in March.

In April last year, it was announced that the actor received a 10-year ban from the Oscars gala and any Academy events.

A board of governors decided to impose the ban after Smith slapped presenter Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars last March.

25 top-notch movies that bombed at the box office

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Despite bombing at the box office, Babylon could still be in for a shot at this year’s Oscars.

Damien Chazelle’s old Hollywood bacchanal recouped less than half of its budget. Likewise, The Fabelmans, another Oscar contender, represents one of the biggest bombs of Steven Spielberg’s illustrious career.

25 brilliant movies that bombed at the box office

10 minutes to go...

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The Oscar nominations will be announced in 10 minutes!

You can watch the live stream right here at the top of this page, or over on the Academy’s official YouTube channel.

Stay tuned here where we will be announcing the nominees live, as and when they are announced.

Will there be any women-directed movies nominated for Best Picture?

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With any Oscars nominations comes disappointments and upsets.

This year, it’s looking like no films directed by women will be nominated for Best Picture – that is unless Women Talking manages to snag a nod.

Riz Ahmed is ready to go!

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Oscar winner Riz Ahmed will be presenting the award alongside Get Out star Alison Williams, who most recently starred in the horror hit M3GAN.

And we’re off!

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Stay tuned to this liveblog, where we will be posting the nominees as and when they come in!

Janet Yang welcomes you to this year’s Oscars nomination announcement

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President of the Academy Janet Yang gives a warm welcome to the Oscars nomination announcement.

Best Picture is selected by the whole Academy – meaning 10,000 people

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Best Picture is chosen by the whole Academy, which includes 10,000 filmmakers and artists living and working across the world.

Nominees for Actress in a Supporting Role

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Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Hong Chau, The Whale

Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin

Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Nominees for Costume Design

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Babylon

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Elvis

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Mrs Harris Goes to Paris

Nominees for Original Score

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All Quiet on the Western Front

Babylon

The Banshees of Inisherin

Everything Everywhere All at Once

The Fabelmans

Nominees for Adapted Screenplay

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All Quiet on the Western Front

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Living

Top Gun: Maverick

Women Talking

Nominees for Original Screenplay

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The Banshees of Inisherin

Everything Everywhere All at Once

The Fabelmans

Tár

Triangle of Sadness

Nominees for Live Action Short Film

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An Irish Goodbye

Ivalu

Le Pupille

Night Ride

The Red Suitcase

Nominees for Animated Short Film

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The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse

The Flying Sailor

Ice Merchants

My Year of Dicks

An Ostrich Told Me the World is Fake and I Think I Believe it

Nominees for Actor in a Supporting Role

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Brendan Gleeson (Banshees of Inisherin)

Brian Tyree Henry (Causeway)

Judd Hirsch (The Fabelmans)

Barry Keoghan (The Banshees of Inisherin)

Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All At Once)

Now time for a break...!

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Phew – that was a lot of names!

See below for all the nominees announced so far below...

Nominees for Best Documentary Feature

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All That Breathes

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

Fire of Love

A House Made of Splinters

Navalny

Nominees for Best Costume Design

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Babylon

Black Panther

Elvis

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Mrs Harris Goes to Paris

Nominees for Original Song

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Applause from Tell It Like a Woman

Hold My Hand from Top Gun: Maverick

Lift Me Up from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Naatu Naatu from RRR

This is a Life from Everything Everywhere All at Once

Nominees for Documentary Short Film Films

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The Elephant Whisperers

Haulout

How Do You Measure a Year?

The Marsha Mitchell Effect

Stranger at the Gate

Nominees for International Feature Film

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All Quiet on the Western Front

Argentina, 1985

Close

EO

The Quiet Girl

Nominees for Animated Film

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Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

Puss in Boots: THe Last Wish

The Sea Best

Turning Red

Noinees for Production Design

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All Quiet on the Western Front

Avatar: The Way of Water

Babylon

Elvis

The Fabelmans

Nominees for Cinematogrphy

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All Quiet on the Western Front

Bardo, False Chronicles of a Handful of Truths

Elvis

Empire of Light

Tár

Nominees for Visual Effects

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All Quiet on the Western Front

Avatar: The Way of Water

The Batman

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Top Gun: Maverick

Nominees for Best Actor

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Austin Butler, Elvis

Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin

Brendan Fraser, The Whale

Paul Mescal, Aftersun

Bill Nighy, Living

Nominees for Best Actress

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Cate Blanchett, Tár

Ana de Armas, Blonde

Andrea Riseborough

Michelle Williams, The Fabelmans

Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All At Once

Nominees for Best Director

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The Banshees of Inisherin

Everything Everywhere All At Once

The Fabelmans

Tár

Triangle of Sadness

Nominees for Best Picture

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All Quiet on the Western Front

Avatar: The Way of Water

The Banshees of Inisherin

Elvis

Everything Everywhere All at Once

The Fabelmans

Tár

Top Gun: Maverick

Triangle of Sadness

Women Talking

Done and dusted

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There you have it... your 2023 nominees!

Ireland wins big!

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Irish films and actors received received a lot of love.

Brendan Gleeson and Kerry Condon join Paul Mescal and Colin Farrell in the list of acting nominees.

The Banshees of Inisherin, An Irish Goodbye and A Quiet Girl all received nods this year.

The results are in...

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Here are the films with the most Oscar nominations:

Everything Everywhere All at Once – 11All Quiet on the Western Front – 10The Banshees of Inisherin – 8Elvis – 8The Fabelmans – 7Tár – 6Avatar: The Way of Water – 4Triangle of Sadness – 3Women Talking – 2

Oscars nominees in full

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You can see the full list of all the nominees here...

Steven Spielberg ties with Martin Scorsese

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Steven Spielberg’s Best Director nod for The Fabelmans has landed him in tied place with Martin Scorsese for the second-most nominations in that category.

William Wyler (Ben-Hur and Mrs Miniver) has the most, with 12 Best Director nods.

In case you missed it...

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Best Picture

All Quiet On the Western Front

Avatar: The Way of Water

The Banshees of Inisherin

Elvis

Everything Everywhere All at Once

The Fabelmans

Tar

Top Gun: Maverick

Triangle of Sadness

Women Talking

Michelle Yeoh is the second Asian woman to be nominated for Best Actress

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The Malaysian-born actor and action star is only the second ever Asian woman to be nominated for Best Actress.

Merle Oberon was nominated in 1935 for her performance in The Dark Angel.

Everthing Everywhere All At Once takes the cake

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With 11 nominations, the A24 film Everything Everywhere All At Once tops the list for most nods this year.

Among its nominations are Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress (Michelle Yeoh), Best Supporting Actor (Ke Huy Quan), Best Supporting Actress (Stephanie Hsu and Jamie Lee Curtis), and Best Original Screenplay.

You can read The Independent’s five-star review of the film here.

The Best Animated Short Film nominees got a chuckle from the crowd

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The crowd was stifling laughter as Riz Ahmed read out the nominees for Best Animated Short Film, which includes My Year of Dicks.

The animated film is created by Pamela Ribon and directed by Sara Gunnarsdóttir.

The Sound of Metal star Ahmed had to take a breather after saying the film’s name, with the audience heard laughing along.

Also nominated in the category were The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse, The Flying Sailor and Ice Merchants.

No women directors in the Best Director category

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The only serious contender seemed to be Sarah Polley for her drama Women Talking.

The film received nods in the Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay categories but missed out on Best Director.

ICYMI: Best Director

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Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin

Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinart – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans

Todd Field – Tár

Ruben Östlund – Triangle of Sadness

ICYMI: Best Actor in a Leading Role

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Austin Butler – Elvis

Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin

Brendan Fraser – The Whale

Paul Mescal – Aftersun

Bill Nighy – Living

ICYMI: Best Actress in a Leading Role

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Cate Blanchett – Tár

Ana de Armas – Blonde

Andrea Riseborough – To Leslie

Michelle Williams – The Fabelmans

Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once

ICYMI: Best Actor in a Supporting Role

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Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin

Brian Tyree Henry – Causeway

Judd Hirsch – The Fabelmans

Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Inisherin

Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once

ICYMI: Best Actress in a Supporting Role

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Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Hong Chau – The Whale

Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin

Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All at Once

ICYMI: Best Picture

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All Quiet on the Western Front

Avatar: The Way of Water

The Banshees of Inisherin

Elvis

Everything Everywhere All at Once

The Fabelmans

Tár

Top Gun: Maverick

Triangle of Sadness

Women Talking

‘The Quiet Girl' makes history with Oscar nomination

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The Quiet Girl (An Cailin Ciuin) makes history as the first Irish feature film to receive a nomination in the Best International Feature Film category.

Last week, the film was nominated for two Bafta awards.

What is ‘Women Talking’ and when will it be released in the UK?

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Among this year’s nominees is Women Talking.

Compared to the other films announced this afternoon, such as Avatar: The Way of Water and Top Gun: Maverick, Sarah Polley’s drama is little known – at least to UK audiences.

Women Talking is yet to be released in the UK, with the film hitting cinemas on 10 February.

It stars Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, and Frances McDormand in a story about women living within an isolated religious colony, which is rocked by a series of sexual assaults.

Introducing first-time Oscar nominee Stephanie Hsu

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Fans are celebrating as first-time Academy Award nominee Stephanie Hsu nabs a nod in the Best Supporting Actress category for her role in Everything Everywhere All At Once.

Park Chan-wook’s ‘Decision to Leave’ is snubbed

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Among the notable snubs this year is Park Chan-wook’s beautiful and tender thriller Decision to Leave, which walked away with zero nominations.

The decision comes as a surprise especially given Park Chan-wook (previously Old Boy and The Handmaiden) won Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival.

You can read The Independent’s interview with the director here...

Park Chan-wook: ‘Too much violence and nudity would have overwhelmed the audience’

Brendan Fraser is a first-time Oscar nominee

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Behold the Brendan Fraser renaissance! The actor has secured his first ever Oscar nomination thanks to his role in Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale.

Brendan Fraser surprises London fans at ‘The Mummy’ screening

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In light of his nomination, check out Brendan Fraser recently surprising the audience at a cinema screening of The Mummy in London...

Brendan Fraser stuns London crowd with surprise appearance at The Mummy screening

Former child star Ke Huy Quan secures first Oscar nod

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Brendan Fraser isn’t the only comeback kid.

Ke Huy Quan is the former childstar of films such as Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and The Goonies.

He returned to acting in his forties, and at 51 has now nabbed his first Oscar nomination for his supporting role opposite Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All At Once.

Where are the nods for ‘The Woman King’?

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Among this year’s biggest upsets is The Woman King, which walked away with no nominations this year.

The critically acclaimed action-drama film was considered a frontrunner in many categories.

Viola Davis, who was thought to be a sure thing in the Best Actress category, was also shut out.

You can read The Independent’s four-star review of The Woman King here...

The Woman King is a vibrant celebration of Black womanhood in all its glory – review

‘Till’ and its star Danielle Deadwyler walk away with no nominations

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Another film notably lacking in nominations is Till.

The historical drama tells the true story of Mamie Till-Mobley as she pursues justice for her 14-year-old son Emmett who was lynched in 1955 in Mississippi.

Danielle Deadwyler was considered one of the frontrunners for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Both she and Viola Davis (The Woman King), however, were shut out of the category.

Paul Mescal’s sister reacts to his nomination

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Paul Mescal is one of four Irish actors to receive nominations this year.

The Normal People star earned his nod for his role in the father-daughter drama Aftersun.

In the wake of his nomination, Mescal’s sister Nell – a musician – has shared a sweet reaction.

Daniel Kwan reacts to Everything Everywhere All At Once noms

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Daniel Kwan, one half of the Daniels duo who directed Everything Everywhere All At Once, has shared his response to the film’s 11 nominations.

See here for his not entirely NSFW reaction...

Sarah Polley reacts to ‘Women Talking’ nods

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Sarah Polley, the director of Women Talking, has also reacted to news of her film’s Oscar nominations.

Polley missed out on a Best Director nomination, but the film secured a nod for Best Picture.

Celebrity-favourite ‘To Leslie’ is propelled to Oscar recognition

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Another surprise this year is Andrea Riseborough’s To Leslie.

In recent weeks, the lesser known film by Michael Morris has received a wave of celebrity support from stars including Jennifer Aniston, Edward Norton, Charlize Theron, and Sarah Paulson.

It seems to have worked a treat because Andrea Riseborough beat out certain frontrunners to earn a Best Actress nod.

All the celebrities to back ‘To Leslie'

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The surprise contendor received one nomination this year, with a nod for Andrea Riseborough in the Best Actress category.

The news follows after a last-minute, celebrity-driven Oscars campaign.

Here are all the celebrities to recently publicly praise To Leslie... (what is going on?)

Jennifer Aniston

Charlize Theron

Sarah Paulson

Edward Norton

Gwenyth Paltrow

Courteney Cox

Susan Sarandon

Helen Hunt

Zooey Deschanel

Melanie Lynskey

Mira Sorvino

Constance Zimmer

Rosie O’Donnell

Minnie Driver

Alan Cumming

Daphne Zuniga

Tan France

Jenny McCarthy

Frances Fisher

Rosanna Arquette

Debra Winger

Patricia Clarkson

Howard Stern

All four stars of ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ feted with nods

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All four stars of Martin McDonagh’s black comedy turned in stellar performance – and the Academy thinks so too.

Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Barry Keoghan, and Kerry Condon have all received nominations in their respective acting categories.

The 7 biggest snubs and surprises in this year’s Oscar nominations

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It has been an eventful afternoon, with its fair share of surprises and snubs.

See here for the seven biggest talking points from the 2023 Oscar nominations...

16:59 , Jacob Stolworthy

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Join us for the actual ceremony on the 12 March!

ICYMI: The nominees list in full

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From Best Picture to Best Costume and Best Makeup and Hairstyling, here are your 2023 Oscar nominees...