Oscar nominations announced; ‘Mank’ leads with 10

AMPAS(LOS ANGELES) — This morning, Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra Jonas announced the nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards, and Netflix’s inside Hollywood drama Mank led the pack with 10, including a Best Director nomination for David Fincher, and a Best Actor nom for Gary Oldman. 

There was a six-way tie for second place, with The FatherJudas and the Black MessiahMinariNomadlandSound of Metal, and The Trial of the Chicago 7 each scoring six nominations apiece.

The 93rd Academy Awards will take place in Los Angeles on April 25 and the virtual ceremony will air live on ABC. 

Here is the list of nominations in the main categories. The rest can be found at Oscars.org

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

Best Supporting Actress

Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman – The Father
Amanda Seyfried – Mank
Youn Yuh -jung – Minari

Best Actor

Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins – The Father
Gary Oldman – Mank
Steven Yeun – Minari

Best Actress

Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Andra Day – The United States v. Billie Holiday
Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDormand – Nomadland
Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman

Best Animated Feature Film

Onward – Pixar
Over the Moon – Netflix
Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon – Netflix
Soul – Pixar
Wolfwalkers – Apple TV Plus/GKIDS

Best Director

Thomas Vinterberg – Another Round
David Fincher – Mank
Lee Isaac Chung – Minari
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman

Best Picture

The Father – Sony Pictures Classics
Judas and the Black Messiah – Warner Bros.
Mank – Netflix
Minari – A24
Nomadland – Searchlight Pictures
Promising Young Woman – Focus Features
Sound of Metal – Amazon Studios
The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Netflix

Best Original Song

“Fight for You” – Judas and the Black Messiah
“Hear My Voice” – The Trial of the Chicago 7
“Húsavík” – Eurovision Song Contest
“Io Si” – “Seen” – The Life Ahead
“Speak Now” – One Night in Miami

Best Original Score

Da 5 Bloods – Terence Blanchard
Mank – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Minari – Emile Mosseri
News of the World – James Newton Howard
Soul – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste

Best Adapted Screenplay

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm – Peter Baynham, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jena Friedman, Anthony Hines, Lee Kern, Dan Mazer, Nina Pedrad, Erica Rivinoja, Dan Swimer
The Father – Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller
Nomadland – Chloé Zhao
One Night in Miami – Kemp Powers
The White Tiger – Ramin Bahrani

Best Original Screenplay

Judas and the Black Messiah
 – Will Berson, Shaka King, Keith Lucas, Kenneth Lucas
Minari – Lee Isaac Chung
Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennell
Sound of Metal – Abraham Marder, Darius Marder, Derek Cianfrance
The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Aaron Sorkin

By Stephen Iervolino
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