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Feb 8, 2022 · The Biggest Snubs and Surprises of the 2022 Oscar Nominations. House of Gucci, Jennifer Hudson, and Denis Villeneuve get no love from the Academy, but Drive My Car and Flee make history. by...
- Snub: Best Actress — Lady Gaga
- Snub: Best Supporting Actress — Caitriona Balfe
- Snub: Best Supporting Actor — Jared Leto
- Surprise: Best Supporting Actress — Jessie Buckley
- Surprise: Best Supporting Actor — Jesse Plemons
- Snub: Best Supporting Actor — Bradley Cooper
- Snub: Best Supporting Actor — Ben Affleck
- Snub: Best Original Song — Ariana Grande and Kid Cudi
- Snub: Passing
- Snub: Best Director — Denis Villeneuve
All that praying to father, son, and House of Gucci couldn't manifest an Oscar nomination for Lady Gaga. The pop star campaigned like it was for her job for her second Best Actress nomination, enlightening us all about Stanislavsky and Meisner technique through a series of contender interviews, including EW's The Awardist, about bringing Patrizia R...
When Belfast opened to raves at a litany of fall festivals, one of the early frontrunners for an Oscar nomination was Outlander star Caitriona Balfe for her warm, steely performance as Ma. Balfe has picked up a litany of nominations across critics' associations, the Golden Globe Awards, the Critics Choice Awards, the SAG Awards, and the BAFTAs. But...
Jared Leto'sperformance as the dim-witted Paolo Gucci has been polarizing, with pundits weighing in on Leto's unrecognizable transformation under layers of make-up and comparing his accent to video game character, Mario. But plenty of people loved it and saw another praise-worthy performance from the mercurial Leto in the wild swing. He picked up b...
Irish actress Jessie Buckley's star has been steadily on the rise ever since her breakout roles in 2017's Beast and 2018's Wild Rose. But she proved her mettle playing the younger version of Olivia Colman in flashbacks in Maggie Gyllenhaal's directorial debut, The Lost Daughter. Buckley's been a quiet contender this season, picking up nominations f...
Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose! Jesse Plemons embodied his old Friday Night Lights motto with a surprise nomination for Best Supporting Actor, edging out SAG Award nominees Ben Affleck (The Tender Bar) and Bradley Cooper (Licorice Pizza). Plemons has picked up a few critics' circle nominations and he is a part of BAFTA's major love for The Pow...
Bradley Cooper credits director Paul Thomas Anderson with reawakening his love of acting, and it's not hard to see why in his off-the-rails performance as producer Jon Peters (who coincidentally produced the Barbra Streisand version of A Star Is Born, which Cooper remade in 2018). Cooper delivered a tour-de-force performance in Best Picture nominee...
Despite earning raves for what many have dubbed one of Affleck's best-ever performances (and being an EW cover star), the Bostonian didn't land a nod for his turn as a bar owner in George Clooney's directorial effort. Affleck plays Uncle Charlie, the owner of the titular bar and a surrogate father to the film's protagonist J.R. Maguire. The part se...
Though Don't Look Up was polarizing among audiences, one thing seemed a sure bet — pop superstar Ariana Grande would pick up her first Oscar nomination for the film's parody track, "Just Look Up." Grande plays music star Riley Bina in the film, and she even improvised some of the song's funniest lines, according to director Adam McKay. But the Acad...
Rebecca Hall's adaptation of Nella Larsen's 1929 novel was critically acclaimed, but it missed out on much of the awards love, except for its supporting actress, Ruth Negga. Negga earned nods for her work as white-passing Clare from the Golden Globes, BAFTAs, and SAG Awards, but the Academy passed her by. While Negga was Passing'sbest chance for a ...
Dune nabbed 10 Oscar nominations Tuesday morning, but somehow the visionary behind it all got left out. Villeneuve took a risk bringing Frank Herbert's Dune to the big screen, making a genuine hit out of what many considered an unadaptable novel. It was his unique vision and directorial efforts that spearheaded the gamble of dividing it into two fi...
- SNUB: Lady Gaga, “House of Gucci” As Patrizia Reggiani, Lady Gaga played an Italian woman who married into the Gucci family and orchestrated the murder of her husband.
- SURPRISE: Kristen Stewart, “Spencer” Though she spent most of the season as the perceived frontrunner for her portrait of Princess Diana in Pablo Larrain’s unsettling drama, all bets were off when Stewart failed to land a SAG Award nomination for the role.
- SNUB: Jennifer Hudson, “Respect” The hyper-competitive best actress category was bound to have its share of disappointments and surprises, but after scoring a SAG Award nom for her fearless portrayal of Aretha Franklin, Hudson’s odds were looking good.
- SNUB: Denis Villeneuve for directing “Dune” Even though “Dune” landed 10 Oscar nominations — second only to “Power of the Dog’s” 12 — including best picture, the director’s branch didn’t nominate Denis Villeneuve for his ambitious sci-epic.
Feb 8, 2022 · The nominations for the 2022 Academy Awards are here, so let's take a look at this year's biggest surprises and snubs. With the nominations announced for the 94th Academy Awards, it's...
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- Snub: Lady Gaga, Leonardo DiCaprio. Going into award season there were a couple of A-list names that seemed shoo-ins for lead acting nominations — Lady Gaga and Leonardo DiCaprio.
- Snub: Frances McDormand. Last year’s best actress winner, Frances McDormand, who took the gold trophy for her role in “Nomadland,” won’t be up for a repeat this year with her turn in “The Tragedy of Macbeth.”
- Snub: Jennifer Hudson. And Jennifer Hudson was snubbed for her own regal role as the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, in “Respect.” Still, Hudson, who won a best supporting actress Oscar in 2007 for her role in “Dreamgirls,” has raked in Screen Actors Guild, People’s Choice and Black Reel Awards nominations for the part the late singer handpicked her to play.
- Snub: Ruth Negga. Meanwhile Ruth Negga, who delivered a powerful supporting performance in Rebecca Hall’s black-and-white drama, “Passing,” was also a no-show among the nominations, despite being critically heralded for her work.
Feb 8, 2022 · In the meantime, here are the “snubs” and surprises for the 94th Academy Awards, which will be handed out on March 27, a date so far away that it feels like a surprise and a snub in and of...
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Feb 8, 2022 · The Academy Award nominations, revealed Tuesday, were chock full of jaw-dropping surprises, with at least one alleged frontrunner somehow missing from the list entirely and a few films performing...
