Stars took to social media to react to receiving Oscar nominations on Thursday morning from Los Angeles.

Some broke down in tears while others commented on how being recognized felt ‘bittersweet’ amid the intense LA fires that has claimed 28 lives.

Zoe Saldana, who was nominated for an Academy Award for her film Emilia Perez, had the classiest response.

Karla Sofia Gascon, who was nominated for her turn as a drug lord male turned social activist female in Emilia Perez, was appreciative but keep her reaction short.

Ariana Grande said she broke down in tears when she heard she was singled out for Wicked.

Demi Moore shared a note on her Insta Stories that thanked the Academy for her Best Actress nomination and recognized the director of her film, The Substance.

Scroll down for a list of nominations… 

Zoe Saldana, left, and Ariana Grande, right, reacted to their Oscar nominations on Thursday

Demi Moore shared a note on her Insta Stories that thanked the Academy for her Best Actress nomination and recognized the director of her film The Substance

Zoe had a balanced approach. 

‘I don’t think I can properly express the deep levels of graтιтude and joy I feel for the recognition Emilia Pérez has been given,’ began mother of three Saldana.

‘Being part of the beautiful family Jacques created was a dream and every single person involved poured their love into telling this powerful story. I’m especially grateful to Karla, whose bravery and talent brought so much depth and authenticity to Emilia.’

And she said the amazing news is ‘bittersweet.’ 

‘It’s a bittersweet moment as our community in Los Angeles is processing the heartbreaking losses from the ongoing fires — homes, schools, businesses and entire neighborhoods,’ said the star after dozens died in the fires.

‘My heart is with all those affected and I’m sending endless love and appreciation to our fearless first responders and everyone working to help rebuild our city.

Moore kept it short and simple.

‘Thank you The Academy,’ said the former Brat Pack star. ‘And congratulations to [director] Coralie Fargeat.’

The horror movie was nominated in five categories: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress (Demi), and Best Makeup and Hairstyling.

Ariana Grande took to Instagram with a lengthy note after being nominated for Best Supporting Actress for Wicked. She also shared a pH๏τo of herself as a child in a Dorothy from Wizard Of Oz costume

‘Picking my head up in between sobs to say thank you so much to @theacademy for this unfathomable recognition,’ she began. ‘I cannot stop crying, to no one’s surprise,’ she added

Grande in tears while promoting her December film last year

Grande took to Instagram with a lengthy note after being nominated for Best Supporting Actress for Wicked.

She also shared a pH๏τo of herself as a child in a Dorothy from Wizard Of Oz costume. 

‘Picking my head up in between sobs to say thank you so much to @theacademy for this unfathomable recognition,’ she began.

‘I cannot stop crying, to no one’s surprise. 

‘I’m humbled and deeply honored to be in such brilliant company and sharing this with tiny ari who sat and studied Judy Garland singing Somewhere Over the Rainbow just before the big, beautiful bubble entered. i’m so proud of you, tiny.

Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott hosted the announcement of the 97th Oscars nominations on Thursday

‘Thank you again, from the bottom of my heart, for this acknowledgement @theacademy.

‘Thank you @jonmchu for taking this chance on me and for being the most unbelievably brilliant leader, human being, and most fierce friend. i am so deeply proud of my beautiful Wicked family. 

‘iI am so proud of my Elphie, my sister, my dear @cynthiaerivo. your brilliance is never ending and you deserve every flower (tulip) in every garden. i love you unconditionally, always.

‘I don’t quite have all my words yet, i’m still trying to breathe. but thank you. oh my goodness, thank you. Universal, Marc, my family, my heart.

‘Lemons and melons and pears, oh my.’

Her boyfriend Ethan Slater, who was also in Wicked, shared a pH๏τo of her holding balloons.

Karla Sofia Gascon was nominated for her turn as a drug lord male turned social activist female in Emilia Perez.

She took to Instagram to write, ‘Thank you so much @theacademy @emiliaperezfilm.’ 

Adrien Brody was singled out for Best Actor for The Brutalist.

‘Thank you to all my peers and colleagues at the Academy for this extraordinary honor. For almost four decades, I’ve experienced the peaks and valleys of being an artist. It’s given me perspective and a tremendous appreciation and respect for this moment. Portraying László Tóth, and representing the hardships and yearnings of so many, including the very struggles of my own family, has rekindled my own sense of being and belonging, and believing again. Sharing this profound experience with our talented and dedicated cast and crew on The Brutalist has been a rare gift that I am endlessly grateful for. Thank you for honoring us all with this recognition, I am only here through the support of many; I am truly humbled and will cherish this momentous occasion forever.’

Felicity Jones for The Brutalist in the Best Supporting Actress section said, ‘Thank you to the Academy for this nomination, and for recognizing so many of the wonderful cast and crew who worked on The Brutalist’; seen January 15 in London

Australian actor Guy Pearce (R), US actor Adrien Brody (5R), Norwegian director, screenwriter Mona Fastvold (2R), director Brady Corbet (3R), British actress Jones (5L) and cast pose with the Best Motion Picture – Drama The Brutalist at the Golden Globe Awards 

Guy Pearce was nominated for The Brutalist in the Best Supporting Actor category.

‘Wow, what amazing news to receive as I waited for my bags at Melbourne airport! I’m so humbled by this Oscar nomination and truly grateful to be sharing it with so many of our brilliant Brutalist collaborators! All I’ve tried to do over the past 40 years is hone a craft and I thank all those who’ve helped me do so along the way. I’m eternally grateful for the lessons and equally grateful to the Academy for this recognition. Thank you, thank you!’

Felicity Jones for The Brutalist in the Best Supporting Actress section said, ‘Thank you to the Academy for this nomination, and for recognizing so many of the wonderful cast and crew who worked on The Brutalist. Erzsébet’s story is one of resilience, resistance, strength, and hope. She represents the many women who are the underestimated force and steady backbone of their familial stories, particularly in times of tremendous hardship. Portraying her was an honor, and I’m so proud to be a part of this monumental film.’

Jeremy Strong was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for The Apprentice.

‘This morning’s nomination is indescribably meaningful to me. This film has been an uphill battle every step of the way and faced inestimable resistance on every front. It feels absolutely miraculous to me that both Sebastian [Stan] and I were recognized. Roy Cohn’s long, dark shadow was hanging over the Capitol Rotunda on Monday and his legacy of aggression, misinformation and untruth is now a Kingdom Come. This is a harrowing and courageous film that explores how we got to where we are today and was the role of a lifetime. Today’s nomination is, without overstatement, a realization of a lifelong dream. I remember spending the night on cold metal bleachers outside the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in 1993 with my father to watch the actors and actresses arrive at the 65th Academy Awards. 

‘I remember being unable to sleep because of how exciting it was to be close to that world. I have not lost that feeling of excitement; I feel it every time I go to set or drive onto a lot or begin rehearsals. I have devoted my life to the attempt to do genuine work that would be worthy of this honor. I am filled with amazement and flooded with emotion and with deep graтιтude to my peers in the Academy.’

Ralph Fiennes got a Best Actor nod for Conclave. ‘I’m thrilled to be nominated and to be celebrating the other nominations for Conclave. Edward Berger brought an extraordinary cast and crew together — he is an inspirational director with rare insight and a unique vision which lies at the heart of this film’

Ralph Fiennes got a Best Actor nod for Conclave.

‘I’m thrilled to be nominated and to be celebrating the other nominations for Conclave. Edward Berger brought an extraordinary cast and crew together — he is an inspirational director with rare insight and a unique vision which lies at the heart of this film.’

Fernanda Torres for I’m Still Here in the Best Actress slot said: ‘I am deeply humbled by the Academy’s recognition and honored to stand alongside the remarkable women in this category. Portraying Eunice Paiva was an immense privilege, as it allowed me to embody a woman whose life was defined by extraordinary resilience and a quiet, unwavering strength. To stand here today, representing Brazil in a lineage that began with my mother’s trailblazing journey, is both surreal and deeply moving. 

‘I would like to express my graтιтude to both Walter Salles, who brought this story to the screen with such sensitivity and artistry, and Marcelo Rubens Paiva, whose memoir provided the foundation for us to share his family’s story. This moment belongs to all of us.’

And Edward Norton who landed a Best Supporting Actor nod for A Complete Unknown shared: ‘I think in truth this is a compliment to our whole terrific ensemble of actors, which Jim Mangold directed so brilliantly. And if it helps connect more people to the inspiring life and spirit of Pete Seeger, even better. It was the greatest privilege to get to channel his beautiful soul.’

Fernanda Torres for I’m Still Here in the Best Actress slot said: ‘I am deeply humbled by the Academy’s recognition and honored to stand alongside the remarkable women in this category’

The nominations were shared on Thursday and surprised filmgoers.

British stars Ralph Fiennes and Cynthia Erivo have earned best acting Oscar nods, as Emilia Perez dominated the nominations, leading with 13.

Fiennes, who is nominated for Conclave, will face off against Adrien Brody for immigrant tale The Brutalist, Timothee Chalamet for Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown and Colman Domingo for Sing Sing, about prisoners becoming part of a theatre group, at the Oscars ceremony in March.

Sebastian Stan is also up for the category for playing Donald Trump before he became the US president in The Apprentice.

Also leading the nominations are Wicked, based on the West End and Broadway musical of the same name, and The Brutalist on 10 nods, while Conclave, about the election of a Catholic pope in the Vatican, and A Complete Unknown are named in eight award categories.

They have all been nominated for the best picture, and acting categories, while The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown and Emilia Perez secured directing nods.

The nominations for the 97th Oscars were announced on Thursday at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Los Angeles, after being postponed twice amid the wildfires in Los Angeles.

Fiennes was last nominated in 1997 for his leading role as a Hungarian pilot and desert explorer in The English Patient, which came after his first nod in 1994 for war drama Schindler’s List, where he played an Austrian Nazi official.

Up for a best actress Oscar is Erivo, who secured her second acting Oscar nod for musical The Wizard Of Oz prequel Wicked, along with new nominations for Mikey Madison for playing a stripper who falls for a Russian oligarch’s son in Anora, and Hollywood actress Demi Moore for body horror The Substance.

Karla Sofia Gascon was nominated for her turn as a drug lord male turned social activist female in Emilia Perez. She took to Instagram to write, ‘Thank you so much @theacademy @emiliaperezfilm’

Gascon at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton on January 5

Spanish star Karla Sofia Gascon, who became the first transgender actress to be nominated, is also in the category for Emilia Perez alongside Brazilian actress Fernanda Torres for Portuguese-language film I’m Still Here, about a mother coping with the disappearance of her husband in 1970s authoritarian Brazil.

Erivo previously secured two Oscar nods for Harriet, along with the song from the film, Stand Up, after playing the American abolitionist Harriet Tubman in the 2019 film.

In the supporting actor categories, The Brutalist’s Felicity Jones has landed her second Oscar nomination as former Succession stars Jeremy Strong and Kieran Culkin secured their first Academy Awards nods.

This is Jones’s first nod in a decade after she received a best actress nomination for her role as Jane Hawking, the wife of British theoretical physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking, in biopic The Theory Of Everything.

Jones will compete against Emilia Perez star Zoe Saldana, for her role in the Netflix thriller about a Mexican drug lord who changes gender, and Italian-born US star Isabella Rossellini for playing a nun in papal election drama Conclave.

Also nominated in the category is US pop singer Ariana Grande for playing Glinda the good witch, an early friend to Cynthia Erivo’s green-skinned character in Wicked, and Monica Barbaro for A Complete Unknown.

Grande wrote on Instagram that she ‘cannot stop crying’ after the ‘unfathomable recognition’.

She also said that she was ‘humbled and deeply honoured to be in such brilliant company’, and thanked director Jon M Chu for casting her.

Grande also said Erivo’s brilliance was ‘never ending’, and added: ‘I love you unconditionally, always.’

In the supporting actor category, Culkin, for playing a cousin to Jesse Eisenberg’s character who goes on a trip to retrace his Jewish grandmother’s past escaping the Holocaust in Poland in A Real Pain, and Strong, who portrayed former Trump mentor Roy Cohn in The Apprentice, are going head-to-head.

They were nominated alongside Russian actor Yura Borisov for Anora, and Edward Norton for A Complete Unknown and Australian star Guy Pearce for The Brutalist.

Jeremy Strong, left, was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for The Apprentice. ‘This morning’s nomination is indescribably meaningful to me. This film has been an uphill battle every step of the way and faced inestimable resistance on every front. It feels absolutely miraculous to me that both Sebastian [Stan] and I were recognized’; Stan seen right

Meanwhile, Sir Elton John has secured his fifth original song nod after the release of his music documentary song Never Too Late for the Disney+ film Elton John: Never Too Late, about his Farewell Yellow Brick Road concert tour.

The British singer-songwriter was nominated three times for The Lion King, winning for Can You Feel The Love Tonight, and also snapping up the gong for a second time with Sir Elton biopic Rocketman’s (I’m Gonna) Love Me Again.

He will face compeтιтion from Emilia Perez, who has two songs El Mal, and Mi Camino up for original song, along with Sing Sing’s Like A Bird, and The Six Triple Eight’s The Journey.

Sir Elton hailed his latest Oscar nod as an ‘incredible honour’ on Instagram, along with paying tribute to his collaborators Brandi Carlile, Bernie Taupin and Andrew Watt, and ‘to everyone who helped bring this beautiful song to the world’.

The best picture category is a crowded field with Anora, The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Emilia Perez, I’m Still Here, The Substance, and Wicked all nominated.

Also up for the prize is Chalamet-starring science fiction blockbuster Dune: Part Two, and Nickel Boys, based on the Colson Whitehead book of the same name about children sent to an abusive reform school in the 1960s.

James Mangold, who previously secured an adapted screenplay nod for co-writing Logan and a best picture nomination for producing Ford V Ferrari, has earned his first directing nod for A Complete Unknown.

The category also includes first time nominees Sean Baker for Anora, Brady Corbet for The Brutalist, Jacques Audiard for Emilia Perez and Coralie Fargeat for The Substance.

British screenwriter Peter Straughan, who brought Robert Harris’s novel Conclave to the big screen, called the film a ‘labour of love from the beginning’ after his nomination for best adapted screenplay, where he competes against A Complete Unknown, Emilia Perez, Nickle Boys, and Sing Sing.

Left out of the acting categories are Pamela Anderson for playing a faded showgirl in The Last Showgirl

His statement to the PA news agency added: ‘I am mindful that the backdrop to these nominations is the ongoing threat to communities posed by the wildfires and my thoughts are very much with the people of LA at this terrible time.’

For animated feature film, Wallace And Gromit are once again nominated for an Oscar gong after the release of the BBC Christmas hit Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – which sees the return of evil penguin Feathers McGraw from Academy Award-winning short The Wrong Trousers.

They will compete against Latvian cat film Flow, Inside Out 2, the second film from Disney that dramatises emotions in the brain, Memoir Of A Snail, starring Succession star Sarah Snook, and The Wild Robot.

Those who had been in the running for awards, but missed out on nominations include Oscar winner Nicole Kidman for erotic thriller Babygirl, and James Bond star Daniel Craig for Mexico-set Queer, about an older man pursuing the love of a young man.

Also left out of the acting categories are Pamela Anderson for playing a faded showgirl in The Last Showgirl along with her supporting co-star Jamie Lee Curtis, and Angelina Jolie for portraying the final days of dramatic opera singer Maria Callas in Maria, along with Selena Gomez for Emilia Perez.

The Academy Awards ceremony will take place on March 2 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, with first-time host Conan O’Brien taking over the helm this year.

British TV presenter Jonathan Ross will return as host of ITV’s Oscars companion show this March for the second year running, accompanied by celebrity guests and film experts to discuss nominated films on the night.

Oscar nominations 2025 – see who received nods for this year’s Academy Awards

Best Picture 

Wicked

Dune: Part Two

Emilia Perez

Anora

The Brutalist

A Complete Unknown

Conclave

I’m Still Here

Nickel Boys 

The Substance 

Wicked has received multiple Oscar nods, including one for Best Picture

Actor in a Leading Role

Adrien Brody – The Brutalist

Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown

Colman Domingo – Sing Sing

Ralph Fiennes – Conclave

Sebastian Stan – The Apprentice

Actress in a Leading Role

Cynthia Erivo – Wicked

Karla Sofía Gascon – Emilia Pérez

Mikey Madison – Anora

Demi Moore – The Substance

Fernanda Torres – I’m Still Here

The Substance has been nominated for numerous Oscars, including Best Actress for Demi Moore 

Actor in a Supporting Role

Yura Borisov – Anora

Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain

Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown

Guy Pearce – The Brutalist

Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice

Actress in a Supporting Role

Monica Barbaro – A Complete Unknown

Ariana Grande – Wicked

Felicity Jones – The Brutalist

Isabella Rossellini – Conclave

Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez

Directing

Sean Baker – Anora

Brady Corbet – The Brutalist

James Mangold – A Complete Unknown

Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez

Coralie Fargeat – The Substance

Music (Original Song) 

El Mal – Emilia Pérez

The Journey – The Six Triple Eight

Like A Bird – Sing Sing

Mi Camino – Emilia Pérez

Never Too Late – Elton John: Never Too Late

Emilia Pérez has also earned numerous nominations

Music (Original Score)

The Brutalist

Conclave

Emilia Pérez

Wicked

The Wild Robot

Writing (Original Screenplay) 

Anora

The Brutalist

A Real Pain

September 5

The Substance

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

A Complete Unknown

Conclave

Emilia Pérez

Nickel Boys

Sing Sing

Animated Feature Film

Flow

Inside Out 2

Memoir of a Snail

Wallace & Gromit: Vengence Most Fowl

The Wild Robot

International Feature Film 

I’m Still here

The Girl with the Needle

Emilia Pérez

The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Flow

Cinematography

The Brutalist

Dune: Part Two

Emilia Pérez

Maria

Nosferatu

Makeup and Hairstyling 

A Different Man

Emilia Pérez

Nosferatu

The Substance

Wicked

Dune: Part Two is competing for numerous Oscars

Costume Design

A Complete Unknown 

Conclave

Gladiator II

Nosferatu

Wicked

Production Design

The Brutalist

Conclave

Dune: Part Two

Nosferatu

Wicked

Animated Short Film 

Beautiful Men

In The Shadow of The Cypress

Magic Candies

Wander to Wonder

Yuck!

Live Action Short Film

A Lien

Anuja

I’m Not A Robot

The Last Ranger

The An Who Could Not Remain Silent

Sound

A Complete Unknown

Dune: Part Two

Emilia Pérez

Wicked

The Wild Robot

A Complete Unknown received an Oscar nomination for Best Picture, among others

Visual Effects

Alien: Romulus

Better Man

Dune: Part Two

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Wicked

Film Editing

Anora

The Brutalist

Conclave

Emilia Pérez

Wicked

Documentary Feature Film

Black Box Diaries

No Other Land

Porcelain War

Soundtrack to Coup D’etat

Sugarcane

Documentary Short Film

Death by Numbers

I Am Ready, Warden

Incident

Instrumenting of a Beating Heart

The Only Girl in the Orchestra