The nominations for the Academy Awards were announced on Thursday morning.

Some very big names were left off the list, shocking fans.

The top one was Selena Gomez, who had the role of a Mexican drug lord’s unhinged wife who acts in desperation after she believes her spouse died. Gomez’s song Mi Camino was nominated, however.

Instead, her co-star Zoe Saldana was nominated for her part as a lawyer who helps a man turn into a woman. And Karla Sofía Gascón, the lead, was also nominated.

Angelina Jolie was not nominated for playing opera singer Maria Callas in Maria though she was on a good awards streak before this with a Golden Globe nomination. 

Nicole Kidman did not get any Oscar love for her performance in Babygirl. She played Romy Mathis, a married tech company CEO who begins an affair with a young intern (Harris Dickinson). 

Pamela Anderson did not get a nod for her impressive turn as a withered Las Vegas performer in The Last Showgirl. Her co-star Jamie Lee Curtis was also left out in the cold.

And Zendaya was not recognized for her performance in the tennis film Challengers. 

Selena Gomez, left, and Angelina Jolie, right, were both snubbed by the Academy Awards on Thursday

Nicole Kidman was not recognized for her work on Babygirl; seen on January 5

Also ignored was Stanley Tucci who was overlooked in the Best Supporting Actor for his powerful performance in Conclave. 

Edward Berger was shut out for directing Conclave. 

Margaret Qualley did not land in the Best Supporting Actress category for The Substance but her co-star Demi Moore was nominated for Best Actress.

Dune filmmaker Denis Villeneuve was not given a nomination for Dune: Part II.

Daniel Craig had a strong campaign for his role in Luca Guadagnino’s adaptation of the William S. Burroughs work Queer, but he was not singled out on Thursday. 

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’ soundtrack for Challengers was pᴀssed over.

The nominations were originally set to be announced on January 17, but voting was extended by a week due to the LA fires.

The award ceremony will take place as scheduled on March 2 at Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre, with Conan O’Brien taking on hosting duties for the first time.

The nominees for best actor are: Adrien Brody, ‘The Brutalist’; Timothée Chalamet, ‘A Complete Unknown’; Colman Domingo, ‘Sing Sing’; Ralph Fiennes, ‘Conclave’; Sebastian Stan, ‘The Apprentice.’

The nominees for best actress are: Demi Moore, ‘The Substance’; Cynthia Erivo, ‘Wicked’; Mikey Madison, ‘Anora’; Karla Sofía Gascón, ‘Emilia Pérez’; Fernanda Torres, ‘I´m Still Here’

The nominees for original song are: ‘El Mal’ from ‘Emilia Perez’; ‘The Journey’ from ‘The Six Triple Eight’; ‘Like a Bird’ from ‘Sing Sing’; ‘Mi Camino’ from ‘Emilia Pérez’; ‘Never Too Late’ from ‘Elton John: Never Too Late.’

Zendaya was not recognized for her performance in the tennis film Challengers. Seen January 5 in Beverly Hills

The nominees for best animated film are: ‘Flow’; ‘Inside Out 2’; ‘Memoir of a Snail’; ‘Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’; ‘The Wild Robot.’

The nominees for best supporting actor are: Yura Borisov, ‘Anora’; Kieran Culkin, ‘A Real Pain’; Edward Norton, ‘A Complete Unknown’; Guy Pearce, ‘The Brutalist’; Jeremy Strong, ‘The Apprentice.’

The nominees for Best Supporting Actress are: Monica Barbaro, ‘A Complete Unknown’; Felicity Jones, ‘The Brutalist’; Ariana Grande, ‘Wicked’; Isabella Rossellini, ‘Conclave’; Zoe Saldaña, ‘Emilia Pérez.’

The nominees for original screenplay are: ‘Anora’; ‘The Brutalist’; ‘A Real Pain’; ‘September 5’; ‘The Substance.’

Gomez had the role of a Mexican drug lord’s unhinged wife who acts in desperation after she believes her spouse died

Jolie learned to sing opera for her role in Maria

Anderson sH๏τ her film The Last Showgirl in Las Vegas with Gia Coppola

Kidman played Romy Mathis, a married tech company CEO who begins an affair with a young intern (Harris Dickinson)

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Hollywood´s awards season all but came to a halt as the wildfires disrupted life and work in the Los Angeles area. There were near-daily updates from the Hollywood guilds and organizations that put on awards shows as the industry navigates the crisis and fallout.

But as of now, here´s the dates of major upcoming awards shows, from the Oscars to the Grammys.

The enormity of the destruction in Southern California quickly snuffed out all festivity in the movie industry´s high season of celebration.

The fires have struck at the very heart of a movie industry still trying to stabilize itself after years of pandemic, labor turmoil and technological upheaval. Not for the first time this decade, the Oscars are facing the question of: Should the show go on? And if it does, what do they mean now?

The Oscars remain as scheduled, but it´s certain that they will be transformed due to the wildfires, and that most of the red-carpet pomp that typically stretches between now and then will be curtailed if not altogether canceled. With so many left without a home by the fires, there´s scant appeтιтe for the usual self-congratulatory parades of the season.

Also ignored was Stanley Tucci who was overlooked in the Best Supporting Actor for his powerful performance in Conclave. Seen in 2020

Focus has turned, instead, to what the Oscars might symbolize for a traumatized Los Angeles. The Oscars have never meant less, but, at the same time, they might be more important than ever as a beacon of perseverance for the reeling movie capital.

Hosted earlier this month, two wildly audacious films – Brady Corbet´s 215-minute postwar epic ‘The Brutalist’ and Jacques Audiard´s Spanish language, genre-shifting musical ‘Emilia Perez’ – won top honors at the 82nd Golden Globes.

‘The Brutalist’ was crowned best film, drama, putting one of 2024´s most ambitious films on course to be a major contender at the Academy Awards. The film, sH๏τ in VistaVision and released with an intermission, also won best director for Corbet and best actor for Adrien Brody. In his acceptance speech, Corbet spoke about filmmakers needing approval on the final cut.

‘Emilia Pérez’ won best film, comedy or musical, elevating the Oscar chances of Netflix´s top contender. It also won best supporting actress for Zoe Saldaña, best song (‘El Mal’) and best non-English language film. Audiard, the French director, made way for Karla Sofía Gascón, the film´s transgender star who plays a Mexican drug lord who undergoes gender-affirming surgery, to speak on behalf of the film.

The marquee event and capper of Hollywood´s awards season will proceed as scheduled on March 2.

Los Angeles´ Dolby Theatre, where the show takes place, was briefly imperiled by the Sunset Fire, though the blaze was quickly extinguished. The film academy did delay the Scientific and Technical Awards from Feb. 18 (a rescheduled date has not been announced) and canceled altogether its annual nominees luncheon, an untelevised mainstay of the social calendar known for its mingling and ‘class pH๏τo.’

The Oscars will be broadcast live on ABC, hosted by Conan O´Brien.

Actors Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott hosted the announcement.

The show will be available to stream on Oscars.com, Oscars.org, as well as on the Academy´s social media platforms. It will also stream on ABC, Hulu and Disney+.

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