Netflix's narco-musical 'Emilia Pérez' dominated the Oscar nominations, leading with 13 nods, including a historic best actress nomination for Karla Sofía Gascón, the first openly transgender actor to be nominated. The film faces stiff competition in a wide-open race, with other high-profile contenders including 'Wicked,' 'The Brutalist,' and 'I'm Still Here.'
In the aftermath of devastating wildfires that scorched Los Angeles and struck at the heart of the film industry, a beleaguered Hollywood found itself rallying behind Netflix 's narco-musical about trans identity, ' Emilia Pérez ,' during Thursday's Oscar nominations.
Jacques Audiard's Spanish-language, French-made film dominated the nominations with a leading 13 nods, including best picture and best actress for Karla Sofía Gascón, making her the first openly transgender actor ever nominated for an Oscar. The film also secured nominations for directing, original screenplay, two for its songs, and for Zoe Saldaña's supporting performance. 'This recognition is a celebration of the global world we live in,' Audiard stated.Netflix, despite its prominent role in Hollywood, has never triumphed in the best picture category. Many of its top contenders have previously amassed a substantial number of nominations (including 'Mank,' 'The Irishman,' and 'Roma') but returned home with only a handful of awards. 'Emilia Pérez,' however, may present its most promising opportunity yet. It emerged as the most nominated non-English language film in history, surpassing Netflix's own 'Roma,' which garnered 10 nominations. Only three films — 'All About Eve,' 'Titanic,' and 'La La Land' — have achieved more nominations in Academy Awards history. Another musical, 'Wicked,' the highly successful Broadway adaptation, received nearly as many nominations. Jon M. Chu's extravagant 'Wizard of Oz' reinterpretation collected 10 nominations, including best picture and acting nods for its stars, Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande. 'The Brutalist,' Brady Corbet's postwar epic filmed in VistaVision and released by A24, also secured a commanding 10 nominations, including best picture, best director, and acting nominations for Adrien Brody, Guy Pearce, and Felicity Jones. The 10 nominees for best picture are: 'Anora'; 'The Brutalist'; 'A Complete Unknown'; 'Conclave'; 'Dune: Part Two'; 'Emilia Pérez'; 'I'm Still Here.'; 'Nickel Boys'; 'The Substance' and 'Wicked.' Last year, 'Oppenheimer' dominated. This year, the landscape is vastly different. In a wide-open Oscar race, the six most honored films — 'Emilia Pérez,' 'Wicked,' 'The Brutalist,' 'Anora' (six nominations), 'Conclave' (eight nominations), and 'A Complete Unknown' (eight nominations) — all performed as anticipated. The most notable surprises were the Brazilian film 'I'm Still Here,' a portrayal of political resistance under Brazil's military dictatorship that also earned Fernanda Torres a best actress nomination, and RaMell Ross' 'Nickel Boys,' a daringly conceived first-person POV-shot drama that re-examines how Black life and pain are depicted on screen. 'Nickel Boys' director RaMell Ross observed the nominations with popcorn Thursday morning in Providence, Rhode Island. 'This film forces a subjective response. It forces someone to speak their mind,' said Ross. 'This film is a film that needs discourse. It's a film that's built for discourse. The film is a discourse amongst itself. I can't wait to do it more.' Those nominees likely displaced a few best picture possibilities in the prison drama 'Sing Sing,' the journalism thriller 'September 5,' and the tender comedy 'A Real Pain,' although those films all garnered nominations elsewhere. One of 2024's most audacious films, 'The Apprentice,' landed a surprising pair of nominations, for Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong. The film dramatizes the formative years of President Donald Trump (Stan) in New York real estate under the tutelage of attorney Roy Cohn (Strong). Trump has labeled those involved with the film 'human scum.
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