LOS ANGELES – A have a look at notable facts, figures and curiosities from Tuesday’s nominations for the 96th Academy Awards, which noticed “Oppenheimer” lead with 13 Oscar nominations, with “Poor Things” and “Killers of the Flower Moon” additionally operating up large numbers.
FOSTERING THE OSCARS
Jodie Foster become an Academy Awards mainstay beginning at age 14 together with her first nomination for Martin Scorsese’s “Taxi Driver” in 1977. This 12 months she returns with a absolute best supporting actress nomination after an strangely lengthy absence. Like her “Nyad” co-star Annette Bening, she were given her 5th Oscar nomination for the based-on-a-true-story swimming drama from Netflix, and it is Foster’s first in 29 years. Her final nod was once for “Nell” in 1995.
She has gained two times, for “The Accused” in 1989 and for “The Silence of the Lambs” in 1992. (Bening has yet to take a statute home.) Foster has more nominations than the rest of the actors in her category combined. Emily Blunt, Danielle Brooks, America Ferrera and Da’Vine Joy Randolph are all first-timers.
Foster’s gap between nods isn’t close to a record, though. Last year, Judd Hirsch got his first nomination in 42 years, for “The Fabelmans,” breaking a record set by Henry Fonda. Helen Hayes went 39 years between her 1932 nomination for “The Sin of Madelon Claudet” and her 1971 nod for “Airport.” She gained each instances.
The nominations for Foster and Colman Domingo — nominated for absolute best actor for “Rustin” — additionally introduced the uncommon Oscars incidence of overtly homosexual actors enjoying homosexual characters.
JOHN WILLIAMS DIALS IN ON DISNEY WITH ‘DESTINY’
John Williams simply helps to keep growing staggering numbers — each musical and statistical. At 91, he turns into the oldest nominee in historical past along with his nod for writing the unique ranking for “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” breaking his personal file, set last year at 90.
Williams has been nominated a staggering 54 instances — 49 for authentic ranking and 5 for authentic music, making him probably the most nominated dwelling individual. He’ll desire a half-dozen extra to surpass the overdue Walt Disney’s file of 59 nominations.
But in spite of all the ones probabilities, Williams has gained simply 5 instances, and has arise empty in his final 22 nominations, no longer taking a trophy for the reason that ranking for “Schindler’s List” in 1994.
WOMEN’S FILMS HONORED, WOMEN SNUBBED
A file 3 movies directed by way of ladies had been nominated for absolute best image: “Barbie” from Greta Gerwig, “Anatomy of a Fall” from Justine Triet, and “Past Lives” from Celine Song. But most effective considered one of them – Triet – was once nominated for absolute best director.
Gerwig’s snub along with Margot Robbie’s in the most efficient actress class for enjoying “Barbie” had been extensively decried after the nominations had been introduced Tuesday. But each and every are nonetheless within the higher pool of nominees. Robbie is a manufacturer who gets an Oscar if “Barbie” wins best picture. And Gerwig is nominated for best for best adapted screenplay. It’s her fourth nomination, and the fourth for her husband and co-writer Noah Baumbach, though it’s their first together.
THE SPIRIT OF SPIELBERG AND SCORES FOR SCORSESE
Steven Spielberg managed to be an Oscars presence even on a year off. Spielberg didn’t direct a movie that was eligible for an Academy Award this year, but still managed to nab a nomination as a producer of “Maestro.” He’ll get his fourth Oscar if the Bradley Cooper-directed movie wins absolute best image.
Scorsese, meanwhile, surpassed his friend Spielberg with his 10th best director nomination. Both trail William Wyler, who was nominated 12 times and won three. And while Spielberg trails Scorsese in director nominations with nine, he tops him in wins two to one.
But Scorsese stands alone as the oldest-ever best director nominee at 81, surpassing John Huston’s nomination at 79 for “Prizzi’s Honor” in 1986.
MORE 2024 OSCAR FACTS AND FIGURES
The best actor category includes three first-time Oscar nominees: Domingo, Jeffrey Wright and Cillian Murphy. The other two nominees in the category, Paul Giamatti and Cooper, have been nominated before. It’s Giamatti’s second, and Cooper has had 12 nominations across various categories — but neither has won.
“The Zone of Interest” and “Anatomy of a Fall,” each nominated for five Oscars, are the first two films primarily in non-English languages to be nominated for best picture in the same year.
“Barbie” is the first film since “La La Land” in 2017 to have two nominees for best original song: “I’m Just Ken” and “What Was I Made For?” Four films in the past have had three songs nominated: “Enchanted,” “Dreamgirls,” “Beauty and the Beast” and “The Lion King.” None of them won, and a rule installed in 2008 now allows for only two per movie.
And speaking of best original song, no operating of the hot Oscar numbers can be whole with out a nod to Diane Warren. She got her 15th nomination, and seventh straight nod, for best original song this year for writing “The Fire Inside” from “Flamin’ Hot.” She has yet to win the award (though she got an honorary Oscar in 2022), and with her songs coming from increasingly outside-the-Oscar-box movies, she’s unlikely to break through this year.
She’ll almost definitely be again.
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