#Music Score Shortlist

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced shortlists in 10 categories for the 97th Academy Awards® including 20 films nominated for original Scores, 15 films nominated for Original Songs, and the ten films shortlisted for Sound

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High quality upset material this year!!

The first installment of The Godfather series may be considered one of the greatest of all time, but it had strong competition in the 1972 awards season.

An adaptation of Mario Puzo's 1969 novel, The Godfather boasts a recognizable ensemble cast and spans almost 3 hours. But the length isn't even an issue. The 400+ page novel necessitates the need for Vito's backstory to extend into a second film (which we will get to shortly), so these first 3 hours are FULL. I was very impressed by Coppola and Puzo's adaptation. Only smaller backstories and nonessential characters were removed, leaving space for the most important scenes.

I don't have a ton to say about the production as a whole. I love the music and you can tell the whole thing is produced with great quality. No faults. Critics weren't too fond of Brando's acting in this one. It's not his strongest role, but as a Brando fan, I don't mind.

And speaking of actors that I didn't realize were gay icons until I read their Wiki pages, I also have a soft spot for anything Liza Minnelli. Cabaret was a TREAT to watch, and I was not surprised to learn it's the film with the greatest number of Oscar wins to NOT win Best Picture.

Now I CAN say a lot about the production of this one. There's something so beautiful about it that I can't quite explain. The fact that it's rated PG but is one of the most sensual and sexual films I've seen so far? The fact that the Kit Kat Klub is used as a way to describe the plot through song and shot as if the viewer were an audience member? The editing?? A bi icon main character?? It was all just sheer perfection.

Both Marlon Brando and Al Pacino were absent from the 45th Academy Awards ceremony. Brando was protesting the treatment of Native Americans (both in Hollywood and nationwide), while Al Pacino was protesting his inclusion in the Supporting Actor category, given the fact that he had almost a half hour of screen time over Brando. Marlon Brando also become the 3rd and most recent winner to decline an Oscar.

It's also fun to note that The Godfather originally began with 11 nominations, an additional one for original score. After noting that Nino Rota used the main Godfather theme first in the 1958 Italian film Fortunella (albeit in a completely different style), the Academy voted on the shortlist again. The Godfather did not make the cut a second time.

Cabaret dominated the below-the-line categories, losing only Picture and Adapted Screenplay (both went to The Godfather). Both also were heavily decorated prior to the Oscars, with Cabaret also winning cinematography, sound, and promising newcomer for Grey at the BAFTAs.

A rare 100 from Metacritic for The Godfather, with strong reception across the board. Cabaret remains high, but slightly below average for an upset.

Unofficial Review: This one is very tough. Both are incredibly well done, rewatchable, and widely acclaimed. I think The Godfather wins for overall story and picture, but Cabaret dominates for actual production.

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What I Watched This Week – 1/28 – 2/3

Akuma-kun (ONA) – This appears to be a sequel to a 60-year-old series that I haven’t seen or read, so I hadn’t planned to watch it. I saw it got nominated in the backgrounds category, though, and I figured I’d give it a go. I might have been missing some stuff from the earlier series, but if I was, it didn’t really feel like it, as the story stood alone just fine. It follows a paranormal investigator named Ichirou Umoregi, who operates out of a dingy office cluttered with books alongside his half-human/half-demon assistant, Mephisto III. Most episodes have the characters encounter some supernatural situation involving wayward demons where Ichirou unravels the mystery behind the incident, and Mephisto forces the demon to go back home. It wouldn’t be my top pick in the category, but it definitely has excellent background art, which fits the cartoony style just about perfectly. Yuuki Kaji does an excellent job voicing Ichirou/Akuma-kun, giving him the right mix of dispassionate rational thinker and young man still working through childhood abandonment. The cases were suitably creepy, and the ending caught me by surprise. Definitely a good show to keep on tap for spooky season. 7/10

Uma Musume: Pretty Derby Season 3 – Having completed this entry in the series, I can confidently say that it’s an awful pick for the slice of life shortlist in the r/anime awards. Not only is it not very good, it is categorically not a slice of life in the slightest. If I asked people to recommend me a slice of life anime, and they suggested an action-heavy racing drama full of screaming horse girls, I would think they were trolling me. Maybe it has some connection to the real life horse she’s based on, I don’t care enough about the show to look it up, but the constant screaming while Kitasan was running was unbelievably annoying, and I adore the screaming boys of Haikyuu. Combining this irritating noise with the lousy way the story introduced and then just sort of forgot about her rivals, there wasn’t a whole lot to recommend here. I can’t help but feel it’s stealing a spot from shows that were both much more enjoyable and actual slice of life stories. 5/10

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off – The way all the marketing for this emphasized that they were bringing back the cast of the movie left me uninterested in watching it, as I figured it was just going to be a nostalgia grab. It kept showing up on different best of fall lists, and it got nominated in the adventure and animation categories, so I figured I’d take a look. As I had figured, the English version was not super good. Actors do not always make very good voice actors, and a few of them were pretty wooden-sounding. It was weird to have Japanese voices in this very North American/Canadian story full of English language pop music, but switching it to Japanese was the right decision, I think. Once I did that, I got an extremely fun adventure centered on Ramona Flowers that imagined a story where Scott lost the first fight against her seven evil exes. The character designs were charmingly creative, the color palette was great, and the animation went hard when it needed to. Most importantly, the soundtrack was as good as I hoped it would be, with songs from the Dead Kennedys, Vampire Weekend, and Metric alongside an original score. 8/10

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The Dante Project, the award-winning ballet by choreographer Wayne McGregor, composer Thomas Adès, and visual artist Tacita Dean, returns to London's Royal Opera House, where it was first performed in 2021, for eight performances by the Royal Ballet, from this Saturday through December 2. You can get tickets here.

Adès's music, Dante, was performed by Los Angeles Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel at Walt Disney Concert Hall in 2022, the Nonesuch recording of which was just nominated for three Grammy Awards: Best Contemporary Classical Composition, Best Orchestral Performance, and, for the album's producer, Dmitriy Lipay, Producer of the Year, Classical. You can get it and hear it here.

“In any new shortlist of great ballet scores by Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Bartók, Ravel, Prokofiev, Britten, and Bernstein, Dante must newly be included for its musical invention alone,” exclaims the Los Angeles Times. “There is not a second in its 88 minutes that doesn’t delight. All of it is unexpected and wanted.” The collectable limited vinyl two-LP edition of Dante includes artwork by Dean and photography from the Royal Ballet’s performance.

Photo: Royal Opera House by Andrej Uspenski

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The Boy and the Heron and the Suzume Anime Films are Confirmed Eligible for the 2024 Oscars Best Picture

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has revealed the full list of films eligible for nomination for Best Picture for the 2024 Oscars. Both The Boy and the Heron and the Suzume anime films appeared on the list. Joe Hisaishi is also shortlisted for the Music (Original Score) category for The Boy and the Heron. The anime films that are eligible for the Animated Feature category amongst…

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Jlin - Perspective

Jlin’s Pulitzer Prize nominated ‘Perspective’ is a suite of compositions written for Chicago-based, Grammy-winning percussion ensemble Third Coast Percussion who have been performing it live for the last couple of years. Jlin is excited to release the original electronic versions of these works which TCP based their scores on. The results often sound more stark and alien than the acoustic performances let on.

It’s clear, when looking at Jlin’s body of work, and her recent activities, that she's the definition of what a creative composer looks and sounds like in 2023. She’s able to work across borders in many different environments and situations. Her work, and sound, is fluid and not locked into genre. The only apt tag for her now is ‘composer.’ Let’s be clear - she’s not EDM, IDM, electronic, footwork or post-footwork. She’s simply Jlin.  In thinking about this new release we have to draw attention to her collaboration with Chicago’s Third Coast Percussion - ‘Perspective’ - since it’s also the title of this six-track mini-album. And of course, we’d be remit if we didn’t point out that Third Coast Percussion’s acoustic version of ‘Perspective’ saw Jlin shortlisted as a finalist for The 2023 Pulitzer Prize in Music! Jlin notes how “Working with T.C.P. was a rewarding experience. I love their constant driving ambition. When I would go to their studio we would experiment as much as we could, and that to me is the beauty of composing.” Note that the CD version of ‘Perspective’ adds the four tracks from her ‘Embryo’ EP, apt since ‘Embryo’ itself was the 7th Perspective piece. Jlin’s new mini-album “Perspective” works as a catch-up for those wanting new music from her, and wanting to hear how her sound is evolving. Tune in. There’s much more ahead. 

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ORIGINAL SCORE

Shortlisted: Great Freedom, God's Creatures, Happening, The Northman, The Wonder

THE NOMINEES ARE:

BLONDE

Original Music by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis

BONES AND ALL

Original Music by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

CRIMES OF THE FUTURE

Original Music by Howard Shore

WE'RE ALL GOING TO THE WORLD'S FAIR

Original Music by Alex G

AND THE CRISTAL GOES TO...

NEPTUNE FROST

Original Music by Saul Williams

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A set of devastating fires, two delays, and much soul-searching later, the Oscar nominations are finally here—and, as always, they include some truly baffling picks, heartbreaking omissions, and truly galvanizing plot twists. Here are the 14 most shocking snubs and surprises from the 2025 Academy Awards shortlist.Surprise: Fernanda Torres for I’m Still HereIn the run-up to the nominations announcement, the best-actress race felt entirely up in the air in a way that none of the other acting contests did. Would The Last Showgirl’s Pamela Anderson somehow sweep in, following her recent Golden Globe and SAG nominations? Would Maria’s Angelina Jolie, deemed out of the race after having missed out on SAG and BAFTA nods, experience an unexpected resurgence? Literally anything seemed possible. But then came the list, and it featured four names many had predicted—Wicked’s Cynthia Erivo, Emilia Pérez’s Karla Sofía Gascón, Anora’s Mikey Madison, and The Substance’s Demi Moore—alongside a thrilling wild card: the Brazilian stalwart who surged in the race after her best-actress-in-a-drama Golden Globe win for Walter Salles’s sweeping political saga.Remarkably, the film also received a best picture nod—something few awards season prognosticators saw coming—as well as the best-international-film nomination it was always poised to get. The Oscars have a history of sometimes recognizing one slightly left-field, critically adored, international name in its best-actress line-ups alongside the usual Hollywood heavyweights—see: Anatomy of a Fall’s Sandra Hüller, Roma’s Yalitza Aparicio—and this year, some had hoped that’d be Hard Truths’s Marianne Jean-Baptiste. Alas, that was not to be, but with Torres now gaining momentum as this race’s dark horse, frontrunner Demi Moore should watch her back.Snub: Nicole Kidman for BabygirlYes, it was not entirely surprising that the Oscar winner and five-time nominee missed out on a nod for Halina Reijn’s sizzling romp—she failed to be recognized by SAG or BAFTA, either—but given her immense popularity with this voting body (her last nod was for the under-seen and divisive Being the Ricardos), many still believed she could squeeze in here. Our commiserations—though as the hardest-working woman in show business, she will, no doubt, be back on this podium soon enough.Surprise: Monica Barbaro for A Complete UnknownThe enchanting rising star is a magnetic Joan Baez in James Mangold’s toe-tapping Bob Dylan biopic, but she was ignored by the Golden Globes, Critics’ Choice Awards, and BAFTAs, making her something of an outlier in this year’s best-supporting-actress race. Then came the SAG nominations, where her surprise inclusion (along with the likes of Wicked’s Jonathan Bailey and The Last Showgirl’s Jamie Lee Curtis and Pamela Anderson) prompted a discussion around that awards body’s so-called “alphabet bias,” which some believe favors those whose names appear towards the top of the alphabetised ballot. Now though, she’s defied her doubters, landing a coveted spot alongside Emilia Pérez’s Zoe Saldaña, Wicked’s Ariana Grande, The Brutalist’s Felicity Jones, and Conclave’s Isabella Rossellini.Snub: Selena Gomez for Emilia PérezAmong those who missed out as a result of Barbaro getting in, though, are The Piano Lesson’s formidable Danielle Deadwyler, Nickel Boys’s scene-stealing Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, and The Substance’s slippery Margaret Qualley, but also the prolific multi-hyphenate who scored both a Golden Globe and BAFTA nod for her all-singing, all-dancing supporting turn in Jacques Audiard’s head-spinning cartel musical. Aside from Gomez, though, the film did incredibly well, landing a staggering 13 nominations—the most for any non-English language release in Oscar history.The Brutalist’s Adrien Brody, A Complete Unknown’s Timothée Chalamet, Sing Sing’s Colman Domingo, and Conclave’s Ralph Fiennes were always going to make the best-actor shortlist, but there was a question mark hanging over the final spot. In the end, the double Golden Globe nominee, who took home the statuette for best actor in a musical or comedy for A Different Man, got in for his other notable performance of the year: a much-discussed transformation into a young Donald Trump. Oscar voters clearly liked the Ali Abbasi-directed biopic: his always excellent co-star, Jeremy Strong, thankfully made the cut, too, in best supporting Actor alongside Anora’s Yura Borisov, A Real Pain’s Kieran Culkin, A Complete Unknown’s Edward Norton, and The Brutalist’s Guy Pearce. At one point—when Stan was reportedly prevented from participating in Variety’s Actors on Actors series because publicists were afraid of letting their clients discuss the controversial film with him, in case it’d draw Trump’s ire—it looked like The Apprentice might disappear from the awards race entirely, but this is quite the comeback. I imagine the newly installed president will have much to say about this development.Snub: Daniel Craig for QueerStan’s success came at the expense of the former Bond, who is undeniably fantastic in Luca Guadagnino’s surreal William S. Burroughs adaptation. He racked up Critics’ Choice, Golden Globe, and SAG nods, though his omission at the BAFTAs—which allowed Heretic’s Hugh Grant to squeeze onto that shortlist—may have been the writing on the wall.Snub: Denzel Washington for Gladiator IIOnce talked about as a potential winner, the two-time Oscar recipient slowly slid out of the race after missing out on SAG and BAFTA nominations, but there was always a slim chance that he’d somehow get in here. However, Academy members, it seems, were not particularly entertained by Ridley Scott’s swashbuckling sequel, giving it only one nod: for best costume design.This year’s best-director shortlist was predicted by many to be an all-male lineup, so it was a joy to see at least one woman among them: the French auteur behind the mind-melting satire, which received an impressive five nods—for best make-up and hairstyling, original screenplay, best actress (for Demi Moore) and, to the shock of some, best picture, too. For a film which has unquestionably been a challenging sit for some voters, one which, at the beginning of this race, some expected to be ignored entirely, it’s an incredible outcome.Surprise: James Mangold for A Complete UnknownThe filmmaker made the Directors’ Guild of America shortlist for his Timothée Chalamet-led drama, but having missed out on Golden Globe, Critics’ Choice, and BAFTA nods, no one really expected him to make it onto the Oscar best-director lineup, alongside the likes of Emilia Pérez’s Jacques Audiard, Anora’s Sean Baker, and The Brutalist’s Brady Corbet. His inclusion here indicates strong support across the board for A Complete Unknown, which snagged eight nominations, including best picture.Snub: Edward Berger for ConclavePerhaps the most jaw-dropping snub of the entire nominations list, though, is the exclusion of the respected auteur behind the beloved papal thriller. A Golden Globe, Critics’ Choice, and BAFTA nominee this time around, who had enormous success at the 2023 Oscars with the nine-time nominated All Quiet on the Western Front (though, crucially, he missed out on a directing nod then, too), he was a presumed lock. It’s a move which suggests that Conclave, despite its eight nominations, may not be quite as strong of a best-picture contender as some initially suspected.Snub: Sing SingColman Domingo made it into best actor, thank God, but the life-affirming ensemble piece was notably absent from the best-picture lineup, as was the incomparable Clarence Maclin from best supporting actor. Still, the latter is now, at least, an Oscar nominee for co-writing the film’s adapted screenplay, and it received an additional surprise nod in the best-original-song category, for the gorgeous ballad “Like a Bird.”Surprise: Nickel BoysI was, however, over the moon to see RaMell Ross’s wonderfully intimate take on Colson Whitehead make it into both best picture and best adapted screenplay. It deserved recognition for its direction, cinematography, and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor’s beautiful supporting turn, too, but given that it had gotten lost in the noise of awards season in recent weeks and could have been snubbed entirely, I’m immensely grateful.Snub: All We Imagine as LightOne release that did get lost in the end was Payal Kapadia’s quiet mood piece, which had a chance of sneaking into both the best director and original screenplay categories. If it had been submitted by India as the nation’s best international film contender, it would surely have secured a slot there–and had a genuine chance of winning—but sadly, that was not the case.The raucous Irish trio made the Oscar shortlists for both best international film and original song for their earworm of a hit, “Sick in the Head”—and scored a startling six BAFTA nominations to boot—but were, ultimately, ignored by the Academy. They responded with their characteristic insouciance, proving they were always too cool for the Oscars anyway. Source link

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A set of devastating fires, two delays, and much soul-searching later, the Oscar nominations are finally here—and, as always, they include some truly baffling picks, heartbreaking omissions, and truly galvanizing plot twists. Here are the 14 most shocking snubs and surprises from the 2025 Academy Awards shortlist.Surprise: Fernanda Torres for I’m Still HereIn the run-up to the nominations announcement, the best-actress race felt entirely up in the air in a way that none of the other acting contests did. Would The Last Showgirl’s Pamela Anderson somehow sweep in, following her recent Golden Globe and SAG nominations? Would Maria’s Angelina Jolie, deemed out of the race after having missed out on SAG and BAFTA nods, experience an unexpected resurgence? Literally anything seemed possible. But then came the list, and it featured four names many had predicted—Wicked’s Cynthia Erivo, Emilia Pérez’s Karla Sofía Gascón, Anora’s Mikey Madison, and The Substance’s Demi Moore—alongside a thrilling wild card: the Brazilian stalwart who surged in the race after her best-actress-in-a-drama Golden Globe win for Walter Salles’s sweeping political saga.Remarkably, the film also received a best picture nod—something few awards season prognosticators saw coming—as well as the best-international-film nomination it was always poised to get. The Oscars have a history of sometimes recognizing one slightly left-field, critically adored, international name in its best-actress line-ups alongside the usual Hollywood heavyweights—see: Anatomy of a Fall’s Sandra Hüller, Roma’s Yalitza Aparicio—and this year, some had hoped that’d be Hard Truths’s Marianne Jean-Baptiste. Alas, that was not to be, but with Torres now gaining momentum as this race’s dark horse, frontrunner Demi Moore should watch her back.Snub: Nicole Kidman for BabygirlYes, it was not entirely surprising that the Oscar winner and five-time nominee missed out on a nod for Halina Reijn’s sizzling romp—she failed to be recognized by SAG or BAFTA, either—but given her immense popularity with this voting body (her last nod was for the under-seen and divisive Being the Ricardos), many still believed she could squeeze in here. Our commiserations—though as the hardest-working woman in show business, she will, no doubt, be back on this podium soon enough.Surprise: Monica Barbaro for A Complete UnknownThe enchanting rising star is a magnetic Joan Baez in James Mangold’s toe-tapping Bob Dylan biopic, but she was ignored by the Golden Globes, Critics’ Choice Awards, and BAFTAs, making her something of an outlier in this year’s best-supporting-actress race. Then came the SAG nominations, where her surprise inclusion (along with the likes of Wicked’s Jonathan Bailey and The Last Showgirl’s Jamie Lee Curtis and Pamela Anderson) prompted a discussion around that awards body’s so-called “alphabet bias,” which some believe favors those whose names appear towards the top of the alphabetised ballot. Now though, she’s defied her doubters, landing a coveted spot alongside Emilia Pérez’s Zoe Saldaña, Wicked’s Ariana Grande, The Brutalist’s Felicity Jones, and Conclave’s Isabella Rossellini.Snub: Selena Gomez for Emilia PérezAmong those who missed out as a result of Barbaro getting in, though, are The Piano Lesson’s formidable Danielle Deadwyler, Nickel Boys’s scene-stealing Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, and The Substance’s slippery Margaret Qualley, but also the prolific multi-hyphenate who scored both a Golden Globe and BAFTA nod for her all-singing, all-dancing supporting turn in Jacques Audiard’s head-spinning cartel musical. Aside from Gomez, though, the film did incredibly well, landing a staggering 13 nominations—the most for any non-English language release in Oscar history.The Brutalist’s Adrien Brody, A Complete Unknown’s Timothée Chalamet, Sing Sing’s Colman Domingo, and Conclave’s Ralph Fiennes were always going to make the best-actor shortlist, but there was a question mark hanging over the final spot. In the end, the double Golden Globe nominee, who took home the statuette for best actor in a musical or comedy for A Different Man, got in for his other notable performance of the year: a much-discussed transformation into a young Donald Trump. Oscar voters clearly liked the Ali Abbasi-directed biopic: his always excellent co-star, Jeremy Strong, thankfully made the cut, too, in best supporting Actor alongside Anora’s Yura Borisov, A Real Pain’s Kieran Culkin, A Complete Unknown’s Edward Norton, and The Brutalist’s Guy Pearce. At one point—when Stan was reportedly prevented from participating in Variety’s Actors on Actors series because publicists were afraid of letting their clients discuss the controversial film with him, in case it’d draw Trump’s ire—it looked like The Apprentice might disappear from the awards race entirely, but this is quite the comeback. I imagine the newly installed president will have much to say about this development.Snub: Daniel Craig for QueerStan’s success came at the expense of the former Bond, who is undeniably fantastic in Luca Guadagnino’s surreal William S. Burroughs adaptation. He racked up Critics’ Choice, Golden Globe, and SAG nods, though his omission at the BAFTAs—which allowed Heretic’s Hugh Grant to squeeze onto that shortlist—may have been the writing on the wall.Snub: Denzel Washington for Gladiator IIOnce talked about as a potential winner, the two-time Oscar recipient slowly slid out of the race after missing out on SAG and BAFTA nominations, but there was always a slim chance that he’d somehow get in here. However, Academy members, it seems, were not particularly entertained by Ridley Scott’s swashbuckling sequel, giving it only one nod: for best costume design.This year’s best-director shortlist was predicted by many to be an all-male lineup, so it was a joy to see at least one woman among them: the French auteur behind the mind-melting satire, which received an impressive five nods—for best make-up and hairstyling, original screenplay, best actress (for Demi Moore) and, to the shock of some, best picture, too. For a film which has unquestionably been a challenging sit for some voters, one which, at the beginning of this race, some expected to be ignored entirely, it’s an incredible outcome.Surprise: James Mangold for A Complete UnknownThe filmmaker made the Directors’ Guild of America shortlist for his Timothée Chalamet-led drama, but having missed out on Golden Globe, Critics’ Choice, and BAFTA nods, no one really expected him to make it onto the Oscar best-director lineup, alongside the likes of Emilia Pérez’s Jacques Audiard, Anora’s Sean Baker, and The Brutalist’s Brady Corbet. His inclusion here indicates strong support across the board for A Complete Unknown, which snagged eight nominations, including best picture.Snub: Edward Berger for ConclavePerhaps the most jaw-dropping snub of the entire nominations list, though, is the exclusion of the respected auteur behind the beloved papal thriller. A Golden Globe, Critics’ Choice, and BAFTA nominee this time around, who had enormous success at the 2023 Oscars with the nine-time nominated All Quiet on the Western Front (though, crucially, he missed out on a directing nod then, too), he was a presumed lock. It’s a move which suggests that Conclave, despite its eight nominations, may not be quite as strong of a best-picture contender as some initially suspected.Snub: Sing SingColman Domingo made it into best actor, thank God, but the life-affirming ensemble piece was notably absent from the best-picture lineup, as was the incomparable Clarence Maclin from best supporting actor. Still, the latter is now, at least, an Oscar nominee for co-writing the film’s adapted screenplay, and it received an additional surprise nod in the best-original-song category, for the gorgeous ballad “Like a Bird.”Surprise: Nickel BoysI was, however, over the moon to see RaMell Ross’s wonderfully intimate take on Colson Whitehead make it into both best picture and best adapted screenplay. It deserved recognition for its direction, cinematography, and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor’s beautiful supporting turn, too, but given that it had gotten lost in the noise of awards season in recent weeks and could have been snubbed entirely, I’m immensely grateful.Snub: All We Imagine as LightOne release that did get lost in the end was Payal Kapadia’s quiet mood piece, which had a chance of sneaking into both the best director and original screenplay categories. If it had been submitted by India as the nation’s best international film contender, it would surely have secured a slot there–and had a genuine chance of winning—but sadly, that was not the case.The raucous Irish trio made the Oscar shortlists for both best international film and original song for their earworm of a hit, “Sick in the Head”—and scored a startling six BAFTA nominations to boot—but were, ultimately, ignored by the Academy. They responded with their characteristic insouciance, proving they were always too cool for the Oscars anyway. Source link

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A set of devastating fires, two delays, and much soul-searching later, the Oscar nominations are finally here—and, as always, they include some truly baffling picks, heartbreaking omissions, and truly galvanizing plot twists. Here are the 14 most shocking snubs and surprises from the 2025 Academy Awards shortlist.Surprise: Fernanda Torres for I’m Still HereIn the run-up to the nominations announcement, the best-actress race felt entirely up in the air in a way that none of the other acting contests did. Would The Last Showgirl’s Pamela Anderson somehow sweep in, following her recent Golden Globe and SAG nominations? Would Maria’s Angelina Jolie, deemed out of the race after having missed out on SAG and BAFTA nods, experience an unexpected resurgence? Literally anything seemed possible. But then came the list, and it featured four names many had predicted—Wicked’s Cynthia Erivo, Emilia Pérez’s Karla Sofía Gascón, Anora’s Mikey Madison, and The Substance’s Demi Moore—alongside a thrilling wild card: the Brazilian stalwart who surged in the race after her best-actress-in-a-drama Golden Globe win for Walter Salles’s sweeping political saga.Remarkably, the film also received a best picture nod—something few awards season prognosticators saw coming—as well as the best-international-film nomination it was always poised to get. The Oscars have a history of sometimes recognizing one slightly left-field, critically adored, international name in its best-actress line-ups alongside the usual Hollywood heavyweights—see: Anatomy of a Fall’s Sandra Hüller, Roma’s Yalitza Aparicio—and this year, some had hoped that’d be Hard Truths’s Marianne Jean-Baptiste. Alas, that was not to be, but with Torres now gaining momentum as this race’s dark horse, frontrunner Demi Moore should watch her back.Snub: Nicole Kidman for BabygirlYes, it was not entirely surprising that the Oscar winner and five-time nominee missed out on a nod for Halina Reijn’s sizzling romp—she failed to be recognized by SAG or BAFTA, either—but given her immense popularity with this voting body (her last nod was for the under-seen and divisive Being the Ricardos), many still believed she could squeeze in here. Our commiserations—though as the hardest-working woman in show business, she will, no doubt, be back on this podium soon enough.Surprise: Monica Barbaro for A Complete UnknownThe enchanting rising star is a magnetic Joan Baez in James Mangold’s toe-tapping Bob Dylan biopic, but she was ignored by the Golden Globes, Critics’ Choice Awards, and BAFTAs, making her something of an outlier in this year’s best-supporting-actress race. Then came the SAG nominations, where her surprise inclusion (along with the likes of Wicked’s Jonathan Bailey and The Last Showgirl’s Jamie Lee Curtis and Pamela Anderson) prompted a discussion around that awards body’s so-called “alphabet bias,” which some believe favors those whose names appear towards the top of the alphabetised ballot. Now though, she’s defied her doubters, landing a coveted spot alongside Emilia Pérez’s Zoe Saldaña, Wicked’s Ariana Grande, The Brutalist’s Felicity Jones, and Conclave’s Isabella Rossellini.Snub: Selena Gomez for Emilia PérezAmong those who missed out as a result of Barbaro getting in, though, are The Piano Lesson’s formidable Danielle Deadwyler, Nickel Boys’s scene-stealing Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, and The Substance’s slippery Margaret Qualley, but also the prolific multi-hyphenate who scored both a Golden Globe and BAFTA nod for her all-singing, all-dancing supporting turn in Jacques Audiard’s head-spinning cartel musical. Aside from Gomez, though, the film did incredibly well, landing a staggering 13 nominations—the most for any non-English language release in Oscar history.The Brutalist’s Adrien Brody, A Complete Unknown’s Timothée Chalamet, Sing Sing’s Colman Domingo, and Conclave’s Ralph Fiennes were always going to make the best-actor shortlist, but there was a question mark hanging over the final spot. In the end, the double Golden Globe nominee, who took home the statuette for best actor in a musical or comedy for A Different Man, got in for his other notable performance of the year: a much-discussed transformation into a young Donald Trump. Oscar voters clearly liked the Ali Abbasi-directed biopic: his always excellent co-star, Jeremy Strong, thankfully made the cut, too, in best supporting Actor alongside Anora’s Yura Borisov, A Real Pain’s Kieran Culkin, A Complete Unknown’s Edward Norton, and The Brutalist’s Guy Pearce. At one point—when Stan was reportedly prevented from participating in Variety’s Actors on Actors series because publicists were afraid of letting their clients discuss the controversial film with him, in case it’d draw Trump’s ire—it looked like The Apprentice might disappear from the awards race entirely, but this is quite the comeback. I imagine the newly installed president will have much to say about this development.Snub: Daniel Craig for QueerStan’s success came at the expense of the former Bond, who is undeniably fantastic in Luca Guadagnino’s surreal William S. Burroughs adaptation. He racked up Critics’ Choice, Golden Globe, and SAG nods, though his omission at the BAFTAs—which allowed Heretic’s Hugh Grant to squeeze onto that shortlist—may have been the writing on the wall.Snub: Denzel Washington for Gladiator IIOnce talked about as a potential winner, the two-time Oscar recipient slowly slid out of the race after missing out on SAG and BAFTA nominations, but there was always a slim chance that he’d somehow get in here. However, Academy members, it seems, were not particularly entertained by Ridley Scott’s swashbuckling sequel, giving it only one nod: for best costume design.This year’s best-director shortlist was predicted by many to be an all-male lineup, so it was a joy to see at least one woman among them: the French auteur behind the mind-melting satire, which received an impressive five nods—for best make-up and hairstyling, original screenplay, best actress (for Demi Moore) and, to the shock of some, best picture, too. For a film which has unquestionably been a challenging sit for some voters, one which, at the beginning of this race, some expected to be ignored entirely, it’s an incredible outcome.Surprise: James Mangold for A Complete UnknownThe filmmaker made the Directors’ Guild of America shortlist for his Timothée Chalamet-led drama, but having missed out on Golden Globe, Critics’ Choice, and BAFTA nods, no one really expected him to make it onto the Oscar best-director lineup, alongside the likes of Emilia Pérez’s Jacques Audiard, Anora’s Sean Baker, and The Brutalist’s Brady Corbet. His inclusion here indicates strong support across the board for A Complete Unknown, which snagged eight nominations, including best picture.Snub: Edward Berger for ConclavePerhaps the most jaw-dropping snub of the entire nominations list, though, is the exclusion of the respected auteur behind the beloved papal thriller. A Golden Globe, Critics’ Choice, and BAFTA nominee this time around, who had enormous success at the 2023 Oscars with the nine-time nominated All Quiet on the Western Front (though, crucially, he missed out on a directing nod then, too), he was a presumed lock. It’s a move which suggests that Conclave, despite its eight nominations, may not be quite as strong of a best-picture contender as some initially suspected.Snub: Sing SingColman Domingo made it into best actor, thank God, but the life-affirming ensemble piece was notably absent from the best-picture lineup, as was the incomparable Clarence Maclin from best supporting actor. Still, the latter is now, at least, an Oscar nominee for co-writing the film’s adapted screenplay, and it received an additional surprise nod in the best-original-song category, for the gorgeous ballad “Like a Bird.”Surprise: Nickel BoysI was, however, over the moon to see RaMell Ross’s wonderfully intimate take on Colson Whitehead make it into both best picture and best adapted screenplay. It deserved recognition for its direction, cinematography, and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor’s beautiful supporting turn, too, but given that it had gotten lost in the noise of awards season in recent weeks and could have been snubbed entirely, I’m immensely grateful.Snub: All We Imagine as LightOne release that did get lost in the end was Payal Kapadia’s quiet mood piece, which had a chance of sneaking into both the best director and original screenplay categories. If it had been submitted by India as the nation’s best international film contender, it would surely have secured a slot there–and had a genuine chance of winning—but sadly, that was not the case.The raucous Irish trio made the Oscar shortlists for both best international film and original song for their earworm of a hit, “Sick in the Head”—and scored a startling six BAFTA nominations to boot—but were, ultimately, ignored by the Academy. They responded with their characteristic insouciance, proving they were always too cool for the Oscars anyway. Source link

[chilimili212]

A set of devastating fires, two delays, and much soul-searching later, the Oscar nominations are finally here—and, as always, they include some truly baffling picks, heartbreaking omissions, and truly galvanizing plot twists. Here are the 14 most shocking snubs and surprises from the 2025 Academy Awards shortlist.Surprise: Fernanda Torres for I’m Still HereIn the run-up to the nominations announcement, the best-actress race felt entirely up in the air in a way that none of the other acting contests did. Would The Last Showgirl’s Pamela Anderson somehow sweep in, following her recent Golden Globe and SAG nominations? Would Maria’s Angelina Jolie, deemed out of the race after having missed out on SAG and BAFTA nods, experience an unexpected resurgence? Literally anything seemed possible. But then came the list, and it featured four names many had predicted—Wicked’s Cynthia Erivo, Emilia Pérez’s Karla Sofía Gascón, Anora’s Mikey Madison, and The Substance’s Demi Moore—alongside a thrilling wild card: the Brazilian stalwart who surged in the race after her best-actress-in-a-drama Golden Globe win for Walter Salles’s sweeping political saga.Remarkably, the film also received a best picture nod—something few awards season prognosticators saw coming—as well as the best-international-film nomination it was always poised to get. The Oscars have a history of sometimes recognizing one slightly left-field, critically adored, international name in its best-actress line-ups alongside the usual Hollywood heavyweights—see: Anatomy of a Fall’s Sandra Hüller, Roma’s Yalitza Aparicio—and this year, some had hoped that’d be Hard Truths’s Marianne Jean-Baptiste. Alas, that was not to be, but with Torres now gaining momentum as this race’s dark horse, frontrunner Demi Moore should watch her back.Snub: Nicole Kidman for BabygirlYes, it was not entirely surprising that the Oscar winner and five-time nominee missed out on a nod for Halina Reijn’s sizzling romp—she failed to be recognized by SAG or BAFTA, either—but given her immense popularity with this voting body (her last nod was for the under-seen and divisive Being the Ricardos), many still believed she could squeeze in here. Our commiserations—though as the hardest-working woman in show business, she will, no doubt, be back on this podium soon enough.Surprise: Monica Barbaro for A Complete UnknownThe enchanting rising star is a magnetic Joan Baez in James Mangold’s toe-tapping Bob Dylan biopic, but she was ignored by the Golden Globes, Critics’ Choice Awards, and BAFTAs, making her something of an outlier in this year’s best-supporting-actress race. Then came the SAG nominations, where her surprise inclusion (along with the likes of Wicked’s Jonathan Bailey and The Last Showgirl’s Jamie Lee Curtis and Pamela Anderson) prompted a discussion around that awards body’s so-called “alphabet bias,” which some believe favors those whose names appear towards the top of the alphabetised ballot. Now though, she’s defied her doubters, landing a coveted spot alongside Emilia Pérez’s Zoe Saldaña, Wicked’s Ariana Grande, The Brutalist’s Felicity Jones, and Conclave’s Isabella Rossellini.Snub: Selena Gomez for Emilia PérezAmong those who missed out as a result of Barbaro getting in, though, are The Piano Lesson’s formidable Danielle Deadwyler, Nickel Boys’s scene-stealing Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, and The Substance’s slippery Margaret Qualley, but also the prolific multi-hyphenate who scored both a Golden Globe and BAFTA nod for her all-singing, all-dancing supporting turn in Jacques Audiard’s head-spinning cartel musical. Aside from Gomez, though, the film did incredibly well, landing a staggering 13 nominations—the most for any non-English language release in Oscar history.The Brutalist’s Adrien Brody, A Complete Unknown’s Timothée Chalamet, Sing Sing’s Colman Domingo, and Conclave’s Ralph Fiennes were always going to make the best-actor shortlist, but there was a question mark hanging over the final spot. In the end, the double Golden Globe nominee, who took home the statuette for best actor in a musical or comedy for A Different Man, got in for his other notable performance of the year: a much-discussed transformation into a young Donald Trump. Oscar voters clearly liked the Ali Abbasi-directed biopic: his always excellent co-star, Jeremy Strong, thankfully made the cut, too, in best supporting Actor alongside Anora’s Yura Borisov, A Real Pain’s Kieran Culkin, A Complete Unknown’s Edward Norton, and The Brutalist’s Guy Pearce. At one point—when Stan was reportedly prevented from participating in Variety’s Actors on Actors series because publicists were afraid of letting their clients discuss the controversial film with him, in case it’d draw Trump’s ire—it looked like The Apprentice might disappear from the awards race entirely, but this is quite the comeback. I imagine the newly installed president will have much to say about this development.Snub: Daniel Craig for QueerStan’s success came at the expense of the former Bond, who is undeniably fantastic in Luca Guadagnino’s surreal William S. Burroughs adaptation. He racked up Critics’ Choice, Golden Globe, and SAG nods, though his omission at the BAFTAs—which allowed Heretic’s Hugh Grant to squeeze onto that shortlist—may have been the writing on the wall.Snub: Denzel Washington for Gladiator IIOnce talked about as a potential winner, the two-time Oscar recipient slowly slid out of the race after missing out on SAG and BAFTA nominations, but there was always a slim chance that he’d somehow get in here. However, Academy members, it seems, were not particularly entertained by Ridley Scott’s swashbuckling sequel, giving it only one nod: for best costume design.This year’s best-director shortlist was predicted by many to be an all-male lineup, so it was a joy to see at least one woman among them: the French auteur behind the mind-melting satire, which received an impressive five nods—for best make-up and hairstyling, original screenplay, best actress (for Demi Moore) and, to the shock of some, best picture, too. For a film which has unquestionably been a challenging sit for some voters, one which, at the beginning of this race, some expected to be ignored entirely, it’s an incredible outcome.Surprise: James Mangold for A Complete UnknownThe filmmaker made the Directors’ Guild of America shortlist for his Timothée Chalamet-led drama, but having missed out on Golden Globe, Critics’ Choice, and BAFTA nods, no one really expected him to make it onto the Oscar best-director lineup, alongside the likes of Emilia Pérez’s Jacques Audiard, Anora’s Sean Baker, and The Brutalist’s Brady Corbet. His inclusion here indicates strong support across the board for A Complete Unknown, which snagged eight nominations, including best picture.Snub: Edward Berger for ConclavePerhaps the most jaw-dropping snub of the entire nominations list, though, is the exclusion of the respected auteur behind the beloved papal thriller. A Golden Globe, Critics’ Choice, and BAFTA nominee this time around, who had enormous success at the 2023 Oscars with the nine-time nominated All Quiet on the Western Front (though, crucially, he missed out on a directing nod then, too), he was a presumed lock. It’s a move which suggests that Conclave, despite its eight nominations, may not be quite as strong of a best-picture contender as some initially suspected.Snub: Sing SingColman Domingo made it into best actor, thank God, but the life-affirming ensemble piece was notably absent from the best-picture lineup, as was the incomparable Clarence Maclin from best supporting actor. Still, the latter is now, at least, an Oscar nominee for co-writing the film’s adapted screenplay, and it received an additional surprise nod in the best-original-song category, for the gorgeous ballad “Like a Bird.”Surprise: Nickel BoysI was, however, over the moon to see RaMell Ross’s wonderfully intimate take on Colson Whitehead make it into both best picture and best adapted screenplay. It deserved recognition for its direction, cinematography, and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor’s beautiful supporting turn, too, but given that it had gotten lost in the noise of awards season in recent weeks and could have been snubbed entirely, I’m immensely grateful.Snub: All We Imagine as LightOne release that did get lost in the end was Payal Kapadia’s quiet mood piece, which had a chance of sneaking into both the best director and original screenplay categories. If it had been submitted by India as the nation’s best international film contender, it would surely have secured a slot there–and had a genuine chance of winning—but sadly, that was not the case.The raucous Irish trio made the Oscar shortlists for both best international film and original song for their earworm of a hit, “Sick in the Head”—and scored a startling six BAFTA nominations to boot—but were, ultimately, ignored by the Academy. They responded with their characteristic insouciance, proving they were always too cool for the Oscars anyway. Source link

[oliviajoyice21]

A set of devastating fires, two delays, and much soul-searching later, the Oscar nominations are finally here—and, as always, they include some truly baffling picks, heartbreaking omissions, and truly galvanizing plot twists. Here are the 14 most shocking snubs and surprises from the 2025 Academy Awards shortlist.Surprise: Fernanda Torres for I’m Still HereIn the run-up to the nominations announcement, the best-actress race felt entirely up in the air in a way that none of the other acting contests did. Would The Last Showgirl’s Pamela Anderson somehow sweep in, following her recent Golden Globe and SAG nominations? Would Maria’s Angelina Jolie, deemed out of the race after having missed out on SAG and BAFTA nods, experience an unexpected resurgence? Literally anything seemed possible. But then came the list, and it featured four names many had predicted—Wicked’s Cynthia Erivo, Emilia Pérez’s Karla Sofía Gascón, Anora’s Mikey Madison, and The Substance’s Demi Moore—alongside a thrilling wild card: the Brazilian stalwart who surged in the race after her best-actress-in-a-drama Golden Globe win for Walter Salles’s sweeping political saga.Remarkably, the film also received a best picture nod—something few awards season prognosticators saw coming—as well as the best-international-film nomination it was always poised to get. The Oscars have a history of sometimes recognizing one slightly left-field, critically adored, international name in its best-actress line-ups alongside the usual Hollywood heavyweights—see: Anatomy of a Fall’s Sandra Hüller, Roma’s Yalitza Aparicio—and this year, some had hoped that’d be Hard Truths’s Marianne Jean-Baptiste. Alas, that was not to be, but with Torres now gaining momentum as this race’s dark horse, frontrunner Demi Moore should watch her back.Snub: Nicole Kidman for BabygirlYes, it was not entirely surprising that the Oscar winner and five-time nominee missed out on a nod for Halina Reijn’s sizzling romp—she failed to be recognized by SAG or BAFTA, either—but given her immense popularity with this voting body (her last nod was for the under-seen and divisive Being the Ricardos), many still believed she could squeeze in here. Our commiserations—though as the hardest-working woman in show business, she will, no doubt, be back on this podium soon enough.Surprise: Monica Barbaro for A Complete UnknownThe enchanting rising star is a magnetic Joan Baez in James Mangold’s toe-tapping Bob Dylan biopic, but she was ignored by the Golden Globes, Critics’ Choice Awards, and BAFTAs, making her something of an outlier in this year’s best-supporting-actress race. Then came the SAG nominations, where her surprise inclusion (along with the likes of Wicked’s Jonathan Bailey and The Last Showgirl’s Jamie Lee Curtis and Pamela Anderson) prompted a discussion around that awards body’s so-called “alphabet bias,” which some believe favors those whose names appear towards the top of the alphabetised ballot. Now though, she’s defied her doubters, landing a coveted spot alongside Emilia Pérez’s Zoe Saldaña, Wicked’s Ariana Grande, The Brutalist’s Felicity Jones, and Conclave’s Isabella Rossellini.Snub: Selena Gomez for Emilia PérezAmong those who missed out as a result of Barbaro getting in, though, are The Piano Lesson’s formidable Danielle Deadwyler, Nickel Boys’s scene-stealing Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, and The Substance’s slippery Margaret Qualley, but also the prolific multi-hyphenate who scored both a Golden Globe and BAFTA nod for her all-singing, all-dancing supporting turn in Jacques Audiard’s head-spinning cartel musical. Aside from Gomez, though, the film did incredibly well, landing a staggering 13 nominations—the most for any non-English language release in Oscar history.The Brutalist’s Adrien Brody, A Complete Unknown’s Timothée Chalamet, Sing Sing’s Colman Domingo, and Conclave’s Ralph Fiennes were always going to make the best-actor shortlist, but there was a question mark hanging over the final spot. In the end, the double Golden Globe nominee, who took home the statuette for best actor in a musical or comedy for A Different Man, got in for his other notable performance of the year: a much-discussed transformation into a young Donald Trump. Oscar voters clearly liked the Ali Abbasi-directed biopic: his always excellent co-star, Jeremy Strong, thankfully made the cut, too, in best supporting Actor alongside Anora’s Yura Borisov, A Real Pain’s Kieran Culkin, A Complete Unknown’s Edward Norton, and The Brutalist’s Guy Pearce. At one point—when Stan was reportedly prevented from participating in Variety’s Actors on Actors series because publicists were afraid of letting their clients discuss the controversial film with him, in case it’d draw Trump’s ire—it looked like The Apprentice might disappear from the awards race entirely, but this is quite the comeback. I imagine the newly installed president will have much to say about this development.Snub: Daniel Craig for QueerStan’s success came at the expense of the former Bond, who is undeniably fantastic in Luca Guadagnino’s surreal William S. Burroughs adaptation. He racked up Critics’ Choice, Golden Globe, and SAG nods, though his omission at the BAFTAs—which allowed Heretic’s Hugh Grant to squeeze onto that shortlist—may have been the writing on the wall.Snub: Denzel Washington for Gladiator IIOnce talked about as a potential winner, the two-time Oscar recipient slowly slid out of the race after missing out on SAG and BAFTA nominations, but there was always a slim chance that he’d somehow get in here. However, Academy members, it seems, were not particularly entertained by Ridley Scott’s swashbuckling sequel, giving it only one nod: for best costume design.This year’s best-director shortlist was predicted by many to be an all-male lineup, so it was a joy to see at least one woman among them: the French auteur behind the mind-melting satire, which received an impressive five nods—for best make-up and hairstyling, original screenplay, best actress (for Demi Moore) and, to the shock of some, best picture, too. For a film which has unquestionably been a challenging sit for some voters, one which, at the beginning of this race, some expected to be ignored entirely, it’s an incredible outcome.Surprise: James Mangold for A Complete UnknownThe filmmaker made the Directors’ Guild of America shortlist for his Timothée Chalamet-led drama, but having missed out on Golden Globe, Critics’ Choice, and BAFTA nods, no one really expected him to make it onto the Oscar best-director lineup, alongside the likes of Emilia Pérez’s Jacques Audiard, Anora’s Sean Baker, and The Brutalist’s Brady Corbet. His inclusion here indicates strong support across the board for A Complete Unknown, which snagged eight nominations, including best picture.Snub: Edward Berger for ConclavePerhaps the most jaw-dropping snub of the entire nominations list, though, is the exclusion of the respected auteur behind the beloved papal thriller. A Golden Globe, Critics’ Choice, and BAFTA nominee this time around, who had enormous success at the 2023 Oscars with the nine-time nominated All Quiet on the Western Front (though, crucially, he missed out on a directing nod then, too), he was a presumed lock. It’s a move which suggests that Conclave, despite its eight nominations, may not be quite as strong of a best-picture contender as some initially suspected.Snub: Sing SingColman Domingo made it into best actor, thank God, but the life-affirming ensemble piece was notably absent from the best-picture lineup, as was the incomparable Clarence Maclin from best supporting actor. Still, the latter is now, at least, an Oscar nominee for co-writing the film’s adapted screenplay, and it received an additional surprise nod in the best-original-song category, for the gorgeous ballad “Like a Bird.”Surprise: Nickel BoysI was, however, over the moon to see RaMell Ross’s wonderfully intimate take on Colson Whitehead make it into both best picture and best adapted screenplay. It deserved recognition for its direction, cinematography, and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor’s beautiful supporting turn, too, but given that it had gotten lost in the noise of awards season in recent weeks and could have been snubbed entirely, I’m immensely grateful.Snub: All We Imagine as LightOne release that did get lost in the end was Payal Kapadia’s quiet mood piece, which had a chance of sneaking into both the best director and original screenplay categories. If it had been submitted by India as the nation’s best international film contender, it would surely have secured a slot there–and had a genuine chance of winning—but sadly, that was not the case.The raucous Irish trio made the Oscar shortlists for both best international film and original song for their earworm of a hit, “Sick in the Head”—and scored a startling six BAFTA nominations to boot—but were, ultimately, ignored by the Academy. They responded with their characteristic insouciance, proving they were always too cool for the Oscars anyway. Source link

[ljaesch]

The Boy and the Heron Anime Film Is Shortlisted for the 2024 Oscars

Entertainment news website Deadline has reported the shortlist for the Original Song and Music Score category for the 2024 Oscars. Joe Hisaishi is shortlisted for the Music (Original Score) category for Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron anime film. The anime films that are eligible for the Animated Feature category amongst 33 titles are: Blue Giant The Boy and the Heron The First Slam…

[whileiamdying]

Tehran International Short Film Festival announces jury for international section

October 22, 2024 - 19:37

TEHRAN-The jury for the international section of the 41st Tehran International Short Film Festival (TISFF) has been announced with two jurors from Iran and five foreign jurors.

The members of the jury include the Indian musical composer and record producer A. R. Rahman, Ghanian-Belgian director Anthony Nti, Bangladeshi screenwriter and film critic Sadia Khalid Reeti, Italian filmmaker Maja Costa, and Russian festival producer Ekaterina Yakovleva, as well as Iranian filmmakers Ahmad Reza Motamedi and Masoud Madadi, IRNA reported.

A. R. Rahman is an Indian music composer, record producer, singer, songwriter, musician, multi-instrumentalist, and philanthropist known for his works in Indian cinema; predominantly in Tamil and Hindi films, with occasional forays in international cinema. He is popularly known as the man who has redefined contemporary Indian music. Rahman has sold more than 150 million copies of his work comprising music from more than 100 film soundtracks and albums across over half a dozen languages.

In 2008, Rahman's work gained global prominence with the extraordinary success of his score for “Slumdog Millionaire” that won eight Academy Awards including two for Rahman - Best Score and Best Song. Rahman won over 15 awards for this score including two Grammys, the Golden Globe and the BAFTA. 

Rahman's music led him to be noticed internationally with several of his tracks featured in movies such as “The Lord of War,” “Inside Man” and “The Accidental Husband”. He also scored the music for Hollywood productions, “Elizabeth - The Golden Age,” “Couples Retreat,” “127 Hours,” “People Like Us,” “Warriors of Heaven & Earth,” “The 100 Foot Journey,” “Million Dollar Arm” and “Pele”.

He has also collaborated with the world-renowned Iranian directors Majid Majidi in two films, “Muhammad, the Messenger of God” and “Beyond the Clouds”.

Anthony Nti is a Ghanaian-born filmmaker from Belgium. After attending the Royal Institute of Theater, Cinema and Sound (RITCS) in Brussels, he went on to direct many commercials, music videos, and shorts. His first two short films “​Kwaku” and ​“Only Us​” picked up seven awards, including first prize at the Zanzibar Film Festival. 

His short “​BOI” ​(Fight), won the Critic Award and Best Debut at the Leuven Film Festival and the Jury and Public Prize at the Ghent Film Festival 2016. His 2019 short film “Da Yie” was shortlisted for the 93rd Academy Awards for Best Short Live Action and won the Grand Prix at the 42nd Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, becoming a hit at more than 200 film festivals all over the world. 

His first feature-length film “Postcard” won second prize at the Sam Spiegel FilmLab and the TV show “Clemenceau” was selected for Torino Series Lab. In 2020, he was listed as one of the most promising filmmakers in Belgium and the Netherlands by the NRC, Dutch national newspapers.

Sadia Khalid Reeti is a film critic and screenwriter. She studied screenwriting at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She has also worked as an entertainment journalist in Dhaka and Los Angeles since 2012. Currently the cultural editor of Dhaka Tribune, Sadia has served as a jury member at different international film festivals in Italy, India, England, Nepal, France, Russia, and Bangladesh. 

She served as a FIPRESCI jury at the Cannes Film Festival, International Film Festival of Kerala, and Dhaka International Film Festival. A Berlinale Talent Press alumna, she attended mentorship programs with Film Independent and Locarno Open Doors. She also teaches film studies at different universities and institutions and is the recipient of the Charles Wallace Fellowship from the British Council.

Maja Costa is a multilingual writer/​director. After studying Ancient Near Eastern Studies and Cello in Milan, she graduated in Screenwriting from the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB). She has collaborated with many European production companies and film festivals in several positions and currently works as a freelance screenwriter and director in Berlin. 

Ekaterina Yakovleva is the head of documentary broadcasting at Russia Today and general producer of the International Documentary Film Festival “RT.Doc: Time of Our Heroes”.

Yakovlova is a graduate of the School of Screenwriting and Film Studies of the Russian State University of Cinematography (VGIK). She has produced more than 1,500 documentary films as the head of documentary broadcasting at Russia Today. She has also served as a member of the Expert Council of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation for selecting national non-fiction film projects. She has won dozens of awards at national and international festivals.

Ahmad Reza Motamedi earned a Master’s degree in economics and a Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of Tehran. He began his career as the screenwriter of the film “Companions” in 1993. For years, he has been involved in the theoretical field of art and philosophy of aesthetics in the media. He has written the scripts as well as directing “The Beautiful and The Hideous” (1998), “Rules of the Game” (2006) and “Alzheimer” (2010) among other films.

Motamedi is the founder of film philosophy in Iran and has a history of 43 years of teaching screenwriting, directing, art philosophy, film philosophy, cinema history and film criticism and training hundreds of students and filmmakers in his academic and film career. He has won several Crystal Simorgh awards from Fajr International Film Festival as well as some prestigious international awards.

Masoud Madadi is an Iranian cinematographer, director, writer, cinema teacher at the University of Arts and Soore University. Before turning to directing, he has worked as a cinematographer. One of the most famous films he has shot is Majid Majidi’s “The Color of Heaven” in 1999. Madadi made his directorial debut with “Dementia” (2012).

Madadi has served as a member of the filmmaking department of the Iranian Youth Cinema Association (IYCS) and the Supreme Production Council of the IYCS as well as the selection and judging committees of several national festivals.

This year’s edition of the Tehran International Short Film Festival received 13,651 submissions from more than 30 countries. The number of submitted films is a new record in the history of the event, about twice the number of submissions last year. Of the total submissions, 107 short films are competing for the top awards.

The line-up includes 59 short fiction films, 21 animated movies, 18 documentaries, and nine experimental films. The submitted works are from India, China, Poland, the U.S., Egypt, Greece, France, Palestine, Turkey, Spain, Argentina, Brazil, Russia, Australia, Japan, Germany, Italy, and Cuba among others.

The TISFF has been held for 40 consecutive years in Iran, by the Iranian Youth Cinema Society (IYCS) – one of the most renowned schools of cinema and short film production in Iran and throughout the world. 

The festival is approved by the Academy Awards® (Oscars) and the winner of the Grand Prize becomes eligible for the Oscars.

Having launched on October 18 at Mellat Cineplex in Tehran, this year’s edition of the TISFF will run until October 23.

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[cyarsk52-20]

this year was so brat

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Brat is the sixth studio album by English singer Charli XCX, released through Atlantic Records on 7 June 2024. It features production by Charli XCX, her longtime executive producer A. G. Cook, Finn Keane, Cirkut, her partner George Daniel, and others. The album draws influence from the 2000s English rave music scene, with a more aggressive club sound than her previous album, Crash (2022).

Commercially, Brat peaked at number one in the UK, Australia, and Ireland, and reached the top ten in 12 other countries, including the United States, where it marked Charli XCX's highest debut on the Billboard 200 (number three). A deluxe edition, Brat and It's the Same but There's Three More Songs So It's Not, with three additional tracks was released on 10 June 2024. A remix album, titled Brat and It's Completely Different but Also Still Brat, featuring 20 guest artists, was released on 11 October 2024.

According to Metacritic, which compiles scores from music critics, Brat is the highest-rated album of 2024 and the 16th-highest-rated album of all time. The album was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize for 2024 Album of the Year. The cover art and aesthetic became a popular Internet trend, and was adopted by U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris's 2024 presidential campaign after Charli XCX tweeted about the candidate.Brat was nominated for nine Grammy Awardsat the 67th annual ceremony, including Album of the Year. To support the album, Charli XCX embarked on the Sweat tour in 2024 with collaborator Troye Sivan with an additional Brat solo tour coming in late 2024 and early 2025.

favorite song from the album?

Singles from Brat

"Von Dutch" Released: 29 February 2024

"360" Released: 10 May 2024

"Apple" Released: 2 August 2024

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