Oscar nominations 2021 - LIVE: Mank leads pack while Sound of Metal and Minari receive six nods
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After a two-month delay, the nominations for the 2021 Oscars have finally announced.
The pandemic caused the 93rd Academy Awards to be pushed back, but Hollywood is now reacting to the news.
Husband and wife duo Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Nick Jonas named the films in contention during a live broadcast, which starts at 12.19pm GMT.
Mank leads the way with 10 nominations, including Best Picture, as well as David Fincher for Best Director, Gary Oldman for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and Amanda Seyfried for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
British actors have got a significant look-in at this year’s ceremony, too, via Oldman’s nod for Mank as well as nominations for Sound of Metal’s Riz Ahmed, and Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman in The Father.
Find reaction to the nominations below
OK, so while you’re digesting that, you can find the full list of every nomination in one place on the link below.
Oscar nominations 2021 list in full
This year’s awards season has officially reached its final stages
Mank leads the pack qith 10 nominations.
Following behind with six apiece are *breathes* The Father, Minari, Nomadland, Sound of Metal and The Trial of the Chicago 7
Big shout out to Anthony Hopkins who has become the oldest Best Actor nominee at 83 for The Father!
Also, Steven Yeun being nominated for Best Actor is incredible news. He becomes the first Asian-American to do so.
His Walking Dead family will no doubt be proud (he played Glenn on the show).
In terms of snubs, we’ll start with The Mauritanian, which received a huge amount of love at the Golden Globes and Baftas. It failed to receive a single nomination today.
Another snub worth mentioning is the fact that Regina King was omitted from Best Director for One Night in Miami.
Congratulations to Promising Young Woman writer-director Emerald Fennell.
As we mentioned earlier, Best Picture can have up to 10 nominees this year, there are only eight, so the debate over which two films missed out on nominations has naturally begun.
It’s worth noting that, due to a rule change, from next year, the Best Picture nominee count will be fixed at 10.
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