All things Oscars 2021: Ceremony at 8 p.m. ET today

[BenG]

The ceremony will be held on 25 April 2021.

2021 Nominees

Full list: https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2021

• Best Picture
  • The Father – David Parfitt, Jean-Louis Livi, and Philippe Carcassonne
  • Judas and the Black Messiah – Shaka King, Charles D. King, and Ryan Coogler
  • Mank – Ceán Chaffin, Eric Roth, and Douglas Urbanski
  • Minari – Christina Oh
  • Nomadland – Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Javey, and Chloe Zhao
  • Promising Young Woman – Ben Browning, Ashley Fox, Emerald Fennell, and Josey McNamara
  • Sound of Metal – Bert Hamelinick and Sacha Ben Harroche
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Marc Platt and Stuart Besser
• Best Director
  • Thomas Vinterberg – Another Round
  • David Fincher – Mank
  • Lee Isaac Chung – Minari
  • Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
  • Emerald Fennell - Promising Young Woman
• Best Actor
  • Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal as Ruben Stone
  • Chadwick Boseman (posthumous) – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom as Levee Green
  • Anthony Hopkins – The Father as Anthony
  • Gary Oldman – Mank as Herman J. Mankiewicz
  • Steven Yeun – Minari as Jacob Yi
• Best Actress
  • Viola Davis – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom as Ma Rainey
  • Andra Day – The United States vs. Billie Holiday as Billie Holiday
  • Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman as Martha Weiss
  • Frances McDormand – Nomadland as Fern
  • Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman as Cassandra “Cassie” Thomas
• Best Supporting Actor
  • Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7 as Abbie Hoffman
  • Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah as Fred Hampton
  • Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night in Miami... as Sam Cooke
  • Paul Raci – Sound of Metal as Joe
  • Lakeith Stanfield – Judas and the Black Messiah as William "Bill" O'Neal
• Best Supporting Actress
  • Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm as Tutar Sagdiyev
  • Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy as Bonnie "Mamaw" Vance
  • Olivia Colman – The Father as Anne
  • Amanda Seyfried – Mank as Marion Davies
  • Youn Yuh-jung – Minari as Soon-ja
• Best Original Screenplay
  • Judas and the Black Messiah – Screenplay by Will Berson and Shaka King; Story by Will Berson, Shaka King, Keith Lucas and Kenny Lucas
  • Minari – Lee Isaac Chung
  • Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennell
  • Sound of Metal – Screenplay by Darius Marder and Abraham Marder; Story by Darius Marder and Derek Cianfrance
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Aaron Sorkin
• Best Adapted Screenplay
  • Borat Subsequent Moviefilm – Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Dan Swimer, Peter Baynham, Erica Rivinoja, Dan Mazer, Jena Friedman and Lee Kern; Story by Baron Cohen, Hines, Swimer and Nina Pedrad; Based on the character Borat Sagdiyev by Baron Cohen
  • The Father – Christopher Hampton & Florian Zeller, based on the play by Zeller
  • Nomadland – Chloé Zhao, based on the book by Jessica Bruder
  • One Night in Miami – Kemp Powers, based on his play
  • The White Tiger – Ramin Bahrani, based on the novel by Arvind Adiga
• Best Original Song
  • "Speak Now" from One Night in Miami... – Music and Lyric by Leslie Odom Jr. and Sam Ashworth
  • "Io Sì (Seen)" from The Life Ahead – Music by Diane Warren; Lyric by Diane Warren and Laura Pausini
  • "Husavik (My Hometown)" from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga – Music and Lyric by Savan Kotecha, Fat Max Gsus and Rickard Göransson
  • "Fight for You" from Judas and the Black Messiah – Music by H.E.R. and Dernst Emile II; Lyric by H.E.R.and Tiara Thomas
  • "Hear My Voice" from The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Music by Daniel Pemberton; Lyric by Daniel Pembertonand Celeste Waite

Edited April 25, 2021 by BenG

[Kattys Pronounsshe / her]

Of all the movies I had the chance to watch "Sound of Metal" and it's amazing! I hope it'll win something! I saw it in cinema and it's probably the best way to enjoy it (good sounding system is important factor).

 

 

[boobatella PronounsShe/Her]

next year’s oscars will be so stressful 

[BenG]

1 minute ago, donatellab said:

next year’s oscars will be so stressful 

not if L. Gaga receives 0 nominations

we would just be busy calling the Oscars a fad

[GitHub Pronounsshe/her]

I didn't even realize the extended the eligibility period so I thought Judas and the Black Messiah was going to be next year. I'm so happy for Lakeith. Also happy for Minari, I really need to watch it Honestly I was so out of the loop with movies in 2020, there are a lot I still need to watch

Final thoughts, if Glenn Close wins for Hillbilly Elegy then

[BenG]

6 minutes ago, GitHub said:

Honestly I was so out of the loop with movies in 2020, there are a lot I still need to watch

2020 went by like nothing happened. All I remember doing is being under lockdown

[joesuda Pronounshe/him/his]

Were there any big snubs? Usually with the Oscars I start watching the films after the nominations come out as usually before they really don't even run in cinemas in my country. Hopefully I find some inch resting viewing experiences. 

[SLAG PronounsHe/Him]

“Judas and the Black Messiah” getting 6 noms is well deserved. Such an amazing film. 

[GitHub Pronounsshe/her]

42 minutes ago, Joesuda said:

Were there any big snubs? Usually with the Oscars I start watching the films after the nominations come out as usually before they really don't even run in cinemas in my country. Hopefully I find some inch resting viewing experiences. 

I haven't seen most of the movies nominated so I can't argue either way, but this is what people on /r/oscarrace and /r/movies seem mostly to be surprised/upset about from most to least

1. Lakeith Stanfield was nominated as supporting instead of lead
2. Ma Rainey didn't get best picture or screenplay
3. One Night in Miami didn't get best picture/Mank didn't get screenplay

[admin Pronounshe/him]

So much to catch up on. I'll update this as I go 

Seen

• Nomadland
• The Trial of the Chicago 7
• Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
• The United States vs. Billie Holiday
• Another Round

Not yet seen

• The Father 
• Judas and the Black Messiah
• Mank
• Minari
• Promising Young Woman
• Sound of Metal
• One Night in Miami
• Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
• Hillbilly Elegy 
• The White Tiger 

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LOVED

• Nomadland
• Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

LOVELY

• Another Round

MEH

• The Trial of the Chicago 7
• The United States vs. Billie Holiday

[Franch Toast PronounsShe/her/hers]

Even though Regina King was robbed, so happy to finally see some diversity. It's awesome that for the first time, we have two women (and the first woman of color) nominated for Best Director, two Asian Americans nominated for Best Director, two men of Asian ancestry for Best Actor (and the first Muslim and first Asian American), and that half of the acting nominees are people of color...I think it's going to be Chloé Zhao's big night, but I'm hoping Minari picks up at least one Oscar. 

Pretty sure that Boseman is a shoo-in for Best Actor, though Best Actress is a wild card for me. I'd love it if Youn Yuh-jung swept in as the surprise winner for Best Actress in a supporting role. 

[lavenderblondee PronounsShe/her]

Lakeith Stanfield deserves everything good in the world. He's become one of my favorites over the years. 

[blastertoyo Pronounshe/she/they/blaster]

[SLAG PronounsHe/Him]

7 hours ago, GitHub said:

 

1. Lakeith Stanfield was nominated as supporting instead of lead.

This is interesting because the movie is based on his character though imo it focussed more Daniel Kaluuya’s character.  Can’t say I’m surprised by the category.

[GitHub Pronounsshe/her]

35 minutes ago, SLAG said:

This is interesting because the movie is based on his character though imo it focussed more Daniel Kaluuya’s character.  Can’t say I’m surprised by the category.

Yeah apparently WB campaigned LaKeith as lead and Daniel Kaluuya (and Jesse Plemons) as supporting http://www.wbawards.com/film/?film=judasandtheblackmessiah

[blue Pronounsshe/her]

Still mourning the lost experience of watching Minari and First Cow in the cinema 

LOVED
Promising Young Woman
Parts of a Woman
Ma Rainey's (I love that Denzel is basically producing adaptions of all of August Wilson's plays?) 

MEH
Judas was a slog but I like Daniel and Lakeith 

HATED
Chicago 7 
Hillbilly Elegy 

Planning on watching to get hyped but not overly attached/invested...
Minari
Nomadland 
Sound of Metal

F*CK
Mank

Edited March 16, 2021 by blue

[admin Pronounshe/him]

In love with @blue's rankings, I'll keep a list of my Oscar films with reactions too. Lemme edit my post above.

[BenG]

The Oscars ceremony will be held completely live and in-person.

Only nominees and their guests will be allowed and they will gather at a courtyard in the Union rail station, while other elements of the shows will be held at the home of the Academy Awards - the Dolby Theatre. All attendees will go through COVID tests.

The ceremony will be held on 25 April.

[blue Pronounsshe/her]

After the Grammys, I'm looking forward to another semi-traditional award show. But why is the Academy hosting an award ceremony in an essential highly trafficked transport hub while theaters and studios sit empty? 

Am I alone in thinking it would be cool if winners accepted their awards from iconic outdoor backlots, old Hollywood theaters, hell, beloved second-run theaters? When I was a teenager, I snuck into the VMAs the year they hosted it on backlots and it was kind of cringe but at least we were outside and, y'know, not at a train station during rush hour 

[BenG]

Today's the day!