The 95th Academy Awards: The 2023 Nominees:

24 January, 2023 Siobhan Marie Day 0 Comments 2 categories

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced their nominations for the 2022 film year with a live streaming announcement held this morning and hosted by Academy Award winner Riz Ahmed and M3GAN‘s Allison Williams. Everything Everywhere All At Once lead the nominations with 11 Oscars including one of Best Picture, and solidified the film as the one to beat this awards season. Among the other nominees for Best Picture was Top Gun: Maverick which brought people back to theaters studios were worried the pandemic shutdown might hinder anyone coming back during a time when studios are seeing fewer filmgoers heading to the theaters and preferring to stream films front their home. Also in the running is another big blockbuster favorite at the theaters, James Cameron‘s long- anticipated sequel, Avatar: The Way of Water which more than stays above water at the box office and beat the records set by the Tom Cruise sequel this past June.

Promotion photo for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Awards nominations. Photo Credit: AMPAS

Promotion photo for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 95th Academy Awards Oscars 2023 Nominations. Photo Credit: AMPAS

Promotion photo for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 95th Academy Awards Nomination Announcement hosted by Riz Ahmed and Allison Williams. Photo Credit: AMPAS

Directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Written by Daniel Kwan, and Daniel Scheinert, Produced by Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Mike Larocca, Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, and Jonathan Wang, Starring: Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, Jenny Slate, Harry Shum Jr., James Hong, and Jamie Lee Curtis Photo Credit: A24

Directed by Joseph Kosinski, Screenplay by Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, and Christopher McQuarrie, Story by Peter Craig, and Justin Marks, Based on Characters by Jim Cash, and Jack Epps Jr., Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, and David Ellison, Starring: Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Ed Harris, and Val Kilmer Photo Credit: Wikipedia Commons

Tom Cruise as Pete "Maverick" Mitchell flying in Top Gun: Maverick. (2022)

Tom Cruise returns as Pete "Maverick" Mitchell

The A24 frontrunner film directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert also saw nominations unsurprisingly for its main cast, Michelle Yeoh, and Ke Huy Quan, who will compete in the Best Actress and Supporting Actor categories, both actors have all earned and took home the awards at the Golden Globes, and SAG Awards this year, the only surprise would be if Cate Blanchett, who is also nominated in the Best Actress category for her role in the Todd Field film, Tár, takes home the Oscar instead of Yeoh. Co-stars Jamie Lee Curtis and Stephanie Hsu will be competing against each other for Supporting Actress for their roles in Everything Everywhere All At Once. Kwan and Scheinert also received nominations for Original Screenplay and Director at this years nominations announcement. And among the other films that saw the entire cast receive nominations, The Banshees of Inisherin‘s Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, and Barry Keoghan were all nominated this morning, while sadly Jenny the Donkey was snubbed. And nomination favorites Angela Bassett, Austin Butler and Brendan Fraser also received nominations for their films, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Elvis and The Whale.

Daniel Kwan Daniel Scheinert on set filming "Everything Everywhere All at Once". Photo Credit: A24

Michelle Yeoh in a scene from A24 drama comedy film, "Everything Everywhere All At Once" Photo Credit: A24 (2022)

Ke Huy Quan in a scene from the film, "Everything Everywhere All At Once". Photo Credit: A24 (2022)

Michelle Yeoh at the 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards held at the Fairmont Century Plaza on February 26, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. Photo Credit: Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images

Ke Huy Quan accepts the Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture award for "Everything Everywhere All at Once" onstage at the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 10, 2023, in Beverly Hills, California. Photo Credit: Rich Polk/NBC via Getty Images

US-Vietnamese actor Ke Huy Quan poses with the awards for outstanding Male Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture and Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for "Everything Everywhere All at Once" during the 29th Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Century City, California, on February 26, 2023. Photo Credit: Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

Cate Blanchett in a scene from the film, Tár. (2022) Photo Credit: Getty Images

Todd Field on set filming "Tár". Photo Credit: Focus Features (United States) Universal Pictures (international)

Directed by Todd Field, Written by Todd Field, Produced by Todd Field, Alexandra Milchan, and Scott Lambert, Starring: Cate Blanchett, Noémie Merlant, Nina Hoss, Sophie Kauer, Julian Glover, Allan Corduner, and Mark Strong Photo credit: Wikipedia Commons

Jamie Lee Curtis in a scene from the film, "Everything Everywhere All At Once". Photo Credit: A24 (2022)

Stephanie Hsu in a scene from the film, "Everything Everywhere All At Once". Photo Credit: A24 (2022)

Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert for their original screenplay for 'Everything Everywhere All At Once' Photo Credit: Wikipedia Commons

Directed by Martin McDonagh, Written by Martin McDonagh, Produced by Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin, and Martin McDonagh, Starring: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, and Barry Keoghan Photo Credit: Searchlight Pictures (2022)

Colin Farrell in a scene from the Searchlight Pictures drama comedy motion picture film, "The Banshees of Inisherin" Photo Credit: Searchlight Pictures (2022)

Brendan Gleeson in a scene from the film, "The Banshees of Inisherin". Photo Credit: Searchlight Pictures (2022)

Kerry Condon in a scene from the film, "The Banshees of Inisherin". Photo Credit: Searchlight Pictures (2022)

Barry Keoghan in a scene from the film, "The Banshees of Inisherin". Photo Credit: Searchlight Pictures (2022)

Jenny the Donkey in a scene from the film, "The Banshees of Inisherin".

Photo Credit: Searchlight Pictures (2022)

Angela Bassett in a scene from the film, "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever". Photo Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2022)

Austin Butler as Elvis in Warner Bros. Pictures’ drama “ELVIS,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Hugh Stewart. Copyright: © 2022 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Brendan Fraser in a scene from the Protozoa Pictures motion picture drama “The Whale”. Photo Credit: Protozoa Pictures. All Rights Reserved. (2022)

Directed by Ryan Coogler, Screenplay by Ryan Coogler, and Joe Robert Cole, Story by Ryan Coogler, Based on Marvel Comics, Produced by Kevin Feige, and Nate Moore, Starring: Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Winston Duke, Florence Kasumba, Dominique Thorne, Michaela Coel, Mabel Cadena, Tenoch Huerta Mejía, Martin Freeman, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Angela Bassett, with Cinematography by Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Edited by Michael P. Shawver, Kelley Dixon, and Jennifer Lame, Music by Ludwig Göransson, Production company: Marvel Studios, Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. (2022) Photo Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

ELVIS, starring Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, Olivia DeJonge, Helen Thomson, and Richard Roxburgh; directed by Baz Luhrmann; written by Baz Luhrmann, Sam Bromell, Craig Pierce, and Jeremy Doner; produced by Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Gail Berman, Patrick McCormick, and Schuyler Weiss for Warner Bros. Pictures, Bazmark Films, and The Jackal Group and distributed by Warner Bros Pictures. (2022)

Directed by Darren Aronofsky, Written by Samuel D. Hunter, Based on "The Whale" by Samuel D. Hunter, Produced by Jeremy Dawson, Ari Handel, and Darren Aronofsky, Starring: Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, Hong Chau, Ty Simpkins, Samantha Morton, with Cinematography by Matthew Libatique, Edited by Andrew Weisblum, Music by Rob Simonsen, Production company: Protozoa Pictures. Distributed by A24 (2022)

This years race is unpredictable and will definitely be a nail bitter as there is no direct line to predicting the winner this year, the winners have been nominated across the board this year and some have lost and some have won without there being a clean sweep by any one actor in a category. So it will be interesting to see who takes home the golden Oscar this year, so we will all have to tune in on March 12, 2023 on ABC when Jimmy Kimmel returns for the third time to host the awards ceremony, and see who is taking home an Oscar! Until then we will have to make our predictions on our ballots and hope for the best!