Emilia Perez leads Oscar nominations with record-breaking 14

Emilia Perez leads the nominations for the upcoming Academy Awards with a record-breaking 14.

Jacques Audiard's musical thriller is up for the coveted Best Picture accolade — for which it will contest with Anora, Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Dune: Part Two, I'm Still Here, Nickel Boys, The Substance, and Wicked — as well as Best Director for the filmmaker, Best Actress in a Leading Role for Karla Sofía Gascón, Supporting Actress nod for Zoe Saldaña, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best International Feature Film.

It is also nominated for sound, make-up and hairstyling, film editing, cinematography, original score, and received two spots on the Best Original Song shortlist, for El Mal and Mi Camino.

The Brutalist and Wicked follow with 10 places on the shortlist, with nods for the first including Best Actor in a Leading Role for Adrien Brody, Supporting Actor and Actress nods for Guy Pearce and Felicity Jones, and Best Director for Brady Corbet.

Wicked stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role and Best Actress in a Supporting Role respectively, with a number of other nods in technical categories.

While Adrien will be looking to secure his second Best Actor award, he faces competition from Timothee Chalamet A Complete Unknown'), Colman Domingo (Sing Sing), Ralph Fiennes (Conclave) and Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice), while the Best Actress sees Karlaand Cynthia joined on the shortlist by Mikey Madison (Anora), Demi Moore (The Substance), and Fernanda Torres (I'm Still Here).

Joining Zoe, Ariana and Felicity in being nominated for the Best Actress in a Supporting Role award are Monica Barbaro (A Complete Unknown), and Isabella Rossellini (Conclave), while Best Actor in a Supporting Role will go to either Guy, Yura Borisov (Anora), Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain), Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown), and Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice).

As well as Jacques and Brady, Sean Baker (Anora), James Mangold (A Complete Unknown) and Coralie Fargeat (The Substance) are in the running for Best Director.

The nominations were announced live on Thursday (Jan 23) by Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott from the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theatre, six days later than planned due to the Los Angeles wildfires.

Conan O'Brien will host the Oscars ceremony from the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on March 2.

Full list of nominations for the 97th Academy Awards:

Best Picture:

• Anora
• The Brutalist
• A Complete Unknown
• Conclave
• Dune: Part Two
• Emilia Perez
• I'm Still Here
• Nickel Boys
• The Substance
• Wicked

Best Actress in a Leading Role:

• Cynthia Erivo - Wicked
• Karla Sofía Gascón - Emilia Perez
• Mikey Madison - Anora
• Demi Moore - The Substance
• Fernanda Torres - I'm Still Here

Best Actor:

• Adrien Brody - The Brutalist
• Timothee Chalamet - A Complete Unknown
• Colman Domingo - Sing Sing
• Ralph Fiennes - Conclave
• Sebastian Stan - The Apprentice

Best Actress in a Supporting role:

• Monica Barbaro - A Complete Unknown
• Ariana Grande - Wicked
• Felicity Jones - The Brutalist
• Isabella Rossellini - Conclave
• Zoe Saldaña - Emilia Perez

Best Actor in a Supporting Role:

• Yura Borisov - Anora
• Kieran Culkin - A Real Pain
• Edward Norton - A Complete Unknown
• Guy Pearce - The Brutalist
• Jeremy Strong - The Apprentice

Best Director:

• Sean Baker - Anora
• Brady Corbet - The Brutalist
• James Mangold - A Complete Unknown
• Jacques Audiard - Emilia Perez
• Coralie Fargeat - The Substance

Best Original Screenplay:

• Anora
• The Brutalist
• A Real Pain
• September 5
• The Substance

Best Adapted Screenplay:

• A Complete Unknown
• Conclave
• Emilia Perez
• Nickel Boys
• Sing Sin

Best Cinematography:

• The Brutalist
• Dune: Part Two
• Emilia Perez
• Maria
• Nosferatu

Best Original Score:

• The Brutalist
• Conclave
• Emilia Perez
• Wicked
• The Wild Robot

Best Original Song:

• El Mal - Emilia Perez
• The Journey - The Six Triple Eight
• Like a Bird - Sing Sing
• Mi Camino - Emilia Perez
• Never Too Late - Elton John: Never Too Late

Best Film Editing:

• Anora
• The Brutalist
• Conclave
• Emilia Perez
• Wicked

Best Production Design:

• The Brutalist
• Conclave
• Dune: Part Two
• Nosferatu
• Wicked

Best Costume Design:

• A Complete Unknown
• Conclave
• Gladiator II
• Nosferatu
• Wicked

Best Makeup and Hairstyling:

• A Different Man
• Emilia Perez
• Nosferatu
• The Substance
• Wicked

Best Sound:

• A Complete Unknown
• Dune: Part Two
• Emilia Perez
• Wicked
• The Wild Robot

Best Visual Effects:

• Alien: Romulus
• Better Man
• Dune: Part Two
• Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
• Wicked

Best International Feature Film:

• I'm Still Here (Brazil)
• The Girl With the Needle (Denmark)
• Emilia Perez (France)
• The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany)
• Flow (Latvia)

Best Animated Feature:

• Flow
• Inside Out 2
• Memoir of a Snail
• Wallace + Gromit: Vengeance Most Foul
• The Wild Robot

Best Animated Short:

• Beautiful Men
• In the Shadow of the Cypress
• Magic Candies
• Wander to Wonder
• Yuck!

Best Live-Action Short:

• A Lien
• Anuja
• I'm Not a Robot
• The Last Ranger
• The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent

Best Documentary Feature Film:

• Black Box Diaries
• No Other Land
• Porcelain War
• Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
• Sugarcane

Best Documentary Short:

• Death by Numbers
• I Am Ready, Warden
• Incident
• Instruments of a Beating Heart
• The Only Girl in the Orchestra

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