The Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, has released the complete list of nominees for the 93rd edition.
Below are things you should know about the 93rd Academy Awards.
#1. The 93rd Academy Awards ceremony is scheduled to take place in Los Angeles at both the Dolby Theatre and Union Station on April 25, 2021 — two months later than originally planned, due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the world of cinema.
#2. The Oscars will begin at 8 p.m. ET, and you can watch it by streaming ABC through Hulu + Live TV, YouTubeTV, AT&T TV, or FuboTV.
#3. The 93rd Academy Awards will honour the best films of 2020 and early 2021.
#4. On April 12, 2021, the Academy confirmed some of the presenters to make an appearance on April 25. They include Angela Bassett, Halle Berry, Bong Joon Ho, Don Cheadle, Bryan Cranston, Laura Dern, Harrison Ford, Regina King, Marlee Matlin, Rita Moreno, Joaquin Phoenix, Brad Pitt, Reese Witherspoon, Renée Zellweger and Zendaya.
#5. At 6:30 p.m. ET, Celeste, H.E.R., Leslie Odom, Jr., Laura Pausini, Daniel Pemberton, Molly Sandén and Diane Warren will perform the five nominated original songs.
#6. This is the first time in Oscars’ history that all five nominees for Best Original Screenplay are competing for Best Picture. The nominees include Minari, Promising Young Woman, Judas and the Black Messiah, The Trial of the Chicago 7 and Sound of Metal.
#7. On March 15, 2021, Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Nick Jonas, while announcing live from London, recited all the Awards’ categories and their respective nominees, which you can read below:
Actress in a Leading Role
- Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
- Andra Day – The United States vs. Billie Holiday
- Vanessa Kirby – Pieces Of A Woman
- Frances McDormand – Nomadland
- Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman
Actor in a Leading Role
- Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal
- Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
- Anthony Hopkins – The Father
- Gary Oldman – Mank
- Steven Yeun – Minari
Actress in a Supporting Role
- Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent
- Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy
- Olivia Colman – The Father
- Amanda Seyfried – Mank
- Yuh-Jung Youn – Minari
Actor in a Supporting Role
- Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7
- Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah
- Leslie Odom, Jr. – One Night in Miami…
- Paul Raci – Sound of Metal
- Lakeith Stanfield – Judas and the Black Messiah
Achievement in Directing
- Thomas Vinterberg – Another Round
- David Fincher – Mank
- Lee Isaac Chung – Minari
- Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
- Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
Best Picture
- The Father
- Judas And The Black Messiah
- Mank
- Minari
- Nomadland
- Promising Young Woman
- Sound Of Metal
- The Trial Of The Chicago Seven
Best Original Screenplay
- Judas and the Black Messiah
- Minari
- Promising Young Woman
- Sound of Metal
- The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
- The Father
- Nomadland
- One Night In Miami
- The White Tiger
Best Animated Feature Film
- Onward
- Over The Moon
- A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
- Soul
- Wolfwalkers
Best Documentary Feature
- Collective
- Crip Camp
- The Mole Agent
- My Octopus Teacher
- Time
Best Original Song
- ‘Husavik’ – Savan Kotecha, Rickard Goransson, fat max Gsus from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
- ‘Fight For You’ – H.E.R., Dernst Emile II, Tiara Thomas from Judas and the Black Messiah
- ‘Io Sì (Seen)’ – Diane Warren, Laura Pausini, Niccolò Agliardi from The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Se)
- ‘Speak Now’ – Leslie Odom, Jr. and Sam Ashworth from One Night in Miami…
- ‘Hear My Voice’ – Daniel Pemberton and Celeste from The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Original Score Shortlist
- Da 5 Bloods
- Mank
- Minari
- News of the World
- Soul