2025 Oscar Nominees Announced: 'Sinners' Leads with Record Nominations

Record-Breaking Nominations for 'Sinners'

• 🏆 'Sinners' has set a new record with 16 Oscar nominations, surpassing the previous record held by films like 'All About Eve', 'Titanic', and 'La La Land'.
• 💡 The film's extensive nominations are attributed to its visual storytelling, innovative screenplay, acting, and directing.

Key Film and Performance Highlights

• 🎬 'One Battle After Another' by Paul Thomas Anderson received numerous nominations, including for acting, despite Anderson's own lack of an Oscar win.
• 🌟 Timothy Shalamé earned a Best Actor nomination for his role in 'Marty Supreme', a film about a 1950s pingpong champion.
• 🎭 Jesse Buckley is nominated for Best Actress for her role in 'Hamnet', and Emma Stone for 'Beonia'.
• 🎬 Leonardo DiCaprio and Ethan Hawke also received nominations for their performances in 'One Battle After Another' and 'Blue Moon', respectively.

New Academy Rules and AI Considerations

• 🗳️ New Academy rules now require members to watch all films in a category before voting, with verification through provided links or screening attendance forms.
• 🤖 The Academy has stated that AI-assisted films will be judged based on the degree of human authorship involved in their creation.
• 🧩 A new category for Best Casting has been introduced, recognizing the importance of casting in film production, with nominations for films like 'The Secret Agent'.

Major Categories and Nominees

• 🎥 Best Picture nominees include 'Beonia', 'F1', 'Frankenstein', 'Hamnet', 'Marty Supreme', 'One Battle After Another', 'The Secret Agent', 'Sentimental Value', 'Sinners', and 'Train Dreams'.
• 🎤 Leading Actor nominees feature Timothy Shalamé, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ethan Hawke, Michael B. Jordan, and Vagner Mora.
• 🎬 Leading Actress nominees include Jesse Buckley, Rose Burn, Kate Hudson, Ranatada Reyna, and Emma Stone.
• 🏆 Directing nominees are Khloe Xiao, Josh Safi, Paul Thomas Anderson, Yake Trier, and Ryan Cougler.

Broadcast Information

• 📺 The 98th Oscars ceremony will be broadcast live on Sunday, March 15th, at 7:00 p.m. Eastern and 4:00 p.m. Pacific on ABC and Hulu.