The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominations for the 2023 Oscar ceremony that takes place on March 12. The ceremony celebrates American and international films released within a given year.
Interdimensional sci-fi film “Everything Everywhere All At Once” picked up the most nominations this year, 11, including Best Picture, Best Directing, and Best Actor in a Leading Role. Irish period tragicomedy “The Banshees of Inisherin” and war epic “All Quiet on the Western Front” are both the second most nominated films, with nine each, including Best Picture.
Other nominations for this year’s Best Picture category are varied in scale and financial success, from box-office Hollywood hits to independent art pieces. They include psychological drama “Tár,” big budget spectacles “Avatar: The Way of the Water” and “Top Gun Maverick,” musical biopic “Elvis,” drama “Women Talking,” Steven Spielberg’s semi-autobiographical “The Fabelmans,” and dark satire “Triangle of Sadness.”
Best Actor in a Leading Role sees all five actors earning first time nominations for an Academy Award. Austin Butler earns a nod for his portrayal of the King of Rock and Roll in “Elvis.” Colin Farrell is nominated for his role as the naive Pádraic in “The Banshees of Inisherin.” The Academy gave Brendan Fraser’s comeback performance in “The Whale” a nomination as well as newcomer Paul Mescal for “Aftersun.” Bill Nighy’s performance as a man battling with a terminal illness in “Living” earns him the fifth nomination.
Cate Blanchett claims her eighth overall Academy nomination and fifth in Best Actress in a Leading Role playing an abusive music conductor in “Tár.” Ana De Armas gives “Blonde” its only nomination for De Armas’s leading role as Marilyn Monroe. Andrea Riseborough’s nomination for indie film “To Leslie” is her first overall Academy nomination and the only nomination for the film. The Best Actress in a Leading Role category also gives ”The Fabelmans” star Michelle Williams her fifth ever nomination and Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh a nod for “Everything Everywhere All At Once.”
Jimmy Kimmel will be hosting the show for the third time as he previously hosted the ceremonies in 2017 and 2018. The shows from the four years did not have a single host, rather taking an ensemble approach to hosting.
Ratings for the Oscars have been on a steady decline for the past few years, in part due to the controversies facing the Academy. In 2015, the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite was trending on Twitter as a response to the lack of diversity in the four acting categories that year. The controversy sparked again in 2020 when there was only one non-white acting nominee in the acting categories. Despite more diverse nominations in recent years, the ceremony is losing viewership. The 2021 show fell at an all-time low rating of 10 million viewers, less than half of the 23.6 million that watched the previous year.
For the entire list of Academy nominations, go to the Oscars website at https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2023.
Alex Ross
Alex Rossis a third-year Communication student at Lock Haven with a focus in Journalism. This is his second year as an active member of the Eagle Eye and has been the Arts and Entertainment editor, News editor, and an active writer. He focuses on writing reviews for the A&E section, but has written stories for news, sports, and opinions. Outside of the newsroom, Alex enjoys record shopping, reading classic literature, and analyzing films. Alex hopes to work for a film or music news site as a writer or editor after graduation.
