The nominations for the 97th Academy Awards dropped on Thursday, and as at all times, the listing got here with its justifiable share of snubs and surprises.
Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez acquired 13 nominations, however Selena Gomez — who’d been nominated for a Golden Globe and a BAFTA for her efficiency — misplaced out on a Supporting Actress nod. Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance earned 5 nominations, however Margaret Qualley’s supporting flip, which earned Golden Globe and Critics Selection nods, was not amongst them. Elsewhere, motion pictures like Babygirl, Challengers, and Queer got here up completely empty, even after incomes nominations at different main awards just like the Golden Globes.
What the place the most important snubs of the Oscar nominations this yr? Let’s get into it.
Challengers will get blanked.
Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers, one in every of Mashable’s greatest motion pictures of 2024, acquired utterly shut out on the 2025 Oscar nominations, even after getting Golden Globe nominations for Greatest Image — Musical/Comedy and for Zendaya’s main efficiency. Whereas it missed out on nominations in these fields at this yr’s Oscars, essentially the most shocking snub of all right here is undoubtedly the dearth of recognition for Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’ pulsing techno rating. Not solely did their work flip a tense tennis mash right into a full-on rave — it additionally gained the Golden Globe for Greatest Authentic Rating over 4 of the 5 Oscar nominees. (Someway, Depraved acquired in as an alternative.)
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Daniel Craig misses out on a nomination for Queer.
After incomes Golden Globe, Critics Selection, and Display Actors Guild nominations, Daniel Craig missed out on his first Oscar nomination for his efficiency in Luca Guadagnino’s Queer. The remainder of the film got here up empty-handed, nevertheless it’s the dearth of Craig that stings essentially the most, as a result of, as Mashable Leisure Editor Kristy Puchko wrote in her assessment of Queer, “Craig is mesmerizing as Lee, swanning from catty gossip sessions to carnal encounters to body-rattling withdrawals and psychedelic splendors. It’s easy to be beguiled by his charms, including a suave sex appeal made less intimidating by his tendency toward silliness.”
The Oscars fail to acknowledge Denis Villeneuve for Dune: Half Two.
In 2022, the Academy Awards snubbed Denis Villeneuve for his course of Dune, and I believed, “Well, surely they won’t do that again.” However the Academy likes to shock me, as a result of they repeated their egregious mistake this yr by failing to acknowledge Villeneuve’s work on the arguably more difficult Dune: Half Two. That is the sci-fi equal of not nominating Peter Jackson for guiding any of The Lord of the Rings installments!
Nicole Kidman, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Pamela Anderson, and Angelina Jolie lose out on Greatest Actress nominations.
The Greatest Actress race this yr was a massacre (when is it not?), with Babygirl‘s Nicole Kidman, Laborious Truths‘ Marianne Jean-Baptiste, The Final Showgirl‘s Pamela Anderson, and Maria‘s Angelina Jolie all dropping out. Every snub was shocking in its personal manner. Kidman gained the 2024 Volpi Cup for Greatest Actress on the 2024 Venice Movie Pageant, whereas additionally incomes a Golden Globe nomination. Jean-Baptiste earned BAFTA and Critics Selection nominations, and was a repeated favourite with Critics Associations. Anderson picked up Golden Globe and SAG nods, and Jolie was acknowledged by the Golden Globes and Critics Selection. None of those accolades, nonetheless, translated to an Oscar nomination.
Denzel Washington will get snubbed for his Gladiator II efficiency.
Of the six actors nominated for Greatest Supporting Actor at this yr’s Golden Globes, the one actor to not make it into the class on the Oscars was Denzel Washington for his efficiency in Gladiator II. In her Mashable assessment, Puchko raved that, “Denzel Washington steals this movie,” so it is a disgrace that his scene-stealing flip was denied an Oscar nod.
Find out how to watch: The 97th Academy Awards will air on ABC and Hulu on Sunday, March 2, 2025 at 7 p.m. ET.
