<input type="hidden" value="" data-essbisPostContainer="" data-essbisPostUrl="https://yodoozy.com/the-oscar-nominations-2020-a-breakdown-of-the-popular-categories/" data-essbisPostTitle="The Oscar Nominations 2020: A Breakdown Of The Popular Categories" data-essbisHoverContainer=""><div class="fr-view"><p>Netflix was shunned in the Golden Globes, but the Oscars welcomed the streaming giant with a whopping 24 nominations! And speaking about nominations, yes, the list is out.</p>
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<p>Let’s take a look at the nominations in some popular categories, shall we?</p>
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<p><strong><u>Performance by an actor in a leading role nominees:</u></strong></p>
<p><strong>Antonio Banderas</strong> in PAIN AND GLORY</p>
<p><strong>Leonardo DiCaprio</strong> in ONCE UPON A TIME&#8230;IN HOLLYWOOD</p>
<p><strong>Adam Driver</strong> in MARRIAGE STORY</p>
<p><strong>Joaquin Phoenix</strong> in JOKER</p>
<p><strong>Jonathan Pryce</strong> in THE TWO POPES</p>
<p>Quite a few of Hollywood&#8217;s names are up for best actor at the Oscars this year. Believe it or not, this is Antonio Banderas first nomination for best actor. He starred in <em>Pain and Glory</em>, a Spanish movie about a film director reflecting back on his life.</p>
<p>Before 2016, Leonardo DiCaprio had been nominated for best actor in a lead role multiple times, always the bridesmaid, never the bride until <em>The Revenant.</em> Now four years after his famous win, DiCaprio is back and is being recognized for his role in <em>Once Upon a Time in Hollywood</em>, a story that follows two actors whose careers are burning out in 1969 Hollywood.</p>
<p>For the second year in a row, Adam Driver has received an Oscar nomination, but this year, he&#8217;s stepping it up. He has scored a mention for his lead role in <em>Marriage Stor</em>y. Directed by Noah Baumbach, Driver plays a theatre director undergoing a gruelling coast-to-coast divorce with his wife, played by best actress nominee Scarlett Johansson.</p>
<p>Joaquin Phoenix&#8217;s portrayal of the notorious comic book villain in <em>Joker </em>gained him recognition from the Academy. Previously, he has been nominated for best actor in a lead role 3 times and best actor in a supporting role once.</p>
<p>As for Pryce, it is his first Oscar nomination for his role as the future Pope Francis in <em>The Two Popes</em>.</p>
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<p><strong><u>Performance by an actress in a leading role nominees:</u></strong></p>
<p><strong>Cynthia Erivo</strong> in HARRIET</p>
<p><strong>Scarlett Johansson</strong> in MARRIAGE STORY</p>
<p><strong>Saoirse Ronan</strong> in LITTLE WOMEN</p>
<p><strong>Charlize Theron</strong> in BOMBSHELL</p>
<p><strong>Renée Zellweger</strong> in JUDY</p>
<p>In the Best Actress nominations, we have two frontrunners – 1) <em>Judy</em> which marks the return of <em>Bridget Jones</em> star Zellweger as she takes on aging chanteuse Judy Garland. The film, written by Tom Edge covers the singer’s final 1968 concerts in London.</p>
<p>2) Charlize Theron for her role in Roger Ailes’ docudrama <em>Bombshell </em>where she played the main adversary to a Fox News czar. This is her third Academy nomination.</p>
<p>Making a splash is newbie and multi-talented British singer-actress Cynthia Erivo who stars in the titular role of abolitionist Harriet Tubman in Kasi Lemmons’ biographical drama <em>Harriet.</em></p>
<p>Netflix played its <em>Marriage Story</em> in multiple fall festivals to great acclaim. Marvel star Johannson landed dual actress and supporting nods from CCA, SAG, and BAFTA for her leading role in this movie.</p>
<p>Greta Gerwig reunited with <em>Lady Bird</em> stars Saoirse Ronan and Timothée Chalamet as Jo and Laurie. Ronan scored her fourth Oscar nomination which is pretty impressive for an actor her age!</p>
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<p><u><strong>Achievement in directing nominees:</strong></u></p>
<p><strong>THE IRISHMAN</strong></p>
<p>Martin Scorsese</p>
<p><strong>JOKER</strong></p>
<p>Todd Phillips</p>
<p><strong>1917</strong></p>
<p>Sam Mendes</p>
<p><strong>ONCE UPON A TIME&#8230;IN HOLLYWOOD</strong></p>
<p>Quentin Tarantino</p>
<p><strong>PARASITE</strong></p>
<p>Bong Joon Ho</p>
<p>The Academy Awards’s director’s nominations, packed with overseas voters, tend to be the most receptive to non-American auteurs. Hence it is no wonder that Cannes Bong Joon Ho’s brilliant movie, <em>Parasite</em>, find itself scoring six Oscar nominations including Best Picture.</p>
<p>You can’t underestimate American director Quentin Tarantino, who’s back after a decade with <em>Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.</em> This directing nomination is Oscar-winner Tarantino’s third; he won Best Original Screenplay for <em>Pulp Fiction</em> and <em>Django Unchained.</em></p>
<p>As always, Scorsese’s work finds itself a place in the Oscar nomination, this time with <em>The Irishman</em>. The movie was adapted from Charles Brandt’s gangster saga “I Heard You Paint Houses.”</p>
<p>Todd Phillips is a fan favourite with his controversial <em>Joker,</em> an immaculately crafted character study and origin myth starring Joaquin Phoenix and set in the dark noir Gotham of the Christopher Nolan Batman films.</p>
<p>Sam Mendes’ World War I “one-take” wonder <em>1917</em> landed ten Oscar nominations and makes the director one of the forerunners for the award this time around.</p>
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<p>The 92nd Academy Awards ceremony will take place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California on 10<sup>th</sup> February 2020. We’ll be glued to our TV, will you?</p>
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