Top Gun: Maverick has been nominated for six Oscars including Best Picture, in a sign that Hollywood is finally listening to audiences and honoring box office hits instead of arthouse favorites.
The movie starring Tom Cruise is nominated for Best Picture along with Elvis, Avatar: The Way of Water, All Quiet On The Western Front and The Fabelmans at the 95th Academy Awards, which will be hosted on March 12 by Jimmy Kimmel.
While Cruise missed out on a nomination for Best Actor, the nomination for Best Picture could bring him his first Academy Award.
Everything Everywhere All At Once won 11 nominations and The Banshees of Inisherin won nine nominations. The two films swept the Golden Globes earlier this month.
Box office hit Top Gun: Maverick starring Tom Cruise. The movie was snubbed by the Globes
Elvis, by Baz Luhrmann, won eight nominations, including one for Austin Butler.
Best Actress at the Oscars will be a toss-up between Cate Blanchett in Tar and Michelle Yeoh, who won the award at the Golden Globes for her performance in Everything Everywhere All at Once.
Ana De Armas also won a nomination for her portrayal of Marilyn Monroe in Blonde.
While Cruise missed out on a nomination for Best Actor, Austin Butler (Elvis) Brendan Fraser (The Whale) and Bill Nighy (Living) all received nods.
One film that received no nominations was The Woman King, starring Viola Davis.
All Quiet on the Western Front, a German-produced film, won multiple nominations, as did Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, including Best Original Song.
Angela Bassett is nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and as is Jamie Lee Curtis for Everything Everywhere All At Once.
The awards ceremony will be hosted on March 12 by Jimmy Kimmel. Allison Williams and Riz Ahmed announced the nominees on Tuesday morning.
Austin Butler won Best Actor at The Golden Globes for his performance in Elvis
Avatar: The Way of Water was nominated for Best Picture, Best Visual Effects, Best Production Design and Best Sound
Over the last five years, ratings for the once-adored show have steadily plummeted.
Last year’s drama with Will Smith and Chris Rock revived the flailing numbers, but it also made the prestigious event into a mockery.
This year’s awards season kicked off with the Golden Globes on January 10.
Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans won Best Picture, with The Banshees of Inisherin winning Best Picture: Musical/Comedy.
Cate Blanchett won Best Actress for her performance in Tár, while Austin Butler won Best Actor for his role in the Elvis biopic.
Angela Bassett won Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Key Huy Quan won Best Supporting Actor for Everything Everywhere All At Once.
Top Gun: Maverick, one of the highest grossing films of the last few years, was snubbed at the Globes.
Kimmel previously hosted the event in 2017 and 2018, when ratings were considerably higher than in recent years.
This year’s awards bring first-time nominations for Colin Farrell and Bill Nighy, who are both nominated for Best Actor.
Nighy won his nomination for Living, in which he portrays a veteran civil servant who is inspired to make the most of his remaining days.
Farrell’s performance in The Banshees of Inisherin won has dazzled the awards circuit so far.
Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All At Once. The movie has swept awards season so far. Yeoh is nominated for Best Actress
Another critics’ favorite is The Banshees of Inisherin, starring Colin Farrell
Over the last decade, audience numbers for the once coveted event have evaporated.
The most watched ever was in 1998, when 55.8million people tuned in to see Titanic win Best Picture.
The numbers steadily declined in the years that followed, then fell off a cliff-edge in 2019, when actors started using their speeches to preach politics, and celebrities strutted badges and themed-outfits down the red carpet.
In 2021, when the in-person event was scrapped due to COVID, only 10milion people watched the livestream.
Will Smith gave last year’s show a boost by slapping Chris Rock, bringing the numbers back up to 16.6million.
Over the last decade, audience numbers for the once coveted event have evaporated. Will Smith gave last year’s event a boost by slapping Chris Rock. The lowest was in 2021, when the in-person event was scrapped due to COVID and viewers were asked to tune into a virtual event instead
Riz Ahmed and Allison Williams 95th Academy Awards Nominations Announcement, Los Angeles
Many viewers gave up on the stars’ virtue signaling.
Their political speeches coupled with the Academy’s refusal to recognize the movies that topped the box offices turned most off.
This year’s line-up of nominations marks a departure.
By bringing Kimmel back to host, it seems organizers are eager to return to the winning magic formula of previous years. Kimmel hosted the event in 2017 and 2018, when audience numbers were notably higher.
