The 92^nd Academy Awards has some tough competition this year with 5 actresses being nominated for Best Actress category. Needless to say, the Oscars will see some nail-biting moments for movie lovers as well as the actresses.  

The nominees for Best Actress are as follows:

Renee Zellweger for her role of ‘Judy Garland’ in the film ‘Judy’.

The ‘Bridget Jone’s Diary’ actress, Renee Zellweger, is the strongest contender this year to take away the Oscar for Best Actress for her stellar performance in the movie ‘Judy’ where she portrays the role of the popular singer-actress Judy Garland. Having already won the BAFTA and Golden Globes Awards for the role, she stands a great chance to sweeping the Oscars too.

Cynthia Erivo for her role of ‘Harriet Tubman’ in the film ‘Harriet’.

Cynthia Erivo’s portrayal of ‘Harriet Tubman’, who had escaped slavery to become one of the greatest civil rights activists known, in the biopic ‘Harriet’, directed by Kasi Lemmons, could give a tough competition to the rest of the nominees. This is Cynthia’s first ever Academy Awards nomination and shows great potential to win an Oscar.

Scarlett Johansson for her role of ‘Nicole Barber’ in the movie ‘Marriage Story’.

Scarlett Johansson’s role of Nicole in the movie ‘Marriage Story’, directed by Noah Baumbach, has got Scarlett her first nomination for Best Actress at the Academy Awards. The movie portraying the lives of a married couple with a kid, going through the pain of divorce despite the love that they have for each other, has been praised by audiences worldwide. Surprisingly, Scarlett has also been nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the movie ‘Jojo Rabbit’ which is yet another outstanding movie nominated for the Best Film award. So, Scarlett has two shots at the Oscars this year.

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Charlize Theron for her role of ‘Meghan Kelly’ in the movie Bombshell

Charlize Theron, the Academy Awards winner for Best Actress in the film ‘Monster’ in 2004, has been nominated for her amazing performance in the film ‘Bombshell’ by Jay Roach, where she plays the role of ‘Meghan Kelly’, a popular and bold newscaster. This is her third such nomination.

Saoirse Ronan for her role of ‘Josephine March’ in the movie ‘Little Women’.

The 2018 Golden Globe Awards winner, Saoirse Ronan, has been hailed for her role of ‘Josephine March’ in the film ‘Little Women’ by Greta Gerwig. Saoirse plays the role of an author who experiences the many joys and pains of growing into adulthood along with her three sisters. This is the third such nomination for Saoirse after being nominated for her role in ‘Brooklyn’ in 2016 and later for her role in ‘Lady Bird’ in the year 2018.

So here they are, the 5 wonderful actresses who will be sitting at the edges of their seats, hoping to take home the Oscar! Irrespective of who wins the award, they are all winners in our eyes!

On February 9, 2020, Sunday night, the 92nd Academy Awards will bestow the best of the best with the prestigious Oscars, the dream of every film maker, actor, actress and other technical people. This year, 9 movies have been nominated for the Best Picture award and when the sound of ‘And the Oscar for the Best Picture goes to….’ echoes in the air, everyone will be at the edges of their seats.

Following are the nominations for Best Picture for the Oscars 2020:

FORD V. FERRARI

Starring Matt Damon as Carroll Hall Shelby and Christian Bale as Ken Miles, Ford v Ferrari is a movie that many loved for the direction of James Mangold. The two lead actors did best to portray emotions amid a drama based on Ford Motor’s attempt to build a car that could beat the fastest car in the world at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Other nominations: Best Film Editing, Sound Editing & Sound Mixing

THE IRISHMAN

The Irishman banks on the names and acting talent of some of the biggest starts Hollywood has known. Starring Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci & Al Pacino, Martin Scorsese’s presentation of the crime memoir ‘I Heard You Paint Houses’ portrays the lonely and purposeless lives of the mafia men who somehow elude death.

Other nominations: Best Supporting Actor (Al Pacino & Joe Pesci), Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Director, Best Editing, Best Production design, Best Visual Effects and Best Adapted Screenplay.

JOJO RABBIT

Starring Roman Griffin Davis as Jojo, Thomasin McKenzie as Elsa, Scarlett Johansson as Rosie and Taika Waititi as Adolf Hitler, Jojo Rabbit is an adaptation of the book Caging Skies by Christine Leunens. Director Taika Waititi, who has also directed Thor: Ragnarok, Taika Waititi, takes Jojo Rabbit down a rabbit hole of sorts with his ‘anti-hate-sattire’ black comedy about a 10-year-old boy, Jojo, a member of the Hitler Youth, who finds out that his mother has been hiding a Jewish girl inside the walls of their house. The most distinct aspect of the movie is Waititi playing the part of a funny Adolf Hitler.

Other nominations: Best Supporting Actress (Scarlett Johansson), Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Production Design and Best Adapted Screenplay

JOKER

We would be surprised if any of you would not have seen or heard about Todd Phillips’ Joker, a movie that has been the talk of the town for many reasons, one being the marvelous performance of Joaquin Phoenix, who wooed everyone with his hysterical laugh and ongoing mental struggle. It would be a shame if he did not win the Oscar for the Best Actor at least, even if the movie gave way for 1917, the strongest competitor and likely winner of the Best Film category. 

Other nominations: Best Actor (Joaquin Phoenix), Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Director, Best Editing, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Original Score, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing and Best Adapted Screenplay

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LITTLE WOMEN

Louisa May Alcott’s novel Little Women got a fresh breeze of narration in Greta Gerwig’s adaptation starring Saoirse Ronan as Jo, Eliza Scanlen as Beth, Florence Pugh as Amy and Emma Watson as Meg. The story jumped back and forth into the lives of the March sisters, portraying their desires and emotions with a somewhat vague ending. The powerful performances of the actors were loved by many who could relate them to their own relationships with their sisters.

Other nominations: Best Actress (Saoirse Ronan), Best Supporting Actress (Florence Pugh), Best Costume Design, Best Original Score and Best Adapted Screenplay.

MARRIAGE STORY

Directed by Noah Baumach, the movie is an emotional drama of sorts portraying the lives of a stage director Charlie (Adam Driver) and Nocole (Scarlett Johansson) dealing with the emotional intricacies of divorce. The story took viewers through a grueling experience based on the relevance of the subject with the masses, especially the divorced.

Other nominations: Best Actor (Adam Driver), Best Actress (Scarlett Johansson), Best Supporting Actress (Laura Dern), Best Original Score and Best Original Screenplay.

1917

A cinematic marvel by Sam Mendes, who had also directed Skyfall and Revolutionary Road, 1917, is the story of the journey of two British soldiers through a war ridden territory during the World War I, to deliver an important message that could avert the disaster that awaits another unit posted at a distant place. While the movie takes viewers through the many horrors that war tend to bring along, the clear winner is the impeccable cinematography. Cinematographer Roger Deakins who is recognized for No Country for Old Men and Skyfall, weaves magic into the movie and adds new meaning to the single-shot cinematography. The movie may go on to be win a well-deserved Best Film Oscar.

Other nominations: Best Cinematography, Best Director, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Original Score, Best Production Design, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Visual Effects and Best Original Screenplay

ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD

Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, set in Los Angeles in the 1969s. It revolves around Television star Rick Dalton played by Leonardo DiCaprio and his longtime stunt double and friend Cliff Booth played by Brad Pitt, as they come back to an industry that is nothing like it used to be. The story cleverly weaves around the Tate-LaBianca murders of 1969 that had shocked the industry.

The long winding story with multiple storylines is nothing less than a tribute to the golden age of Hollywood and the lives it had changed for good or bad.

Other nominations: Best Actor (Leonardo DiCaprio), Best Supporting Actor (Brad Pitt), Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Director, Best Production Design, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing and Best Original Screenplay

PARASITE

Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite is a masterpiece in it’s own and stands out for the engaging satire that it is. The movie is well written and directed and takes viewers in a journey of revelations. The best part is that it become really unpredictable engaging the audience in a positive way. The somewhat absurd plot moves forward with exceptional yet simple performances by Jang Hye-jin, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam, and Song Kang-ho. The movie tells how unfairness in the world could lead to the moral decline of the society. It may win the Oscar for Best International Film

Other nominations: Best Director, Best International Film, Best Production Design and Best Original Screenplay

So here are the 9 movies that will competed for Best Picture at the Oscars and we hope the best one wins!

The Oscars are just about to make or break the day (night) for a lot of people on February 9, 2020, and everyone would be sitting on the edges of their seats, including us, who have no contribution in whatever transpires in Hollywood, or the industry on a whole, except for the movie tickets we bought for the show at the theatre (yes we watched it a theatre and not some online-streaming-ad-pouring-mood-spoiling website). So, we are here talking about it, praying that the best ones win (Joker Please!).

As the anticipation builds every passing hour to know who makes it out with the Golden Statuette (the Oscars), we bring forth the list of nominees for this year’s Oscars.

The nominations for the Oscars 2020:

Best Picture Nominees:

“Ford v Ferrari”

“The Irishman”

“Jojo Rabbit”

“Joker”

“Little Women”

“Marriage Story”

“1917”

“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”

“Parasite”

Best Actor Nominees:

Antonio Banderas, “Pain and Glory”

Leonardo DiCaprio, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”

Adam Driver, “Marriage Story”

Joaquin Phoenix, “Joker”

Jonathan Pryce, “The Two Popes”

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Best Actress Nominees:

Cynthia Erivo, “Harriet”

Scarlett Johansson, “Marriage Story”

Saoirse Ronan, “Little Women”

Charlize Theron, “Bombshell”

Renee Zellweger, “Judy”

Best Supporting Actor Nominees:

Tom Hanks, “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”

Anthony Hopkins, “The Two Popes”

Al Pacino, “The Irishman”

Joe Pesci, “The Irishman”

Brad Pitt, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”

Best Supporting Actress Nominees:

Kathy Bates, “Richard Jewell”

Laura Dern, “Marriage Story”

Scarlett Johansson, “Jojo Rabbit”

Florence Pugh, “Little Women”

Margot Robbie, “Bombshell”

Best Director Nominees:

Martin Scorsese, “The Irishman”

Todd Phillips, “Joker”

Sam Mendes, “1917”

Quentin Tarantino, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”

Bong Joon Ho, “Parasite”

Best Animated Feature Nominees:

“How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World,” Dean DeBlois

“I Lost My Body,” Jeremy Clapin

“Klaus,” Sergio Pablos

“Missing Link,” Chris Butler

“Toy Story 4,”  Josh Cooley

Best Animated Short Nominees:

“Dcera,” Daria Kashcheeva

“Hair Love,” Matthew A. Cherry

“Kitbull,” Rosana Sullivan

“Memorable,” Bruno Collet

“Sister,” Siqi Song

Best Adapted Screenplay Nominees:

“The Irishman,” Steven Zaillian

“Jojo Rabbit,” Taika Waititi

“Joker,” Todd Phillips, Scott Silver

“Little Women,” Greta Gerwig

“The Two Popes,” Anthony McCarten

Best Original Screenplay Nominees:

“Knives Out,” Rian Johnson

“Marriage Story,” Noah Baumbach

“1917,” Sam Mendes and Krysty Wilson-Cairns

“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” Quentin Tarantino

“Parasite,” Bong Joon-ho, Jin Won Han

Best Cinematography Nominees:

“The Irishman,” Rodrigo Prieto

“Joker,” Lawrence Sher

“The Lighthouse,” Jarin Blaschke

“1917,” Roger Deakins

“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” Robert Richardson

Best Documentary Feature Nominees:

“American Factory,” Julia Rieichert, Steven Bognar

“The Cave,” Feras Fayyad

“The Edge of Democracy,” Petra Costa

“For Sama,” Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts

“Honeyland,” Tamara Kotevska, Ljubo Stefanov

Best Documentary Short Subject Nominees:

“In the Absence,” Yi Seung-Jun and Gary Byung-Seok Kam

“Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone,” Carol Dysinger

“Life Overtakes Me,” Kristine Samuelson and John Haptas

“St. Louis Superman,” Smriti Mundhra and Sami Khan

“Walk Run Cha-Cha,” Laura Nix

Best Live Action Short Film Nominees:

“Brotherhood,” Meryam Joobeur

“Nefta Football Club,” Yves Piat

“The Neighbors’ Window,” Marshall Curry

“Saria,” Bryan Buckley

“A Sister,” Delphine Girard

Best International Feature Film Nominees:

“Corpus Christi,” Jan Komasa

“Honeyland,” Tamara Kotevska, Ljubo Stefanov

“Les Miserables,” Ladj Ly

“Pain and Glory,” Pedro Almodovar

“Parasite,” Bong Joon Ho

Best Film Editing Nominees:

“Ford v Ferrari,” Michael McCusker, Andrew Buckland

“The Irishman,” Thelma Schoonmaker

“Jojo Rabbit,” Tom Eagles

“Joker,” Jeff Groth

“Parasite,” Jinmo Yang

Best Sound Editing Nominees:

“Ford v Ferrari,” Don Sylvester

“Joker,” Alan Robert Murray

“1917,” Oliver Tarney, Rachel Tate

“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” Wylie Stateman

“Star Wars: The Rise of SkyWalker,” Matthew Wood, David Acord

Best Sound Mixing Nominees:

“Ad Astra”

“Ford v Ferrari”

“Joker”

“1917”

“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”

Best Production Design Nominees:

“The Irishman,” Bob Shaw and Regina Graves

“Jojo Rabbit,” Ra Vincent and Nora Sopkova

“1917,” Dennis Gassner and Lee Sandales

“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” Barbara Ling and Nancy Haigh

“Parasite,” Lee Ha-Jun and Cho Won Woo, Han Ga Ram, and Cho Hee

Best Original Score Nominees:

“Joker,” Hildur Guðnadóttir

“Little Women,” Alexandre Desplat

“Marriage Story,” Randy Newman

“1917,” Thomas Newman

“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” John Williams

Best Original Song Nominees:

“I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away,” “Toy Story 4”

“I’m Gonna Love Me Again,” “Rocketman”

“I’m Standing With You,” “Breakthrough”

“Into the Unknown,” “Frozen 2”

“Stand Up,” “Harriet”

Best Makeup and Hair Nominees:

“Bombshell”

“Joker”

“Judy”

“Maleficent: Mistress of Evil”

“1917”

Best Costume Design Nominees:

”The Irishman,” Sandy Powell, Christopher Peterson

“Jojo Rabbit,” Mayes C. Rubeo

“Joker,” Mark Bridges

“Little Women,” Jacqueline Durran

“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” Arianne Phillips

Best Visual Effects Nominees:

“Avengers Endgame”

“The Irishman”

“1917”

“The Lion King”

“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”

So here we have the nominations for this year’s Oscars and though there are already a few favourites playing down competition, we hope that the best ones win!