95th Annual Academy Awards

Batgirl0202 · Jan 24, 2023

Another_Fool said: ↑

That guy was our childhood.
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Mildly embarrassed to admit this but I never saw The Goonies or any of the Indiana Jones films outside of the first one

Perhaps this is the year I start plugging some of the holes on my pop culture radar...

I just read up on Ke Huy Quan and I wish him all the best in his Oscar journey. Talk about patience, persistence, and perseverance paying off:

"Following roles in the sitcom Head of the Class (1991) and film Encino Man (1992), he stopped acting due to lack of opportunities, and obtained a film degree from the USC School of Cinematic Arts."

Frodo · Jan 24, 2023

Congrats to the nominees!

Enriquespy · Jan 24, 2023

Top gun didn't got a Cinematography nom? odd.

Kane52630 · Jan 24, 2023

Iceman · Jan 24, 2023

Batgirl0202 said: ↑

Mildly embarrassed to admit this but I never saw The Goonies or any of the Indiana Jones films outside of the first one

Perhaps this is the year I start plugging some of the holes on my pop culture radar...

I just read up on Ke Huy Quan and I wish him all the best in his Oscar journey. Talk about patience, persistence, and perseverance paying off:

"Following roles in the sitcom Head of the Class (1991) and film Encino Man (1992), he stopped acting due to lack of opportunities, and obtained a film degree from the USC School of Cinematic Arts."
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You need to get on those, like tonight!!

Ke Huy Quran’s story of eventual reward after so many years of rejection is one of the best I’ve heard in a while. I’d watch a film about that.

Drizzle · Jan 24, 2023

Interesting fact: Ke Huy Quan actually worked on the first X-Men movie as a fight coordinator.

Hugh Jackman has Ke Huy Quan to thank for X-Men movie fight scenes

Scarlet Spider · Jan 24, 2023

Ke Huy Quan was on Head of the Class. I loved that show!

DarkKnight88 · Jan 24, 2023

Batgirl0202 said: ↑

Mildly embarrassed to admit this but I never saw The Goonies or any of the Indiana Jones films outside of the first one

Perhaps this is the year I start plugging some of the holes on my pop culture radar...

I just read up on Ke Huy Quan and I wish him all the best in his Oscar journey. Talk about patience, persistence, and perseverance paying off:

"Following roles in the sitcom Head of the Class (1991) and film Encino Man (1992), he stopped acting due to lack of opportunities, and obtained a film degree from the USC School of Cinematic Arts."
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What’s even more heartbreaking, is that even after he filmed EEAAO, he kept auditioning over Covid and didn’t get a single callback. He then asked the producer of EEAAO if he was even any good in the movie, and the producer told him everything will change once it was released.

Let me tell you, we finished shooting Everything… at the beginning of 2020 and then the pandemic happened. During that entire time of the pandemic, I was auditioning again and again because there were more roles for Asians and I got nothing. I didn’t land any role, not even a call back. I was about to lose my health insurance towards the end of 2021 and I called my agent desperate for anything from series regular all the way down to a guest star spot and still nothing. When 2021 passed and I lost my health insurance, I even made a joke, saying, “Hey, nobody wants to hire me except Spielberg, George Lucas, Wong Kar-wai and the Daniels.”

I was so miserable and I felt so nervous because this was all happening again, like in my younger days. I called our producer for Everything…, Jonathan Wong, And I said, “I can’t get any job, nobody wants me. Please tell me how is the movie? Am I even good in it? [Voice shakes] His response was very sweet, he said, “Ke, just be patient. Just wait until the movie comes out.” And yeah, he was right. When the movie came out, everything changed. That’s why to this day when I walk on a movie set, knowing how difficult it is to get to have this opportunity, I’m always grateful. I didn’t think I would have this amazing second act as an actor in my early 50s, and I hope my story inspires someone to not give up on their dreams.
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‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ Star Ke Huy Quan On Getting A Second Chance To Pursue His Dream: “I’m Always Grateful”

Gothamsknight · Jan 24, 2023

Drizzle said: ↑

Interesting fact: Ke Huy Quan actually worked on the first X-Men movie as a fight coordinator.

Hugh Jackman has Ke Huy Quan to thank for X-Men movie fight scenes
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This is so awesome

Closerframe · Jan 24, 2023

Decision to Leave getting nothing is a shame, but the biggest crime is Michelle Williams getting nominated but not Mia Goth.

Mysteryman · Jan 24, 2023

So despite her surprise nomination,
Andrea Riseborough has no chance,Right?

Lily Adler · Jan 24, 2023

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Best Picture

“All Quiet on the Western Front”
“Avatar: The Way of Water”
“The Banshees of Inisherin”
“Elvis”
“Everything Everywhere All at Once”
“The Fabelmans”
“TÁR”
“Top Gun: Maverick”
“Triangle of Sadness”
“Women Talking”

Best Director

Martin McDonagh (“The Banshees of Inisherin”)
Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”)
Steven Spielberg (“The Fabelmans”)
Todd Field (“TÁR”)
Ruben Östlund (“Triangle of Sadness”)

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett (“TÁR”)
Ana de Armas (“Blonde”)
Andrea Riseborough (“To Leslie”)
Michelle Williams (“The Fabelmans”)
Michelle Yeoh (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”)

Best Actor

Austin Butler (“Elvis”)
Colin Farrell (“The Banshees of Inisherin”)
Brendan Fraser (“The Whale”)
Paul Mescal (“Aftersun”)
Bill Nighy (“Living”)

Best Supporting Actor

Brendan Gleeson (“The Banshees of Inisherin”)
Brian Tyree Henry (“Causeway”)
Judd Hirsch (“The Fabelmans”)
Barry Keoghan (“The Banshees of Inisherin”)
Ke Huy Quan (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”)

Best Supporting Actress

Angela Bassett (“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”)
Hong Chau (“The Whale”)
Kerry Condon (“The Banshees of Inisherin”)
Stephanie Hsu (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”)
Jamie Lee Curtis (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”)

Best International Feature Film

“All Quiet on the Western Front” (Edward Berger, Germany)
“Argentina, 1985” (Santiago Mitre, Argentina)
“Close” (Lukas Dhont, Belgium)
“EO” (Jerzy Skolimowski, Poland)
“The Quiet Girl” (Colm Bairéad, Ireland)

Best Cinematography

James Friend (“All Quiet on the Western Front”)
Darius Khondji (“Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths”)
Mandy Walker (“Elvis”)
Roger Deakins (“Empire of Light”)
Florian Hoffmeister (“Tár”)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Edward Berger, Ian Stokell, and Lesley Paterson (“All Quiet on the Western Front”)
Rian Johnson (“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”)
Kazuo Ishiguro (“Living”)
Ehren Kruger, Christopher McQuarrie, and Eric Warren Singer (“Top Gun: Maverick”)
Sarah Polley (“Women Talking”)

Best Original Screenplay

Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”)
Todd Field (“TÁR”)
Tony Kushner and Steven Spielberg (“The Fabelmans”)
Martin McDonagh (“The Banshees of Inisherin”)
Ruben Östlund (“Triangle of Sadness”)

Best Animated Feature

“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” (ShadowMachine/Netflix)
“Marcel the Shell with Shoes On” (A24)
“Turning Red” (Pixar/Disney)
“Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” (DreamWorks/Universal)
“The Sea Beast” (Netflix)

Best Visual Effects

“Avatar: The Way of Water” (20th Century/Disney)
“All Quiet on the Western Front” (Netflix)
“The Batman” (Warner Bros.)
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Disney/Marvel)
“Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount)

Best Editing

“Elvis” (Warner Bros.)
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)
“Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount)
“TÁR” (Focus Features)
“The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)

Best Production Design

“Avatar: The Way of Water” (20th Century Studios/Disney)
“All Quiet on the Western Front” (Netflix)
“Babylon” (Paramount)
“Elvis” (Warner Bros.)
“The Fabelmans” (Universal)

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

“Elvis” (Warner Bros.)
“The Batman” (Warner Bros.)
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Marvel/Disney)
“All Quiet on the Western Front” (Netflix)
“The Whale” (A24)

Best Costume Design

“Elvis” (Warner Bros.)
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Marvel/Disney)
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)
“Babylon” (Paramount)
“Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris” (Focus Features)

Best Sound

“Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount)
“Elvis” (Warner Bros.)
“Avatar: The Way of Water” (20th Century/Disney)
“All Quiet on the Western Front” (Netflix)
“The Batman” (Warner Bros.)

Best Documentary Feature

“All That Breathes”
“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed”
“Fire of Love”
“A House Made of Splinters”
“Navalny”

Best Documentary Short Subject

“The Elephant Whisperers”
“Haulout”
“How Do You Measure a Year?”
“The Martha Mitchell Effect”
“Stranger at the Gate”

Best Live Action Short

“An Irish Goodbye”
“Ivalu”
“Le Pupille”
“Night Ride”
“The Red Suitcase”

Best Animated Short

“The Flying Sailor”
“The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse”
“Ice Merchants”
“My Year of Dicks”
“An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It”

Best Original Song

“Hold My Hand” — Lady Gaga (“Top Gun: Maverick”)
“Lift Me Up”— Rihanna (“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”)
“Naatu Naatu”— Kaala Bhairava, M.M. Keeravani, and Rahul Sipligunj (“RRR”)
“Applause”— Diane Warren (“Tell It Like a Woman”)
“This Is a Life”— David Byrne, Ryan Lott, and Mitski (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”)

Best Original Score

“All Quiet on the Western Front,” Volker Bertelmann
“Babylon,” Justin Hurwitz
“The Banshees of Inisherin,” Carter Burwell
“Everything Everywhere All at Once,” Son Lux
“The Fabelmans,” John Williams
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The Animated Feature category is gonna be interesting since I would say they all deserve it.

antsman41 · Jan 24, 2023

Closerframe said: ↑

Decision to Leave getting nothing is a shame, but the biggest crime is Michelle Williams getting nominated but not Mia Goth.
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NotNickFury · Jan 24, 2023

Mysteryman said: ↑

So despite her surprise nomination,
Andrea Riseborough has no chance,Right?
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I wouldn't rule it out. The performance itself is still nomination-worthy, though I'd still ultimately give the edge to Cate Blanchett.

Gee · Jan 24, 2023

Yeoh is the first ever Asian Best Actress nominee. About ****ing damn time, Hollywood.

Kane52630 · Jan 24, 2023

Actually she's the 2nd but it might as well be the first.

Gee · Jan 24, 2023

Kane52630 said: ↑

Actually she's the 2nd but it might as well be the first.

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I just read about the white actress who won the Best Actress Oscar in 1938 for portraying a Chinese.

Drizzle · Jan 24, 2023

Fun fact I just looked up: The last time the top two highest grossing movies at the box office were both nominated for Best Picture was 40 years ago in 1982 (E.T. and Tootsie).

Another_Fool · Jan 24, 2023

I know we go through this every year but stunned that Keke Palmer wasn't nominated for Nope nor was there a single nomination for Woman King.

Scarlet Spider said: ↑

Ke Huy Quan was on Head of the Class. I loved that show!
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I always loved Short Round/Data and had a major crush on Robin Givens when I was a teen lol so I remember trying to find clips of that show back in the day.

DarkKnight88 · Jan 24, 2023

He also made an appearance on a Tales from the Crypt episode back in the day.

Albright · Jan 25, 2023

If the Academy will go political again, than All quite on the western front could be the Coda

Sithborg · Jan 25, 2023

So mamy reasons I'm rooting for the EEAAO cast.

Drizzle · Jan 25, 2023

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If the Academy will go political again, than All quite on the western front could be the Coda
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Coda didn't win for political reasons, it won because it was a legitimately good movie.

samsnee · Jan 25, 2023

Sithborg said: ↑

So mamy reasons I'm rooting for the EEAAO cast.
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If Michelle Yeoh, Angela Basset, and Ke win, I can already see the headlines from Fox News about going woke

samsnee · Jan 25, 2023

@Lily Adler

Is there a way to somehow create a thread with a poll for Oscar predictions?

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95th Annual Academy Awards

Who will win?

"All Quiet on the Western Front" - Best Picture

"Avatar: The Way of Water" - Best Picture

"The Banshees of Inisherin" - Best Picture

"Elvis" - Best Picture

"Everything Everywhere All at Once" - Best Picture

"The Fablemans" - Best Picture

"TÁR" - Best Picture

"Top Gun: Maverick" - Best Picture

"Triangle of Sadness" - Best Picture

"Women Talking" - Best Picture

Martin McDonagh ("The Banshees of Inisherin") - Best Director

Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert ("Everything Everywhere All at Once") - Best Director

Steven Spielberg ("The Fablemans") - Best Director

Todd Field ("TÁR") - Best Director

Ruben Östlund ("Triangle of Sadness") - Best Director

Cate Blanchett ("TÁR") - Best Actress

Ana de Armas ("Blonde") - Best Actress

Andrea Riseborough ("To Leslie") - Best Actress

Michelle Williams ("The Fablemans") - Best Actress

Michelle Yeoh ("Everything Everywhere All at Once") - Best Actress

Austin Butler ("Elvis") - Best Actor

Colin Ferrall ("The Banshees of Inisherin") - Best Actor

Brendan Fraser ("The Whale") - Best Actor

Paul Mescal ("Aftersun") - Best Actor

Bill Nighy ("Living") - Best Actor

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