Inclusion controversies and record for Spielberg among curiosities that make Delivery 95 unique

Delivery number 95 of the Oscars He is already here. The films nominated for Best Picture this year are: Everything everywhere at the same time, All Quiet on the Front, Tár, Avatar: The Way of Water, Top Gun: Maverick, Elvis, They Speak, The Spirits of the Island, The Fabelmans and The Triangle of Sadness. As in every episode, there are data that make the ceremony unique. These are some curiosities of the 2023 delivery.

All male personalities in the Best Actor category are first time nominees, a phenomenon that had not occurred for 88 years. Only Cate Blanchett, Michelle Williams, Angela Basset and Judd Hirsch have been nominated for acting before, the other acting category nominees are experimenting this achievement for the first time.

The film with the most nominations of the year is everywhere the same time with 11, followed by No news at the front there the spirits of the islandwith 9 nominations each.

There are two international movies which brought it into the main Best Picture category: All Quiet Front and The Triangle of Sadness. tar is the tenth film by Cate Blanchett to be nominated for an Oscar. Best Film category.

This is the first time that Todd Field (for Warehouse) and Martin McDonagh (for the spirits of the island) are nominated for Best Director, although some of their films have already previously namedsuch is the case of Three advertisements for a crime and In the bedroom.

This is John Williams’ 53rd nomination for music in The Fabelmans. The first time the composer took the statuette was with Violin on the roof. In the same way, he was rewarded for films such as Jaws, Star Wars: A New Hope, AND The Alien and Schindler’s List.

With his new nomination for Best Director, Steven Spielberg teams up with Martin Scorsese and they are placed together in second place among the most nominated directors in history, with 9 nominations each. The top spot is still held by filmmaker William Wyler.

The first adaptation of No news at the front, the same that was created in 1930, won Best film at the time. It was directed by filmmaker Lewis Milestone.

Angela Bassett is the first person in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to be nominated in an acting category, in this case for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. The stakes for his triumph are high.

The host of the delivery number 95 It will be Jimmi Kimmel, it will be his third time. The comedian he was also in charge of the 2017 and 2018 ceremonies. Unlike last year, all categories will be presented live.

The ceremony will take place at Dolby Theater in Los Angeles; However, this is not the only place where the awards ceremony took place. The Oscars also took place at the Kodak Theatre.

This episode was not without controversyWell, recently, actress Michelle Yeoh shared screenshots of an article for vogue who spoke about the representation of non-white women at the Oscars. For the author of the text, it is necessary that people like Yeoh win the prize, since his direct competitor, Cate Blanchett, is already established as a great in the industry. Both lead the bets to win the award for best actress, Yeoh for Everything everywhere at the same time and blanket by Warehouse.

Similarly, as an amusing anecdote, Jaime Lee Curtis, also a nominee, said that she would not be attending a nominees’ dinner scheduled for a few days before the ceremony because it was too late for her.