And the Nominees for the 93rd Academy Awards Are…
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11 min readMar 15, 2021
At 5:19am Pacific Time this morning, Priyanka Chopra Jonas and her husband Nick Jonas announced the nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards, which are set to air on ABC on April 25th. There were some shocking snubs and surprise inclusions, but ultimately it played out largely as expected despite the COVID-related upheaval of the movie industry the past year. Below I list the key takeaways and the nominees in the major categories, along with their Oscar history.
10 Key Headlines from This Morning’s Oscar Nominations
- It was a banner year for racial and ethnic diversity in the major categories, but it wasn’t perfect. Of the 20 actors nominated across the four major acting categories, nine are non-white — Chadwick Boseman, Viola Davis, Andra Day, Daniel Kaluuya, LaKeith Stanfield, and Leslie Odom Jr. are black, Steven Yeun and Yuh-jung Youn are Korean, and Riz Ahmed is Pakistani. This is the most diverse acting lineups ever. Add to that two Asian filmmakers making the Best Director lineup (see below), and you have a banner year for inclusivity. The reason for this is likely threefold. One is the Academy’s very firm push for more inclusivity. The second is the delay of…
