H.E.R.’s protest anthem "I Can’t Breathe" won song of the year at Sunday’s Grammys, and another soulful song with poignant lyrics by the singer "Fight for You" from "Judas and the Black Messiah" is nominated for best original song at the 2021 Academy Awards.
In a year in which the pandemic shuttered movie theaters for months, Academy Awards nominations went to two female filmmakers for the first time and a historically diverse slate of actors Monday but, ultimately, David Fincher s "Mank" a very traditional contender about Hollywood itself took the lead.
After a pandemic year that shuttered movie theatres and upended the movie business, Academy Awards nominations on Monday went to two female filmmakers for the first time, to a historically diverse slate of actors and to David Fincher s lead-nominee "Mank," a traditional kind of Oscar contender an old Hollywood homage in very untraditional year.
NEW YORK (AP) After a pandemic year that shuttered movie theaters and upended the movie business, Academy Awards nominations on Monday went to two female filmmakers for the first time, to a historically diverse slate of actors and to David Fincher's lead-nominee “Mank,” a traditional kind of Oscar contender an old Hollywood homage in very untraditional year. Fincher’s “Mank,” a black-and-white, period drama about “Citizen Kane”.
Netflix’s Mank leads Oscar nominations with 10 nods
15 Mar 2021 - 19:21
By Jake Coyle / AP
NEW YORK: David Fincher’s Mank” led nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards with 10 nods Monday, and for the first time, two women - Chloé Zhao and Emerald Fennell - were tipped for best director.
Eight films were nominated for best picture. Mank” was joined by Fennell’s Promising Young Woman,” Zhao’s Nomadland,” Judas and the Black Messiah,” Sound of Metal,” Minari,” The Father” and The Trial of the Chicago 7.”
History was made in the best director category. Only five women have ever been nominated in the category before. Zhao is the first woman of Asian descent to get a nod - and the most nominated woman in a single year in Oscar history. She also got nominations for the film’s adapted screenplay, editing and, as a producer in the best picture category.