The 2023 Oscar Nominations Have Been Announced

Earlier this week, the 2023 Oscar nominees were announced, and there are a number of black actors, filmmakers, and songwriters have been selected.

Angela Bassett has been nominated for Best Supporting Actress in the movie Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. 

Brian Tyree Henry is a first-time Oscar nominee for Best Supporting Actor in the movie Causeway.

Rihanna earned her first Oscar for Best Original Song: “Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

And Tems has been nominated for an Oscar award for Best Original Song: “Lift Me Up,” and she will be the first Nigerian artist to receive a nomination.

Additionally, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has received 5 nominations.

• -Best Supporting Actress
• -Best Costume Design
• -Best Original Song
• -Best Visual Staff
• -Best Makeup & Hairstyling

The film Everything Everywhere All at Once takes the lead, receiving 11 nominations.  While All Quiet on the Western Front” and “The Banshees of Inisherin” followed with nine nominations each.

The complete list of all category nominations is as follows:

Best Feature-

• “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 Supporting Actress-

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

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”

International Featured Film-

• “All Quiet on the Western Front,” Germany
• “Argentina, 1985,” Argentina
• “Close,” Belgium
• “EO,” Poland
• “The Quiet Girl,” Ireland

Documentary (SHORT)-

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

Documentary Feature-

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

Original Song-

• “Applause” from “Tell It like a Woman”
• “Hold My Hand” from “Top Gun: Maverick”
• “Lift Me Up” from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
• “Naatu Naatu” from “RRR”
• “This Is A Life” from “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

Animated Feature Film-

• “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”
• “Marcel the Shell With Shoes On”
• “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”
• “The Sea Beast”
• “Turning Red”

Adapted Screenplay-

• “All Quiet on the Western Front”
• “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”
• “Living”
• “Top Gun: Maverick”
• “Women Talking”

Original Screenplay-

• “The Banshees of Inisherin”
• “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
• “The Fabelmans”
• “Tár”
• “Triangle of Sadness”

Actor in Leading Role-

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

Actress in Leading Role-

• Cate Blanchett, “Tár”
• Ana de Armas, “Blonde”
• Andrea Riseborough, “To Leslie”
• Michelle Williams, “The Fabelmans”
• Michelle Yeoh, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

Director-

• Martin McDonagh, “The Banshees of Inisherin”
• Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
• Steven Spielberg, “The Fabelmans”
• Todd Field, “Tár”
• Ruben Ostlund, “Triangle of Sadness”

Production Design-

• “All Quiet on the Western Front”
• “Avatar: The Way of Water”
• “Babylon”
• “Elvis”
• “The Fabelmans”

Cinematography-

• “All Quiet on the Western Front”
• “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths”
• “Elvis”
• “Empire of Light”
• “Tár”

Costume Design-

• “Babylon”
• “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
• “Elvis”
• “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
• “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris”

Achievement in Sound-

• “All Quiet on the Western Front”
• “Avatar: The Way of Water”
• “The Batman”
• “Elvis”
• “Top Gun: Maverick”

Animated Short Film-

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

Live Action Short Film-

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

Original Score-

• “All Quiet on the Western Front”
• “Babylon”
• “The Banshees of Inisherin”
• “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
• “The Fabelmans”

Visual Effects-

• “All Quiet on the Western Front”
• “Avatar: The Way of Water”
• “The Batman”
• “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
• “Top Gun: Maverick”

Film Editing-

• “The Banshees of Inisherin”
• “Elvis”
• “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
• “Tár”
• “Top Gun: Maverick”

Makeup and Hairstyling-

“All Quiet on the Western Front”

• “The Batman”
• “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
• “Elvis”
• “The Whale”