In an awards season without an obvious front-runner, "Emilia Pérez" broke from the pack on Thursday and earned 13 Oscar nominations.
The Netflix musical crime thriller is up for best picture as well as best actress and best supporting actress at the 97th Academy Awards on March 2 (airing live on ABC and streaming on Hulu at 7 p.m. ET/4 PT). "The Brutalist" and "Wicked" both scored 10 nods.
The night's biggest prize, best picture, features a stacked lineup including those three plus "Anora," "A Complete Unknown," "Conclave," "I'm Still Here," "The Substance," "Dune: Part Two" and "Nickel Boys."
Golden Globe winner Adrien Brody ("The Brutalist") is a favorite to get his second best actor trophy, but first, he has to beat out fellow nominees Timothée Chalamet ("A Complete Unknown"), Ralph Fiennes ("Conclave"), Sebastian Stan ("The Apprentice") and Colman Domingo ("Sing Sing").
Karla Sofía Gascón ("Emilia Pérez") made history as the first openly trans nominee in the best actress category, which also includes Demi Moore ("The Substance"), Mikey Madison ("Anora"), Cynthia Erivo ("Wicked") and Fernanda Torres ("I'm Still Here").
Kieran Culkin ("A Real Pain") could be unbeatable in the supporting actor competition. He made the cut along with his old "Succession" co-star Jeremy Strong ("The Apprentice"), Yura Borisov ("Anora"), Edward Norton ("A Complete Unknown") and Guy Pearce ("The Brutalist").
And supporting actress looks to be a two-woman battle between Zoe Saldaña ("Emilia Pérez") and Ariana Grande ("Wicked"). Also earning nomination were Isabella Rossellini ("Conclave"), Felicity Jones ("The Brutalist") and Monica Barbaro ("A Complete Unknown").
While Pamela Anderson and Jamie Lee Curtis were surprise Screen Actors Guild nominees for "The Last Showgirl," they missed out on the Oscar cut in Best Actress and Supporting Actress, respectively. Other notable snubs include A-listers Nicole Kidman ("Babygirl") and Angelina Jolie ("Maria") left out of the lead actress category, and Clarence Maclin, an early supporting actor hopeful, missing out although his movie "Sing Sing" placed in best picture and adapted screenplay.
Here are this year's Academy Awards nominees:
Best picture
"Anora"
"The Brutalist"
"A Complete Unknown"
"Conclave"
"Dune: Part Two"
"Emilia Pérez"
"I'm Still Here"
"Nickel Boys"
"The Substance"
"Wicked"
Best actor
Adrien Brody, "The Brutalist"
Timothée Chalamet, "A Complete Unknown"
Colman Domingo, "Sing Sing"
Ralph Fiennes, "Conclave"
Sebastian Stan, "The Apprentice"
Best actress
Cynthia Erivo, "Wicked"
Karla Sofía Gascón, "Emilia Pérez"
Mikey Madison, "Anora"
Demi Moore, "The Substance"
Fernanda Torres, "I'm Still Here"
Best supporting actor
Yura Borisov, "Anora"
Kieran Culkin, "A Real Pain"
Edward Norton, "A Complete Unknown"
Guy Pearce, "The Brutalist"
Jeremy Strong, "The Apprentice"
Best supporting actress
Monica Barbaro, "A Complete Unknown"
Ariana Grande, "Wicked"
Felicity Jones, "The Brutalist"
Isabella Rossellini, "Conclave"
Zoe Saldaña, "Emilia Pérez"
Best director
Sean Baker, "Anora"
Brady Corbet, "The Brutalist"
James Mangold, "A Complete Unknown"
Jacques Audiard, "Emilia Pérez"
Coralie Fargeat, "The Substance"
Best original screenplay
"Anora" (Sean Baker)
"The Brutalist" (Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold)
"A Real Pain" (Jesse Eisenberg)
"September 5" (Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, and Alex David)
"The Substance" (Coralie Fargeat)
Best adapted screenplay
"A Complete Unknown" (James Mangold and Jay Cocks)
"Conclave" (Peter Straughan)
"Emilia Pérez" (Jacques Audiard)
"Nickel Boys" (RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes)
"Sing Sing" (Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar)
Best international film
"I'm Still Here" (Brazil)
"The Girl With the Needle" (Denmark)
"Emilia Pérez" (France)
"The Seed of the Sacred Fig" (Germany)
"Flow" (Latvia)
Best Cinematography
"The Brutalist"
"Dune: Part Two"
"Emilia Pérez"
"Maria"
"Nosferatu"
Best costume design
"A Complete Unknown"
"Conclave"
"Gladiator II"
"Nosferatu"
"Wicked"
Best Editing
"Anora"
"The Brutalist"
"Conclave"
"Emilia Pérez"
"Wicked"
Best makeup and hairstyling
"A Different Man"
"Emilia Pérez"
"Nosferatu"
"The Substance"
"Wicked"
Best original score
"The Brutalist" (Daniel Blumberg)
"Conclave" (Volker Bertelmann)
"Emilia Pérez" (Clément Ducol and Camille)
"Wicked" (John Powell and Stephen Schwartz)
"The Wild Robot" (Kris Bowers)
Best original song
"El Mal" from "Emilia Pérez" (Clément Ducol and Camille)
"The Journey" from "The Six Triple Eight" (Diane Warren)
"Like A Bird" from "Sing Sing" (Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada)
"Mi Camino" from "Emilia Pérez" (Camille and Clément Ducol)
"Never Too Late" from "Elton John: Never Too Late" (Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt and Bernie Taupin)
Best production design
"The Brutalist"
"Conclave"
"Dune: Part Two"
"Nosferatu"
"Wicked"
Best sound
"A Complete Unknown"
"Dune: Part Two"
"Emilia Pérez"
"Wicked"
"The Wild Robot"
Best visual effects
"Alien: Romulus"
"Better Man"
"Dune: Part Two"
"Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes"
"Wicked"
Best animated film
"Flow"
"Inside Out 2"
"Memoir of a Snail"
"Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl"
"The Wild Robot"
Best animated short
"Beautiful Men"
"In the Shadow of the Cypress"
"Magic Candies"
"Wander to Wonder"
"Yuck!"
Best documentary film
"Black Box Diaries"
"No Other Land"
"Porcelain War"
"Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat"
"Sugarcane"
Best documentary short
"Death by Numbers"
"I Am Ready, Warden"
"Instruments of a Beating Heart"
"The Only Girl in the Orchestra"
Best live-action short
"A Lien"
"Anuja"
"I'm Not a Robot"
"The Last Ranger"
"The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent"
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This year's Academy Awards is tweaking other aspects of its presentation as well. One major change: The best song category presentation is ditching the usually popular live performances of nominated tunes and focusing instead on the songwriters themselves. The Academy also promised to honor Los Angeles as "the city of dreams" and reflect on the city's "beauty and resilience" in the wake of the destructive wildfires that pushed back awards shows and resulted in the cancellation of the Oscar nominees luncheon.
The Oscars, held at Hollywood's Dolby Theatre, will airon March 2 on ABC at 7 p.m. ET/4 PT and, for the first time, will be available to stream live on Hulu and also on demand the next day. Before the main ceremony, the official red carpet show will air on ABC starting at 6:30 ET/3:30 PT.