The Oscars 2021 nominations: movies, actors, directors...

Best Cinematogrophy nominations

Best International Feature Film nominations

Another Round (Denmark)

Better Days (Hong Kong)

Collective (Romania)

The Man Who Sold His Skin (Tunisia)

Quo Vadis, Aida? (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Best Actor nominations

Riz Ahmed
Chadwick Boseman
Anthony Hopkins
Garu Oldman
Steven Yeun

Best Actress nominations

Viola Davis
Andra Day
Vanessa Kirby
Frances McDormand
Carey Mulligan

Best Director nominations

Thomas Vinterberg - Another Round

David Fincehr - Mank

Lee Isaac Chung - Minari

Chloé Zhao - Nomadland

Emerald Fennell - Promising Young Woman

Best Documentary Short Subject nominations

Best Documentary Feature nominations

Original Screenplay nominations

Animated Short Film nominations

Live Action Short nominations

Best Supporting Actor nominations

Sacha Baron Cohen

Leslie Odom, Jr.

Daniel Kaluuya

Paul Raci

Lakeith Stanfield

Adapted Screenplay nominations

Original Score nominations

Best Costume Design nominations

Best supporting actress nominations

Maria Bakalova

Glenn Close

Olivia Coleman

Amanda Seyfried

Yuh-Jung Youn

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Predictions for Best Supporting Actress nominations

Yuh-Jung Youn
"Minari" (A24)

Olivia Colman
"The Father" (Sony Pictures Classics)

Maria Bakalova
"Borat Subsequent Moviefilm" (Amazon Studios)

Amanda Seyfried
"Mank" (Netflix)

Dominique Fishback
"Judas and the Black Messiah" (Warner Bros.)

Jodie Foster
"The Mauritanian" (STXfilms)

Glenn Close
"Hillbilly Elegy" (Netflix)

Helena Zengel
"News of the World" (Universal Pictures)

Ellen Burstyn
"Pieces of a Woman" (Netflix)

Olivia Cooke
"Sound of Metal" (Amazon Studios)

Predictions for Best Supporting Actor nominations

Daniel Kaluuya
"Judas and the Black Messiah" (Warner Bros.)

Sacha Baron Cohen
"The Trial of the Chicago 7" (Netflix)

Leslie Odom, Jr.
"One Night in Miami" (Amazon Studios)

Paul Raci
"Sound of Metal" (Amazon Studios)

David Strathairn
"Nomadland" (Searchlight Pictures)

Chadwick Boseman
"Da 5 Bloods" (Netflix)

Glynn Turman
"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" (Netflix)

Jared Leto
"The Little Things" (Warner Bros)

Bill Murray
"On the Rocks" (A24/Apple TV Plus)

Frank Langella
"The Trial of the Chicago 7" (Netflix)

Here are writer and director Brett Gusky's predictions for Best Picture Nominations...

Who is hosting the Oscars 2021?

The Academy has yet to make an official announcement regarding the hosting of the 2021 Oscars. For the past two editions there has been no main host, and instead a series of stars presenting the awards. As such, the Academy could likely announce a similar format for this year’s edition.

It has been announced that Hollywood veterans, Jesse Collins, Stacey Sher, and director Steven Soderbergh, are set to produce the ceremony itself.

“We’re thrilled and terrified in equal measure. Because of the extraordinary situation we’re all in, there’s an opportunity to focus on the movies and the people who make them in a new way, and we hope to create a show that really FEELS like the movies we all love,” said the production trio in a joint statement.

Chloe Zhao is hotly tipped to become the first Asian woman nominated for the Best Director award for her movie Nomadland, which also looks set for a Best Picture nomination...

Predictions for Best Director Nomincations

There are several potential female director nominees this year, including Chloé Zhao, Emerald Fennell, Regina King

Chloé Zhao
"Nomadland" (Searchlight Pictures)

Aaron Sorkin
"The Trial of the Chicago 7" (Netflix)

Lee Isaac Chung
"Minari" (A24)

Emerald Fennell
"Promising Young Woman" (Focus Features)

Florian Zeller
"The Father" (Sony Pictures Classics)

Regina King
"One Night in Miami" (Amazon Studios)

David Fincher
"Mank" (Netflix)

Shaka King
"Judas and the Black Messiah" (Warner Bros)

Darius Marder
"Sound of Metal" (Amazon Studios)

Paul Greengrass
"News of the World" (Universal Pictures)

Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra are excited to be hosting the event...

Oscar Nominations Hosts

Indian Actress and singer, Priyanka Chopra, star of the recent White Tiger move adaption of the modern classic Indian novel, will announce the nominations along with her partner, fellow singer and actor, Nick Jonas...

Predicted nominations for Best Movie

In the battle of the streaming platforms, both Netflix and Amazon have a couple of potential winners each.

"Nomadland" (Searchlight Pictures)

"The Trial of the Chicago 7" (Netflix)

"Minari" (A24)

"Promising Young Woman" (Focus Features)

"Sound of Metal" (Amazon Studios)

"The Father" (Sony Pictures Classics)

"One Night in Miami" (Amazon Studios)

"Judas and the Black Messiah" (Warner Bros)

"Mank" (Netflix)

"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" (Netflix)

"News of the World" (Universal Pictures)

49th anniversary of the Godfather

Today's nominations ceremony takes place on the 49th anniversary of one of the greatest movies of all time. The Godfather swept 3 Oscars in its day, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Marlon Brando's performance as Don Corleone...

Predicted nominees for Best Actress

BAFTA Best Actress nominee and star of The Crown, Vanessa Kirby, looks a shoe-in for a another nomination at the Oscars for her role in "Pieces of a Woman".

Carey Mulligan
"Promising Young Woman" (Focus Features)

Frances McDormand
"Nomadland" (Searchlight Pictures)

Viola Davis
"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" (Netflix)

Andra Day
"The United States vs. Billie Holiday" (Hulu)

Vanessa Kirby
"Pieces of a Woman" (Netflix)

Sophia Loren
"The Life Ahead" (Netflix)

Yeri Han
"Minari" (A24)

Sidney Flanigan
"Never Rarely Sometimes Always" (Focus Features)

Amy Adams
"Hillbilly Elegy" (Netflix)

Kate Winslet
"Ammonite" (Neon)

Here are some nominees tipped for Best Actor:

Chadwick Boseman, star of the Ma Rainey's Black Bottom and Black Panther, looks set for a posthumous nomination.

Chadwick Boseman
"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" (Netflix)

Anthony Hopkins
"The Father" (Sony Pictures Classics)

Riz Ahmed
"Sound of Metal" (Amazon Studios)

Steven Yeun
"Minari" (A24)

Tahar Rahim
"The Mauritanian" (STXfilms)

Mads Mikkelsen
"Another Round" (Samuel Goldwyn Films)

Ben Affleck
"The Way Back" (Warner Bros.)

Gary Oldman
"Mank" (Netflix)

Delroy Lindo
"Da 5 Bloods" (Netflix)

Sacha Baron Cohen
"Borat Subsequent Moviefilm" (Amazon Studios)

The most-watched entertainment event

The Oscars are the by far most-watched entertainment event, well ahead of the likes of the Emmys, the Golden Globes and Grammys in terms of viewer numbers. While ratings in 2020 were at a record-low 23 million viewers, the telecast is still the second highest-rated annual event behind the Super Bowl.

When will the 2021 Oscars take place?

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced back in June that the 93rd Oscars would be moved to Sunday, 25 April, 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic – the latest date in the history of the Oscars.

The show, which was originally set to take place on 28 February, will be broadcast by ABC, and will air from multiple locations for the first time.

With the later date for this year’s ceremony, the Academy decided to extended the awards eligibility deadline from 31 December to 28 February.

“For more than a century, movies have played an important role in comforting, inspiring and entertaining us during the darkest of times,” said Academy president David Rubin and Academy CEO Dawn Hudson in a joint statement.

“They certainly have this year. Our hope, in extending the eligibility period and our awards date, is to provide the flexibility filmmakers need to finish and release their films without being penalized for something beyond anyone’s control.”

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