The "class photo" for the Oscars this year has been made public, and as usual, there are a number of noteworthy details.
Film enthusiasts have greeted the yearbook photo's triumphant return to the Academy Awards after a pandemic-caused hiatus. .
Here are a few observations we made about an annual custom that has been dubbed "endearingly awkward". .
Even the best screenwriter couldn't have given Brendan Fraser a better narrative arc; everyone loves a good comeback story. .
Fraser is the front-runner for this year's Best Actor nomination for his portrayal of Charlie in The Whale, despite all but disappearing from the big screen in the middle of the 2000s. .
According to rumors, director Darren Aronofsky spent almost a decade looking for the ideal actor to play the reclusive English teacher who battles extreme obesity and longs to reconcile with his daughter. .
In addition to co-stars Sadie Sink and Hong Chau, who is also up for Best Supporting Actress, the critics praised Fraser for his emotional masterwork. .
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, the directing team behind the multiverse film Everything Everywhere All at Once, are likely grinning in the yearbook picture in a parallel universe. But in this rendition, they exhibit puzzlement.
Maybe that's because their absurd martial arts opus has emerged as the unlikely front-runner this year.
The movie received 11 nominations, including Michelle Yeoh's historic nod for best actress. She is the first actress in the category to identify as Asian. .
Irish eyes are grinning at the Oscars this year, and Brendan Gleeson, who co-starred in the tragicomedy The Banshees of Inisherin with Colin Farrell, epitomizes why.
The Quiet Girl is also Ireland's first nomination for an international feature film, and according to the LA Times, nearly a quarter of this year's actor nominees are Irish.
Meryl Streep, for instance, has been nominated 21 times. In the past, award shows have come under fire for appearing to nominate the same actors each year. .
however, not this year. According to the LA Times, 16 of the 20 actors nominated would be first-time winners.
Austin Butler, who is up for the award for his flawless portrayal of Elvis Presley, is one of those people. Lisa Marie, Elvis' daughter, passed away unexpectedly only a few days after Butler won the Golden Globe for Best Actor. Butler said that because of her passing, this award season has become "bittersweet," and he wants to win for Presley and her family as well. .
Who would Elvis or Queen Ramonda be without their sparkling crowns or bejeweled jumpsuits, among the unsung heroes of the movie industry?
The nominees for this year's awards contributed to the creation of characters that traversed the multiverse, defended Wakanda, and savored early Hollywood decadence. .
Shirley Kurata, a costume designer, is a candidate for Everything Everywhere All at Once. Ruth Carter, another nominee for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, is seen in the photo with her. .
Mr. Bean doesn't appear on the red carpet very frequently. In his class photo, director Shaunak Sen made the decision to keep things informal. .
For best documentary feature, his movie All That Breathes is up for an award. The narrative centers on two brothers in New Delhi who attempt to save black kites, magnificent birds that are perishable due to the polluted skies of the crowded city. .
Sometimes it seems like 84 years have passed since the release of Avatar (that's a Titanic/James Cameron joke). But it seems like the patience paid off. .
The Best Picture nomination for Avatar: The Way of the Water may be the reason Julian Howarth (center, dark shirt, grey blazer), who is also nominated for his work on the film's sound design, appears so happy. .
Avatar: The Way of the Water and Top Gun: Maverick, two of the highest-grossing movies of the year, are up for the Best Picture award, which is uncommon for a summer blockbuster to receive. .
Speaking of Maverick, there's Tom Cruise, grinning brightly as usual.
There seems to have been a slight delay in today's event because everyone seemed to want their picture taken with the megastar. Ke Huy Quan, a first-time nominee, reportedly jumped for joy to take a selfie with Cruise.
Six nominations have been made for Top Gun: Maverick, including for Best Picture, Best Visual Effects, and Best Film Editing. In 23 years, this is Cruise's first nominated movie. .
Jerry Bruckheimer, the producer, is standing next to Tom. Maverick is his first nomination for Top Gun. .
Angela Bassett and Tom Cruise also got together for a brief Mission Impossible reunion. Mission Impossible: Fallout, the sixth film in the series, featured Bassett alongside Cruise. Bassett's portrayal of Queen Ramonda in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has earned her a nomination for Best Supporting Actress. .
She is the first actor to receive a Marvel movie nomination. .
What's Love Got to Do With It, the 1994 Tina Turner biopic, was Bassett's most recent Best Actress nomination.
Jamie Lee Curtis has been acting since the late 1970s, but this is the first year she has received an Oscar nomination. She acknowledged to Parade that she was "totally shocked" to receive a nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her work in Everything Everywhere All at Once as Deirdre Beaubeirdre. I am 64 years of age. Since I was 19 years old, I've been an actor, she told AP Entertainment. "I produced horror movies and offered yogurt. I never imagined that I would be called out at the Oscars. ".
The 95th Academy Awards presentation takes place in Hollywood, Los Angeles, on March 12, 2023.
