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Mar 15, 2021 9:41 PM - Agencies

'Mank' leads Oscar nominations with 10 nods

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Netflix's 1930s Hollywood drama 'Mank' led Oscar nominations on Monday with 10 nods, including best picture.

Other best picture nods went to dementia drama 'The Father, 'Judas and the Black Messiah,' Korean-language drama 'Minari, 'Nomadland', #MeToo revenge tale 'Promising Young Woman' 'Sound of Metal,' and 'The Trial of the Chicago 7'. The Oscars, the highest honors in the movie industry, will be handed out at a ceremony on April 25.

Director Chloe Zhao, who was born in China, nabbed one of the five best director nods for 'Nomadland,' the Searchlight Pictures release about modern van dwellers in the United States. British director Emerald Fennell was also nominated for 'Promising Young Woman.'

Only one woman, Kathryn Bigelow, has ever won a best director Oscar.

Lead actors picking up nominations included a first Oscar nod for the late Chadwick Boseman, previous winners Frances McDormand and Viola Davis and Britons Carey Mulligan, Vanessa Kirby, Riz Ahmed and Gary Oldman.

Here is a list of 2021 Oscar nominations:
Best Picture

'The Father’ (Sony Pictures Classics)

'Judas and the Black Messiah' (Warner Bros.)

'Mank' (Netflix)

'Minari' (A24)

'Nomadland' (Searchlight Pictures)

'Promising Young Woman' (Focus Features)

'Sound of Metal' (Amazon Studios)

'The Trial of the Chicago 7' (Netflix)

Best Director

Thomas Vinterberg ('Another Round')

David Fincher ('Mank')

Lee Isaac Chung ('Minari')

Chloé Zhao ('Nomadland')

Emerald Fennell ('Promising Young Woman')

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Riz Ahmed ('Sound of Metal')

Chadwick Boseman ('Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom')

Anthony Hopkins ('The Father')

Gary Oldman ('Mank')

Steven Yeun ('Minari')

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Viola Davis ('Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom')

Andra Day ('The United States v. Billie Holiday')

Vanessa Kirby ('Pieces of a Woman')

Frances McDormand ('Nomadland')

Carey Mulligan ('Promising Young Woman')

Best Supporting Actor

Sacha Baron Cohen ('The Trial of the Chicago 7')

Daniel Kaluuya ('Judas and the Black Messiah')

Leslie Odom Jr. ('One Night in Miami')

Paul Raci ('Sound of Metal')

Lakeith Stanfield ('Judas and the Black Messiah')

Best Supporting Actress

Maria Bakalova (‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm')

Glenn Close ('Hillbilly Elegy')

Olivia Colman ('The Father')

Amanda Seyfried ('Mank')

Youn Yuh-jung ('Minari')

Best Adapted Screenplay

'Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,' Peter Baynham, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jena Friedman, Anthony Hines, Lee Kern, Dan Mazer, Nina Pedrad, Erica Rivinoja, Dan Swimer

'The Father,' Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller

'Nomadland,' Chloé Zhao

'One Night in Miami,' Kemp Powers

'The White Tiger,' Ramin Bahrani

Best Original Screenplay

'Judas and the Black Messiah,' Will Berson, Shaka King, Keith Lucas, Kenneth Lucas

'Minari,' Lee Isaac Chung

'Promising Young Woman,' Emerald Fennell

'Sound of Metal,' Abraham Marder, Darius Marder, Derek Cianfrance

'The Trial of the Chicago 7,' Aaron Sorkin

Best Original Song

'Fight for You,' ('Judas and the Black Messiah')

'Hear My Voice,' ('The Trial of the Chicago 7')

'Húsavík,' ('Eurovision Song Contest')

'Io Si (Seen),' ('The Life Ahead')

'Speak Now,' ('One Night in Miami')

Best Original Score

'Da 5 Bloods,' Terence Blanchard

'Mank,' Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross

'Minari,' Emile Mosseri

'News of the World,' James Newton Howard

'Soul,' Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste

Best Sound

'Greyhound,' Odin Benitez, Jason King, Christian P. Minkler, Michael Minkler, Jeff Sawyer

'Mank,' Ren Klyce, Jeremy Molod, David Parker, Nathan Nance, Drew Kunin

'News of the World,' John Pritchett, Mike Prestwood Smith, William Miller, Oliver Tarney, Michael Fentum

'Soul,' Coya Elliott, Ren Klyce, David Parker, Vince Caro

'Sound of Metal,' Phillip Bladh, Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc, Carlos Cortés, Carolina Santana

Best Animated Short Film

'Burrow' (Disney Plus/Pixar)

'Genius Loci' (Kazak Productions)

'If Anything Happens I Love You' (Netflix)

'Opera' (Beasts and Natives Alike)

'Yes-People' (CAOZ hf. Hólamói)

Best Live Action Short Film

'Feeling Through'

'The Letter Room'

'The Present'

'Two Distant Strangers'

'White Eye'

— Agencies

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