“I can’t deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me.” The much-repeated (and endlessly mocked) quote from Sally Field’s 1984 Best Actress win feels especially apt today.Sinners, directed by Ryan Coogler,... Read more
“I can’t deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me.”
The much-repeated (and endlessly mocked) quote from Sally Field’s 1984 Best Actress win feels especially apt today.

Sinners, directed by Ryan Coogler, leads this year’s Oscar nominations with a staggering 16 nods, the most in Academy Awards history. It surpasses the long-standing record jointly held by Titanic, All About Eve, and Ben-Hur.

Heavy representation in the technical categories was widely expected, alongside nominations for Best Picture, Director, Actor, and Original Screenplay. More surprising were acting nods for veteran Delroy Lindo in Supporting Actor and British actress Wunmi Mosaku in Supporting Actress.

Also featuring prominently this year is Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, which picked up 13 nominations. Close behind with nine apiece are Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, Marty Supreme, and Norway’s Sentimental Value, while Chloé Zhao’s heartbreaking Hamnet secured seven.

Leading acting surprises included Ethan Hawke for Blue Moon and Kate Hudson for Song Sung Blue, with many expecting One Battle After Another’s Chase Infiniti to break into the final five instead.

One fun bit of trivia: Emma Stone, double-nominated this year as both a Best Actress contender and a producer on Best Picture nominee Bugonia, is now the youngest woman ever to receive seven Oscar nominations, five for acting and two for producing, beating even Meryl Streep, who reached the milestone at 38. Stone is just 37.

The Oscars will be broadcast live on ITV on Sunday 15 March, hosted by Conan O’Brien.