Sebastian Stan's and Jeremy Strong's nominations at the Oscars were just as surprising as Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig's absence from the list.

Sebastian Stan’s Trump portrayal is also rewarded after the film had a hard time getting distribution, while Marianne Jean-Baptiste was overlooked.

The film academy had plenty of surprise nominations Thursday for the 97th Oscars. The 2025 show is one of the more wide-open fields in recent history.

Culkin, 42, is nominated for his role as cousin Benji in Jesse Eisenberg’s “A Real Pain,” while Strong, 46, earned his after portraying Roy Cohn in the polarizing Donald Trump biopic, “The Apprentice.”

I n one of the more wide-open Oscar fields in recent history, there were plenty of nominations surprises Thursday. Not too long ago, it seemed that people like Angelina Jolie and

The 97th Oscars feature surprising nominations like Jeremy Strong and Sebastian Stan for "The Apprentice ... it was not meant to be at the Oscars. Daniel Craig gave one of his best performances as an American expat in Mexico in the torrid May-December ...

Comeback narratives are strong this year ... his role as a cardinal who oversees the selection of a new Pope, and Daniel Craig (Queer), who plays a gay man who ventures into the jungle in search ...

Daniel Blumberg, “The Brutalist,” Original Score “It ... I am filled with amazement and flooded with emotion and with deep gratitude to my peers in the Academy.” Jeremy Strong, “The Apprentice,” Supporting Actor “It’s been a challenging ...

In the wake of devastating wildfires in Los Angeles that struck at the heart of the movie industry, an embattled Hollywood lined up behind the Netflix narco-musical about trans identity “Emilia Pérez” in Oscar nominations Thursday.

The members of the film academy voted to honor a few outliers — and overlook a couple of hopeful contenders — at the 97th Academy Awards.

In a crowded field of potential acting nominees, many big names and winners of other awards were shut out Thursday from the Academy Award nominations — and one made Oscars history.

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