On the March 15, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, weekend editor Brad Oman, and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to talk about the latest film and TV news, including this morning’s Academy Award nominations.
Opening Banter: 
In The News:
2021 Academy Award Nominations Announced: ‘Mank’ Leads with 10 NodsHT: Best ActorRiz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins, The Father
Gary Oldman, Mank
Steven Yeun, Minari


Chris: Best ActressViola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Andra Day, The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman


Brad: Best DirectorThomas Vinterberg, Another Round
David Fincher, Mank
Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
Chloe Zhao, Nomadland
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman


Ben: Best Original Screenplay





Judas and the Black Messiah

Minari

Promising Young Woman

Sound of Metal

The Trial of the Chicago 7

Jacob: Best Picture





The Father

Judas and the Black Messiah

Mank

Minari

Nomadland

Promising Young Woman

Sound of Metal

The Trial of the Chicago 7

HT: Best Adapted ScreenplayBorat Subsequent Moviefilm
The Father
Nomadland
One Night in Miami
The White Tiger


Chris: Best Animated FilmOnward
Over the Moon
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Soul
Wolfwalkers


Brad: Best ScoreDa 5 Bloods
Mank
Minari
News of the World
Soul


Ben: Best Supporting ActorSacha 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


Jacob: Best Supporting ActressMaria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman The Father
Amanda Seyfried, Mank
Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari




The Biggest Surprises and Snubs From the 2021 Academy Award NominationsHT: First Cow
Chris: Delroy Lindo
Brad: Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Ben: Judas and the Black Messiah
Jacob: Paul Raci


TriviaChloe Zhao and Emerald Fennell: first time two women have been nominated for Best Director in the same year; there are now seven women who have been nominated for Best Director in the history of the Oscars.
Minari’s Steven Yeun and Youn Yuh-jung become the first actors born in Korea to earn nominations.
Minari producer Christina Oh is the first Asian American woman to receive a nomination for Best Picture.
Judas and the Black Messiah marks the first time an all-Black producing lineup earned a nomination for Best Picture (Shaka King, Charles D. King, and Ryan Coogler).



 
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