The nominations for 98th Academy Awards were announced on Thursday Jan 22.
There were surprises and snubs consisting Kate Hudson scoring her second nomination for Song Sung Blue and Ariana Grande failing to score her second nod for Wicked For Good.
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Sinners broke the Oscars record for nominations ever with whopping 16.
Surprise Delroy Lindo
Sinners star Delroy Lindo get his first Oscar nomination on Thursday morning as his film made history.
The actor inclusion in the Best Supporting Actor race was welcome surprise as Hamnel Paul Mescal was favored to safe nomination in that category over Lindo who excluded from Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards.
The nominations for 96th Academy Awards are out and this year list has lots of snubs and surprises.
Snub Ariana Grace and Cynthia Erivo
Wicked for good costars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo were not consist in 2026 Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress.
Both actresses were nominated past year for their performances in Wicked.
Grande Snub was stunning considering she was nominated for precedent awards this season.
The sequel was shut out of race despite the wicked earning 10 nomination in 2025.
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Snub Chase Infiniti
This awards season mega breakout story may be chase infinit the 25 year old leading lady of Paul Thomas Anderson One Battle After another.
The movie dominated the 2026 Oscar nomination infinite was left out of Best Actress race after earning nods at The Actor Awards and Golden Globes.
Surprise Delroy Lindo
Sinner star Delroy Lindo get his first Oscar nomination on Thursday morning as his film made history.
The actor in Best Supporting Actor race was surprise as Hamnel Paul Mescal was favored to safe nominated in category over Lindo who was exclude from the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards.
Surprise Kate Hudson
For her work as half of real life Neil Diamond tribute band in Song Sung Blue Kate Hudson is a two time Oscar nominee after earning her first Best Actress nomination.
Hudson scored her first ever nomination in the Best Supporting Actress category 25 years ago for Famous.
Snub George Clooney and Adam Sandler
Noah Baumback Hollywood tale Jay Kelly has failed to register with Academy voters contenders leading actor George Clooney and help Adam Sandler came away among.
The actor award nominees and repeated that defeat with this year Oscar nominations.
Snub Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt
Benny Safdle The Smashing Machine was expected to smash into awards season.
Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt MMA fighting biopic has followed a box office performance with lack of nomination.
Actors performances were nominated at this year Golden Globe Awards neither were recognized by Academy.
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Snub Paul Mescal
Paul Mescal had been cleaning up nominations all season long for performances as grieving William Shakespeare in Hamnet.
