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EL SEGUNDO, Calif. \u2014 The 2026 nominations for the Academy Awards have been announced, with Ryan Coogler\u2019s vampire epic \u201cSinners\u201d leading the pack with a record-breaking 16 nominations.<\/p>\n
Check out the reactions from this year\u2019s Oscar nominees sent to Spectrum News in statements, which have been shortened for clarity and easy read.<\/p>\n
Wunmi Mosaku received her first Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Annie.<\/p>\n
“This nomination means more to me than I can possibly put into words.\u00a0\u2018Sinners\u2019 was made with such care, courage, and love, and to see the entire film recognized in this way is profoundly moving,\u201d she said in a statement to Spectrum News. \u201cRyan\u2019s fearless vision, the breathtaking work of every department behind the camera, and the generosity and brilliance of my fellow actors made this experience truly unforgettable. I\u2019m endlessly grateful to Ryan, to my castmates, and to every single person who poured their talent into telling this story. Thank you to the Academy for honouring our work.\u201d<\/p>\n
Francine Maisler was nominated for Best Casting.<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you to the Academy for this incredible recognition. This is a historic moment for the casting community,\u201d she said in a statement to Spectrum News. \u201cI am honored to be a part of it and humbled to share it with my fellow nominees whose work I deeply admire.\u201d<\/p>\n
Teyana Taylor, who was nominated for Best Supporting Actress, told Spectrum News in a statement that on Wednesday night, she fell asleep watching \u201cPretty Woman\u201d while thinking about happy endings and how impossible they sometimes feel.<\/p>\n
\u201cI woke up realizing I\u2019ve been living in one that God has been preparing me for my own fairytale ending,\u201d she said. \u201cTo be an Academy Award nominee is beyond anything I ever allowed myself to fully believe was possible. I am so deeply emotional, so humbled, and so grateful for every person who has walked this road with me & honored to be nominated alongside these amazing women in my category. [\u2026] As always and forever.. to Paul \u2018Let Him Cook\u2019 Thomas Anderson, thank you for your vision, your trust, and your brilliance. My gratitude is endless.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kleber Mendon\u00e7a Filho wrote and directed the film, which was nominated for Best Picture, Best International Film, Best Casting and Best Actor. His wife, Emilie Lesclaux, who was a producer on the film, also received a nomination.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday is clearly a great day with these four nominations. One year ago, I was beginning post-production on \u2018The Secret Agent.\u2019 That\u2019s one hell of a full circle,\u201d said Filho. \u201cMy heartfelt thanks go to our extraordinary cast and crew, to my partner and producer Emilie Lesclaux, and to my dear friend Wagner Moura, with whom I am sharing this intense journey. I would also like to thank NEON and everyone working so passionately on this campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a very happy day for us and for Brazilian cinema. I am incredibly happy for Wagner, for the entire cast and crew across four countries, for Gabriel Domingues, our casting director, and for Kleber, who poured his heart and energy into this film over so many years,\u201d said Emilie Lesclaux. \u201cI would also like to thank Vitrine, our Brazilian distributor, and everyone who supported us throughout this intense journey.\u201d<\/p>\n
Making her own history, Emma Stone became the youngest woman in Oscars history to receive seven nominations. She previously won for \u201cPoor Things\u201d and \u201cLa La Land.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you to the Academy for these nominations and to everyone who poured their hearts into \u2018Bugonia,\u2019\u201d she said in a statement to Spectrum News. \u201cNone of this exists without our director, Yorgos. I am forever grateful for our creative partnership and friendship. I share this recognition with the beyond brilliant Jesse Plemons and our remarkable cast, crew and producers. To be in the company of all of these incredible nominees is a true honor, and I\u2019m deeply thankful.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stone, who is also a producer on the film, was also nominated alongside Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos and Lars Knudsen for Best Picture.<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you to the Academy voters for this recognition, and to the teams at Element, Square Peg, CJ ENM, Fremantle and Focus who were with us every step of the way,\u201d the team said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Jerskin Fendrix, who was nominated for Original Score, said in a statement, \u201cI love Yorgos and I love my colleagues. Thank you to the Academy, the London Contemporary Orchestra, Air Studios, Alex Putman, Will Carkeet & Graeme Stewart.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a statement to Spectrum News, Will Tracy, who was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay, said:<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m feeling very honored right now to be nominated for this award, especially amongst such sterling company. Working on the film with my friends was a hugely happy experience, and that\u2019s all down to the trust and support of Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Ari Aster, Lars Knudsen, all the fine folks at Focus Features and the Academy. I raise my mug to them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Guillermo del Toro\u2019s Mary Shelley\u2019s film adaptation received nine nominations, including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrankenstein has been a companion – a guardian angel- to me since childhood. It taught me to see tenderness in darkness and humanity in all those cast aside. To have this film recognized with nine nominations is deeply emotional and personal,\u201d he said in a statement. \u201cThis honor belongs to all the artists who gave themselves completely to this work, in front and behind the camera and to the prodigious heart and mind of one Mary Shelley, a teenager whose story has always reminded the world that in the absence of love, compassion or responsibility monsters are born or absolved. Thank you all for embracing our film so generously.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jacob Elordi received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have been enamored by actors and this craft of acting for as long as I can remember, remembering. It\u2019s a great pleasure to share a stage with all of my heroes past and present. I must thank my dear friend Guillermo del Toro and my partners, Oscar and Mia, and our whole creative team. I love this creature and I love the movies,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Alexandre Desplat, who is a two-time Oscar-winning composer, was nominated for his work on \u201cFrankenstein\u201d for Best Original Score.<\/p>\n
“\u00cc thank my peers at the music branch of the Academy for this nomination which goes straight to my heart. And I thank Guillermo del Toro. for taking me and his artistic team through his operatic masterpiece,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Adolpho Veloso received a nomination for Best Cinematography.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a dream come true. One of those dreams that feels so distant it almost lives in utopia. I still can\u2019t believe it. I\u2019m incredibly happy and deeply honored,\u201d he said in a statement to Spectrum News. \u201cThis nomination belongs to the entire crew who brought this film to life, and to my family and friends for their endless support. I\u2019m so proud to represent Brazil in such a special moment for our cinema. Vai Brasil, vai Corinthians!\u201d<\/p>\n
Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, Will Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer and Michael Heimler were nominated for Best Picture.<\/p>\n
\u201cBringing Denis Johnson’s beloved novella to the screen has been a labor of love for all of us. \u2018Train Dreams\u2019 is the story of an ordinary man confronting a rapidly changing world, and to see its relevance resonate with the Academy on this level is a testament to Clint Bentley’s vision and everyone involved, particularly a wonderful cast led by the great Joel Edgerton,\u201d the team said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Greg Kwedar, who is a co-writer on \u201cTrain Dreams,\u201d received a nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay.<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s been a beautiful and surreal morning to see our work on Train Dreams recognized by the Academy. And to join some of our writing heroes across Oscars history by returning for a second year in a row is very humbling and breathtaking,\u201d said Kwedar. \u00a0\u201c[\u2026] to my best friend and filmmaking partner, Clint, who directed with such vision and grace, to Joel, who led our cast with such a towering yet intimately profound performance, and to our producers and fellow artisans\u2026 we share this with you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bryce Dessner was nominated for Best Original Song \u201cTrain Dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a huge honor to be nominated for an Oscar this year with the incredible Nick Cave for our song \u2018Train Dreams\u2019 from Clint Bentley\u2019s beautiful film.\u00a0 It was an honor to collaborate with Nick on this song who is one of our longtime musical heroes and whose deep humanity and empathy as a songwriter are a close relative to the heart and soul of this film,\u201d said Dessner in a statement.<\/p>\n
Jessie Buckley was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role.<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s an absolute honour to be recognised by the Academy. I am so proud to be standing beside all these extraordinary artists and fellow nominees whose work has inspired me and moved me!\u201d she said in a statement. \u201cChlo\u00e9 Zhao you cracked my heart wide open when you asked me to step into Maggie O\u2019Farrell\u2019s world and create our Agnes beside you. Paul, there is no Agnes without you. I\u2019m so grateful to have been part of this story with the incredible village of artists I shared it with.\u201d<\/p>\n
As producers of \u201cHamnet,\u201d Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg and Sam Mendes earned a Best Picture nomination.<\/p>\n
\u201cProducing Hamnet was an honor, and today\u2019s recognition by the Academy is exciting, emotional, rewarding, and deeply humbling,\u201d the teams said in a statement. \u201cFrom the beginning, this film was guided by a belief that storytelling can help us see one another more clearly. To feel this film embraced in this way is a reminder of cinema\u2019s rare ability to bring people together and to leave us feeling more connected than when we began. We are deeply grateful to everyone who helped bring this story to life.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Maggie O\u2019Farrell, who is the author of \u201cHamnet,\u201d received an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay.<\/p>\n
“What astonishing and joyous news. I\u2019m so grateful to the Academy for these nominations, which recognise and celebrate the work of so many talented individuals who worked on \u2018Hamnet,\u2019\u201d she said in a statement to Spectrum News. \u201cWhen I was writing the novel, it never occurred to me that such a turn of events would be possible: I\u2019m having to pinch myself at regular intervals because it all seems like a dream. I had a wonderful time on set, and being able to co-write the script with Chlo\u00e9 was a fascinating experience.\u201d<\/p>\n
Max Richter was nominated for Best Original Score.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel incredibly fortunate to have been part of Hamnet and collaborated with Chlo\u00e9, whose thoughtful vision guided this film at every step. I\u2019m deeply honored by this nomination and grateful to the Academy for recognizing our work, and for the opportunity to help bring this beautiful story to life,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Nina Gold was nominated for Best Casting, the newest Oscar category in over 20 years.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis first ever Casting Oscar nomination is a total and utter thrill. \u00a0Hamnet is a beautiful example of the true power of artistic collaboration, and it was a privilege to make it with all my incredible colleagues. And I\u2019m also claiming this nomination for the previous 97 years of brilliant casting directors before us, and sharing my joy with them,\u201d said Gold in a statement.<\/p>\n
It has been 25 years since Kate Hudson received her first Oscar nomination for \u201cAlmost Famous,\u201d and now she\u2019s been nominated for Best Actress \u2013 making her and her mother \u2013 Goldie Hawn \u2013 the third daughter-mother duo to each have multiple nominations.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cWhat an incredible feeling and moment to have been nominated! My heart is filled with gratitude and joy. I\u2019m so thrilled to celebrate with all the amazing women in this category. Being in \u2018Song Sung Blue\u2019 has been one of the great honors of my life,\u201d Hudson told Spectrum News in a statement.<\/p>\n
Ethan Hawke received a Best Actor nomination Thursday morning. It\u2019s his firth career nomination and his first in the leading actor category.<\/p>\n
\u201cPlaying Larry Hart was the greatest challenge of my 40-year acting career. To make this film alongside one of my best friends, the incomparable Richard Linklater, was an honor in itself,\u201d he told Spectrum News in a statement. \u201cToday I\u2019m thinking back to the first time I read Robert Kaplow\u2019s brilliant, now Oscar-nominated script, which so vividly captures the dangers and the joy in pursuing an artistic life. Thank you to The Academy for recognizing our work, and with it the work of our cast, crew, and the entire company of artists who came together\u00a0in Ireland to realize \u2018Blue Moon.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
The 98th Academy Awards will take place March 15 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles and will be televised live on ABC and Hulu. YouTube’s new deal\u00a0to exclusively air\u00a0won’t take effect until 2029. This year, Conan O\u2019Brien will return as host.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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