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Greg Evans
Jan 24, 2023
Why Is It Called The Oscars?
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The nominations for the 2023 Oscars have been announced and you know what that means...yes, of course, memes.
The 95th Academy Awards will take place on March 12th and who knows whether it will be as noteworthy as last years when Will Smith infamously slapped Chris Rock on stage after making a joke about his wife.
Regardless this year's nominations were announced at a ceremony at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Beverly Hills, California, hosted by actors Alison Williams and Riz Ahmed.
The movies tipped for the top awards are Everything, Everywhere All At Once, Elvis, Banshees of Inisherin, Tár and The Whale with sequels such as Top Gun: Maverick, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever also being heavily nominated.
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Given the magnitude of the occasion, film fans couldn't contain their excitement at the prospect of what the Academy were going to nominate.
\u201cThe mood on Film Twitter the day before the Oscar nominations\u201d— Zo\u00eb Rose Bryant (@Zo\u00eb Rose Bryant) 1674486659
\u201cOSCAR NOMINATIONS DAY TODAY \u201d— anthonito, the shell with shoes on. (@anthonito, the shell with shoes on.) 1674562635
There was a lot of amusement about a short film called 'My Year of Dicks.'
\u201cHas somebody already captured a two-second clip of Riz Ahmed saying "My Year of Dicks"? #Oscars\u201d— Caspar Salmon (@Caspar Salmon) 1674567635
\u201cRiz Ahmed saying \u201cMy Year Of Dicks\u201d deserves an Academy award\u201d— Sam Clements (@Sam Clements) 1674567542
\u201cRiz Ahmed just said "My Year of Dicks" so this is already the best awards season ever\u201d— Cody Dericks @ Sundance (@Cody Dericks @ Sundance) 1674567497
Rihanna even got a nomination.
\u201cRihanna is now officially an Oscar nominee. Congratulations Legend\ud83c\udfc6\u201d— RIHPRINT \uea00 (@RIHPRINT \uea00) 1674567841
\u201cRihanna is officially an #Oscars nominee.\u201d— Pop Crave (@Pop Crave) 1674567837
Then there are the snubs.
\u201cDecision to Leave snubbed in international film #Oscars\u201d— lewis \ud83c\udf9e\ufe0f (@lewis \ud83c\udf9e\ufe0f) 1674567913
\u201cthese NOPE snubs\u2026\u201d— cait (@cait) 1674567992
\u201cOscar Nominees will be revealed soon and hoping Mia Goth won\u2019t get snubbed \ud83d\ude15\u201d— The Hollywood Handle (@The Hollywood Handle) 1674566618
\u201cdecision to leave was snubbed BAD omg\u201d— tabitha (@tabitha) 1674567901
How can you not be happy for Paul Mescal?
\u201cPAUL MESCAL \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\u201d— iana murray (@iana murray) 1674568091
\u201cACADEMY AWARD NOMINATED PAUL MESCAL \n\u201d— maria (@maria) 1674568087
\u201cAND THATS ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE PAUL MESCAL TO YOU.\u201d— ad LESLIE KNOPE CAME HOME (@ad LESLIE KNOPE CAME HOME) 1674568143
And Brendan Fraser too...
\u201cacademy award nominee brendan fraser\u201d— echo lockdown (@echo lockdown) 1674568465
\u201cBrendan Fraser nominado a mejor actor en los #Oscars2023, no saben como salto mi corazon. Por fin se le da reconociemiento a este maravilllso actor!!! \ud83d\ude2d\u201d— Claudia Roquefort \u2735 (@Claudia Roquefort \u2735) 1674568464
Everyone was a bit confused as to how To Leslie got in there.
\u201cWell, I guess I am watching TO LESLIE this morning.\u201d— Sean Fennessey (@Sean Fennessey) 1674568148
\u201cAndrea Riseborough getting a call from her agent that she\u2019s nominated for an Oscar for To Leslie\u201d— Will Kellogg (@Will Kellogg) 1674568187
Top Gun: Maverick getting an adapted screenplay nomination too caused a kerfuffle.
\u201cChoosing to ignore Top Gun\u2019s screenplay nomination\u201d— lewis \ud83c\udf9e\ufe0f (@lewis \ud83c\udf9e\ufe0f) 1674568148
\u201cTOP GUN MAVERICK BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY AND PICTURE WOOOOOOO\u201d— Nathan Flynn (@Nathan Flynn) 1674568662
\u201ctop gun SCREENPLAY nomination??? okay!!!\u201d— Olivia Craighead (@Olivia Craighead) 1674567431
All in all, it was a very good day for Ireland.
\u201cCongratulations to the inhabitants of Ireland\u201d— Ella Kemp (@Ella Kemp) 1674568733
\u201ceverybody give it up for Ireland \u201d— alex \ud83d\udcad \u2077 (@alex \ud83d\udcad \u2077) 1674568484
\u201cthe winner today is ireland\u201d— julia (@julia) 1674568323
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