Hollywood is getting ready for this year’s Academy Awards ceremony, which takes place on Sunday.
Everything Everywhere All At Once leads the Oscars2023 race with 11 nominations, while blockbusters including the Top Gun and Avatar sequels are also nominated, and Ana de Armas, Colin Farrell, Bill Nighy and Cate Blanchett are among the acting nominees.
Scroll down for the full list of which actors and what films are up for each prize.
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Image: Paul Mescal plays a young father to Frankie Corio’s Sophie in Aftersun. Pic: MUBI
Austin Butler – Elvis Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin Brendan Fraser – The Whale Paul Mescal – Aftersun Bill Nighy – Living
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Image: The Banshees Of Inisherin stars Colin Farrell and Barry Keoghan (pictured) are both nominated, along with co-star Brendan Gleeson. Pic: 20th Century Studios
Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees Of Inisherin Brian Tyree Henry – Causeway Judd Hirsch – The Fabelmans Barry Keoghan – The Banshees Of Inisherin Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All At Once
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Image: Ana de Armas portrays Marilyn Monroe in Blonde. Pic: Netflix
Cate Blanchett – Tar Ana de Armas – Blonde Andrea Riseborough – To Leslie Michelle Williams – The Fabelmans Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All At Once
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Image: Everything Everywhere All At Once stars Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and Stephanie Hsu (pictured) are all nominated in the acting categories, as is co-star Jamie Lee Curtis. Pic: A24
Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Hong Chau – The Whale Kerry Condon – The Banshees Of Inisherin Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All At Once Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All At Once
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Image: Turning Red features Rosalie Chiang as the voice of Mei Lee and Sandra Oh as the voice of Ming. Pic: Disney/Pixar
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar and Alex Bulkley Marcel The Shell With Shoes On – Dean Fleischer Camp, Elisabeth Holm, Andrew Goldman, Caroline Kaplan and Paul Mezey Puss In Boots: The Last Wish – Joel Crawford and Mark Swift The Sea Beast – Chris Williams and Jed Schlanger Turning Red – Domee Shi and Lindsey Collins
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Image: Olivia Colman and Colin Firth in Empire Of Light. Pic: Parisa Taghizadeh/Searchlight Pictures/20th Century Studios
All Quiet On The Western Front – James Friend Bardo, False Chronicle Of A Handful Of Truths – Darius Khondji Elvis – Mandy Walker Empire Of Light – Roger Deakins Tar – Florian Hoffmeister
COSTUME DESIGN
Image: Lesley Manville stars in Mrs Harris Goes To Paris. Pic: Liam Daniel/Ada Films Ltd/Harris Squared Kft
Babylon – Mary Zophres Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Ruth Carter Elvis – Catherine Martin Everything Everywhere All At Once – Shirley Kurata Mrs Harris Goes To Paris – Jenny Beavan
DIRECTING
Image: Charlbi Dean in Triangle Of Sadness. Pic: Lionsgate
The Banshees Of Inisherin – Martin McDonagh Everything Everywhere All At Once – Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert The Fabelmans – Steven Spielberg Tar – Todd Field Triangle Of Sadness – Ruben Ostlund
FILM EDITING
Image: Austin Butler as Elvis Presley in Elvis. Pic: Warner Bros
The Banshees of Inisherin – Mikkel EG Nielsen Elvis –Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond Everything Everywhere All At Once – Paul Rogers Tar – Monika Willi Top Gun: Maverick – Eddie Hamilton
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
Image: Felix Kammerer in All Quiet On The Western Front. Pic: Netflix/ Reiner Bajo
All Quiet on the Western Front – Germany Argentina, 1985 – Argentina Close – Belgium EO – Poland The Quiet Girl – Ireland
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Image: Colin Farrell was unrecognisable as The Penguin in The Batman. Pic: Jamie Hawkesworth/DC Comics/Warner Bros
All Quiet on the Western Front – Heike Merker and Linda Eisenhamerova The Batman – Naomi Donne, Mike Marino and Mike Fontaine Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Camille Friend and Joel Harlow Elvis – Mark Coulier, Jason Baird and Aldo Signoretti The Whale – Adrien Morot, Judy Chin and Anne Marie Bradley
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
Image: Margot Robbie in Babylon. Pic: Scott Garfield/Paramount Pictures
All Quiet on the Western Front – Volker Bertelmann Babylon – Justin Hurwitz The Banshees of Inisherin – Carter Burwell Everything Everywhere All At Once – Son Lux The Fabelmans – John Williams
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
Image: NT Rama Rao Jr and Ram Charan Teja in RRR. Pic: DVV Entertainment
Applause, from Tell It like A Woman – music and lyrics by Diane Warren Hold My Hand, from Top Gun: Maverick – music and lyrics by Lady Gaga and BloodPop Lift Me Up, from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – music by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Goransson; lyrics by Tems and Ryan Coogler Naatu Naatu, from RRR – music by MM Keeravaani; lyrics by Chandrabose This Is A Life, from Everything Everywhere All At Once – music by Ryan Lott, David Byrne and Mitski; lyrics by Ryan Lott and David Byrne
BEST FILM
Image: (L-R): Ben Whishaw stars as August, Rooney Mara as Ona and Claire Foy as Salome in director Sarah Polley’s Women Talking. Pic: Orion Pictures/ Michael Gibson
All Quiet on the Western Front – Malte Grunert Avatar: The Way of Water – James Cameron and Jon Landau The Banshees Of Inisherin – Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin and Martin McDonagh Elvis – Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Gail Berman, Patrick McCormick and Schuyler Weiss Everything Everywhere All At Once – Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert and Jonathan Wang The Fabelmans – Kristie Macosko Krieger, Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner Tar – Todd Field, Alexandra Milchan and Scott Lambert Top Gun: Maverick – Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, David Ellison and Jerry Bruckheimer Triangle Of Sadness – Erik Hemmendorff and Philippe Bober Women Talking – Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Frances McDormand
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Image: Michelle Williams and Paul Dano star in Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans. Pic: Universal Pictures
All Quiet On The Western Front – production design, Christian M Goldbeck; set decoration, Ernestine Hipper Avatar: The Way Of Water – production design, Dylan Cole and Ben Procter; set decoration, Vanessa Cole Babylon – production design, Florencia Martin – set decoration, Anthony Carlino Elvis – production design, Catherine Martin and Karen Murphy; set decoration, Bev Dunn The Fabelmans – production design, Rick Carter; set decoration, Karen O’Hara
SOUND
Image: The Avatar sequel got four nods in total. Pic: 20th Century Studios
All Quiet On The Western Front – Viktor Prasil, Frank Kruse, Markus Stemler, Lars Ginzel and Stefan Korte Avatar: The Way of Water – Julian Howarth, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Dick Bernstein, Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers and Michael Hedges The Batman – Stuart Wilson, William Files, Douglas Murray and Andy Nelson Elvis – David Lee, Wayne Pashley, Andy Nelson and Michael Keller Top Gun: Maverick – Mark Weingarten, James H Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor
VISUAL EFFECTS
Image: Angela Bassett as Ramonda in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Pic: Annette Brown/ Marvel Studios
All Quiet On The Western Front – Frank Petzold, Viktor Müller, Markus Frank and Kamil Jafar Avatar: The Way of Water – Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett The Batman – Dan Lemmon, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands and Dominic Tuohy Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Geoffrey Baumann, Craig Hammack, R. Christopher White and Dan Sudick Top Gun: Maverick – Ryan Tudhope, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson and Scott R Fisher
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
Image: Daniel Craig returned as Detective Benoit Blanc in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery. Pic: Netflix
All Quiet On The Western Front – Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson & Ian Stokell Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery – Rian Johnson Living – Kazuo Ishiguro Top Gun: Maverick – screenplay by Ehren Kruger and Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie; story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks Women Talking – Sarah Polley
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
Image: Cate Blanchett as conductor Lydia Tar: Pic: Florian Hoffmeister/Focus Features
The Banshees Of Inisherin – Martin McDonagh Everything Everywhere All At Once – Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert The Fabelmans – Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner Tar – Todd Field Triangle Of Sadness – Ruben Ostlund
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Image: The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse. Pic: BBC
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse – Charlie Mackesy and Matthew Freud The Flying Sailor – Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby Ice Merchants – Joao Gonzalez and Bruno Caetano My Year Of D**** – Sara Gunnarsdottir and Pamela Ribon An Ostrich Told Me The World Is Fake And I Think I Believe It – Lachlan Pendragon
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Image: Ivalu tells the story of a young girl deeply impacted by the disappearance of her sister. Pic: M&M Productions
An Irish Goodbye -Tom Berkeley and Ross White Ivalu – Anders Walter and Rebecca Pruzan Le Pupille – Alice Rohrwacher and Alfonso Cuaron Night Ride – Eirik Tveiten and Gaute Lid Larssen The Red Suitcase – Cyrus Neshvad
DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
Image: The Navalny documentary sees Daniel Roher following Alexei Navalny and his close-knit team as they navigate the months after his poisoning. Pic: Dogwoof
All That Breathes – Shaunak Sen, Aman Mann and Teddy Leifer All The Beauty And The Bloodshed – Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, John Lyons, Nan Goldin and Yoni Golijov Fire Of Love – Sara Dosa, Shane Boris and Ina Fichman A House Made of Splinters – Simon Lereng Wilmont and Monica Hellström Navalny – Daniel Roher, Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller and Shane Boris
DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
Image: Stranger At The Gate tells the story of a former US marine who suffers from PTSD, and his plan to bomb a mosque in the small American town of Muncie – until he is welcomed in with open arms. Pic: Smartypants Pictures
The Elephant Whisperers – Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga Haulout – Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev How Do You Measure A Year? – Jay Rosenblatt The Martha Mitchell Effect – Anne Alvergue and Beth Levison Stranger At The Gate – Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones
You can watch the Academy Awards on Sunday 12 March from 11pm exclusively on Sky News and Sky Showcase. Plus, get all the intel from our Oscars special Backstage podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts, from Monday morning
Drummer Zak Starkey has said he is “surprised and saddened” after parting ways with The Who following recent charity shows at the Royal Albert Hall.
The musician, who is the son of The Beatles drummer Ringo Starr and his first wife, Maureen Starkey, had been with the band since 1996, when he joined for their Quadrophenia tour.
He was introduced to drumming as a child by “Uncle Keith” – The Whodrummer and family friendKeith Moon, who died in 1978.
Earlier this week, the band issued a statement saying a “collective decision” had been made about his departure. It came after their Teenage Cancer Trust shows in March.
A review of one gig, published in the Metro, suggested frontman Roger Daltrey – who launched the annual gig series for the charity in 2000 – was “frustrated” with the drumming during some tracks.
“Filling the shoes of my Godfather, ‘Uncle Keith’ has been the biggest honour and I remain their biggest fan,” he said. “They’ve been like family to me.”
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In January, Starkey suffered a blood clot in his right leg and a performance with his other band Mantra Of The Cosmos – which also features Shaun Ryder and Bez from Happy Mondays, and Andy Bell of Ride and Oasis – was cancelled.
Referencing this in his statement to Rolling Stone, Starkey said: “I suffered a serious medical emergency with blood clots in my right bass drum calf. This is now completely healed and does not affect my drumming or running.”
He continued: “After playing those songs with the band for so many decades, I’m surprised and saddened anyone would have an issue with my performance that night, but what can you do?”
Starkey said he planned to “take some much needed time off with my family” and focus on the release of Mantra Of The Cosmos single Domino Bones, which features Noel Gallagher, as well as his autobiography.
“Twenty-nine years at any job is a good old run, and I wish them the best,” he added.
Starkey has also previously played with Oasis, Lightning Seeds and Johnny Marr.
While Daltrey starts a solo tour at the weekend, The Who have two shows planned for Italy in July but no full tour. Details of a replacement for Starkey have not been announced.
Jean Claude Van Damme appears to have told Vladimir Putin that he wants to come to Russia as an ‘”ambassador of peace”.
In a bizarre video posted on Telegram by a pro-Russian journalist from Ukraine, a man purporting to be the Hollywood action hero said he would be “honoured” to take on such a role.
Addressing the Kremlin leader directly, he said: “We want to come to Russia. We’ll try to do this the way you want to do this – to be an ambassador of peace.”
It would not be the first time the man nicknamed “The Muscles from Brussels” has visited Russia.
In 2010, he enjoyed ringside seats alongside Putin at a mixed martial arts event in Sochi.
The Belgian-born former bodybuilder shares a love of fighting with the Russian president, who is himself a judo black belt, and they are said to have known each other for years.
Tiptoeing around the topic of Russia’s war in Ukraine and its ongoing stand-off with the West, Van Damme promised to talk “only about peace, sport and happiness” and not politics, before signing off the video with a “big kiss for Putin”.
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Most celebrities have turned their back on Vladimir Putin since he launched his invasion in February 2022 but a handful continue to defend him. Of those, American actor Steven Seagal is the most high profile.
The Under Siege star, who holds a Russian passport and is a frequent visitor to the country, acts as Moscow’s special representative for Russian-US humanitarian ties.
But when we caught up with him at Putin’s latest presidential inauguration last year, he refused to say why he supports the Kremlin leader…
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Gossip Girl actress Michelle Trachtenberg died as a result of complications from diabetes, New York City’s medical examiner has said.
The 39-year-old, who was also known for Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Harriet the Spy, was found dead at her home in New York City after officers responded to a 911 call on 26 February.
According to a source quoted by Sky News’ US partner network NBC, she had recently received a liver transplant.
At the time of her death, officials said no foul play was suspected, and the medical examiner’s office had listed her death as “undetermined”.
Trachtenberg’s family had objected to a post-mortem, which the medical examiner’s office honoured because there was no evidence of criminality.
But the medical examiner’s office said in a statement on Thursday it amended the cause and manner of death for the actress following a review of laboratory test results.
Trachtenberg was best known for her role as Dawn Summers in Buffy, the younger sister of the title character played by Sarah Michelle Gellar between 2000 and 2003.
Between 2008 and 2012, she played Georgina Sparks on Gossip Girl – the malevolent rival of Blake Lively’s Serena van der Woodsen and Leighton Meester’s Blair Waldorf.
She also starred in the movie 17 Again, where she portrayed daughter Maggie O’Donnell, comedy film Eurotrip and the 2005 teen film Ice Princess.
In 2001, she received a Daytime Emmy nomination for hosting Discovery’s Truth or Scare.