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Hollywood is getting ready for this year’s Academy Awards ceremony, which takes place on Sunday.

Everything Everywhere All At Once leads the Oscars 2023 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

Paul Mescal and Frankie Corio in Aftersun. Pic: MUBI
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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

Barry Keoghan also stars in the film. Pic: 20th Century Studios
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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

The movie juxtaposes Monroe's seemingly glamorous life with a sad reality. Pic: Netflix
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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

Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, and Stephanie Hsu in Everything Everywhere All at Once. Pic: A24
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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

Turning Red features Rosalie Chiang as the voice of Mei Lee and Sandra Oh as the voice of Ming. Pic: Disney/Pixar
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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

Olivia Colman and Colin Firth in Empire Of Light. Pic: Parisa Taghizadeh/Searchlight Pictures/20th Century Studios
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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

Lesley Manville in Mrs Harris Goes To Paris. Pic: Liam Daniel/Ada Films Ltd/Harris Squared Kft
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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

Charlbi Dean in Triangle Of Sadness. Pic: Lionsgate
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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

Austin Butler as Elvis Presley in Elvis. Pic: Warner Bros
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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

Felix Kammerer in All Quiet On The Western Front. Pic: Netflix/ Reiner Bajo
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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

Colin Farrell as Oswald Cobblepot/the Penguin in The Batman. Pic: Jamie Hawkesworth/DC Comics/Warner Bros
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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)

Margot Robbie in Babylon. Pic: Scott Garfield/Paramount Pictures
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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)

NT Rama Rao Jr and Ram Charan Teja in RRR. Pic: DVV Entertainment
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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

(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
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(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

Michelle Williams and Paul Dano star in Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans. Pic: Universal Pictures
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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

Kate Winslet (L) in Avatar. Pic: 20th Century Studios
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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

Angela Bassett as Ramonda in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Pic: Annette Brown/ Marvel Studios
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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)

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022). Daniel Craig as Detective Benoit Blanc. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix .. 2022.
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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)

Cate Blanchett  as conductor Lydia Tar: Pic: Florian Hoffmeister/Focus Features
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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

The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse. Pic: BBC
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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

Ivalu. Pic: M&M Productions
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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)

The Navalny documentary sees Daniel Roher following Alexei Navalny and his close-knit team as they navigate the months after his poisoning. Pic: Dogwoof
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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)

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
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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

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Comedian Milton Jones reveals he’s cancer free

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Comedian Milton Jones has revealed he is cancer free after being treated for prostate cancer.

In April, the 61-year-old, who is known for his appearances on Mock The Week, announced he was cancelling a number of UK tour dates to undergo surgery.

Jones said in a statement: “A few months ago, I had to stop my tour HA!MILTON because I needed treatment for prostate cancer. I’m glad to say I’ve had that treatment and am now cancer-free!

“So, many thanks to all the doctors and nurses who helped me get better – I couldn’t do their job (I tried, but apparently you have to be qualified).”

Thanking his family, friends and fans, he went on to joke: “I have to admit there were a few dark moments when I wondered if anyone would ever see me again, but then I realised that I was leaning against the light switch.

“Thankfully, I’m now in a completely different place, and if you look at my website, you’ll see that very soon I’ll be in lots of other different places on tour too”.

Jones picks up his tour on 15 September in Stafford, touring until the end of November 2025.

The show, whose name is a play on the title of the hit musical Hamilton, promises laughter and unforgettable comedy moments, as well as jokes about giraffes and tomatoes.

The Richmond-born comedian has been hailed as the king of the one-liner, basing his jokes on clever wordplay and surreal humour.

He has performed on Live At The Apollo, Lee Mack’s All Star Cast, and Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow.

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Taylor Swift reveals release date for new album

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Taylor Swift has revealed the release date for her new album, The Life Of A Showgirl.

The pop megastar announced her 12th studio album earlier this week but didn’t give many details.

Now, in social media posts and an appearance on boyfriend Travis Kelce’s sports podcast, Swift revealed just what fans can expect from the new album.

Taylor Swift and boyfriend Travis Kelce on the New Heights podcast. Pic: New Heights
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Taylor Swift and boyfriend Travis Kelce on the New Heights podcast. Pic: New Heights

The Life of Showgirl, written during the European leg of her record-breaking Eras tour, will be released on 3 October.

It consists of 12 songs, including the title track that features pop star Sabrina Carpenter.

The full track list is:

1. The Fate Of Ophelia
2. Elizabeth Taylor
3. Opalite
4. Father Figure
5. Eldest Daughter
6. Ruin The Friendship
7. Actually Romantic
8. Wi$h Li$t
9. Wood
10. Cancelled!
11. Honey
12. The Life Of A Showgirl (featuring Sabrina Carpenter)

Long-time collaborators Max Martin and Shellback, two Swedish producers who worked with Swift on some of her biggest hits, joined the pop star for this album.

Within four hours of posting the full podcast episode on YouTube, it had already gathered 4.7m views.

The cover of Taylor Swift's newly announced album. Pic: Republic Records
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The cover of Taylor Swift’s newly announced album. Pic: Republic Records

The back cover of Taylor Swift's 12th studio album The Life Of A Showgirl. Pic: 	Republic Records
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The back cover of Taylor Swift’s 12th studio album The Life Of A Showgirl. Pic: Republic Records

‘The hardest-working star in pop’

The album follows last year’s The Tortured Poets Department, which was released during the Eras tour.

That tour, with shows on five continents and in 51 cities, raked in more than $2.2bn (£1.62bn) and was the highest-grossing tour of all time.

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“This album is about what was going on behind the scenes in my inner life during this tour, which was so exuberant and electric and vibrant,” Swift said during her podcast appearance.

Sky News culture and entertainment reporter Gemma Peplow said after her globe-trotting tour and a swathe of re-releases over recent years, the new album cemented Swift’s reputation “as the hardest-working star in pop”.

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Harvey Weinstein to be tried for third time in New York after mistrial on rape charge

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Disgraced US film producer Harvey Weinstein is to be tried for a third time in a sexual assault case.

A jury in New York could not reach a verdict in June against the 73-year-old who was accused of raping actress Jessica Mann, and a mistrial was declared.

Judge Curtis Farber has said he wants the new trial to happen before the end of this year.

The same jury found Weinstein guilty in June of sexually assaulting former Project Runway production assistant Miriam Haley in 2006 and not guilty of assaulting Polish former runway model Kaja Sokola the same year.

Weinstein will be sentenced for the guilty verdict in Ms Haley’s case on 30 September.

He denied all of the charges. Throughout the retrial, his lawyers insisted the sexual encounters with his three accusers were “transactional” and “consensual,” and labelled the women as opportunists.

Weinstein was originally convicted of rape and criminal sexual act by the same court in 2020 and sentenced to 23 years in prison for the crimes.

Last year, however, New York’s highest court overturned the conviction, prompting Weinstein’s retrial this summer.

Weinstein was once one of the most powerful people in Hollywood – the co-founder of film and television production companies Miramax and The Weinstein Company, who produced films such as the Oscar-winning Shakespeare In Love, Pulp Fiction, and The Crying Game.

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In 2017, a series of sexual misconduct allegations against him propelled the #MeToo movement.

Some of those accusations later led to criminal charges and his convictions in New York and California.

Before the retrial, Weinstein was also serving a 16-year prison sentence after being found guilty of rape in California in December 2022. He has also denied this charge.

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