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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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Social media star ‘Big John’ Fisher to be deported after being detained in Australia

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Social media star “Big John” Fisher has said he is being deported from Australia after he was detained over visa issues.

Fisher, known for reviewing fast food online, arrived in Australia on Tuesday for appearances in Perth and Sydney.

In posts on his Instagram, he said he was questioned by border officials for four hours in the city of Perth.

He said he was due to head home on Wednesday, his birthday, at 6.30pm local time.

“My visa was legal coming in but they are not happy with what I am doing here so they are sending me home,” he said. “To be truthful, I just want to go home now.

“When common sense goes out the window you lose a bit of hope with human beings.

“Well even though I am under lock and key it’s my birthday, I’m still smiling and I still love Australia.

“Just can’t wait to get home to my family and good old England.”

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It is understood Fisher was travelling on an incorrect visa.

An Australian Border Force spokesperson said it did not comment on individual passengers.

Fisher, who has more than 680,000 followers on Instagram, went viral for his love of Chinese takeaway and is best known for his use of the catchphrase “bosh”.

He makes regular appearances at restaurants, clubs and major events around the world.

His son, British heavyweight boxer Johnny Fisher, wrote on Instagram: “The Aussies have detained Big John and are sending him home- rumour has it they are frightened of his express pace bowling ahead of the Ashes.”

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Stars of sumo head to London’s Royal Albert Hall – and noodles sell out

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They’re getting through 70kg of rice a day and the wholesaler has run out of noodles. Yes, Sumo returns to London on Wednesday.

It’s just the second time a Grand Tournament has been held outside of Japan – and this is a sport that has records going back more than 1,500 years.

It’s 34 years since the Royal Albert Hall hosted the only previous such event on foreign soil – and the appetite for tickets meant all five days sold out immediately.

Much of the focus is on the two grand champions or yokozuna, the 74th and 75th men to attain the rank.

They’re the Mongolian Hoshoryu Tomokatsu, plus Japan’s Onosato Daiki – who this year became the quickest wrestler to achieve the rank in the modern era.

“I’m happy that Sumo is back after so many years,” Onosato said. “I hope I can show the UK fans how fantastic Sumo is.”

“Being a yokozuna has a lot of responsibility,” Hoshoryu told Sky Sports. “We have to show everyone an example of what a yokozuna is – and that’s very difficult.

“My uncle was a yokozuna – and I’m happy to follow in his footsteps. But I came here to London as a yokozuna which he didn’t, so I’m even happier.”

The two are already great rivals.

Onosato Daiki became the quickest ever to achieve yokozuna rank. Pic: AP
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Onosato Daiki became the quickest ever to achieve yokozuna rank. Pic: AP

At the recent Aki Basho – the most prestigious tournament on the sumo calendar – the pair finished with identical records after 15 days of bouts.

It all came down to a final play-off between the two yokozuna – the first time that had happened in 16 years. It was Onosato who came out on top on that occasion.

Hoshoryu says he is a big fan of basketball and football. He follows Chelsea, although his favourite players are going back a bit: “Didier Drogba and Petr Cech. He’s the ‘keeper. I like this guy!”

Early starts and a hearty stew: The life of a rikishi

The wrestlers – or rikishi – have a rigorous training regime.

They live in communal blocks called stables and practice starts early. Perhaps surprisingly, everyone skips breakfast. After training and practice – and for the younger rikishi, chores – the wrestlers all eat together.

The staple of their diet is chankonabe, a hearty stew packed with meat and vegetables. The feeding of the 40 rikishi who have come over for the five-day tournament is a challenge in itself.

Donagh Collins, the CEO of co-organisers Askonas Holt, said: “We are going through 70 kilos of rice a day. Somebody told me that the wholesaler for the noodles has run out of noodles. We’re really pushing the system here.”

The ring – or dohyo – is just 4.55m in diameter and quite small when two giant wrestlers leap at each other.

The aim of the fights is to either get your opponent onto the floor – or, more spectacularly, shove or hurl them out of the dohyo, so spectators in the ringside seats may be getting extremely up-close to the wrestlers.

The last time the tournament was in Britain, the massive Konishiki, known as the Dump Truck, took centre stage.

The giant Hawaiian was the heaviest-ever rikishi coming in at 287kg – or 45 stone. That’s a lot of wrestler to dodge if he comes falling out of the ring towards you.

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The Royal Albert Hall may be firstly a concert venue, but it has hosted the likes of John McEnroe, Lennox Lewis and even Muhammad Ali.

And for the next five days, the cream of the world of sumo will be thrilling the crowds – provided a new noodle supplier is found.

What is a yokozuna?

Yokozuna is the highest rank in sumo, with its name meaning “horizontal rope” and refers to the rope worn around a competitor’s waist as they enter the ring.

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Grammy-winning R&B and soul star D’Angelo dies after ‘prolonged battle with cancer’

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Grammy-award winning R&B and soul singer D’Angelo has died following a battle with pancreatic cancer, his family has said.

He died on Tuesday, leaving behind a “legacy of extraordinarily moving music” following a “prolonged and courageous battle with cancer,” his family said in a statement.

The prominent musician, born Michael D’Angelo Archer, was 51 years old.

A family statement said: “We are saddened that he can only leave dear memories with his family, but we are eternally grateful for the legacy of extraordinarily moving music he leaves behind.

“We ask that you respect our privacy during this difficult time, but invite you all join us in mourning his passing while also celebrating the gift of song that he has left for the world.”

The singer rose to prominence in the 1990s with his first album, Brown Sugar.

The track “Lady” from that album reached No. 10 in March 1996 and remained on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart for 20 weeks.

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