Everything Everywhere All at Once and Top Gun: Maverick dominate Oscar nominations 2023

Top Gun: Maverick has been nominated for five Oscars including Best Picture, in a sign that Hollywood is finally listening to audiences and honoring box office hits instead of arthouse favorites.

The movie starring Tom Cruise is nominated for Best Picture along with Elvis, Avatar: The Way of Water, All Quiet on the Western Front and The Fabelmans at the 95th Academy Awards, which will be hosted on March 12 by Jimmy Kimmel. 

While Cruise missed out on a nomination for Best Actor, the nomination for Best Picture could bring him his first Academy Award.  

Everything Everywhere All at Once won ten nominations and The Banshees of Inisherin won eight nominations. The two films swept the Golden Globes earlier this month. 

Elvis, by Baz Luhrmann, won seven nominations, including one for Austin Butler.

Box office hit Top Gun: Maverick starring Tom Cruise. The movie was snubbed by the Globes

Best Actress at the Oscars will be a toss-up between Cate Blanchett in Tar and Michelle Yeogh, who won the award at the Golden Globes for her performance in Everything Everywhere All at Once. 

Ana De Armas also won a nomination for her portrayal of Marilyn Monroe in Blonde.  

While Cruise missed out on a nomination for Best Actor, Austin Butler (Elvis)  Brendan Fraser (The Whale) and Bill Nighy (Living) all received nods. 

One film that received no nominations was The Woman King, starring Viola Davis. 

All Quiet on the Western Front, a German-produced film, won multiple nominations, as did Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, including Best Original Song.

Angela Bassett is nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and as is Jamie Lee Curtis for Everything Everywhere All At Once.

The awards ceremony will be hosted on March 12 by Jimmy Kimmel. Allison Williams and Riz Ahmed announced the nominees on Tuesday morning. 

Over the last five years, ratings for the once-adored show have steadily plummeted. 

Austin Butler won Best Actor at The Golden Globes for his performance in Elvis 

Avatar: The Way of Water was nominated for Best Picture, Best Visual Effects, Best Production Design and Best Sound

Last year’s drama with Will Smith and Chris Rock revived the flailing numbers, but it also made the prestigious event into a mockery. 

This year’s awards season kicked off with the Golden Globes on January 10. 

Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans won Best Picture, with The Banshees of Inisherin winning Best Picture: Musical/Comedy. 

Cate Blanchett won Best Actress for her performance in Tár, while Austin Butler won Best Actor for his role in the Elvis biopic. 

Angela Bassett won Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Key Huy Quan won Best Supporting Actor for Everything Everywhere All At Once. 

Top Gun: Maverick, one of the highest grossing films of the last few years, was snubbed at the Globes. 

Kimmel previously hosted the event in 2017 and 2018, when ratings were considerably higher than in recent years. 

Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All At Once. The movie has swept awards season so far

Another critics’ favorite is The Banshees of Inisherin, starring Colin Farrell 

This year’s awards bring first-time nominations for Colin Farrell and Bill Nighy, who are both nominated for Best Actor. 

Nighy won his nomination for Living, in which he portrays a veteran civil servant who is inspired to make the most of his remaining days.

Farrell’s performance in The Banshees of Inisherin won has dazzled the awards circuit so far. 

Riz Ahmed and Allison Williams 95th Academy Awards Nominations Announcement, Los Angeles