It's actually happening⏤

- happening in this moment. - This is like watching Steve Kornacki on election night.

Dave Karger, "Entertainment Weekly" awards correspondent, is here.

You're checking boxes; they're in your ear.

- They're telling you. - It just finished.

- They Just Finished. - OK.

- OK. - What do you want to know?

- Well, let's start with Best Supporting Actor. - Yeah.

Best Supporting Actor actually surp⏤provided a little bit of a surprise.

So, along with people that we knew would be nominated,

like Brendan Gleeson and Barry Keoghan from "Banshees of Inisherin" and Ke Huy Quan, the comeback story of the year from "Everything Everywhere All at Once",

they also nominated Brian Tyree Henry, who's a wonderful actor, who's in a movie called "Causeway", where he stars opposite Jennifer Lawrence.

It's a movie that hasn't got a ton of attention, but he's terrific in it.

- OK. - He's know from the TV show "Atlanta".

- But he's great, and he did a fabulous job in this movie. - And also, Judd Hirsh...

- Judd Hirsh for "The Fabelmans". - ... for "Fabelmans".

- You expected that one? - Yeah.

- And that's, like, about 40 years since his last nomination... - Wow!

- ... for "Ordinary People", so that's a record-breaking moment. - Cool; really cool. All right.

- Yeah. - Let's do Supporting Actress.

Angela Bassett leads the way here for "Black Panther"; the first time anyone has ever been nominated for a Marvel movie, by the way.

She's up against Hong Chau, who's so great in "The Whale",

and then, two of the women from "Everything Everywhere All at Once", which is a movie that got a ton of nominations overall.

Jamie Lee Curtis and Stephanie Hsu.

- Jamie Lee Curtis, a first-time Oscar nominee. - Wait⏤wow; for real?

- Oh, I just got chills. That's so cool. - I'm so happy for her.

She deserves it.

- All right, Best⏤do we do Best Actor? - Sure.

Best Actor, well, the⏤we knew that Austin Butler was gonna get in there for "Elvis",

same with Colin Farrell, Brendan Fraser, and Bill Nighy.

The question was gonna be: Who was gonna be the fifth spot?

Would it be Tom Cruise for "Top Gun: Maverick"? No.

Would it be Tom Hanks for "A Man Called Otto"? No.

It was this wonderful actor named Paul Mescal, who is in the TV show "Normal People"⏤that's how people know him.

- Oh, I loved that. - But he is wonderful in a small independent film called "Aftersun".

- And it's a father-daughter story, and he's just terrific in it, so I'm happy for him. - Wow.

- All right, Best Actress then. - Yeah, let's hear.

- OK, so, we've got some surprises here, so... - Really?

... alongside Cate Blanchett in "Tár" and, also, Michelle Yeoh from "Everything Everywhere All at Once" and Michelle Williams, "The Fabelmans"⏤

those were the three that everyone knew were gonna be in there.

But here's Ana de Armas, who played Marilyn Monroe in "Blonde", a movie that, by the way, dominated the Razzie Awards,

- which, which... for Worst Movie of the Year. - Right, right, you hear about it, yeah.

- Oh, really? - But she gave a wonderful performance as Marilyn Monroe.

And then there's this actress named Andrea Riseborough, a British actress who is in a movie called "To Leslie" that no one has seen; it made 30 mill⏤30 thousand dollars, 30 million.

30 thousand; but there was this A-list campaign amongst a lot of her famous friends, and she's wonderful in the movie.

Edward Norton, Jane Fonda⏤all these people started tweeting and Instagram about how great she was.

And look what happened.

- She gets and Oscar nomination. - Now, were... were there any snubs in that group?

There were⏤so, no Viola Davis there for the... for "The Woman King". - Oh, no!

And also, Danielle Deadwyler from the movie "Till".

Gave a real breakout performance, and I think she, unfortunately, along with Viola, was the casualty of this really strong, last-minute campaign by Andrea Riseborough...

- ... and all of her fans. Incredible, yeah. - Viola was incredible, too, in that movie.

- Yeah. - Let's talk about Best Picture; this is the big kahuna.

Well, "All Quiet on the Western Front" is a movie that got a ton of nominations overall.

It's a German-language film playing on Netflix, of course, a remake of the 1930s version⏤won Best Picture.

That one got a lot of nominations, as I said, along with "Avatar", "The Banshees of Inisherin",

- "Elvis", which did very well this morning, - Wow.

Ev⏤uh, "The Fablemans", Steven Spielberg's movie,

"Tár", "Top Gun", which, I think, is gonna be a big player...

- ... as the season continues. Yeah. - Wow. "Top Gun" did get nominated. OK.

"Triangle of Sadness", which is a really crazy European film,

and then "Women Talking", that was the last nominee.

So, the ones that did not get in there: "Black Panther".

The first one did get nominated, but the second one did not.

"Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery" did not make it in, "Babylon" didn't make it in, and "The Woman King".

- Did you have Best Director? I know it wasn't on our cheat sheet. - No...

- Oh, we're still waiting. - ... I'm hoping... I'm hoping they can tell me in my ear.

- Yeah. - But, I mean, I'm sure it's people like the Daniels who directed "Everything Everywhere All at Once",

and, also, Steven Spielberg, I'm sure is in there, too.

If⏤unless I'm gonna have egg on my face, but I'd be surprised if they're not.

Not here, you won't; you're our... you're our guru.

Wow, that's pretty incredible. How many⏤

There were so many nominees for Best Picture; did they usually have that many?

It's a lot.

So, they started a new rule this year, where it was a mandatory 10.

In the past few years, it was mathematical, where it would be between 5 and 10, and usually, there were about 8 or 9.

This year, with that mandatory 10, I think that really helped a movie like "Women Talking" or "Triangle of Sadness", one of the movies that was able to sneak in those extra spots.

That's so much just to get the nominations, why not have 10?

Right. And underscore Jamie Lee Curtis.

- Yeah, wow. - I cannot believe, after all these years,...

- ... her very first Oscar nomination; congrats to her. - Yeah, and it...

- I know, and I think she and Angela Bassett are gonna vie for that Oscar. - Yes.

So, it's two veterans, neither of whom have won an Oscar.

- So, it'll be a great moment, whoever wins. - Wow, congrats.

- Oh, my gosh. Really cool. - It's very cool.

Dave, thank you; you're the best.

- Any time. - That was awesome.

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