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  • Early-bird day in Hollywood; they are announcing the Oscar nominations for 2023.

  • 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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Early-bird day in Hollywood; they are announcing the Oscar nominations for 2023.

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  • A business that is not owned or controlled by a larger company.
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  • A private school, not supported by the government.
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  • Having enough money to live without having to work.
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  • Making your own decisions; acting by yourself
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  • The operating speed, efficiency, or capability of a computer or other machine.
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  • The capabilities or functioning of a machine, product, or system.
  • The operating speed or efficiency of a computer or other machine.
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  • The action of performing a task, duty, or function.
  • The manner in which or the efficiency with which something reacts or fulfills its intended purpose.

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