No Selena Gomez and ‘Challengers’ snubbed: film fans lament “insane” Oscars shocks

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Oscars nominations have been revealed and there are several snubs that film fans are not happy about.Jacques Audiard’s original musical thriller Emilia Pérez leads the pack with a massive 13 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress for Karla Sofía Gascón and Best Supporting Actress for Zoe Saldaña.Brady Corbet’s architectural epic The Brutalist and Jon M.

Chu’s starry Broadway adaptation Wicked came in tied for second place, with 10 nominations each. Other movies with multiple nods include Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown and papal drama Conclave with eight apiece, and Sean Baker’s Anora, which received six nominations.However, as ever, there were some notable omissions.

Luca Guadagnino missed out twice with his 2024 movies, Queerand Challengers, to the surprise of film fans. Also missing out were Jamie Lee Curtis (The Last Showgirl), Margaret Qualley (The Substance), Nicole Kidman (Babygirl), Selena Gomez (Emilia Pérez), Denzel Washington (Gladiator II) and Angelina Jolie (Maria).Fans were particularly surprised that Challengers was snubbed, especially for Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’ score, which was described as “fucking insane” and one of the “biggest snubs” in the history of the awards.“history will not look kindly on Challengers Oscars snub,” one X/Twitter user wrote.Check out more reactions below:Challengers snub for original score is fucking insane. #Oscars pic.twitter.com/c3HjEq7xZF— The Kyber Culture (@kyberculture) January 23, 2025Biggest Oscar snub is Challengers missing in Score, THAT IS CRAZY pic.twitter.com/zDlBW1HUz3— Brian Rowe (@mrbrianrowe) January 23, 2025History will not look kindly on the Challengers Oscar snubs.