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Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez” leads the 7th annual Latino Entertainment Film Awards with an impressive 17 nominations, including best picture, director, and four acting nods for Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz and Zoe Saldaña. Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi sequel “Dune: Part 2” follows with 10. The Latino Entertainment Journalists Association (LEJA), which celebrates the year’s best in film and Latino talent, was also fans of Coralie Fargeat’s “The Substance” and Jon M.

Never say never, but Nosferatu filmmaker Robert Eggers is pretty much dead-set on not making a contemporary movie.

Gladiator and Dune composer, Hans Zimmer, has been commissioned to write a new interpretation of the national anthem of Saudi Arabia.Turki Alalshikh, chairman of the country’s General Entertainment Authority, announced the news via X (formerly Twitter) ahead of the composer’s live performance in Riyadh on January 24. He shared a picture of himself with Zimmer, and revealed that the title of the piece will be simply ‘Arabia’.Translated from Arabic, the post reads: “Today I met someone who is considered one of the greatest musicians of our time… the legend Hans Zimmer.“We discussed a lot about many future projects that I hope will see the light of day soon… including redistributing the Saudi national anthem with different instruments, as well as making a musical piece called ‘Arabia’ inspired by my dear country, and also making a very large concert with a new idea for the Riyadh season in the coming years”.التقيت اليوم بشخص يعتبر من أعظم الموسيقيين في عصرنا الحاضر…الأسطورة Hans Zimmer …تناقشنا كثيرا في العديد من المشاريع المستقبلية التي أتمنى أن ترى النور قريبا… ومنها إعادة توزيع النشيد الوطني السعودي بآلات مختلفة وأيضا عمل مقطوعة موسيقية بمسمى Arabia مستوحاة من بلدي الغالي… pic.twitter.com/KoI26t4iRl— TURKI ALALSHIKH (@Turki_alalshikh) January 20, 2025Alalshikh also disclosed that Zimmer may be involved in the production of the Saudi film The Battle of Yarmouk, saying they “agreed on the broad outlines of all these projects” and he hoped they “will reach a final agreement on them”.Zimmer is one of the most celebrated film composers of all time, having composed music for over 150 movies including The Dark Knight Trilogy, Interstellar and Dunkirk for Christopher Nolan; as well as animated classic The Lion King.

dune with Hollywood. After the 2025 Oscar nominations were announced on Thursday, Josh Brolin went on a rant slamming the Academy for snubbing his “Dune” director, Denis Villeneuve, and snarked that in response, he will “quit acting.” Brolin, 56 posted an Instagram Story following the announcement of this year’s nominees. “Just want to say congratulations to the Dune best picture nomination, to Greig Fraser for cinematography, for best visual effects, special effects, for Patrice [Vermett] for production design and for sound, I believe,” the “Goonies” star addressed the camera.“Apparently, I’m going to quit acting because Denis Villeneuve didn’t get nominated.

In my Oscar predictions piece yesterday I warned about the possibility that this year’s list could be even more international than in recent years, partly because of the L.A. Fires which moved the Academy to extend the voting period twice and by nearly a week overall.It was indicative that voters in Los Angeles, where a lot of them live, might have been preoccupied. This said to me that the ever-growing international base of Oscar voters, not affected by the fires, might have more influence than ever. There is no question that happened.

READ MORE: Oscars 2025 nominations – see the full listAnnounced earlier today, the ten films in the running for Best Picture at the 2025 Oscars include Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown and science-fiction sequel Dune: Part Two, both of which star Chalamet in the leading role.He also received a Best Actor nomination himself for his portrayal of Dylan. It’s his second Oscar nod, after also receiving a Best Actor nomination for his role in Luca Guadagnino’s 2017 romantic drama Call Me By Your Name.A Complete Unknown bagged eight nominations overall, including Best Director for James Mangold, Best Supporting Actor for Edward Norton, and Best Supporting Actress for Monica Barbaro, as well as Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Sound and Best Costume Design.NME gave the film a four-star review, with Alex Flood writing: “The most important (and often trickiest) job of any music movie is to get the music right.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Denis Villeneuve has once again found himself shut out of the best director race for helming a “Dune” movie, which doesn’t make sense to cast member Josh Brolin. The Oscars failed to nominate Villeneuve for “Dune: Part Two” after similarly shutting him out of the best director category in 2022 for the first “Dune” movie. That film earned 10 Oscar nominations, while the sequel somewhat underperformed by earning just 5 noms this year.

the most 2025 nominations going towards “Emilia Perez,” “The Brutalist” and “Wicked.”Ariana Grande, Demi Moore, Adrien Brody, Timothée Chalamet and Zoe Saldana were among the actors who received nods for their performances. But a slew of other talented actors — including Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman, Denzel Washington and Pamela Anderson — were completely snubbed from the nominations list.Jolie, 49, was acclaimed for her role in the Maria Callas biopic directed by Pablo Larraín.

The Academy unveiled its full line-up of Oscar nods Thursday morning, with “Emilia Pérez” leading the field with 13 nominations, followed by “The Brutalist” and “Wicked” with 10 each. While guild nominations and other preliminary awards bodies can help provide a comprehensive forecast for Oscar nominations, there are always a few curveballs mixed into the proceedings. Big names like Angelina Jolie and Denzel Washington missed out on acting nominations this year, and there were many, many more surprises. SNUB: Angelina Jolie Misses for ‘Maria’ The star earned some of the best reviews of her career out of the Venice Film Festival for her portrayal of the opera icon Maria Callas.

EXCLUSIVE: Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two leads the nominations at this year’s Online Film Critics Society Awards. Scroll down for the lists in full.

The Producers Guild of America has announced its 2025 nominees for movies and television.

Although Harrison Ford is synonymous with multiple franchises and countless memorable performances, he wasn’t always such a household name.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has unveiled its nominees for the 2025 WGA Awards, highlighting a mix of familiar Oscar frontrunners, unexpected entries, and the creative reshuffling prompted by ineligible contenders. Sean Baker’s critically acclaimed “Anora” is leading the original screenplay list, which many consider the Oscar frontrunner in this category.

Anora, Challengers, A Complete Unknown, Nickel Boys and Wicked are among the feature film screenplay nominees for the 77th annual Writers Guild Awards, which revealed its nominees Wednesday to honor the year’s best in film, TV, new media, news, radio and promotional writing.

The BAFTA Film Awards nominations were revealed this afternoon in London, with a mix of titles from studios (and their specialty labels), indies and streamers spread out across the field again this year. All nominations are led by Edward Berger’s Conclave which scored 12 total. In the UK, the papal election thriller is released by Black Bear Pictures which nabbed a total 15 nods (including three for Sing Sing). Conclave is a Focus title in North America. (Scroll down for scorecards by film and distributor.)

The BAFTA nominations were revealed in London this morning with Papal thriller Conclave and crime-musical Emilia Pérez leading the way with 12 and 11 nominations, respectively. Scroll down for the full list of winners.

Dune: Part Two scored a leading seven nominations to lead the 2025 VES Awards, which the Visual Effects Society revealed today. Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi sequel will battle for the marquee Photoreal Feature category against Better Man, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Mufasa: The Lion King and Twisters.

Denis Villeneuve has confirmed that Dune: Part Threewill definitely be his final film in the series as continuing “would become unhealthy.”The director revealed that even after making the first two films, he’s still eager to go back to the world of Arrakis and doesn’t need the break from it that he thought he would.In an interview with TheWrap, Villeneuve was asked what stood out to him the most when he looks back on his experience of making Dune: Part Two. “I think my biggest surprise about this is that I don’t want to run away from Arrakis,” he said.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor The Directors Guild of America (DGA) has revealed its nominees for the upcoming 2025 awards, and it’s a high-stakes Oscar season, proven by the notable snubs and surprises. The five filmmakers contending for the prestigious DGA Award for Directorial Achievement in Feature Film are the following: It’s a category entirely of first-time DGA nominees.

UPDATED with film nominees, 10:48 AM: Jacques Audiard (Emilia Perez), Sean Baker (Anora), Edward Berger (Conclave), Golden Globe winner Brady Corbet (The Brutalist) and James Mangold (A Complete Unknown) are the nominees for the DGA Awards‘ marquee Theatrical Film Award announced Wednesday by the Directors Guild of America.

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