- Title: Jeffrey Wright and Colman Domingo get emotional over Oscar nominations
- Date: 23rd January 2024
- Summary: UNKNOWN LOCATION (JANUARY 23, 2024) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) DIRECTOR AND OSCAR NOMINEE JUSTINE TRIET, SAYING: “Of course at the beginning we were so disappointed by this decision because of course the movie had so huge success in France. It was very surprising at the beginning but now, you know I think we, we did a huge campaign and Neon worked a lot and worked now
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- Keywords: COLMAN DOMINGO academy awards acting american fiction jeffrey wright justine triet nomination oscar rustin
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- Country: US
- Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Film,North America
- Reuters ID: LVA00G466323012024RP1
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"Oppenheimer," the epic film about the World War Two race to build the first atomic bomb, landed a leading 13 Oscar nominations on Tuesday (January 23) and cemented its role as frontrunner for the prestigious best picture trophy.
The remaining best picture nominees were "American Fiction," "The Holdovers," "Past Lives," "The Zone of Interest" and French film "Anatomy of a Fall."
Ten of the 20 acting contenders were first-time nominees. Among them were Native American "Killers of the Flower Moon" star Lily Gladstone, and Jeffrey Wright and Sterling K. Brown for "American Fiction," the story of a Black writer fed up with book publishers pushing stereotypes.
Wright said he did not watch the nominations live.
"I did not want to have to break a screen," he joked. "So, I just let it all happen."
Colman Domingo, nominated for playing gay civil rights leader Bayard Rustin in "Rustin," did tune in.
"I listened, watched my husband listen to my name being called, and then I watched him lay down on the floor and start crying," Domingo said. "And then, of course, I picked him up and we both had a little cry together."
Winners of the gold Oscar statuettes will be chosen by the roughly 11,000 actors, producers, directors and film craftspeople who make up the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
The organization added more women and people of color to its ranks after the #OscarsSoWhite uproars of 2015 and 2016, and it increased membership from outside the United States. This year, votes came in from a record 93 countries.
Late-night talk show's Jimmy Kimmel will for the fourth time host the Oscars ceremony, which will be broadcast live on Walt Disney's ABC.
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