There are always a few big surprises and heartbreaks come as much as awards strategists try to mitigate those. But the for the seemed to have more than its fair share of shockers, good and bad.
Here are some of the major snubs and surprises that have Hollywood talking Tuesday morning.
ANGELA BASSETT GIVES MARVEL A BOOST
There are 30 films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and no actor has ever been nominated for their performance in one until today, when Angela Bassett broke the mold by getting a supporting actress nod for playing a grieving queen
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No Black woman has ever been nominated for best director, a deplorable statistic that was unfortunately not changed this year.
WOMEN SHUT OUT OF DIRECTING
We should have seen this coming after the directors and producers guilds selected movies that were only directed by men, but the Academy has a different makeup. There was hope that members might acknowledge some of the extraordinary films this year that happened to have a woman behind the camera, especially after two consecutive years of women winning the prize ( and ).
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THE ANDREA RISEBOROUGH CAMPAIGN WORKED
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She landed the nomination after Charlize Theron, Jennifer Aniston, Edward Norton, Gwyneth Paltrow and many, many others sang her praises for her performance as a single mother in West Texas looking for redemption.
BEST ACTRESS SHOCKERS
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At least one of those spots was taken up by which was not a guarantee given her SAG snub.
SOME INTERNATIONAL SURPRISES
The international feature category always has its share of oversights. Why are there only five nominees to represent the entire world, after all? But this year one of the bigger surprises was the exclusion of acclaimed romantic noir from South Korea.
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PAUL MESCAL GETS INTO ACTOR RACE
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JUDD HIRSCH IN OVER PAUL DANO
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was, admittedly, a long shot for a best picture or director nomination. But Tuesday morning, many were surprised that it got nothing at all.
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