It’s the most wonderful time of the year—award season!
Kumail Nanjiani and Tracee Ellis Ross announced the nominees for the 2019 Oscars on Tuesday. Roma and The Favourite were among the top contenders with 10 nods each. A Star Is Born and Vice were also frontrunners, each getting eight nominations. In addition, Black Panther received seven nominations and made history by becoming the first comic book movie to be up for Best Picture. However, fans will have to wait until the big night to see who wins.
Of course, the nominees were thrilled about the recognition.
“Everyone who worked on this film truly risked putting themselves out there—in the hope that in doing so people will connect and feel something deep and personal—the way films have made me feel since I was a kid,” Bradley Cooper, who was snubbed of a best director nomination, said. “When I got this opportunity I knew I had to risk it all because I may never get another chance—so to be here today in a place where people who have seen the film are talking about how it makes them feel, something deep—that simple human thing—that we need each other—and the Academy to recognize that this morning—I just am so grateful.”
“Seven #OscarsNoms for #BlackPanther including best picture!!” the actress wrote on Twitter alongside a video of the cast rejoicing. “This is our reaction the first time we saw footage from the film and we’re feeling this way all over again today! Thank you @TheAcademy! #WakandaForever #Oscars.”
To see more stars’ reactions, check out the gallery.
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Sam Rockwell
“Hot damn! I am so truly honored to be recognized by the Academy again this year,” the Best Actor in a Supporting Role nominee said. “Vice is such a special and important film to be a part of and I’m thrilled for Adam, Christian, Amy and Hank, as well as all of the cast and crew.”
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Bradley Cooper
“Everyone who worked on this film truly risked putting themselves out there—in the hope that in doing so people will connect and feel something deep and personal—the way films have made me feel since I was a kid,” the actor and director said. “When I got this opportunity I knew I had to risk it all because I may never get another chance—so to be here today in a place where people who have seen the film are talking about how it makes them feel, something deep—that simple human thing—that we need each other—and the Academy to recognize that this morning—I just am so grateful.”
Lupita Nyong’o
“Seven #OscarsNoms for #BlackPanther including best picture!!” the actress wrote on Twitter alongside a video of the cast hugging. “This is our reaction the first time we saw footage from the film and we’re feeling this way all over again today! Thank you @TheAcademy! #WakandaForever #Oscars.”
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Glenn Close
“Everything to do with this movie has been a total joy,” the Best Actress contender said. “Bjorn Runge is a great director! Jonathan Pryce is an inspired partner. I’m so proud to be in a little film that has such great resonance with so many people. I’m especially proud to have shared the creation of this character with my beloved daughter Annie. So grateful!”
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Barry Jenkins
“I’m always overseas when noms come out and I don’t watch,” the director wrote on Twitter. “Instead my publicist slips notes under my door and I find them when I return. MUCH love from the @BealeStreet family to QUEEN @Regina King and my right hand @NicholasBritell on their Oscar Noms!!!”
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Richard E. Grant
“For a boy growing up in Swaziland, the smallest country in the southern hemisphere, becoming an actor seemed an impossible dream, let alone being nominated for an Oscar,” the Best Actor in a Supporting Role nominee said. “[I] am literally levitating!!”
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Mark Ronson
“Such an honor to be nominated for an Oscar,” the Best Original Song nominee said. “And it makes it even more special to be nominated as part of this incredible film where the music is so powerful and emotional. Bradley Cooper got right what is nearly impossible in film, to show inside the creative process and make it feel honest and believable. And Lady Gaga’s empowers that vision in the most beautiful and compelling way.”
The 91st Annual Academy Awards takes place Sunday, Feb. 24 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Fans can catch all of the action starting at 6:30 p.m. ET / 3:30 p.m. PT that day on ABC.
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