The return of evil penguin Feathers McGraw from Academy Award-winning short The Wrong Trousers, is up for the best animated feature.

As fresh fires raced across the Los Angeles region, an embattled movie industry lined up behind the Netflix narco-musical about transgender identity “Emilia Pérez” in Oscar nominations Thursday.

Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez” dominated with 13 nominations, including best picture and best actress for Karla Sophia Gascon, making her the first openly trans actor ever nominated for an Oscar.

The Netflix film picked up 13 Oscar nominations including best actress (Karla Sofía Gascón), best director (Jacques Audiard) and best supporting actress (Zoe Saldaña) on Thursday.

Academy Award nominations are here, and they’re already shaping up to be a historic moment for the film industry. Leading the pack is Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez, a Spanish-language musical crime comedy that scored an impressive 13 nominations.

Karla Sofia Gascon makes history as the first openly transgender Oscar nominee for Best Actress, earning acclaim for her role in 'Emilia Perez'.

Ariana Grande and her boyfriend, Ethan Slater, each took to social media to celebrate her 2025 Oscar nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

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With so many in the film industry reeling from the fires, some called on the academy to cancel the Oscars altogether.

Zoe Saldana landed her first Oscar nomination, for Best Supporting Actress, for her role in the critically acclaimed film Emilia Pérez. The Spanish language, French-made film, directed by Jacques Audiard,

British film star Ralph Fiennes has said he is “thrilled” to receive a best actor Oscar nomination for his role in pope drama Conclave. This year’s announcement saw Spanish-lanuage musical Emilia Perez lead the way with 13 nominations while director Edward Berger’s film, about cardinals voting to elect the next pope, secured eight nods.

The Academy announced nominations for the upcoming Oscars Thursday morning, with the Spanish-language, French-produced crime musical “Emilia Pérez” leading with 13 nominations, the most ever for a non-English movie, with “The Brutalist” and “Wicked” right behind.