Oscar Nominees Announced: ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ Leads With 11 | Eastern North Carolina Now

    Publisher's Note: This post appears here courtesy of the The Daily Wire. The author of this post is Hank Berrien.

    The 2023 Oscar nominations have been released with the film "Everything Everywhere All at Once" leading its competitors. The 2023 Oscars will be held Sunday, March 12, with Jimmy Kimmel as the host.

    "Everything Everywhere All at Once" led the way with 11 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress, (Michelle Yeoh.)

    "The Banshees of Inisherin" grabbed nine nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor (Colin Farrell). "All Quiet on the Western Front" also gained nine nominations, including Best Picture. The biopic "Elvis" got eight nominations, including Best Picture and Best Actor (Austin Butler).

    Steven Spielberg's autobiographical "The Fabelmans" garnered seven nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress (Michelle Williams). The mega-blockbuster hit "Top Gun: Maverick" received six nominations, including Best Picture. "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" received five nominations. "Tár" starring Cate Blanchett, got five nominations, including Best Picture and Best Actress.

    The audience for the Oscar show has been steadily dwindling for 20 years; in 2000, over 46 million people watched the event. The number plunged to 10.4 million in 2021, more than a 50% drop from the year before, then crept back up to 15.4 million people last year.

    The list of leading nominations includes:

    Best Picture

   

• "All Quiet on the Western Front"
• "Avatar: The Way of Water"
• "The Banshees of Inisherin"
• "Elvis"
• "Everything Everywhere All at Once"
• "The Fabelmans"
• "Tár"
• "Top Gun: Maverick"
• "Triangle of Sadness"
• "Women Talking"
   

    Best Director

   

• Martin McDonagh ("The Banshees of Inisherin")
• Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert ("Everything Everywhere All at Once")
• Steven Spielberg ("The Fabelmans")
• Todd Field ("Tár")
• Ruben Östlund ("Triangle of Sadness")
   

    Best Lead Actor

   

• Austin Butler ("Elvis")
• Colin Farrell ("The Banshees of Inisherin")
• Brendan Fraser ("The Whale")
• Paul Mescal ("Aftersun")
• Bill Nighy ("Living")
   

    Best Lead Actress

   

• Cate Blanchett ("Tár")
• Ana de Armas ("Blonde")
• Andrea Riseborough ("To Leslie")
• Michelle Williams ("The Fabelmans")
• Michelle Yeoh ("Everything Everywhere All at Once")
   

    Best Supporting Actor

   

• Brendan Gleeson ("The Banshees of Inisherin")
• Brian Tyree Henry ("Causeway")
• Judd Hirsch ("The Fabelmans")
• Barry Keoghan ("The Banshees of Inisherin")
• Ke Huy Quan ("Everything Everywhere All at Once")
   

    Best Supporting Actress

   

• Angela Bassett ("Black Panther: Wakanda Forever")
• Hong Chau ("The Whale")
• Kerry Condon ("The Banshees of Inisherin")
• Jamie Lee Curtis ("Everything Everywhere All at Once")
• Stephanie Hsu ("Everything Everywhere All at Once")