The ballots are in, and the nominations for the 96th annual Academy Awards are final.
And with their announcement early Tuesday morning comes a new years worth of snubs and surprises.
In fact, one of the biggest surprises of the morning was the unexpected nomination of Annette Bening forNyad.
Nonetheless, it is Gerwigs omission from the Best Director race that is the most shocking.
Admittedly, however, 2019 was a spectacularly competitive year dominated by landmark films.
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With that said, the Best Director race is still an impressive lineup.
Additionally, it is nice to just see Jeffrey Wright nominated for this category for terrific work inAmerican Fiction.
The musical remake was ultimately relegated to a single acting nomination: Danielle Brooks in Best Supporting Actress.
He likely beat out Willem Dafoe forPoor Thingsand Charles Melton forMay December.
