The Oscar nominations for 2025 are here, and they are a historic list with actress Karla Sofía Gascón becoming the first trans woman nominated for Best Actress in a movie that we’re sure won’t rile up social media.
Especially if they win.
They star in Emilia Perez, which has also been nominated for best picture, alongside Dune: Part Two, The Brutalist, The Substance, and Wicked.
It is the latest PR stunt to get the Academy Awards to move the needle again in some way, shape, or form. Every year the awards ceremony seems to have a big viral moment that makes international news like the Will Smith slap and the Moonlight Best Picture mistake and yet viewership continues to circle the drain.
We think that by the end of the event this year, everyone will be upset especially as there are calls to cancel or at least postpone the Oscars because of the destructive wildfires still running …