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Oscar Nominations 2025 Announced: ‘Emilia Pérez’ Leads With 13 Nods, ‘The Brutalist’ And ‘Wicked’ Get 10

by THEFUTURE.TEAM
January 23, 2025

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.

Key Facts

  • “Emilia Pérez” is just one nomination short of the most-ever nominations for a film, narrowly missing the record of 14 nominations earned by “La La Land” (2016), “Titanic” (1997) and “All About Eve” (1950).
  • Among the 10 nominations for “Wicked” are nominations for Cynthia Erivo in the lead actress category and Ariana Grande in supporting actress.
  • Other leading nominees include “A Complete Unknown” and “Conclave” with eight, followed by “Anora” with six.

Oscar Nominations For Best Picture

  • “Anora”
  • “The Brutalist”
  • “A Complete Unknown”
  • “Conclave”
  • “Dune: Part Two”
  • “Emilia Pérez”
  • “I’m Still Here”
  • “Nickel Boys”
  • “The Substance”
  • “Wicked”

Oscar Nominations For Best Director

  • Sean Baker, “Anora”
  • Brady Corbet, “The Brutalist”
  • James Mangold, “A Complete Unknown”
  • Jacques Audiard, “Emilia Pérez”
  • Coralie Fargeat, “The Substance”

Oscar Nominations For Best Actress

  • Cynthia Erivo, “Wicked”
  • Karla Sofia Gascon, “Emilia Pérez”
  • Mikey Madison, “Anora”
  • Demi Moore, “The Substance”
  • Fernanda Torres, “I’m Still Here”

Oscar Nominations For Best Actor

  • Adrien Brody, “The Brutalist”
  • Timothée Chalamet, “A Complete Unknown”
  • Colman Domingo, “Sing Sing”
  • Ralph Fiennes, “Conclave”
  • Sebastian Stan, “The Apprentice”

Oscar Nominations For Best Supporting Actress

  • Monica Barbaro, “A Complete Unkown”
  • Ariana Grande, “Wicked”
  • Felicity Jones, “The Brutalist”
  • Isabella Rossellini, “Conclave”
  • Zoe Saldaña, “Emilia Pérez”

Oscar Nominations For Best Supporting Actor

  • Yura Borisov, “Anora”
  • Kieran Culkin, “A Real Pain”
  • Edward Norton, “A Complete Unknown”
  • Guy Pearce, “The Brutalist”
  • Jeremy Strong, “The Apprentice”

Oscar Nominations For Best Original Screenplay

  • “Anora”
  • “The Brutalist”
  • “A Real Pain”
  • “September 5”
  • “The Substance”

Oscar Nominations For Best Adapted Screenplay

  • “A Complete Unknown”
  • “Conclave”
  • “Emilia Pérez”
  • “Nickel Boys”
  • “Sing Sing”

Oscar Nominations For Best Animated Feature

  • “Flow”
  • “Inside Out 2”
  • “Memoir of a Snail”
  • “Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl”
  • “The Wild Robot”

Oscar Nominations For Best Production Design

  • “The Brutalist”
  • “Conclave”
  • “Dune: Part Two”
  • “Nosferatu”
  • “Wicked”

Oscar Nominations For Best Costume Design

  • “A Complete Unknown”
  • “Conclave”
  • “Gladiator II”
  • “Nosferatu”
  • “Wicked”

Oscar Nominations For Best Cinematography

  • “The Brutalist”
  • “Dune: Part Two”
  • “Emilia Pérez”
  • “Maria”
  • “Nosferatu”

Oscar Nominations For Best Editing

  • “Anora”
  • “The Brutalist”
  • “Conclave”
  • “Emilia Pérez”
  • “Wicked”

Oscar Nominations For Best Makeup And Hairstyling

  • “A Different Man”
  • “Emilia Pérez”
  • “Nosferatu”
  • “The Substance”
  • “Wicked”

Oscar Nominations For Best Sound

  • “A Complete Unknown”
  • “Dune: Part Two”
  • “Emilia Pérez”
  • “Wicked”
  • “The Wild Robot”

Oscar Nominations For Best Visual Effects

  • “Alien: Romulus”
  • “Better Man”
  • “Dune: Part Two”
  • “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes”
  • “Wicked”

Oscar Nominations For Best Original Score

  • “The Brutalist”
  • “Conclave”
  • “Emilia Pérez”
  • “Wicked”
  • “The Wild Robot”

Oscar Nominations For Best Original Song

  • “El Mal” (”Emilia Pérez”)
  • “The Journey (”The Six Triple Eight”)
  • “Like A Bird” (”Sing Sing”)
  • “Mi Camino” (”Emilia Pérez”)
  • “Never Too Late” (”Elton John: Never Too Late”)

Oscar Nominations For Best Documentary Feature

  • “Black Box Diaries”
  • “No Other Land”
  • “Porcelain War”
  • “Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat”
  • “Sugarcane”

Oscar Nominations For Best International Feature

  • “I’m Still Here,” Brazil
  • “The Girl with the Needle,” Denmark
  • “Emilia Pérez,” France
  • “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” Germany
  • “Flow,” Latvia

Oscar Nominations For Best Animated Short

  • “Beautiful Men”
  • “In The Shadow Of The Cypress”
  • “Magic Candies”
  • “Wander To Wonder”
  • “Yuck!”

Oscar Nominations For Best Documentary Short

  • “Death By Numbers”
  • “I Am Ready, Warden”
  • “Incident”
  • “Instruments of a Beating Heart”
  • “The Only Girl in the Orchestra”

Oscar Nominations For Best Live-Action Short

  • “A Lien”
  • “Anuja”
  • “I’m Not A Robot”
  • “The Last Ranger”
  • “The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent”

When Do The Oscars Take Place?

The Academy Awards will air March 2 at 7 p.m. EST on ABC and Hulu. Conan O’Brien will host the ceremony for the first time.

What’s Next On The Awards Calendar?

A few major awards ceremonies still have to take place before the Oscars, including the Critics Choice Awards, which was delayed to Feb. 7 from its originally planned date of Jan. 12 because of the Los Angeles fires. Other upcoming awards ceremonies include the Screen Actors Guild Awards and British Academy Film Awards, both of which have membership overlap with the Academy Awards and could indicate who might win Oscars come March. The SAG Awards air Feb. 23 on Netflix, and the BAFTAs air in the United Kingdom on Feb. 16.

Key Background

The lethal Los Angeles wildfires caused the Oscars nominations announcement to be delayed twice, and the voting period was extended by several days. The deadly fires, which ravaged the Pacific Palisades neighborhood, impacted many celebrities, some of whom lost homes—including Eugene Levy, Mel Gibson, Billy Crystal and Anthony Hopkins—and caused many Los Angeles-based film and television productions to be paused. Some celebrities, including Jean Smart and Stephen King, called for the Oscars to be canceled because of the wildfires, though The Hollywood Reporter cited unnamed Academy sources last week stating the ceremony will still happen.

Tangent

Two of the biggest Best Picture contenders—”The Brutalist” and “Emilia Pérez”—stirred controversy over the weekend for their use of artificial intelligence. “The Brutalist” editor Dávid Jancsó said in an interview with Red Shark News, a video technology publication, that the editors used AI to tweak the actors’ Hungarian line deliveries to make them sound more like native speakers. In a statement Monday, director Brady Corbet said the AI technology was used for “Hungarian language dialogue editing only, specifically to refine certain vowels and letters for accuracy,” adding the actors’ performances are “completely their own” and they worked for months with a dialect coach. Cyril Holtz, sound mixer for “Emilia Pérez,” had said in an interview in May at the Cannes Film Festival, which recently resurfaced on social media, that the film employed AI to alter Gascon’s vocal range. The use of AI in film production is controversial and was central to both the actors’ and writers’ strikes in 2023.

Strained Household Finances: Eurostat Data Reveals Persistent Payment Delays Across Europe and in Cyprus

by THEFUTURE.TEAM
November 22, 2025

Improved Financial Resilience Amid Ongoing Strains

Over the past decade, Cypriot households have significantly increased their ability to manage debts—not only bank loans but also rent and utility bills. However, recent Eurostat data indicates that Cyprus continues to lag behind the European average when it comes to covering financial obligations on time.

Household Coping Strategies and the Limits of Payment Flexibility

While many families are managing their fixed expenses with relative ease, one in three Cypriots struggles to cover unexpected costs. This delicate balancing act highlights how routine payments such as mortgage installments, rent, and utility bills are met, but precariously so, with little room for unplanned financial shocks.

Breaking Down Payment Delays Across the European Union

Eurostat reports that nearly 9.2% of the EU population experienced delays with their housing loans, rent, utility bills, or installment payments in 2024. The situation is more acute among vulnerable groups: 17.2% of individuals in single-parent households with dependent children and 16.6% in households with two adults managing three or more dependents faced payment delays. In every EU nation, single-parent households exhibited higher delay rates compared to the overall population.

Cyprus in the Crosshairs: High Rates of Financial Delays

Although Cyprus recorded a notable 19.1 percentage point improvement from 2015 to 2024 in delays related to mortgages, rent, and utility bills, the island nation still ranks among the top five countries with the highest delay rates. As of 2024, 12.5% of the Cypriot population had outstanding housing loans or rent and overdue utility bills. In contrast, Greece tops the list with 42.8%, followed by Bulgaria (18.7%), Romania (15.3%), Spain (14.2%), and other EU members. Notably, 19 out of 27 EU countries reported delay rates below 10%, with Czech Republic (3.4%) and Netherlands (3.9%) leading the pack.

Selective Improvements and Emerging Concerns

Between 2015 and 2024, the overall EU population saw a 2.6 percentage point decline in payment delays. Despite this, certain countries experienced increases: Luxembourg (+3.3 percentage points), Spain (+2.5 percentage points), and Germany (+2.0 percentage points) saw a rise in payment delays, reflecting underlying economic pressures that continue to challenge financial stability.

Economic Insecurity and the Unprepared for Emergencies

Another critical indicator explored by Eurostat is the prevalence of economic insecurity—the proportion of the population unable to handle unexpected financial expenses. In 2024, 30% of the EU population reported being unable to cover unforeseen costs, a modest improvement of 1.2 percentage points from 2023 and a significant 7.4 percentage point drop compared to a decade ago. In Cyprus, while 34.8% still report difficulty handling emergencies, this marks a drastic improvement from 2015, when the figure stood at 60.5%.

A Broader EU Perspective

Importantly, no EU country in 2024 had more than half of its population facing economic insecurity—a notable improvement from 2015, when over 50% of the population in nine countries reported such challenges. These figures underscore both progress and persistent vulnerabilities within European households, urging policymakers to consider targeted measures for enhancing financial resilience.

For further insights and detailed analysis, refer to the original reports on Philenews and Housing Loans.

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