2025 Oscar Nominations Snubs & Surprises: 'Challengers' & Selena Gomez Shut Out, 'Nosferatu' Overperforms | THR News Video - video Dailymotion

The 2025 Oscar nominations are out – so what were the big surprises and who got snubbed? The Hollywood Reporter is breaking it all down.

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00:00The 2025 Oscar nominations are out, so what were the big surprises and who got snubbed?

00:05We're breaking it all down.

00:07A number of big names, including some past Oscar favorites like Angelina Jolie,

00:11Denzel Washington, and Nicole Kidman missed out on recognition this year.

00:14Maria was an expected nominee in multiple categories,

00:17but only got one nomination for cinematography.

00:19Not only was two-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington left out of the best supporting

00:23actor category for his work in Gladiator 2, the film also only earned one nomination

00:29for best costume design. Baby Girl, starring Nicole Kidman,

00:31was racking up nominations and awards earlier this season, but received no Oscar noms this morning.

00:36Another film that also got shut out was Challengers,

00:39despite being in the awards conversation all season.

00:42Star Zendaya, director Luca Guadagnino, and even Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross,

00:46who won at the Golden Globes for best score, failed to receive a single Oscar nomination.

00:51The Challengers director also saw his other awards hopeful film,

00:54Queer, miss out on nominations, including for star Daniel Craig,

00:57who was seen as a possible Best Actor nominee.

01:00In the Best Supporting Actress category, both Margaret Qualley for The Substance

01:04and Selena Gomez for Amelia Perez missed out on expected nominations.

01:08Meanwhile, Monica Barbaro landed a surprise nod for her role in A Complete Unknown.

01:12Robert Eggers' vampire film Nosferatu received more recognition than expected with four nominations.

01:18Denis Villeneuve's Dune Part 2 landed a Best Picture nomination,

01:21but got much less awards love than its predecessor.

01:24Despite Wicked having a big morning picking up the second most nominations,

01:28director Jon M. Chu was shut out of the Best Director category.

01:31And in the Best Picture category, Sing Sing, September 5th,

01:34and A Real Pain all missed out on nominations, despite the latter two landing PGA Award noms,

01:39while Nickel Boys and I'm Still Here were surprise Best Picture nominees.

01:43For a full look at all the nominations and awards season analysis,

01:46head on over to THR.com.

01:48This is The Hollywood Reporter News.