As usual, the all-important list of nominees was read via a livestream that started at 8.30 a.m. EST, which was pretty early in the morning for those on the West Coast.
And while the Oscars is Hollywood’s most prestigious night of the year, it sounds like finding out that you’ve been nominated isn’t quite so glamorous — particularly if you’ve just woken up.
So, from teary-eyed FaceTime calls to tea and cake in the kitchen, here’s exactly what some of this year’s nominees were doing when they heard the big news.
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Celine Song: Best Original Screenplay — Past Lives
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Colman Domingo: Best Actor — Rustin
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Da’Vine Joy Randolph: Best Supporting Actress — The Holdovers
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Sterling K. Brown: Best Supporting Actor — American Fiction
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Cord Jefferson: Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay — American Fiction
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Lily Gladstone: Best Actress — Killers of the Flower Moon
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Diane Warren: Best Original Song — “The Fire Inside” from Flamin’ Hot
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Danielle Brooks: Best Supporting Actress — The Color Purple
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Jeffrey Wright: Best Actor — American Fiction
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Cillian Murphy: Best Actor — Oppenheimer
