The 2023 Oscar nominees have been announced at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills
Everything Everywhere All At Once, an indie sci-fi comedy drama starring Michelle Yeoh and Jamie Lee Curtis, leads with 11 nominations
It's followed by All Quiet on the Western Front and The Banshees of Inisherin with nine nominations each
Other best picture nominees include Avatar: The Way of Water, Elvis and The Fabelmans
Top Gun: Maverick, Triangle of Sadness and Women Talking are also among them
Colin Farrell, Brendan Fraser, Austin Butler, Paul Mescal and Bill Nighy are all nominated for leading actor
Cate Blanchett, Ana de Armas, Andrea Riseborough, Michelle Williams and Michelle Yeoh get leading actress nominations
Martin McDonagh and Steven Spielberg are among best director nominees
In the category for Costume Design, the Academy's 2023 shortlisted selection is:
- Babylon, Mary Zophres
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Ruth Carter
- Elvis, Catherine Martin
- Everything Everywhere All At Once, Shirley Kurata
- Mrs Harris Goes To Paris, Jenny Beavan
The Elvis biopic earned its star Austin Butler a best actor Golden Globe
And the opening category is for Actress in a Supporting Role, the Academy's 2023 shortlisted selection is:
- Angela Basset, Wakanda Forever
- Hong Chau, The Whale
- Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin
- Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All At Once
- Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Academy president Janet Yang is getting the ceremony started and introducing the hosts Riz Ahmed and Allison Williams.
The lights have dimmed, we're not far off.
Sophie Long
Reporting from Beverly Hills
Image source, ReutersThere’s a lot of buzz here at the Academy of Motion Pictures’ Samuel Goldwyn Theater ahead of the Oscar nominations.
The media are here to broadcast live - it’s the first in-person nomination event since before Covid.
It’s very early here in LA, and we had to be in place by 4am local time.
Actors Riz Ahmed and Allison Williams are due to come on stage at 5.30am (13:30 GMT) to announce which films and artists will be nominated.
Image source, ReutersThe scene is set at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills
For those of you just joining us, we've a few minutes until the nominations for this year's much coveted Academy Awards are announced. Here's all you need to know:
Actors Riz Ahmed and Allison Williams are presenting the nominations live from Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California.
There are 23 categories - the first half of announcements will take in best supporting actor and actress as well as screenplay categories, the second half covers the top award categories including best actor, actress, director and best picture.
Some top predictions for best picture this year are Avatar: The Way of Water, Top Gun: Maverick, Elvis, Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Fabelmans and The Banshees of Inisherin.
Best actor predictions include Austin Butler for starring in Elvis, Tom Cruise rebooting Top Gun and Brendan Fraser for his lead in The Whale.
Some are also predicting that performances by actresses like Cate Blanchett in Tar, Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All at Once and Viola Davis in The Woman King may clinch the spot for best actress.
Finally, you can follow our live coverage, presented by the BBC's Jane Hill, by clicking the play button at the top of this page.
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Image source, Getty ImagesThe Fablemans won best motion picture at the Golden Globes
The Fabelmans is a fictionalised account of director Steven Spielberg’s childhood. It tells the story of a young boy called Sammy, whose mother and father are growing apart. Sammy becomes fascinated by filmmaking as a means of escape.
Sammy is played by relative newcomer Gabriel LaBelle, with Paul Dano and Michelle Williams taking on the role of his parents. It won the award for best motion picture at the Golden Globes.
Image source, Getty ImagesBill Nighy stars in Living
Living, a film set in 1950s London stars Bill Nighy.
The British actor plays William, a veteran civil servant working in the capital’s Public Works department, who receives a terminal diagnosis.
In a screenplay adaptation of Akira Kurosawa’s Ikiru (1952), Living explores themes of life and death, as the protagonist is forced to take stock and find fulfilment in his life before his final days are up.
Just last week, the film received three nominations for Bafta awards: Outstanding British Film of the Year, best Adapted Screenplay, and Bill Nighy was nominated for the Leading Actor category.
Image source, Getty ImagesCate Blanchett on the red carpet at the screening of Tár
Tár stars Cate Blanchett as Lydia Tár, a fictional composer and conductor who's reached the pinnacle of her profession.
But things change when unexpected pressures begin to chip away at her life and her work.
Cate Blanchett plays fictional composer and conductor Lydia Tár.
Image source, ReutersCast members from ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
All Quiet On The Western Front
This 2022 anti-war film is based on the 1929 novel by German writer Erich Maria Remarque. It is set in the time of World War One and follows the life of a young German soldier, Paul Bäumer.
Aged 17, Paul enlists in the Imperial German Army with his school friends. In 1917 - three years into the war - they are sent to Northern France.
Their once fantasised view of being war heroes is ruined when Ludwig, one of Paul’s friends, is killed by artillery.
Netflix's version of All Quiet on the Western Front is an awards season favourite
Image source, EPAThe Banshees of Inisherin won three major prizes at the Golden Globes
The Banshees of Inisherin
Set on a remote island off the west coast of Ireland, it tells the story of two friends who fall out after one decides to abruptly end their relationship.
The film sees Farrell reunite with director Martin McDonagh and co-star Brendan Gleeson. The trio previously worked together on the 2007 cult film In Bruges.
The Banshees of Inisherin stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson
Image source, Getty ImagesMichelle Yeoh won Best Actress at the Golden Globes
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Michelle Yeoh’s starring role in the sci-fi comedy won her a best actress award at the Golden Globes.
Directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, the film follows Evelyn Wang, a Chinese immigrant who owns a failing laundromat, as she is swept up in adventure where she tries to save the world by exploring other universes connecting with other versions of herself.
Michelle Yeoh won a Golden Globe for her performance in Everything Everywhere All at Once
Image source, Kiterabbit FilmsAll That Breathes, directed by Shaunak Sen, follows two brothers who run a bird hospital dedicated to rescuing injured black kites in India's capital New Delhi.
Our India correspondent Soutik Biswas described the film as "a meditative tribute to the brothers, a rumination on climate change, and an unsparing look at life in Delhi's dystopian underbelly".
The film won best documentary at the Sundance and Cannes Film festivals in 2022.
Helen Bushby
Entertainment reporter
Image source, 20th Century StudiosTwo sequels - Tom Cruise's action-packed Top Gun: Maverick and James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of Water - have both prompted huge numbers of people to head to the cinemas, as people immerse themselves in the big-screen experience.
Maverick has grossed $770m (£624m) at the international box office - but it wasn't a match for the second Avatar film, which has made a whopping $1.9bn (£1.5bn).
Meanwhile The Batman, starring Robert Pattinson, made $401.6m (£325.6m). But will Oscars voters rate these films as highly as some of the other films being talked about this year, which are not in the same league financially?
Last year's nominations favoured sci-fi epic Dune, followed by Jane Campion's arthouse film The Power of the Dog. On the night, the latter won best director, while Coda won best picture.
Not too long to wait to find out who's on the shortlist this year...
Tom Cruise reprises his role as fighter pilot Maverick, first seen in 1986
Image source, RRR/Variance FilmsNaatu Naatu from the Telugu blockbuster RRR is a song composed by MM Keeravani.
The four-and-a-half-minute musical number, features actors Ram Charan and Jr NTR, and has been a viral hit on social media in India and globally.
Fans worldwide have tried to replicate the synchronised choreography that accompanies its chorus.
Keeravani's composition won best original song at the recent Golden Globes.
Cate Blanchett plays fictional composer and conductor Lydia Tár.
Last week, Cate Blanchett was shortlisted for the Leading Actress category in the Baftas for her performance in Tár - in which she plays a renowned orchestra conductor whose career starts to unravel when she is accused of abuse.
The actress has previously been nominated for seven Bafta Film Awards, winning three times for Blue Jasmine, The Aviator and Elizabeth.
Steven McIntosh
Entertainment Reporter
Image source, ReutersThe 2023 shortlist could see the largest number of sequels ever nominated for best picture in a single year.
The contenders include Top Gun: Maverick, Avatar: The Way of Water, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and possibly even Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.
That's a lot of colons. Only two of those would have to be nominated to break the record for most sequels in a single year. However, that's partly because the best picture category is bigger than it used to be - with 10 slots available.
Just eight sequels have been nominated for best picture before, and no two in a single year. Those which have previously made the cut include follow-ups to the Godfather and Lord of the Rings, as well as Toy Story 3 and Mad Max: Fury Road.
Steven McIntosh
Entertainment Reporter
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Brendan Fraser is a hot favourite to be nominated for best actor for his performance in The Whale, which sees him play an obese professor trying to repair his relationship with his daughter.
The actor was huge in the late 1990s and early 2000s for films such as The Mummy and George of the Jungle, but he has been absent from the spotlight in recent years.
He is firmly on the comeback trail now, however, and last week he was in the UK to promote the film, appearing on programmes such as The Graham Norton Show and Radio 4’s Today, among others.
And while he was in London, he made a surprise appearance at the Prince Charles Cinema, which was hosting a special double-bill screening of The Mummy and The Mummy Returns.
"I am proud to stand before you tonight,” Fraser told the audience.“This is a film that was made in Britain...even the second one, too. Be proud. Thank you for being here."
If the rapturous response from the audience was anything to go by, there will be a lot of goodwill towards Fraser if he gets an Oscar nomination.
Steven McIntosh
Entertainment Reporter
Image source, Getty ImagesLady Gaga previously won best original song for Shallow, from A Star Is Born
The best original song category is often starrier than the acting categories, thanks to the large number of pop stars who still record tracks for movie soundtracks.
The most likely nominee here is Rihanna, for Wake Me Up from Wakanda Forever. Lady Gaga may also be nominated for Hold My Hand, which plays over the credits of Top Gun: Maverick.
A nomination for Taylor Swift's terrific Carolina is uncertain but it could be a good way for the Academy to recognise Where The Crawdads Sing - which was successful at the box office but is not predicted to show up in other categories.
But the category won't be as starry as it might have been - because the song Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas O'Connell contributed to the Turning Red soundtrack was not even longlisted.
Steven McIntosh
Entertainment Reporter
Image source, Getty ImagesA little-known film which reportedly only made $27,000 (£21,800) at the box office has made a very late break for it in the best actress race.
British star Andrea Riseborough could spring a surprise nod after several Hollywood A-listers, including Courteney Cox, Susan Sarandon, Charlize Theron, and Gwyneth Paltrow got behind the film, To Leslie, and championed her performance.
Many tweeted their love for the movie, while others hosted their own screenings or gave the film a shout-out at other ceremonies, all in an effort to try and get the movie on the Academy's radar.
Riseborough is brilliant in the film, which follows an alcoholic mother who wins the lottery but squanders the money. However her awards momentum has only materialised in the last fortnight.
Meryl Sebastian
BBC News, Delhi
A nomination for RRR in one of the main film categories would be a historic first.The action epic, directed by SS Rajamouli, has been a huge box-office success in India and abroad.
The film was not picked by India as its official entry to the Oscars but submitted itself for consideration in 14 categories, including best film, best director and best original song.
RRR, which stands for Rise, Roar, Revolt, is one of India's most expensive films and comes from Tollywood - the country’s Telugu film industry.
Its a historical fantasy that tells the fictional story of two revolutionaries who fight against British rule in India and stars Telugu film superstars Ram Charan and Jr NTR in lead roles.
RRR was awarded the Golden Globe for best original song and bagged two wins at the Critics Choice Awards, including best foreign language film.
Image source, RRR/Variance FilmsSteven McIntosh
Entertainment Reporter
Image source, Getty ImagesWakanda Forever's Angela Bassett has already won best supporting actress at the Golden Globes
A best supporting actress nomination for Wakanda Forever star Angela Bassett would mark the first ever acting nod for a Marvel film.
The film sees Bassett reprise her role as Queen Ramonda, the mother of the late Chadwick Boseman's character T'Challa.
The first Black Panther movie was nominated for best picture in 2019, and actors from the Marvel Cinematic Universe have been shortlisted for their performances in other films - but not for those in the superhero franchise.
In total, Marvel films have previously scored 19 nominations - but many of these were in technical categories. For example, the original Black Panther won best costume design, production design and original score.
Steven McIntosh
Entertainment Reporter
There has been much debate in awards circles this year over Michelle Williams' potential nomination for Steven Spielberg's autobiographical The Fabelmans.
She plays the protagonist's mother in the drama, but despite not being the main character, Williams decided to submit herself in the leading actress category rather than supporting, with the support of the film studio.
This led to a debate in Hollywood, external about whether mothering roles are traditionally overlooked for leading categories, despite such characters often having a large amount of screen time.
However, Oscar rules state the Academy can nominate any actor in whichever category they see fit. So if enough members decide Williams' character was a supporting role, she could show up there anyway despite her own efforts to upgrade.