EMILIA PEREZ LEADS OSCAR NOMINATIONS

Emilia Perez, Netflix’s Spanish-language musical about a drug kingpin who undergoes gender-affirming surgery, leads the pack with 13 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director, along with nods for Actress, Supporting Actress and two entrants in the Best Original Song category.

The Academy recognized director Jacques Audiard and gave nods to Karla Sofia Gascon for Best Actress and Zoe Saldana for Best Supporting Actress. “El Mal” and “Mi Camino" were acknowledged in the Best Original Song category.

Wicked and the critically acclaimed historical drama The Brutalist each notched 10 nominations, including Best Picture. Wicked’s stars also got their flowers, with Cynthia Erivo in contention for Best Actress and Ariana Grande for Best Supporting Actress.

The musical trend continued with love for the fascinating-yet-divisive Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, which earned a Best Picture nod as well as an expected Best Actor nomination for Timothée Chalamet as the rock legend.

NOMINEES FOR BEST ORIGINAL SONG

• "El Mal," from Emilia Perez (Clément Ducol, Camille, Jacques Audiard)
  
• "The Journey," from The Six Triple Eight (Diane Warren)
  
• "Like a Bird," from Sing Sing (Abraham Alexander, Brandon Marcel, Adrian Quesada)
  
• "Mi Camino," from Emilia Perez (Clément Ducol, Camille)
  
• "Never Too Late," from Elton John: Never Too Late (Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt, Bernie Taupin)
  

NOMINEES FOR BEST SCORE

• The Brutalist (Daniel Blumberg)
  
• Conclave (Volker Bertelmann)
  
• Emilia Pérez (Clement Ducol, Camile)
  
• Wicked (John Powell, Stephen Schwartz)
  
• The Wild Robot (Kyle Bowers)
  

Among the studios, Netflix leads with 16 nominations, followed by A24 with 14, Universal with 13, Focus Features with 12 and Searchlight with 10.

For a full list of the nominations, go to Oscars.org.

The 97th Academy Awards will air live 3/2 on ABC and Hulu at 7pm ET. Conan O'Brien will host.