Antony, The Weeknd, Sam Smith, Straight Outta Compton, Amy, Morricone Nominated for Oscars
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The Academy Awards will air live on ABC on February 28, hosted by Chris Rock. The nominees have just been announced. Find the full list of nominees here.
Straight Outta Compton has been nominated for Best Original Screenplay.
The Amy Winehouse documentary Amy and the Nina Simone documentary What Happened, Miss Simone? are up for Best Documentary Feature.
Read our feature “The Compton Sessions,” about the making of Dr. Dre’s Straight Outta Compton-inspired latest album. Read our articles for the Pitch on Amy: “We All Destroyed Amy Winehouse,” “Amy Winehouse, Kurt Cobain and the Gendering of Martyrdom,” and “We Need to Talk About Amy Winehouse’s Eating Disorder and Its Role in Her Death.” Read our Pitch article “Nina Simone’s Insistent Blackness.”
The nominees for Best Original Score are:
Ennio Morricone: The Hateful Eight
Carter Burwell: Carol
Jóhann Jóhannsson: Sicario
John Williams: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Thomas Newman: Bridge of Spies
The nominees for Best Original Song are:
J. Ralph and Antony: “Manta Ray” [from Racing Extinction]
The Weeknd: “Earned It” [from Fifty Shades of Grey]
Sam Smith: “Writing’s on the Wall” [from Spectre]
Lady Gaga: “Til it Happens to You” [from The Hunting Ground]
David Lang: “Simple Song #3″ [from Youth]
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