Grande stated she had “simply acquired out of the tub” and hasn’t “stopped sobbing” since she realized she had obtained the information, whereas Circulate director Gints Zilbalodis shared an cute video of himself and his canine reacting to animated movie’s nominations.
The nominations for the 97th Academy Awards are right here — and stars who obtained noms, together with many for the primary time, are sharing their pleasure, shock, and gratitude over the celebrated recognition.
On Thursday morning, Depraved star Bowen Yang and Bottoms actress Rachel Sennott introduced the nominations for the 2025 Oscars, which can broadcast reside on ABC on Sunday, March 2 from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
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Popping out on prime with probably the most nominations was Emilia Pérez with 13 complete nominations, adopted by Depraved and The Brutalist with 10. Adrien Brody and The Brutalist additionally picked up 10 complete nods, whereas Timothée Chalamet helped catapult A Full Unknown to eight complete nominations, together with Greatest Image.
Following the information, nominees — together with Ariana Grande, Demi Moore, Zoe Saldaña, and extra stars — took to social media and launched statements to react to being nominated for Oscars.
Learn on to see the reactions:
Ariana Grande (Depraved)
Ariana Grande scored her first Oscar nomination for her efficiency as Glinda in Depraved, and was nominated for Greatest Supporting Actress.
The actress shared a celebratory submit to Instagram after the noms had been revealed, reflecting on her journey alongside images of her in a Dorothy gown as a toddler and video of her performing “The Wizard and I” when she was youthful.
“Selecting my head up in between sobs to say thanks a lot to @theacademy for this unfathomable recognition. i can’t cease crying, to nobody’s shock,” wrote the often-emotional star in her caption.
“i am humbled and deeply honored to be in such good firm and sharing this with tiny ari who sat and studied Judy Garland singing Someplace Over the Rainbow simply earlier than the massive, stunning bubble entered. i am so pleased with you, tiny,” she continued, earlier than once more thanking The Academy.
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Grande then thanked director Jon M. Chu for “taking this opportunity on me and for being probably the most unbelievably good chief, human being, and most fierce buddy.”
Saying she was “deeply proud” of her “stunning Depraved household,” she added she was additionally “so pleased with my Elphie, my sister, my expensive [Cynthia Erivo].” Of Erivo, she stated, “your brilliance is rarely ending and also you deserve each flower (tulip) in each backyard. i like you unconditionally, at all times.”
“I don’t fairly have all my phrases but, i’m nonetheless making an attempt to breathe. however thanks,” she concluded her submit. “oh my goodness, thanks. Common, Marc, my household, my coronary heart. lemons and melons and pears, oh my. 🫧”
Whereas talking with Selection, Grande shared the place she was — and what she was doing — when she realized she was nominated.
“I am in London. I simply acquired out of the tub. Oh! My therapist is looking to congratulate me. Maintain on. I will inform her I will be proper again. Oh my god, I am sorry. I don’t even know what to say,” she stated. “It is actually onerous to talk.”
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She added that had “simply acquired off the telephone with my mother and my finest pals and Kristen Chenoweth,” the latter of whom first performed the position of Glinda on Broadway. “And I’ve been texting with Cynthia [Erivo] and Jon [M. Chu] all morning.”
Grande stated she “sobbed” when she heard her identify and hasn’t “stopped sobbing since then. It’s been actually overwhelming.
As for getting a nomination alongside Erivo, she referred to as it a “magnificent celebration of this tough work that we had been in a position to do collectively.”
“It appears like we had been previous the wand and broom by Kristen and Idina Menzel,” she added. “They had been nominated for the Tonys collectively, and now Cynthia and I get to have this recognition collectively.”
Demi Moore (The Substance)
Demi Moore, in the meantime, additionally obtained her first Oscar nomination, scoring a Greatest Actress nnom for her work within the horror comedy movie, The Substance.
Moore reacted to the information whereas talking with E! Information.
“Being nominated for an Oscar is an unbelievable honor and these previous couple of months have been past my wildest goals,” she stated in a press release. “Really there aren’t any phrases to totally categorical my pleasure and overwhelming gratitude for this recognition. Not just for me however for what this movie represents. I’m deeply humbled.”
“It is a time of unbelievable contrasts and proper now, my coronary heart is with my pals, household, neighbors, and neighborhood right here in LA,” she added. “The fires have devastated so many lives however to see the best way our neighborhood has united leaves me in awe of the resilience and compassion that defines us, and this second is a reminder of how unbelievable we’re once we stand collectively.”
Jon M. Chu (Depraved)
Whereas Depraved director Jon M. Chu didn’t obtain a Greatest Director nomination, the movie itself obtained a whopping 10 nominations, together with Greatest Image.
Chu shared a video that confirmed the heartwarming second he realized that the film musical obtained a nomination for Greatest Movie Modifying, with Chu cheering when Depraved’s editor’s identify, Myron Kerstein, was introduced.
“10 Academy Award nominations for Depraved. Wow. I couldn’t be extra pleased with our crew and forged and everybody in between,” he captioned a video he shared on X and his Instagram Tales. “This was constructed brick x brick by human arms with the best imaginations on the planet. Thanks for this honor!!! You’ve given us mild. Here’s a video of me discovering out our editor Myron Kerstein acquired nominated. I used to be a bit delirious this early within the morning.”
10 Academy Award nominations for Depraved. Wow. I couldn’t be extra pleased with our crew and forged and everybody in between. This was constructed brick x brick by human arms with the best imaginations on the planet. Thanks for this honor!!! You’ve given us mild. Here’s a video of me… pic.twitter.com/MHUmBqEBzq
— Jon M. Chu (@jonmchu) January 23, 2025
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Chu additional mirrored on his movie’s nominations in a touching video posted on his Instagram.
“I am so proud. I am so pleased with our film. I am so pleased with everybody, who labored on this film and the popularity you guys are getting. Everybody deserves it,” he stated.
“It is a dream. I’ve watched each Academy Award [ceremony] since I used to be a child,” he went on so as to add, “and I do know, what do awards actually imply and no matter, however for some motive, this does imply quite a bit. It is a acknowledgement of the work. And we had such a good time and an attractive collaborative effort between all people.”
Try his full video, under.
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Actress Michelle Yeoh additionally celebrated Depraved’s 10 nominations, with CBS Mornings sharing a video of the candy second she realized the movie had scored a Greatest Image nomination.
Whereas star Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennot alternated studying the movies nominated within the class, Yeoh — who starred as Madam Morrible in Depraved — hilariously threatened Yang, saying, “Bowen Yang if you happen to do not say Depraved, I am gonna kill you.”
After Sennot named Depraved, Yeoh and CBS Mornings producers cheered.
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Mikey Madison (Anora)
Mikey Madison is nominated for Greatest Actress for her efficiency in Anora, which marks her first Oscar nomination. She recalled her response to the thrilling information whereas talking with Selection.
“I’m in my mattress in a resort in New York, feeling very grateful. I used to be on FaceTime with my mother, my dad, my canine and my twin brother this morning, and I’m humbled; completely overjoyed,” she stated. “My coronary heart is damaged for Los Angeles proper now, however I really feel like as a neighborhood, everybody’s coming collectively and celebrating movie in an attractive means.”
Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez)
Zoe Saldaña is one more first-time nominee! The actress is nominated for Greatest Supporting Actress for her work in Emilia Pérez.
Saldaña shared a submit on Instagram following the information, writing, “I’m really honored and grateful for the nomination. Thanks a lot for contemplating me for this award. I’m thrilled to be amongst such gifted firm.”
“Emilia Pérez was made with love. Thanks to @theacademy and its members for recognizing our work. Jacques!!!!! BINGO!” she added.
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Monica Barbaro (A Full Unknown)
Monica Barbaro is one other first-time Oscar nominee, with the actress being acknowledged within the Greatest Supporting Actress class for her position as Joan Baez in A Full Unknown.
Like Grande, Barbaro advised Selection that she’s additionally in London and was “mid-fitting with costume designer Jenny Egan” when she heard her identify.
“She stored refreshing her telephone, and I used to be like, ‘I do not wish to know something.’ I checked out my telephone and fell on the ground. I am elated. That is surreal,” she added.
Colman Domingo (Sing Sing)
Colman Domingo took to social media to react to the information that he had obtained his second Oscar nomination. The actor is nominated for Greatest Actor for his efficiency in Sing Sing.
“2nd time round. Grateful about all of it. The entire journey to make @singsingmovie,” he wrote alongside a photograph of himself posing whereas on a studio lot. “Nobody does this alone. I’ve a lot love and religion and human beings round me. I’m in gratitude for all.”
“To be acknowledged with my brothers that I like,” he added. “Made with love. Made with hope. Made for the love of artwork and all of the therapeutic powers that it could actually possess. A toast to our BELOVED firm. Sing Sing is in theaters now. Go and see the love that we made.”
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Isabella Rossellini (Conclave)
At 72, veteran actress Isabella Rossellini is lastly an Oscar nominee. Rossellini — who’s nominated for Greatest Supporting Actress for her efficiency in Conclave — shared a touching assertion on Instagram.
“Once I was younger I used to be at all times recognized because the daughter of Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini,” she wrote. “As I’ve gotten older, this does not occur as incessantly and I miss it particularly right now. I want my mother and father had been alive to have fun with me this nice honor.”
“And likewise right now with this pleasure in my thoughts can not help lingering within the past to David Lynch,” she continued of the late filmmaker, who handed away final week. “Our collaboration was key to my understanding of the artwork of performing’s.”
Rossellini added, “It’s my previous, all that I’ve in me that I dropped at my interpretation of sister Agnes in movie “Conclave” working underneath the clear and sharp course of Edward Berger, his unbelievable forged and crew, particularly the incomparable Ralph Fiennes. Because of the Academy, I’m very touched.”
Circulate Director Gints Zilbalodis (and His Cute Pup)
Circulate director and canine react to Oscar nominations. pic.twitter.com/ovwac6V7zU
— Gints Zilbalodis (@gintszilbalodis) January 23, 2025
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Latvia director Gints Zilbalodis — who directed and cowrote the animated movie Circulate — shared an cute video of the second he realized his movie was nominated for each Greatest Worldwide Characteristic and Greatest Animated Characteristic, which marks not solely his first nomination however his dwelling nation’s.
Within the clip, under, Zilbalodis might be seen munching on an apple whereas the nominations are introduced — however he was joined by a really particular visitor — his fluffy golden retriever — whom he petted and cuddled after receiving the pleased information.
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