Last Year’s Biggest Oscar Contenders Invited to Join the Academy

Last year’s biggest breakout Oscar contenders have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences this year—whether they were ultimately nominated or not. As is typical, first-time nominees from 2021 films, including supporting-acting champs Troy Kotsur (CODA) and Ariana DeBose (West Side Story), and nominees Jessie Buckley (The Lost Daughter) and Kodi Smit-McPhee and Jesse Plemons (The Power of the Dog), are among the biggest names on the annual invitee list, this time comprising 397 industry professionals. But equally prominent are those who hit the pavement hard last season only to come up short on noms… Read Full Article