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While a number of Oscar hopefuls are celebrating after their names were announced with Tuesday morning's nominations, many other individuals and films considered to be contenders found themselves on the dreaded snubs list.
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00:00While a number of Oscar hopefuls are celebrating after their names were
00:06announced with Tuesday morning's nominations, many other individuals and films
00:10considered to be contenders found themselves on the dreaded snubs list.
00:14Yeah, so you would win.
00:15Wonder Woman was completely shut out by the Academy. It wasn't even acknowledged
00:19in the technical categories, despite being one of the highest grossing films of the year
00:23and receiving acclaim from several critics groups and awards organizations.
00:27Also left out after receiving early season awards attention and Golden Globe, SAG Awards
00:31and Critics' Choice nominations was Battle of the Sexes about the historic tennis match
00:36between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs, played by Emma Stone and Steve Carell, respectively.
00:41James Franco was thought likely to land a Best Actor nomination, but he wasn't included
00:45in this year's five nominees for his work in The Disaster Artist after he faced a number
00:49of sexual misconduct allegations. Other snubs included Steven Spielberg for his work
00:54on The Post in the Best Director category, The Post's star Tom Hanks for Best Actor,
00:58Call Me By Your Name's Armie Hammer and Michael Stuhlbarg in the Supporting Actor category,
01:02Despicable Me 3 and Cars 3 for Animated Feature,
01:05I don't know. I got nothing.
01:07Downsizing's Hong Chao and Girl Strip Breakout Tiffany Haddish, who helped announce
01:11this year's nominations for Best Supporting Actress, and I, Tonya in the Best Picture category.
01:16I mean, come on!
01:17While three billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri landed seven nominations, including Best Picture,
01:22Best Actress for Frances McDormand, and Best Supporting Actor for Sam Rockwell and Woody Harrelson,
01:27the film's director, Martin McDonagh, was left out of the Best Director field.
01:30Well-received films The Big Sick, The Florida Project and Molly's Game each only picked up
01:35one nomination for Best Original Screenplay, Supporting Actor for Willem Dafoe,
01:39and Adapted Screenplay, respectively.
01:41Now nobody's perfect.
01:43So who do you think was the biggest Oscar nomination snub? Let us know in the comments.
01:48For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Lyndsey Rodrigues.
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