Oscar s**t

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Joker, The Irishman lead noms: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/oscar-nominations-2020-complete-list-nominees-updating-live-1267880 (link)

Women shut out of director noms: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/no-women-nominated-best-director-at-2020-oscars-1268599 (link)

Parasite hoping to be first foreign-language film to win Best Picture: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-parasite-becomes-sixth-movie-be-nominated-best-picture-international-feature-1267963 (link)... it's also the first ever South Korean feature nominated: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/south-korea-gets-first-oscar-nominations-bong-joon-hos-parasite-1268507 (link)

Much like 2015 and '16, the dearth of folks of colour among nominees was striking: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-almost-white-as-diverse-nominees-overlooked-2020-1268941 (link)

Cousins Randy and Thomas Newman both nominated for original score: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-randy-thomas-newman-nominated-marriage-story-1917-original-scores-1268914 (link)

And look who's joining them, for the 52nd time: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/john-williams-breaks-own-oscars-record-2020-nomination-1268874 (link)

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