Sinners Leads Oscars With 16 Nods as Best Actor Race Heats Up (Full Transcript)

[00:00:00] Speaker 1: but it also can pierce the veil between life and death. Vampires versus revolutionaries. That's what it's shaping up to look like. Sinners broke a record with the Academy Award nominations. It's got 16, which now makes it the most nominated film in the history of the Academy Awards. But one battle after another is not doing too shabby either.

[00:00:22] Speaker 2: Damn it. Viva la revolución.

[00:00:27] Speaker 1: We're really excited about the Best Actor category, which is gonna be incredibly tough. You've got Timothee Chalamet for Marty Supreme going up against Leonardo DiCaprio for one battle after another. And Michael B. Jordan was also nominated for Sinners. Now there were some snubs. Sorry, Wicked, for good fans. The film wasn't nominated, nor were Cynthia Erivo or Ariana Grande. Also, Paul Meskel, he wasn't nominated for Hamnet. But other than that, people are pretty excited about what's gonna be Hollywood's biggest night.