Zoe Saldana, Liza Minelli, Cynthia Erivo, Bing Crosby — Oscar winners and potential Oscar winners
(Natalia Agatte / For The Instances)
Film musicals go out and in of style. However by no means in Academy Awards historical past have so many ladies from musicals been potential Oscar nominees in a single 12 months.
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Karla Sofía Gascón (lead), Zoe Saldaña and Selena Gomez (each supporting) could possibly be nominated for “Emilia Pérez.” Plus …
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… Cynthia Erivo (lead) and Ariana Grande (supporting) are favorites for nominations for “Wicked.”
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When you zoom out to incorporate “Wicked” supporting actor Jonathan Bailey, and musical biopic stars Angelina Jolie (“Maria”) and Timothée Chalamet (“A Complete Unknown”), musician varieties might obtain …
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… of all Oscar performing nominations in 2025.
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Instances lead and supporting actress Oscars went to performers from the identical film musical, though for males …
1945
… Bing Crosby (lead) and Barry Fitzgerald (supporting) each received for “Going My Way.” And in blended doubles …
1973
… Liza Minnelli received as lead and Joel Gray in supporting for “Cabaret.”
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Because the flip of the twenty first century, solely …
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lady — Emma Stone in “La La Land” — received a lead actress Oscar for a efficiency in a musical. However …
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… received in supporting: Catherine Zeta-Jones (“Chicago”), Jennifer Hudson (“Dreamgirls”), Anne Hathaway (“Les Misérables”) and Ariana DeBose (“West Side Story”).