Best dressed? Class clown? Most likely to run for president? You can probably guess.

Watch #Hamilton’s Renée Elise Goldsberry give superlatives to her co-stars.

93rd Academy Awards Nominees

BEST PICTURE

• The Father – David Parfitt, Jean-Louis Livi, and Philippe Carcassonne
• Judas and the Black Messiah – Shaka King, Charles D. King, and Ryan Coogler
• Mank – Ceán Chaffin, Eric Roth, and Douglas Urbanski
• Minari – Christina Oh
• Nomadland – Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Javey, and Chloé Zhao
• Promising Young Woman – Ben Browning, Ashley Fox, Emerald Fennell, and Josey McNamara
• Sound of Metal – Bert Hamelinick and Sacha Ben Harroche
• The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Marc Platt and Stuart Besser

BEST DIRECTOR

• Lee Isaac Chung – Minari
• Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
• David Fincher – Mank
• Thomas Vinterberg – Another Round
• Chloé Zhao – Nomadland

BEST ACTOR

• Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal as Ruben Stone
• Chadwick Boseman (posthumous nominee) – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom as Levee Green
• Anthony Hopkins – The Father as Anthony
• Gary Oldman – Mank as Herman J. Mankiewicz
• Steven Yeun – Minari as Jacob Yi

BEST ACTRESS

• Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom as Ma Rainey
• Andra Day – The United States vs. Billie Holiday as Billie Holiday
• Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman as Martha Weiss
• Frances McDormand – Nomadland as Fern
• Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman as Cassandra “Cassie” Thomas

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7 as Abbie Hoffman
• Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah as Fred Hampton
• Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night in Miami… as Sam Cooke
• Paul Raci – Sound of Metal as Joe
• Lakeith Stanfield – Judas and the Black Messiah as William “Bill” O'Neal

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan as Tutar Sagdiyev
• Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy as Bonnie “Mamaw” Vance
• Olivia Colman – The Father as Anne
• Amanda Seyfried – Mank as Marion Davies
• Youn Yuh-jung – Minari as Soon-ja

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Judas and the Black Messiah – Screenplay by Will Berson and Shaka King; Story by Will Berson, Shaka King, Keith Lucas, and Kenny Lucas
• Minari – Lee Isaac Chung
• Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennell
• Sound of Metal – Screenplay by Darius Marder and Abraham Marder; Story by Darius Marder and Derek Cianfrance
• The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Aaron Sorkin

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan – Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Dan Swimer, Peter Baynham, Erica Rivinoja, Dan Mazer, Jena Friedman, and Lee Kern; Story by Baron Cohen, Hines, Swimer, and Nina Pedrad; Based on the character Borat Sagdiyev by Baron Cohen
• The Father – Christopher Hampton & Florian Zeller, based on the play by Zeller
• Nomadland – Chloé Zhao, based on the book by Jessica Bruder
• One Night in Miami… – Kemp Powers, based on his play
• The White Tiger – Ramin Bahrani, based on the novel by Aravind Adiga

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

• Another Round (Denmark) in Danish – directed by Thomas Vinterberg
• Better Days (Hong Kong) in Mandarin – directed by Derek Tsang
• Collective (Romania) in Romanian – directed by Alexander Nanau
• The Man Who Sold His Skin (Tunisia) in Arabic – directed by Kaouther Ben Hania
• Quo Vadis, Aida? (Bosnia and Herzegovina) in Bosnian – directed by Jasmila Žbanić

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

• Onward – Dan Scanlon and Kori Rae
• Over the Moon – Glen Keane, Gennie Rin, and Peilin Chou
• A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon – Richard Phelan, Will Becher, and Paul Kewley
• Soul – Pete Docter and Dana Murray
• Wolfwalkers – Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart, Paul Young, and Stéphan Roelants

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

• Collective – Alexander Nanau and Bianca Oana
• Crip Camp – Nicole Newnham, Jim LeBrecht and Sara Bolder
• The Mole Agent – Maite Alberdi and Marcela Santibáñez
• My Octopus Teacher – Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed, and Craig Foster
• Time – Garrett Bradley, Lauren Domino, and Kellen Quinn

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Judas and the Black Messiah – Sean Bobbitt
• Mank – Erik Messerschmidt
• News of the World – Dariusz Wolski
• Nomadland – Joshua James Richards
• The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Phedon Papamichael

BEST FILM EDITING

• The Father – Yorgos Lamprinos
• Nomadland – Chloé Zhao
• Promising Young Woman – Frédéric Thoraval
• Sound of Metal – Mikkel E.G. Nielsen
• The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Alan Baumgarten

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

• The Father – Production Design: Peter Francis; Set Decoration: Cathy Featherstone
• Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Production Design: Mark Ricker; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara and Diana Sroughton
• Mank – Production Design: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Jan Pascale
• News of the World – Production Design: David Crank; Set Decoration: Elizabeth Keenan
• Tenet – Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Kathy Lucas

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

• Emma – Alexandra Byrne
• Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Ann Roth
• Mank – Trish Summerville
• Mulan – Bina Daigeler
• Pinocchio – Massimo Cantini Parrini

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

• Emma – Marese Langan, Laura Allen, and Claudia Stolze
• Hillbilly Elegy – Eryn Krueger Mekash, Patricia Dehaney, and Matthew Mungle
• Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Matiki Anoff, Mia Neal, and Larry M. Cherry
• Mank – Kimberley Spiteri, Gigi Williams
• Pinocchio – Dalia Colli, Mark Coulier, and Francesco Pegoretti

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

• Love and Monsters – Matt Sloan, Genevieve Camailleri, Matt Everitt, and Brian Cox
• The Midnight Sky – Matthew Kasmir, Christopher Lawren, Max Solomon, and David Watkins
• Mulan – Sean Faden, Anders Langlands, Seth Maury, and Steven Ingram
• The One and Only Ivan – Nick Davis, Greg Fisher, Ben Jones, and Santiago Colomo Martinez
• Tenet – Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley and

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

• Da 5 Bloods – Terence Blanchard
• Mank – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
• Minari – Emile Mosseri
• News of the World – James Newton Howard
• Soul – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

• “Fight for You” from Judas and the Black Messiah – Music by H.E.R. and Dernst Emile II; Lyric by H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas
• “Hear My Voice” from The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Music by Daniel Pemberton; Lyric by Daniel Pemberton and Celeste Waite
• “Husavik” from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga – Music and Lyric by Savan Kotecha, Fat Max Gsus, and Rickard Göransson
• “Io Sì (Seen)” from The Life Ahead – Music by Diane Warren; Lyric by Diane Warren and Laura Pausini
• “Speak Now” from One Night in Miami… – Music and Lyric by Leslie Odom Jr. and Sam Ashworth

BEST SOUND

• Greyhound – Warren Shaw, Michael Minkler, Beau Borders, and David Wyman
• Mank – Ren Klyce, Jeremy Molod, David Parker, Nathan Nance, and Drew Kunin
• News of the World – Oliver Tarney, Mike Prestwood Smith, William Miller, and John Pritchett
• Soul – Ren Klyce, Coya Elliot, and David Parker
• Sound of Metal – Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc, Carlos Cortes, and Philip Bladh

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

• Feeling Through – Doug Roland and Susan Ruzenski
• The Letter Room – Elvira Lind and Sofia Sondervan
• The Present – Farah Nabulsi
• Two Distant Strangers – Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe
• White Eye – Tomer Shushan and Shira Hochman

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

• Burrow – Madeline Sharafian and Michael Capbarat
• Genius Loci – Adrien Mérigeau and Amaury Ovise
• If Anything Happens I Love You – Will McCormack and Michael Govier
• Opera – Eric Oh
• Yes-People – Gísli Darri Halldórsson and Arnar Gunnarsson

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

• Colette – Anthony Giacchino and Alice Doyard
• A Concerto Is a Conversation – Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers
• Do Not Split – Anders Hammer and Charlotte Cook
• Hunger Ward – Skye Fitzgerald and Michael Shueuerman
• A Love Song for Latasha – Sophia Nahali Allison and Janice Duncan

auronburr:

My aesthetic is Leslie violently fangirling over the Hamilton women

Smart, Funny, & Black… in Da Crib! 3.0

Smart Funny & Black in Da Crib brings the hit live show created by comedian/actress/producer, Amanda Seales (HBO Insecure/The Real) to the house! SFB in Da Crib brings two noteworthy smart, funny, black folks together to compete, in a head to head battle of wits that tests their knowledge of black history, black culture, and the black experience! After a night of fun as hell games, a turnt up interactive audience, and of course jokes, the show ends with one guest, literally, taking the “L”, the other, taking the crown, and being inducted into the, “Illustrious League of Master Blacksperts”. The night ain’t over yet tho! After the show our Blacksperts of the night join, host, Amanda for an after show chat answering questions from you! Then it’s off to the one-on-one meet and greet to snap a pick and have a quick laugh with, Amanda! Join us online for SFB in Da Crib, where the community is the wifi that keeps us connected! 

show tomorrow night (7/31), tix only $12! (although there is a swankier ticket option if you want to do the post-show hang-out!) get there early for DJ Reborn’s pre-show set at 8:00-9:00pm ET. the show is supporting Color of Change.

thefederalistfreestyle:

Founding Father Alexander Hamilton’s Life is Now a Hip-Hop Musical:

LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA
Plays: Alexander Hamilton
Hometown: New York, NY
You might know her from: Broadway’s In the Heights
On how this crazy idea came to him: “I wasn’t a history buff—not even a little—but I was always an English nerd. I picked up Ron Chernow’s biography of Hamilton randomly at Borders. I knew he died in a duel, so it’d have a cool ending. And I just fell in love with his story.”
Confession: “Hillary Clinton came to see In the Heights in 2009. I used to walk around in my underwear backstage between shows, and I come out of my dressing room and there’s Hillary with three Secret Service guys because she needed to use the bathroom. She said, ‘Show’s great!’ and I ran inside to put some clothes on.”

LESLIE ODOM JR.
Plays: Aaron Burr
Hometown: Philadelphia, PA
You might know him from: NBC’s Smash
Post-show ritual: “Lin and I made up a stupid song that we sing at the top of our lungs as we leave the stage. Then we have a shot of rum in the dressing room, and I’ll grab a dollar slice on my way home.”
If I weren’t an actor I’d be…“I wish I could say that I would be feeding the hungry or something. But I’ve always liked to throw parties, so I’d be a world- renowned DJ who gets flown all over the place for parties on yachts and in underground clubs.”

JONATHAN GROFF
Plays: King George
Hometown: Lancaster, PA
You might know him from: Glee, Frozen (voice of Kristoff)
First role: “I was Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz in my dad’s barn. I was a drag Dorothy.”
Dream costar: “I’d love to do a play with Cate Blanchett. I saw her in A Streetcar Named Desire, and it’s my favorite performance ever.”
Confession: “I was on a first date, maybe a year and a half ago. We ate dinner, then he came back to my apartment, and I don’t smoke, but he smoked a cigarette. We were making out, and he’s smoking. So I took a cigarette and also smoked it, and then five minutes later, I projectile vomited because I got so nauseous from smoking. That’s probably the most embarrassing thing that’s ever happened.”

read more profiles in the article! on newsstands on July 14.

Leslie Odom Jr. - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

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“with black performers, we’re often called to stop the show and it stops there. we’re going to sort of trot you out and have you sing the highest note you can sing or have you dance until you have smoke coming out of your shoes,” he said. “but when you talk about … the full spectrum of emotions that we were allowed to bring to the stage of ‘hamilton,’ i hope once and for all, at least for a generation, people will be able to go, ‘look at what we saw in ‘hamilton.’ we know this thing is possible.’” [x] [x]

Hipsters on Broadway

Aaron Burr- Hamilton

One Night In Miami, 2020 (dir. Regina King)