Nominations voting is from January 8-12, 2025, with official Oscar nominations announced January 17, 2025. Final voting is February 11-18, 2025. And finally, the 97th Oscars telecast will be broadcast on Sunday, March 2 and air live on ABC at 7:00 p.
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PT. We update our picks through awards season, so keep checking IndieWire for all our 2025 Oscar predictions . The State of the Race The past couple of years, the Best Actor Oscar race has been rigid to the point of there typically only being room for one surprise nominee to gain momentum in the back half of awards season.
Though few nominations have been released, 2024 is shaping up to be no different, with prognosticators really having to stretch to create a list longer than 10 names who have a shot at a nod, if that. What most people have been waiting to see is how voters will respond to Timothée Chalamet in “ A Complete Unknown ” and Paul Mescal in “ Gladiator II, ” as both films screened for the first time after festivals like Venice and Toronto had wrapped. Both young stars already have one Best Actor nomination under their belt, and the roles they play also have a history with being recognized by the Oscars.
More so on Mescal’s part, as the first “Gladiator” not just won Best Picture, but earned lead Russell Crowe the Best Actor Oscar as well. Meanwhile, Chalamet as Bob Dylan really only comes up against Todd Haynes’ influential indie “I’m Not There,” which still got Cate Blanchett a.
