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LOS ANGELES — On The Red Carpet is breaking down this year’s Oscar races in a new special, “On The Red Carpet: And the Nominees Are…” featuring new interviews with some of Hollywood’s biggest stars.
That includes first-time Oscar nominee Michael B. Jordan, who’s nominated for Best Lead Actor for this year’s most-nominated film, “Sinners.”
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“The roles and the characters I get (the) opportunity to play, you try to bring as much of yourself, you know, and effort into them to bring those characters to life,” Jordan told On The Red Carpet at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, where his dual performance as twins “Smoke” and “Stack” earned him the Icon Award.
His “Sinners” co-stars Wunmi Mosaku and Delroy Lindo earned Oscar nominations as well, part of a record 16 total nominations this year for the Ryan Coogler vampire thriller.
“Titanic,” “La La Land” and “All About Eve” were the previous record holders with 14 Oscar nods each.
“Sinners” is also up for Best Costume Design, marking the fifth career nomination for costume designer Ruth E. Carter, who’s now the most-nominated Black woman in Oscar history.
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“One Battle After Another” has the second most nominations this year, including Best Picture, which it already won at the Golden Globes, Critics Choice Awards, and National Board of Review Awards.
Leonardo DiCaprio earned his sixth career Lead Actor nod and eighth nomination overall.
“It’s an original concept,” DiCaprio told On The Red Carpet about how he’d describe the film. “It’s (director Paul Thomas Anderson), you know, to me, he’s harkening back to the revolutionaries of the late ’60s in a modern context. But in the end of the day, it’s about a father trying to get back to his daughter and reconnect.”
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The other best picture nominees are “Marty Supreme,” “Frankenstein,” “Sentimental Value,” “Bugonia,” “F1,” “The Secret Agent,” “Train Dreams,” and “Hamnet.”
“As artists and actors you’re always hoping to affect somebody’s heart,” Hamnet’s Jessie Buckley told On The Red Carpet. Buckley won the Golden Globe and Critics Choice Award and is now an Oscar nominee for “Best Actress.”
This new episode of “On The Red Carpet” also includes interviews with nominees Rose Byrne, Stellan Skarsgrd, Wagner Moura, Ethan Hawke, Kate Hudson and more. Watch On The Red Carpet and the Nominees Are…” in the video player above.
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Our live Oscar preshow, “On The Red Carpet at the Oscars,” begins at 3:30 p.m. ET/12:30 p.m. PT and will feature live interviews with the nominees, red carpet fashion analysis and more!
Watch the 98th Academy Awards, hosted by Conan O’Brien, on March 15 at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT on and Hulu, followed by “The Bachelorette: Before the First Rose.”
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