The Oscar Award Nominations 2023 - Naatu Naatu Song from RRR Movie - The Annual Celebration of Artistic Excellence in Hollywood's Most Prestigious Awards Ceremony

The Oscars, formally known as the Academy Awards, is one of the most prestigious award ceremonies in the world of film. The event is organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and has been held annually since 1929. The Oscars recognize outstanding achievements in various categories, including acting, directing, producing, writing, and technical aspects of film production. In this article, we will discuss the history, significance, and various aspects of the Oscar awards ceremony.

History of the Oscars

The idea for the Oscars was conceived by Louis B. Mayer, the co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), as a way to honor outstanding achievements in the film industry. Mayer collaborated with other leading figures in the film industry, including Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and Sid Grauman, to create the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in 1927. The first Academy Awards ceremony was held on May 16, 1929, at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles, California.

Initially, the Academy Awards ceremony was a small event attended by around 250 people, and the entire ceremony lasted only 15 minutes. However, as the years went by, the Oscars grew in stature, and the ceremony became a highly anticipated event in the entertainment industry. Today, the Oscars is a globally televised event that is watched by millions of people worldwide.

Categories and Nominations

The Oscars recognize outstanding achievements in various categories, including acting, directing, producing, writing, and technical aspects of film production. The categories and the number of nominations in each category have varied over the years, but the current categories for the 2022 Oscars are:

1. Best Picture
2. Best Director
3. Best Actor in a Leading Role
4. Best Actress in a Leading Role
5. Best Actor in a Supporting Role
6. Best Actress in a Supporting Role
7. Best Original Screenplay
8. Best Adapted Screenplay
9. Best Animated Feature
10. Best International Feature Film
11. Best Documentary Feature
12. Best Original Song
13. Best Original Score
14. Best Cinematography
15. Best Editing
16. Best Production Design
17. Best Costume Design
18. Best Makeup and Hairstyling
19. Best Sound
20. Best Visual Effects

Oscar Nominations of 2023

Best picture

• All Quiet on the Western Front
• Avatar: The Way of Water
• The Banshees of Inisherin
• Elvis
• Everything Everywhere All at Once
• The Fabelmans
• Tár
• Top Gun: Maverick
• Triangle of Sadness
• Women Talking

Best actress

• Cate Blanchett - Tár
• Ana de Armas - Blonde
• Andrea Riseborough - To Leslie
• Michelle Williams - The Fabelmans
• Michelle Yeoh - Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best actor

• Austin Butler - Elvis
• Colin Farrell - The Banshees of Inisherin
• Brendan Fraser - The Whale
• Paul Mescal - Aftersun
• Bill Nighy - Living

Best supporting actress

• Angela Bassett - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
• Hong Chau - The Whale
• Kerry Condon - The Banshees of Inisherin
• Jamie Lee Curtis - Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Stephanie Hsu - Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best supporting actor

• Brendan Gleeson - The Banshees of Inisherin
• Brian Tyree Henry - Causeway
• Judd Hirsch - The Fabelmans
• Barry Keoghan - The Banshees of Inisherin
• Ke Huy Quan - Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best director

• Martin McDonagh - The Banshees of Inisherin
• Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert - Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Steven Spielberg - The Fabelmans
• Todd Field - Tár
• Ruben Östlund - Triangle of Sadness

Best original screenplay  

• The Banshees of Inisherin - Martin McDonagh
• Everything Everywhere All at Once - Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
• The Fabelmans - Tony Kushner, Steven Spielberg
• Tár - Todd Field
• Triangle of Sadness - Ruben Östlund

Best adapted screenplay

• All Quiet on the Western Front - Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell
• Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery - Rian Johnson
• Living - Kazuo Ishiguro
• Top Gun: Maverick - Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, Christopher McQuarrie
• Women Talking - Sarah Polley
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Best animated feature

• Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
• Marcel the Shell With Shoes On
• Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
• The Sea Beast
• Turning Red

Best documentary feature

• All That Breathes - Shaunak Sen, Aman Mann and Teddy Leifer
• All the Beauty and the Bloodshed - Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, John Lyons, Nan Goldin and Yoni Golijov
• Fire of Love - Sara Dosa, Shane Boris and Ina Fichman
• A House Made of Splinters - Simon Lereng Wilmont and Monica Hellström
• Navalny - Daniel Roher, Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller and Shane Boris

Best international feature

• All Quiet on the Western Front (Germany)
• Argentina, 1985 (Argentina)
• Close (Belgium)
• EO (Poland)
• The Quiet Girl (Ireland)

Best original song

• Applause - Tell It Like a Woman (Diane Warren)
• Hold My Hand - Top Gun: Maverick (Lady Gaga, BloodPop)
• Naatu Naatu - RRR (MM Keeravaani, Chandrabose)
• Lift Me Up - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Tems, Ludwig Göransson, Rihanna and Ryan Coogler)
• This Is A Life - Everything Everywhere All at Once (Ryan Lott, David Byrne, Mitski)

Best original score  

• All Quiet on the Western Front - Volker Bertelmann
• Babylon - Justin Hurwitz
• The Banshees of Inisherin - Carter Burwell
• Everything Everywhere All at Once - Son Lux
• The Fabelmans - John Williams

Best cinematography

• All Quiet on the Western Front - James Friend
• Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths - Darius Khondji
• Elvis - Mandy Walker
• Empire of Light - Roger Deakins
• Tár - Florian Hoffmeister

Best visual effects 

• All Quiet on the Western Front - Frank Petzold, Viktor Müller, Markus Frank, Kamil Jafar
• Avatar: The Way of Water - Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett
• The Batman - Dan Lemmon, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands, Dominic Tuohy
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Geoffrey Baumann, Craig Hammack, R. Christopher White, Dan Sudick
• Top Gun: Maverick - Ryan Tudhope, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson, Scott R Fisher

Best film editing

• The Banshees of Inisherin - Mikkel EG Nielsen
• Elvis - Matt Villa, Jonathan Redmond
• Everything Everywhere All at Once - Paul Rogers
• Tár - Monika Willi
• Top Gun: Maverick - Eddie Hamilton

Best costume design

• Babylon - Mary Zophres
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Ruth E Carter
• Elvis - Catherine Martin
• Everything Everywhere All at Once - Shirley Kurata
• Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris - Jenny Beavan

Best sound

• All Quiet on the Western Front - Viktor Prášil, Frank Kruse, Markus Stemler, Lars Ginzel, Stefan Korte
• Avatar: The Way of Water - Julian Howarth, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Dick Bernstein, Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Michael Hedges
• The Batman - Stuart Wilson, William Files, Douglas Murray, Andy Nelson
• Elvis - David Lee, Wayne Pashley, Andy Nelson, Michael Keller
• Top Gun: Maverick - Mark Weingarten, James H Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor

Best production design

• All Quiet on the Western Front - Christian M Goldbeck, Ernestine Hipper
• Avatar: The Way of Water - Dylan Cole, Ben Procter, Vanessa Cole
• Elvis - Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy, Bev Dunn
• Babylon - Florencia Martin, Anthony Carlino
• The Fabelmans - Rick Carter, Karen O'Hara

Best make-up and hairstyling

• All Quiet on the Western Front - Heike Merker, Linda Eisenhamerová
• The Batman - Naomi Donne, Mike Marino, Mike Fontaine
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Camille Friend, Joel Harlow
• Elvis - Mark Coulier, Jason Baird, Aldo Signoretti
• The Whale - Adrien Morot, Judy Chin, Anne Marie Bradley

Best live action short  

• An Irish Goodbye
• Ivalu
• Le Pupille
• Night Ride
• The Red Suitcase

Best animated short

• The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
• The Flying Sailor
• Ice Merchants
• My Year of Dicks
• An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It

Best documentary short

• The Elephant Whisperers - Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga
• Haulout - Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev
• How Do You Measure a Year? - Jay Rosenblatt
• The Martha Mitchell Effect - Anne Alvergue and Beth Levison
• Stranger at the Gate - Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones

 

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10 most expensive hotel rooms in the world

Have you ever dreamed of spending a relaxing night at a luxury hotel? Or maybe planning a romantic evening or a honeymoon where you want to impress your beloved? What would you want included? A gorgeous view? A large comfortable bed? A personal butler?

Did you know that prices at the best hotel suites have gone up 10% this year? Are you ready to drop about $30,000 for one night? Would you be willg to spend that kind of money on a hotel room? And by the way, none of the nightly room rates includes tax so be prepared to add another 10 – 17% to your bill at checkout.
Here are the 10 most expensive hotel rooms in the world from the last year.

10. The Penthouse Suite, The Martinez Hotel, Cannes
Nightly Rate: $18,000

This is the biggest, most expensive, and the only terraced penthouse suite on the Cote d’Azur. Both of the two suites has a Jacuzzi, plasma screen televisions, DVD library, kitchen, open bar, private butler on call 24/7 (ditto for a limousine), and an option to join both suites into one big apartment. The luxury has no limit here – the design is kept in the Art Deco style, with streamlined furniture, silk curtains and teak parquet floors.

The wraparound terrace is 2,000 square feet with the views of the Lerins Islands as well as the entire Bay of Cannes and can comfortably hold 100 people. One Saudi sheik liked the suite so much he wanted to rent it for five years. The hotel said no. What else can you say? Tres magnifique!

9. Ritz-Carlton Suite, Ritz-Carlton Moscow
Nightly Rate: $18.200

The floor-to-ceiling windows in the Ritz-Carlton Suite will give you the most beautiful views of the Kremlin, Red Square, St. Basil’s Cathedral, and Christ the Savior Cathedral. The furnishings are in a Classic Russian Imperial style. The 2,500 square-foot suite comes with a spacious living room, dining area, library, office room and boardroom, grand piano, and heated floor.

You will get to enjoy five meals a day and their very own KGB-approved autonomous energy supply system and secure telecommunications array.

8. Royal Suite, Burj Al Arab, Dubai
Nightly Rate: $19.000

The two-story, 8,400-square- foot suite features views over the Arabian sea, marble flooring, a rotating four-poster bed in the master bedroom, dining area, and a private cinema and elevator between the split-level rooms.

The marble bath comes fully stocked with full-sized products from Hermes. Guests are met by a chauffeur driven Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph (or, for a bit extra, by a helicopter). A personal butler stands 24/7 at the ready to fulfill every wish. The Royal Suite is the last word in luxury with a marble and gold staircase, leopard print tufted carpets and Versace linens.

What you can also enjoy is a submarine ride to an underwater restaurant complete with shark-infested aquarium.

7. Imperial Suite, Park Hyatt, Vendôme, Paris
Nightly Rate: $20.000

This pricey suite is located on the 5th floor and takes 200-sq.-meters. A 60-sq.-meter balcony is overlooking the Rue de la Paix, with an outstanding view of the Vendôme column. The Imperial Suite has high ceilings, a dining room, kitchenette, bar, and a mansard roof. It also includes in-suite spa with whirlpool bath, steam room shower and a built-in massage table. Also included are high-speed Internet access and a computer with flat screen monitor, multi-line telephones, and a separate work area to help you enjoy the work process.

6. The Bridge Suite, The Atlantis, Bahamas
Nightly Rate: $22.000

The Bridge Suite is located on top of a bridge that connects the two Royal Towers buildings, so it overlooks the entire resort and marina. An 800 square foot balcony and 12-foot high ceilings throughout with full length windows allow you to enjoy a 360 view of the water, lagoons and pools in Paradise Island. We can make a guess that most of the price is paid for the location of the suite. Forbes reports the suite has hosted guests including Oprah, Michael Jackson, Celine Dion, and Bill Gates.

The suite has 10 rooms that are decorated in black, red and gold (including a 22-karat gold chandelier in the dining room). The living room is a 1,250-square- foot room with grand piano and twin entertainment centers. The master bedroom has a sitting area, his-and-hers closets so large that you can park your car there, and hand-painted linens. The kitchen also has its own entrance, so a permanent staff of seven, including a butler and a cook can access the rooms without bothering you.

5. Presidential Suite, Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo
Nightly Rate: $25.000

The suite is located on the 53rd floor above Tokyo with spectacular views that include the Imperial Palace outer gardens and Roppongi Hills.

In the suite’s 3300 sq ft you get pure luxury with a stunning four poster bed in the master bedroom, personal concierge, connected living room/dining room, an oversized marble bathroom with Sony BRAVIA 20 inch flat screen television, and access to indoor pool and fitness studio.

4. Villa La Capula Suite, Westin Excelsior, Rome
Nightly Rate: $29.000

The suite is located on the fifth and sixth floor underneath the cupola of the hotel which was made famous by Fellini’s movies. It covers 6,099 square feet and has an additional 1,808 square feet of balconies and terraces. While it only has two bedrooms, five more can be joined to it. The entire suite was just remodeled in 1998 for a cost of around $7 million. So now you will have all things Roman and excessive – a cupola, a Pompeii-style Jacuzzi pool, frescoes (the painted horizons on the frescoes were designed to match perfectly with the real Roman one), stained glass windows, and almost 2,000 feet of balcony space including a sun deck overlooking the Via Veneto district.

The downstairs also has a private kitchen, and the dining room features an antique Murano glass chandelier, a private wine cabinet with over 150 wines to choose from and a study/library covered in hand-carved wood. And what really makes this suite over the top is a private cinema with Dolby surround sound.
Now that’s living la dolce vita.

3. Ty Warner Penthouse, Four Seasons Hotel, New York
Nightly Rate: $34.000

The $50 million Ty Warner Penthouse at the Four Seasons in NY was designed by legendary architect I.M. Pei, Peter Marino and hotel owner Ty Warner.

The nine-room suite has walls inlaid with mother of pearl, gold and platinum-woven fabrics. The suite is located on the 52nd floor of New York’s tallest hotel with floor-to-ceiling bay windows offering a breathtaking 360 degree view of the City. If that is not relaxing enough you can enjoy a waterfall in the Zen Room, play the grand piano in the library or soak in a tub overlooking Central Park. Full spa treatments, a personal trainer and a 24/7 butler are all included, and if you still find a will to leave, you can choose to be chauffeured in a Rolls Royce or Maybach, and you’re always guaranteed a table at the hotel’s renowned L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon restaurant.

2. Hugh Hefner Sky Villa, Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas
Nightly Rate: $40.000

If anyone knows how to vacation in Las Vegas, that will be Hugh Hefner. Even though he is known as a homebody he has spent a few nights away from the mansion at the Sky Villa. The suite itself was built to model the original playboy mansion; it also incorporates elements derived from a vintage Playboy magazine article about the ultimate bachelor pad. The suite cost roughly $10 million to build but the high-rollers can rent it for a small $40,000 a night. Everything screams S-E-X-Y at the Sky Villa. The two-story 9,000 square foot Villa includes a glass elevator, a rotating bed set beneath a mirrored ceiling, and a glass wall Jacuzzi that extends out over the hotel and offers amazing Strip views, around-the-clock butler service, massage and spa rooms, work-out room and card game table, fireplace, three bedrooms, and pop-up plasma TVs.
Sorry, Bunnies not included.

1. Royal Penthouse Suite, President Wilson Hotel, Geneva
Nightly Rate: $53.000

The Imperial Suite, which is actually an entire top floor of the hotel, is reached via a private elevator and has four bedrooms, six bathrooms with mosaic marble floor, a cocktail lounge and a terrace with a dramatic view through the bulletproof windows over the city, Lake Geneva and Mont Blanc — all of which overlook Lake Geneva. The suite is decorated in a contemporary style, with marble and hardwood floors. The living room has a billiards table, a library and a cocktail lounge with a view of the water fountain, and can accommodate 40 people. The dining room seats 26 people around an oval mahogany table.

The hotel’s staff reassures guests that the security in the Imperial Suite is among the best in the world, ideal for celebrities or traveling heads of state who visit the United Nations headquarters next door at the Palais Wilson.

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