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The 2023 Oscar nominations¹ are here

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This sci-fi movie "Everything Everywhere All at Once" led the nominations announced this morning for the 95th Academy Awards. Sequels to "Avatar" and "Top Gun" are also up for Best Picture Oscars.

LEILA FADEL, HOST:

The Oscar nominations are out, and the big movie of the morning is the weird³ and quirky "Everything Everywhere All At Once," which received 11 nominations. NPR culture desk reporter Andrew Limbong is here to update us on the Oscars. Hi, Andrew.

ANDREW LIMBONG, BYLINE⁴: Hey, Leila.

FADEL: OK, so tell us about "Everything Everywhere All At Once," which seems to have dominated the Oscars this year.

LIMBONG: Yeah, it seems to definitely be a favorite.

FADEL: Yeah.

LIMBONG: At the nominations this morning, it seemed to get the biggest cheers, you know, every time it was mentioned. Like you said, it's a weird and wild movie on its face. It's about a mom who has a hard time connecting with her gay daughter. But it's also a sci-fi, martial⁵ arts movie that involves, like, multiple dimensions, a number of alternate realities, and a decent number of butt⁶ jokes. Here's a clip of the mom, played by Michelle Yeoh, and the daughter, played by Stephanie Hsu, bickering⁷ while making some food.

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE")

MICHELLE YEOH: (As Evelyn Wang) You know, he doesn't have to stay here.

STEPHANIE HSU: (As Joy Wang) Who's he?

YEOH: (As Evelyn Wang) Becky.

HSU: (As Joy Wang) Becky's a she.

YEOH: (As Evelyn Wang) You know me. I always mix up he and she. In Chinese, just one word - ta (ph). So easy. And the way you two are dressed, I'm sure I'm not the only one calling him he - I mean, her him.

LIMBONG: And it's nominated in some big categories - right? - like best picture, director. And it's even got two nominees⁸ in the best supporting actress category for Stephanie Hsu, who, like I said, plays the daughter, and Jamie Lee Curtis, who plays an IRS auditor⁹.

FADEL: Oh. I have to watch this movie.

LIMBONG: Yeah, it's really good.

FADEL: So what movies are - is it up against in the best picture category?

LIMBONG: The other big movie is the new adaptation of "All Quiet On The Western Front," directed by Edward Berger. That got nine nominations. It's also Germany's bid for best foreign picture. Some of the other movies in the best picture running include big blockbusters like "Avatar: The Way Of Water" and "Top Gun: Maverick¹⁰." And then, we've got "Tar," "Triangle Of Sadness," "The Banshees Of Inisherin," "Elvis" and "Women Talking," which is about a group of Mennonite women trying to decide what to do after they discover they'd been drugged and attacked by men in the community. Here's a clip.

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "WOMEN TALKING")

CLAIRE FOY: (As Salome) We know that we are bruised¹¹ and infected and pregnant and terrified and insane, and some of us are dead. We know that we must protect our children regardless of who is guilty.

LIMBONG: Now, that movie was directed by Sarah Polley, but she isn't up for best director.

FADEL: And it looks like women were boxed out of the best director race altogether this year, right?

LIMBONG: Yeah. I mean, it happened at the Golden Globes earlier, and it looks like it's happened again at the Oscars. The guys up for best director are Martin McDonagh for "Banshees Of Inisherin," Steven Spielberg for "The Fabelmans," Todd Field for "Tar," Ruben Ostlund for "Triangle Of Sadness." And then, there's the Daniels, Kwan and Scheinert, for "Everything Everywhere."

FADEL: Anything stick out in the acting¹² categories?

LIMBONG: All right. So not to keep going back to this movie, but...

FADEL: But we will.

LIMBONG: ...Michelle Yeoh getting nominated for "Everything Everywhere" for best actress was a - it's a big deal for a longtime movie star getting some attention from the academy.

FADEL: Yeah.

LIMBONG: On the male actors' side, Brendan Fraser was nominated for his role in "The Whale." It's about an obese¹³ writer connecting with his daughter, and he's gotten a lot of attention for it, you know, even as the movie has proven to be kind of divisive, you know, after it's come out for its depiction¹⁴ of fat people. But I mean, that aside, everybody's only had good things to say about Fraser's performance.

FADEL: NPR culture desk reporter Andrew Limbong. Thanks, Andrew.

LIMBONG: Thanks, Leila.

1 nominations   

n.提名，任命( nomination的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Nominations are invited for the post of party chairman. 为党主席职位征集候选人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Much coverage surrounded his abortive bids for the 1960,1964, and 1968 Republican Presidential nominations. 许多消息报道都围绕着1960年、1964年和1968年他为争取提名为共和党总统候选人所做努力的失败。 来自辞典例句

2 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

3 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

4 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

5 martial   

adj.战争的，军事的，尚武的，威武的

参考例句：

• The sound of martial music is always inspiring.军乐声总是鼓舞人心的。
• The officer was convicted of desertion at a court martial.这名军官在军事法庭上被判犯了擅离职守罪。

6 butt   

n.笑柄；烟蒂；枪托；臀部；v.用头撞或顶

参考例句：

• The water butt catches the overflow from this pipe.大水桶盛接管子里流出的东西。
• He was the butt of their jokes.他是他们的笑柄。

7 bickering   

v.争吵( bicker的现在分词 )；口角；（水等）作潺潺声；闪烁

参考例句：

• The children are always bickering about something or other. 孩子们有事没事总是在争吵。
• The two children were always bickering with each other over small matters. 这两个孩子总是为些小事斗嘴。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

8 nominees   

n.被提名者，被任命者( nominee的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• She's one of the nominees. 她是被提名者之一。 来自超越目标英语 第2册
• A startling number of his nominees for senior positions have imploded. 他所提名的高级官员被否决的数目令人震惊。 来自互联网

9 auditor   

n.审计员，旁听着

参考例句：

• The auditor was required to produce his working papers.那个审计员被要求提供其工作底稿。
• The auditor examines the accounts of all county officers and departments.审计员查对所有县官员及各部门的帐目。

10 maverick   

adj.特立独行的；不遵守传统的；n.持异议者，自行其是者

参考例句：

• He's a maverick.He has his own way of thinking about things.他是个特异独行的人。对事情有自己的看法。
• You're a maverick and you'll try anything.你是个爱自行其是的人，样样事情都要尝试一下。

11 bruised   

[医]青肿的，瘀紫的

参考例句：

• his bruised and bloodied nose 他沾满血的青肿的鼻子
• She had slipped and badly bruised her face. 她滑了一跤，摔得鼻青脸肿。

12 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

13 obese   

adj.过度肥胖的，肥大的

参考例句：

• The old man is really obese,it can't be healthy.那位老人确实过于肥胖了，不能算是健康。
• Being obese and lazy is dangerous to health.又胖又懒危害健康。

14 depiction   

n.描述

参考例句：

• Double rhythms, resounding through the lyric depiction and connecting with each other, indicate the thespian place of mankind and the cognition of the writer to this thespian place. 这双重旋律互为表里，表明了人类的某种悲剧性处境以及作家对这种悲剧性处境的感受和认识。
• A realistic depiction of scenes from everyday domestic life. 日常家居生活的写实画。