Best Motion Picture – Drama
Elvis (Warner Bros)
Competing with:
Avatar: The Way Of Water (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
The Fabelmans (Universal Pictures)
Tár (Focus Features)
Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount Pictures)
Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture – Drama
Austin Butler - Elvis
Competing with:
Brendan Fraser - The Whale
Hugh Jackman - The Son
Bill Nighy - Living
Jeremy Pope - The Inspection
Best Director – Motion Picture
Baz Luhrmann - Elvis
Competing with:
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert - Everything Everywhere All At Once
James Cameron - Avatar: The Way Of Water
Martin Mcdonagh - The Banshees Of Inisherin
Steven Spielberg - The Fabelmans
Author "Kymani Fountain" published the 24-page Elvis Presley photo book 'Beautiful And Iconic Photos Collection Of The Famous Singer for Special Day'. The same book is also available with 4 other covers, supposedly written by "Tea Delarosa", "Clyde Colley", "Madelaine Mckenzie" and "Ane Kit".
Note: buyer beware!
Doja Cat's song for 'ELVIS' deemed ineligible for the Oscars
Members of the Academy's music branch are stepping on Doja Cat's blue suede shoes. 'Vegas', co-written by the rapper for the 'ELVIS' biopic, has been deemed ineligible for the 2023 Academy Awards.
The original score for Tár, one of the most buzzed about films of the year, has also been disqualified as the eligibility list was made available to Academy members. The disqualifications, first reported by Variety, affirm previous speculation about the fate of the two tracks at next year's ceremony.
'Vegas' is an interpolation of the Big Mama Thornton / Elvis Presley classic 'Hound Dog', dooming it for Oscars consideration. The key lyric "You ain't nothing but a..." is sprinkled throughout, and the Oscars guidelines dictate that words and music must be "original and written specifically for the motion picture".
The hit song reached No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in October, marking the rapper's sixth Hot 100 top 10.
As for the 'Tár' score by Icelandic composer Hildur Guðnadóttir, ineligibility stems from the insufficient amount of original, clearly audible music, going against guidelines. To be eligible, the scores must not be "diluted by the use of pre-existing music." Much of the audible music consists of symphonies and classic musical excerpts that diluted the score.
Congratulations
Happy 90th birthday to Steve Binder, the man who saved Elvis' career in 1968 and gave him some credibility back.
(Source: Golden Globes / Amazon / Variety / Entertainment Weekly)