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Oscar Nominations 2025: The 10 Biggest Snubs and Surprises

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The Oscar nominations announcement was one of the most unpredictable Oscar seasons in recent memory.

The Academy was bound to throw us a big shock or two .

But that feeling did not last, because this year is just too weird.

We break down the 10 snubs and surprises that have us scratching our heads.

A Real Pain missed out on a best picture nomination.

Daniel Craig loses out on best actor nomination for Queer .

The Apprentice 's Sebastian Stan gets the nod from Sebastian Stan for best actor in The Apprentice .

I'm Still Here and The Substance both landed surprising nods as films.

Wicked was snubbed in editing.

The Substance is the kind of visionary, stylish, brazen—and, it must be said, European —filmmaking that this highbrow group of voters prefers to recognize.

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