Denzel Washington, Nicole Kidman, Amy Adams, Tilda Swinton and Daniel Craig were just some of the big names and winners of precursor awards who were shut out from this year's Academy Awards as the 2025 Oscar nominations were announced.When the list of nominees came out Thursday morning, there was also a bit of history made: Karla Sofía Gascón, the star of "Emilia Pérez," became the first openly transgender actress to be nominated for an Oscar.Best actressKidman, whose performance in "Babygirl" as a corporate executive who has an affair with a much younger underling won her the best actress award at the Venice Film Festival, was not nominated. Also left out: Angelina Jolie, playing opera star Maria Callas in "Maria"; Amy Adams, as a young mother who undergoes a terrifying transformation in "Nightbitch"; Kate Winslet, playing war photographer Lee Miller in "Lee"; Saoirse Ronan as a recovering alcoholic in "The Outrun"; Tilda Swinton as a woman seeking to end her life in "The Room Next Door"; Marianne Jean-Baptiste as a wife and mother lashing out at the indignities of the world in "Hard Truths"; and Pamela Anderson as a Las Vegas dancer in "The Last Showgirl." Gascón, nominated for her performance as a Mexican drug lord who transitions to a woman, was also nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award and Golden Globe.
She also shared the best actress award at the Cannes Film Festival with her "Emilia Pérez" costars, Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez and Adriana Paz. Best supporting actressSaldaña, a Golden Globe winner, was nominated for best supporting actress, but Gomez was not.The category was also missing some other major contenders, including Margaret Qualley in "The Substance"; Elle Fanning in "A Complete Unknown"; Jamie Lee Curtis in "The Last Showgirl"; and Danielle Deadwyler in "The Piano Lesson."Best actorThe list of best actor nominees closely mirrors the Screen Actors Guild lineup, except Daniel Craig's role as a gay man pursuing a younger man...