The Oscar Noms and Snubs for LGBT Films and Artists
Carol
SNUBBED: Carol, the dark horse contender, failed to snag a Best Picture nomination, despite its timely theme and powerful lead performances. It is a rare film that tells the story of two women falling in love, and it has won devoted appreciation among queer women. Now, women are feeling particularly ignored by the Academy, with the field of Best Director nominees once again being filled only by men.
Cate Blanchett
NOMINATED: Mighty Cate earned her seventh Oscar nomination (she’s won twice) as the complex, conflicted socialite who falls in love with a young woman.
Rooney Mara
NOMINATED: As the object of Carol’s affection, Mara’s fine performance earned her a Best Supporting Actress nomination.
Todd Haynes
SNUBBED: The out gay director was unfairly snubbed for a Best Director nomination for his finely crafted tale of forbidden lesbian love. His film did pull in a total of six nominations, including for costume, score, and cinematography.
Phyllis Nagy
NOMINATED: Out writer Phyllis Nagy took acclaimed out author Patricia Highsmith’s novel, The Price of Salt, and beautifully adapted it for the screen, bringing alive its famously romantic passages in what is now Carol.
The Danish Girl
SNUBBED: The dark horse contender failed to snag a Best Picture nomination, despite its timely theme and powerful lead performances.
Eddie Redmayne
NOMINATED: The brilliant Brit followed last year’s Best Actor win as Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything with another stunning turn as trans artist Lili Elbe.
Alicia Vikander
NOMINATED: As the artist wife of a transitioning husband, Vikander earned a Best Supporting Actress nod for her beautifully sensitive performance in The Danish Girl.
Tom Hooper
SNUBBED: The Oscar-winning director (The King’s Speech) was denied a second nomination for the dreamy and gorgeous transgender tale, The Danish Girl.
Lady Gaga
NOMINATED: Everyone’s favorite bisexual pop diva and LGBT activist earned a nomination for her haunting song, Til It Happens To You, from the campus rape documentary.
Sam Smith
NOMINATED: The singer-songwriter followed up his Golden Globe win for Writing’s On The Wall with an Oscar nomination – making him the first out gay singer to perform a James Bond theme (unless you count bi-gal Madonna’s Die Another Day).
Miley Cyrus
SNUBBED: The pansexual pixie missed out on an Oscar nod for her ballad, Hands of Love, from the otherwise overlooked lesbian drama, Freeheld.
Andrew Haigh
SNUBBED: The gay writer-director (Weekend, Looking) couldn’t pull off an upset nomination for this subtle and moody film, 45 Years.
Ian McKellen
SNUBBED: The elder statesman of gay actors was overlooked for a nomination in Mr. Holmes as the aging sleuth, Sherlock Holmes.
Lily Tomlin
SNUBBED: The lesbian legend was a dark horse candidate who didn’t make the Oscar cut as a lesbian grandmother on a day-long quest with her granddaughter in Grandma.
Emma Donoghue
NOMINATED: Out writer Emma Donoghue’s adapted screenplay for Room brought the frightening original book to the screen. It tells the story of a woman held captive for years and years in a single room with her 5-year-old son, who she still must try to give a happy life.
Mya Taylor and Kitana Kiki Rodriguez
SNUBBED: The transgender actresses were long-shots who missed out on a nomination for the low-budget indie, Tangerine.
People of Color
SNUBBED: Every person nominated for acting — in best actor, best supporting actor, best actress and best supporting actress — is white. For Academy watchers, unfortunately this won’t come as a big surprise, except that the problem persists. Reporters are also noting that Straight Outta Compton, which some expected would get a Best Picture nomination, was left out. In addition to a stellar, predominantly African-American cast, including the much lauded performance of Jason Mitchell as rapper Eazy-E, the film included a major plot line about HIV stigma.
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15 Comments
Promise4all
January 15, 06:46All this films wey you write here, I never here of them talk more of watch
Pink Panther
January 15, 07:46You’ve neither heard of nor seen them? Where do you live, under a rock in Eskimo land? 🙂
Max 2.0
January 15, 07:30Maybe some of the snubbed films weren’t all that good.
Pink Panther
January 15, 07:45What other snubbed film in this list apart from Carol and The Danish Girl?
Max 2.0
January 15, 08:02Lol, sheathe your claws honey.. I’m just saying; maybe the snubbing had nothing to do with the LGBT theme of the movies..
Pink Panther
January 15, 08:41I wasn’t pointing out the snubs becos of the LGBT theme. I was pointing out the snubs becos they were good films with superb direction and performances that people were surprised didn’t get nominated.
Chuck
January 15, 13:05Which people were surprised? Not every film can get an Academy Award nomination.
pete
January 15, 08:09I’m the worst person to make a comment about movies but should the movies you claimed that were snubbed make it as a token gesture? What if all made it & people say it’s the gay propaganda (like the PhD student), won’t we be up in arms against them?
Dennis Macaulay
January 15, 09:19Deola!
Could you come in here please
Brian Collins
January 15, 10:49I really need to see Danish Girl
Ontario
January 15, 12:12PP remind me to steal your hard drive….ok bye
Pink Panther
January 15, 16:21Hehehehee. You can try, darling. You can try.
Sinnex
January 15, 14:47I haven’t seen any of them. I guess they did not merit nomination. The question is, are the other nominated films and directors not good enough? Or you want to pull an Olamide on them?
Marc Francis of Chelsea
January 15, 21:48I watched Straight Outta Compton on the plane a few days ago. It was nice but I see why it didn’t get nominated. Only the guy that played Eazy E was outstanding in my opinion.
OAN I had no idea the circumstances of Eazy E’s death. Apparently he announced he had full blown AIDS and was dead the next week. Never even fell sick before according to those close to him in the months leading up to his death. Conspiracy theorists say Suge Knight had him injected with AIDS infected blood when he went for a hospital visit. Crazy stuff.
KingBey
January 17, 06:47I haven’t seen nor heard about any of them. *returns to Nkoli Nwa Nsukka showing on AFMagic Igbo* ???