Wicked's Cynthia Erivo among British stars nominated for Academy Awards - Netflix's Spanish-language musical Emilia Perez is the top-nominated film at this year’s Oscars, followed by The Brutalist and

Karla Sofía Gascón, who plays the film’s title character, lands herself in the Oscar history books as the first out trans actress to receive a nomination. Coralie Fargeat is this year’s only woman to break into the male-dominated Best Director category, for her body-horror shocker “The Substance.”

Colman Domingo received his first nomination for “Sing Sing” as nominations for the 97th Oscars were announced.

British stars Ralph Fiennes and Cynthia Erivo have earned best acting Oscar nods, as Emilia Perez dominated the nominations, leading with 13.Fiennes, who is nominated for Conclave, will face off against Adrien Brody for immigrant tale The Brutalist,

It is followed closely by Netflix's Spanish-language musical Emilia Pérez ... The frontrunners in the Bafta acting categories include Cynthia Erivo and Demi Moore for lead actress and Adrien ...