The film academy had plenty of surprise nominations Thursday for the 97th Oscars.

As fresh fires raced across the Los Angeles region, an embattled movie industry has lined up behind the Netflix narco-musical about transgender identity “Emilia Pérez” in Oscar nominations Thursday.

The 2025 movie awards season is in full swing but figuring out where to watch everything can be overwhelming.

Political resistance in movies often takes the form of protest, hunger strike or armed uprising.

“Wicked” topped nominations to the 31st Screen Actors Guild Awards on Wednesday, landing a leading five nominations including best ensemble, and individual nods for Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey.

The Golden Globes nominated more than 40 individual films Monday and yet still managed to overlook quite a bit.