Oscar nominations 2020: Leading actor, actress leaves 'star wars' fans dissappointed

minations for 92nd Acemy Awards ceremony have been declared on January 13 and Joaquin Phoenix along with nine ors have been minated for leing Actor/Actress. Several internet users on various social media platform were predicting ir favourites all day until Oscars declared list of stars who will be competing for 'Leing Actor/Actress' category. y are:

Leing Actress:

• Cynthia Erivo - Harriet
• Scarlett Johansson - Marri Story
• Saoirse Ronan - Little Women
• Charlize ron - Bombshell
• Renée Zellweger – Judy

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Leing Actor: 

• Antonio Banderas - Pain and Glory
• Leonardo DiCaprio - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
• am Driver - Marri Story
• Joaquin Phoenix - Joker
• Jonathan Pryce - Two Popes

While many internet users were happy to see Scarlett Johansson on Leing Actress list, several ors even expected Lupita Nyong'o who reprised her role as Maz Kanata in Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker. Similarly, netizens were ecstatic to see am Driver on Leing Actor list, y were also expecting Taron Egerton on list as well for his role in movie Rocketman. 

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Criticised for t including female director

While list of leing actor/actress was eugh to start a wave of conversations among netizens, Acemy's 'Best Director' list has drawn harsh criticism by internet users for t including a single female director. minees for 'Best Director' category are listed below:

• Martin Scorsese -  Irishman
• Quentin Taranti - Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood
• Bong Joon-ho - Parasite
• Sam Mendes - 1917
• Todd Phillips - Joker

Furrmore, people on internet immediately caught that women were shut out of this year's directing minations, and one of Twitter user also posted a GIF saying 'but you left some things'. Majority reactions included disappointment among netizens for leaving out Little Women director Greta Gerwig. However, similar to 'Best Picture' category, most support was drawn for Bong Joo-Ho for Parasite.

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