This morning’s Oscar nominations broke in many directions.

“Emilia Perez” and “Wicked” led the list with the most nominations.

But only “Emilia” picked up Best Director, as well, for Jacques Audiard. Jon M. Chu, of “Wicked” was left behind.

That’s a head scratcher.

Of the 10 movies that made Best Picture, only five also had Best Directors. They were “Anora,” “The Brutalist,” “A Complete Unknown,” “The Substance,” and “The Brutalist.”

Knocked out of the directing race were Edward Berger, for “Conclave,”Denis Villenueve for “Dune Part 2,” Walter Salles for “I’m Still Here,” and RaMell Ross for “Nickel Boys.”

Strange? Yes, since those directors really had ‘director’s movies.” They are personal visions very dependent on the person behind the camera.

It’s hard to imagine that the ultimate Best Picture and Director won’t be either from the same movie, or from the list of the top 5.

How would it split? Brady Corbet seems like the odds on favorite for Best Director. “The Brutalist” is a mighty project, and he would be rewarded for even thinking of it.

If Corbet takes Best Director, what about Best Picture? If it’s from the five which share the Directing noms, it could go to “The Brutalist.” Nut the movie is very long, not many have finished it, and it’s not pleasant. In that case, I’d go for “A Complete Unknown,” and spread the riches around.

And what “Emilia Perez”? And “Anora”? Are they too edgy for Best Picture? Remember, the winner of Best Picture is the one you’re stuck with forever, at festivals, on TV, and so on. They’re each superior films. But what life will they have beyond March 2nd?

Now the race begins!

Hollywood has rebuked Donald Trump.

Despite all efforts to kill it, “The Apprentice” received two Oscar nominations this morning.

Sebastian Stan was nominated for Best Actor, Jeremy Strong for Supporting Actor.

Stan plays Donald Trump and Strong plays Roy Cohn in their early days when Trump was making his rise through New York media.

The movie depicts Donald raping wife, Ivanka.

Briarcliff Entertainment picked up the film when no one else would. But with no money to promote it, and heavy resistance from the movie’s financiers, “The Apprentice” had a short, sad run in the box office.

But now “The Apprentice” is back in the conversation, big time!

The irony is that in real life Trump thinks he’s going to have an influence on Hollywood by appointing “ambassadors,” the town really hates him.

Trump’s “ambassadors” — Stallone, Gibson, Voight — are meaningless in the real world.

Oscar Noms! Denzel, Daniel Craig, Pamela Anderson, Angelina Jolie, Jamie Lee Curtis, Snubbed!

Remembering Sam Moore, R&B Legend, at an Intimate Miami Funeral With Guests Gloria Estefan, Larry Little, Michael Bolton

Oscar nominations are here at 8:30am Eastern and again at 8:41am.

Early notes: Denzel Washington snubbed his excellent work in “Gladiator II.” Also nothing for Daniel Craig in “Queer,” Angelina Jolie in “Maria,” Pamela Anderson and Jamie Lee Curtis for “The Last Showgirl,” or Nicole Kidman for “Babygirl.”

Selena Gomez missed out for “Emilia Perez.”

Surprising: nothing for Mike Leigh’s “Hard Truths” and star Marianne Jean-Baptiste.

A complete list of this year’s nominees are as follows: Actor in a Leading Role Adrien Brody The Brutalist Timothée Chalamet A Complete Unknown Colman Domingo Sing Sing Ralph Fiennes Conclave Sebastian Stan The Apprentice Actor in a Supporting Role Yura Borisov Anora Kieran Culkin A Real Pain Edward Norton A Complete Unknown Guy Pearce The Brutalist Jeremy Strong The Apprentice Actress in a Leading Role Cynthia Erivo Wicked Karla Sofía Gascón Emilia Pérez Mikey Madison Anora Demi Moore The Substance Fernanda Torres I’m Still Here Actress in a Supporting Role Monica Barbaro A Complete Unknown Ariana Grande Wicked Felicity Jones The Brutalist Isabella Rossellini Conclave Zoe Saldaña Emilia Pérez Animated Feature Film Flow Nominees to be determined Inside Out 2 Kelsey Mann and Mark Nielsen Memoir of a Snail Adam Elliot and Liz Kearney Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl Nominees to be determined The Wild Robot Chris Sanders and Jeff Hermann Animated Short Film Beautiful Men Nicolas Keppens and Brecht Van Elslande In the Shadow of the Cypress Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi Magic Candies Daisuke Nishio and Takashi Washio Wander to Wonder Nina Gantz and Stienette Bosklopper Yuck! Loïc Espuche and Juliette Marquet Cinematography The Brutalist Lol Crawley Dune: Part Two Greig Fraser Emilia Pérez Paul Guilhaume Maria Ed Lachman Nosferatu Jarin Blaschke Costume Design A Complete Unknown Arianne Phillips Conclave Lisy Christl Gladiator II Janty Yates and Dave Crossman Nosferatu Linda Muir Wicked Paul Tazewell Documentary Feature Film Black Box Diaries Shiori Ito, Eric Nyari and Hanna Aqvilin No Other Land Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham Porcelain War Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev, Aniela Sidorska and Paula DuPre’ Pesmen Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat Johan Grimonprez, Daan Milius and Rémi Grellety Sugarcane Nominees to be determined Documentary Short Film Death by Numbers Kim A. Snyder and Janique L. Robillard I Am Ready, Warden Smriti Mundhra and Maya Gnyp Incident Bill Morrison and Jamie Kalven Instruments of a Beating Heart Ema Ryan Yamazaki and Eric Nyari The Only Girl in the Orchestra Molly O’Brien and Lisa Remington Film Editing Anora Sean Baker The Brutalist David Jancso Conclave Nick Emerson Emilia Pérez Juliette Welfling Wicked Myron Kerstein International Feature Film Brazil I’m Still Here Denmark The Girl with the Needle France Emilia Pérez Germany The Seed of the Sacred Fig Latvia Flow Makeup and Hairstyling A Different Man Mike Marino, David Presto and Crystal Jurado Emilia Pérez Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier and Jean-Christophe Spadaccini Nosferatu David White, Traci Loader and Suzanne Stokes-Munton The Substance Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli Wicked Frances Hannon, Laura Blount and Sarah Nuth Music (Original Score) The Brutalist Daniel Blumberg Conclave Volker Bertelmann Emilia Pérez Clément Ducol and Camille Wicked John Powell and Stephen Schwartz The Wild Robot Kris Bowers Music (Original Song) El Mal from Emilia Pérez; Music by Clément Ducol and Camille; Lyric by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard The Journey from The Six Triple Eight; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren Like A Bird from Sing Sing; Music and Lyric by Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada Mi Camino from Emilia Pérez; Music and Lyric by Camille and Clément Ducol Never Too Late from Elton John: Never Too Late; Music and Lyric by Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt and Bernie Taupin Production Design The Brutalist Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Patricia Cuccia Conclave Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Cynthia Sleiter Dune: Part Two Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau Nosferatu Production Design: Craig Lathrop; Set Decoration: Beatrice Brentnerová Wicked Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales Live Action Short Film A Lien Sam Cutler-Kreutz and David Cutler-Kreutz Anuja Adam J. Graves and Suchitra Mattai I’m Not a Robot Victoria Warmerdam and Trent The Last Ranger Cindy Lee and Darwin Shaw The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent Nebojša Slijepčević and Danijel Pek Sound A Complete Unknown Tod A. Maitland, Donald Sylvester, Ted Caplan, Paul Massey and David Giammarco Dune: Part Two Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett and Doug Hemphill Emilia Pérez Erwan Kerzanet, Aymeric Devoldère, Maxence Dussère, Cyril Holtz and Niels Barletta Wicked Simon Hayes, Nancy Nugent Title, Jack Dolman, Andy Nelson and John Marquis The Wild Robot Randy Thom, Brian Chumney, Gary A. Rizzo and Leff Lefferts Visual Effects Alien: Romulus Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin and Shane Mahan Better Man Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft and Peter Stubbs Dune: Part Two Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe and Gerd Nefzer Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story and Rodney Burke Wicked Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, David Shirk and Paul Corbould Writing (Adapted Screenplay) A Complete Unknown Screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks Conclave Screenplay by Peter Straughan Emilia Pérez Screenplay by Jacques Audiard; In collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius and Nicolas Livecchi Nickel Boys Screenplay by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes Sing Sing Screenplay by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar; Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John “Divine G” Whitfield Writing (Original Screenplay) Directing Anora Sean Baker The Brutalist Brady Corbet A Complete Unknown James Mangold Emilia Pérez Jacques Audiard The Substance Coralie Fargeat Best Picture Anora Alex Coco, Samantha Quan and Sean Baker, Producers The Brutalist Nominees to be determined A Complete Unknown Fred Berger, James Mangold and Alex Heineman, Producers Conclave Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell and Michael A. Jackman, Producers Dune: Part Two Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Tanya Lapointe and Denis Villeneuve, Producers Emilia Pérez Nominees to be determined I’m Still Here Nominees to be determined Nickel Boys Nominees to be determined The Substance Nominees to be determined Wicked Marc Platt, Producer

Jamie Lee Curtis is skipping a trip to London next month.

Curtis says she’s not going to the BAFTA Awards on February 16th because of “the fires and COVID.”

The Oscar winner is nominated for Best Supporting Actress for “The Last Showgirl.” Her competition includes Ariana Grande for “Wicked,” and Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldana for “Emilia Perez,” as well as Isabella Rossellini for “Conclave,” and Felicity Jones secured a nod for portraying Adrien Brody’s wife in ” The Brutalist.”

Curtis has a good shot at winning, but she’s also up for a SAG award on February 23rd. It’s not so much fun to fly back from LA to London, even on a private plane!

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Jamie Lee Curtis (@jamieleecurtis)