Temilade Openiyi, a popular Nigerian singer, has once has again made the country proud.
The singer made Nigeria proud with her historic nomination in the 2023 Oscars for her contribution as a songwriter on ‘Lift Me Up’, one of the soundtracks on Marvel’s “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”.
Tems co-wrote “Lift Me Up” with global singer, Rihanna; music producer, Ludwig Göransson; and Black Panther’s director, Ryan Coogler.
The full list of nominations was released on Tuesday with multiverse sci-fi smash, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”, topping the list with 11 nominations.
This was followed by Irish dark comedy, “The Banshees of Inisherin”, and World War I flick, “All Quiet on the Western Front”, at nine each.
Here are the nominees in key categories for the 95th Academy Awards, to be handed out in Los Angeles on March 12.
– Best picture –
“All Quiet on the Western Front”
“Avatar: The Way of Water”
“The Banshees of Inisherin”
“Elvis”
“Everything Everywhere All at Once”
“The Fabelmans”
“Tar”
“Top Gun: Maverick”
“Triangle of Sadness”
“Women Talking”
– Best director –
Martin McDonagh, “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Steven Spielberg, “The Fabelmans”
Todd Field, “Tar”
“Argentina, 1985” (Argentina)
“Close” (Belgium)
“EO” (Poland)
“The Quiet Girl” (Ireland)
Music (Original Song)
Applause
Hold My Hand
Lift Me Up
Naatu Naatu
This Is A Life
– Best animated feature –
“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”
“Marcel the Shell With Shoes On”
“Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”
“The Sea Beast”
“Turning Red”
– Best documentary feature –
“All That Breathes”
“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed”
“Fire of Love”
“A House Made of Splinters”
“Navalny”
– Films with seven or more nominations –
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” – 11
“All Quiet on the Western Front” – 9
“The Banshees of Inisherin” – 9
“Elvis” – 8
“The Fabelmans” – 7
