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5 takeaways from the 2025 Oscar nominations

This year's <a href=&quot;https://www.npr.org/2025/01/23/nx-s1-5251597/2025-oscar-nominations-academy-awards&quot;target=&quot;_blank&quot;   >Oscar nominees</a> address big social and political issues, all to varying degrees. And where were the nominations for <em>Challengers </em>and Marianne Jean-Baptiste in<em> Hard Truths</em>!? Clockwise from left: Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott, <em>The Substance, Emilia Pérez, Hard Truths</em>,<em> Challengers</em>, and <em>Wicked.</em> (<i>Richard Harbaugh/The Academy via Getty Images; Metropolitan Films; Shanna Besson/PATHÉ FILMS/Netflix; Bleecker Street; Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures; Universal Pictures‎‎‎‎‎‎</i>)
This year's Oscar nominees address big social and political issues, all to varying degrees. And where were the nominations for Challengers and Marianne Jean-Baptiste in Hard Truths!? Clockwise from left: Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott, The Substance, Emilia Pérez, Hard Truths, Challengers, and Wicked. (Richard Harbaugh/The Academy via Getty Images; Metropolitan Films; Shanna Besson/PATHÉ FILMS/Netflix; Bleecker Street; Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures; Universal Pictures‎‎‎‎‎‎)

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