In a crowded field of potential acting nominees, many big names and winners of other awards were shut out Thursday from the Academy Award nominations — and one made Oscars history.

Denzel Washington snubbed yet again despite another amazing performance reignites questions about BAFTA’s recognition of diverse talent.

Several stars were snubbed for the forthcoming awards show, which is set to take place on March 2 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

The Oscars offered surprises while giving unexpected love to I’m Still Here and anti-Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice, but they left some casualties along the way in the horror and sci-fi genres.

Elsewhere, movies like Babygirl, Challengers, and Queer came up totally empty, even after earning nominations at other major awards like the Golden Globes.What where the biggest snubs of the Oscar nominations this year?

Those who have been in the running for awards, but missed out on nominations, also include Oscar-winner Nicole Kidman for erotic thriller Babygirl, US singer Selena Gomez for Emilia Perez, Gladiator II actor Denzel Washington and Baywatch star Pamela Anderson for The Last Showgirl.

The 97th Academy Awards have unveiled their roster of nominations, and we’ve got some Oscar omissions to parse through from Thursday morning’s announcement. While these aren’t “snubs” in the classical sense, the term has taken a more colloquial slant in recent times to label award nomination misses that people felt should be there.

Other unexpected news in Thursday morning's announcement included no nominations for Nicole Kidman, Angelina Jolie or 'The Substance's' Margaret Qualley while Monica Barbaro surprised.

The only actors chosen who have previously been nominated are Ralph Fiennes, Adrien Brody, Hugh Grant, Saoirse Ronan, Timothée Chalamet, Jamie Lee Curtis, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Felicity Jones, Colman Domingo and Edward Norton.

The BAFTA nominees were announced this morning but there was no recognition for high profile movies such as Queer, Challengers, Babygirl, and Paddington In Peru. Meanwhile, musical Wicked was shut out of the Best Film and Best Director categories.

The nominations for the 2025 BAFTA Film Awards are in, and as always, they have their fair share of snubs and surprises. At the top of the list of snubs this year are “Wicked,” which missed out on the best film category,

Daniel Craig gave one of his best performances as an American expat in Mexico in the torrid May-December romance in “Queer,” but it hasn’t been resonating with awards voters. The Oscar snub is the final piece in a puzzle that just never came together.