The 2020 Oscar Nominations That Made History

The 2020 Oscar nominees were announced Monday morning and along with a slew of snubs and surprises, the reveal holds a handful of historical firsts for this year's nominations from the Academy. The historical nominations can be seen below. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=oscar-nominations-snubs-2020-all-the-major-misses-from-the-academy-this-year&captions=true"] Parasite Makes History Director Bong Joon Ho's Parasite is the first-ever Korean film to receive a nomination for Best Picture, along with being the first from the county to be nominated in the International Feature Film category, according to LA Times. In total, Parasite was nominated in six Oscar categories, including Best Director, Original Screenplay, Production Design, and Film Editing. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/12/20/igns-best-movie-of-2019"] Scarlett Johansson's First Oscars A record-breaking 62 women were nominated for awards this year from the Academy, which is approximately 1/3 of the nominees, as reported by NYT – but none of which were nominated for the Best Director category, including Greta Gerwig's Little Women, which ended up with six nominations, including Best Picture. Scarlett Johansson received nominations in two acting categories – for two separate films – along with being nominated for an Oscar for the first time this year in her career.

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The 2020 Oscar Nominations That Made History

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