Rami Malek has picked up an Academy Award nomination for his efficiency as Freddie Mercury within the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody. The movie was additionally nominated within the Best Picture category. His Best Actor nomination is the actor’s first ever Oscar nod. Other Best Actor nominees are Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born), Willem Defoe (At Eternity’s Gate), Viggo Mortensen (Green Book), Christian Bale (Vice).
Bohemian Rhapsody was additionally nominated within the sound enhancing, sound mixing, and movie enhancing classes.
Earlier this month, Malek gained the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture. Bohemian Rhapsody won Best Motion Picture, Drama. The movie is the highest-grossing music biopic of all time.
Read Pitchfork’s overview of Bohemian Rhapsody and its soundtrack.
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