Leonardo DiCaprio, Gisele Bündchen & Extra Moments

And there are additionally some just-barely seen strings between this yr’s ceremony and its mid-aughts counterpart. For one, Everlasting Sunshine of the Spotless Thoughts earned a win for Greatest Authentic Screenplay on the 2005 ceremony. Years later, Ariana Grande—nominated on the 2025 ceremony for Greatest Supporting Actress after enjoying Glinda in Depraved—wrote an album honoring the movie, which is one in all her favorites, with 2024’s everlasting sunshine. 

As for the Greatest Image nominees, Timothée Chalamet was considerably proper when he admitted in his SAG acceptance speech for Greatest Actor in A Full Unknown that the biopic style could possibly be “maybe drained.” In any case, the 2005 lineup included one in their very own shortlist, Ray, which examined the lifetime of the formidable soul musician Ray Charles. The win in 2005 went to Million Greenback Child, however Ray scooped up two awards for Greatest Actor and Greatest Sound Mixing. 

The ball remains to be in anybody’s court docket in terms of the 97th ceremony, however 20 years later, film buffs clearly haven’t grown utterly bored with the biopic but—simply look at last year’s Best Picture winner. 

In anticipation for tonight’s ceremony, preserve studying for extra highlights from the 2005 Academy Awards…