Kendrick Lamar and SZA Score Oscar Nomination
Kendrick Lamar and SZA are headed to the Oscars.
The TDE duo scored their first-ever nomination for Original Song for “All the Stars” from Black Panther at the 91st Academy Awards.
Other nominees in the category include Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s “Shallow” (A Star Is Born), Diane Warren’s “I’ll Fight” (RBG), Marc Shaiman’s “The Place Where Lost Things Go” (Mary Poppins Returns), and David Rawlings and Gillian Welch’s “When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings” (The Ballad of Buster Scruggs).
Congratulations to the Original Song nominees #OscarNoms pic.twitter.com/8Fn5evqrYt
— The Academy (@TheAcademy) January 22, 2019
Black Panther received seven nominations in total including Best Picture, Original Score, Original Song, Production Design, Costume Design, Sound Editing, and Sound Mixing. The Ryan Coogler-directed film makes history as the first superhero movie to be nominated for Best Picture.
“All the Stars” was previously nominated for a Golden Globe and is up for four awards at next month’s Grammys.
In addition to Original Song, Lady Gaga earned her first Oscar nomination for Leading Actress for her role in A Star Is Born, which landed eight nods.
The Oscars will air live from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 24, at 8 p.m. EST.