Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar are up for Oscar nominations in 2023

Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar are reportedly up for a trophy at the 2023 Oscars.

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Both artists are up for nominations in the Best Live Action Short category, thanks to extended music videos for two of their songs – the 10-minute version of ‘All Too Well’ from ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’ and the cut from Lamar ‘Mr. Morale And The Big Steppers ‘We Cry Together’ – was shown in theatres.

Swift premiered the short film “All Too Well” – her directorial debut, starring Sadie Sink (Stranger Things) and Dylan O’Brien.(The Maze Runner) – last November. After premiering at a special event in Manhattan, Swift brought the project to New York’s Tribeca Film Festival, where she stated that “it would be great to write and direct a feature film”.

According to The Hollywood ReporterSwift is in talks with a “high-profile consultancy” to put together a formal campaign for the project – which she described as “a film about a strange, queer young woman who is completely out of her league” – ahead of the season of prizes.

Meanwhile, Lamar began screening his short film for “We Cry Together” – starring himself alongside Taylor Paige.(Zola), who also performs on the song- in June. It hasn’t been released to the public yet, but it was shown in seven performances at the Royal Laemmle Theater in West Los Angeles, one each between Friday, June 3 and Thursday, June 9, making it eligible for this year’s Oscars next. .

Apparently, all screenings of the film took place under the surveillance of a security device, and attendees were not allowed to enter the cinema with their phones. According to The Hollywood Reporterthe majority of people who attended the performances were family and friends of the film crew, although tickets for each performance were also made available to around 20 members of the public.

Riz Ahmed – who is also a musician, performing as Riz MC in the Sweet Shop Boys – was awarded this year’s Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film for the film that accompanied his second solo album, “The Long Goodbye”. Ahmed was also nominated for best actor for his role in Sound Off Metal, film according to NME“it will change the way you listen to music”.

Although she has never been nominated for an Oscar, Swift shines as an actress, appearing in films such as The Lorax Y cats. Later this year, he will star alongside Christian Bale, John David Washington and Margot Robbie in the David O. Russell film amsterdam.

However, Lamar was nominated for an Oscar: in 2019, his SZA-assisted single ‘All The Stars’ – which was the soundtrack to the end credits sequence of Black Panther – it earned a nomination for Best Original Song. Lost to Elton John’s ‘(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again’, which appeared in his biography Rocket man.