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Oscars 2021: A by-the-numbers look at first time nods, career nominations, biggest snubs, record setters, posthumous recognition

A look, by the numbers, at notable facts, figures and trivia from the nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards: 11 — First-time acting nominees. 10 — Nominations for Mank, the most of any film this year, with nods for best picture, best director for Fincher, best actor for Gary Oldman and best-supporting actress for Seyfried. They include Steven Yeun, whose nod for Minari makes him the first Asian American to be nominated for best actor, and Riz Ahmed, who became the first person of Pakistani descent to be nominated in an acting category with his own best actor nod for Sound of Metal. 7 — Actors who have been nominated for Oscars after their deaths, now that Chadwick Boseman has received a posthumous nomination for best actor for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. 5 — African nations that have received nominations for best international feature, now that Tunisia has its first nominee, The Man Who Sold His Skin._ Those five nations have combined for 10 nominated films.

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