Peele and his colleague, Greta Gerwig, also made headway as first-time filmmakers who broke into the coveted Best Director race.
And we made connections to the Screen Actors Guild Awards winners, who all got Oscar nominations — so we wonder if that makes them frontrunners in their respective categories.
AwardsBlend co-hosts Sean O’Connell, Kevin McCarthy and Jake Hamilton hop behind their microphones this week to talk about the various Oscar nominations, where Guillermo del Toro’s sci-fi creature romance The Shape of Water led all contenders with 13 noms, but Jordan Peele’s Get Out followed right behind.