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With Lady Gaga, Selena Gomez and Ariana Grande Vying for Awards Attention, Oscar Season Is Entering Its Pop Star Era


Will pop stars Lady Gaga, Selena Gomez and Ariana Grande find themselves in the supporting actress Oscars race?

5 on Variety’s prediction charts) delivers a remarkable performance as Jessi, the wife of a drug lord in Jacques Audiard’s Spanish-language musical “Emilia Pérez,” France’s official submission for the international feature race. Coming on the heels of her recent Emmy acting nom for Hulu’s mystery comedy “Only Murders in the Building,” Gomez is having a career-defining year that could soon add an Oscar nomination to her list of accolades, especially with the power of Netflix. Still, despite landing Globe, SAG, Critics Choice, and BAFTA noms, she was snubbed by the Academy, much to the dismay of her “Little Monsters.” With the recently announced release of her new album, “Harlequin,” a soundtrack to the film offers a one-two punch of cinematic and musical brilliance.

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