Emilia Pérez’ led the pack with 13 nominations, followed by ‘Wicked’ and ‘Conclave.’ And there were a few notable firsts. The Big Apple might be the city that doesn’t sleep, but this morning the City of Angels was abuzz bright and early for the announcement of the 97th Academy Award nominations.

You don’t want to hang out with the doc branch,” quipped Ferrell in an interview with Stephen Colbert about his movie’s lack of Oscar recognition

This morning’s nominations saw some real shake ups, with new favorites emerging and plenty of interesting picks.

Ferrell should be quite familiar with the taunt — "suck it" was infamously hurled at him on "SNL" when he played Alex Trebek in a "Celebrity Jeopardy" sketch.

Will Ferrell jokingly blamed the 'doc branch' of the Academy for his failure to land an Oscar nod for 'Will & Harper'