John Williams broke his own record as having the most Oscar-nominations of any person alive. He received his 50th Oscar nomination in 2016.
Domhnall Gleeson stars in four films nominated for an Oscar this; Brooklyn (2015), Ex Machina (2014), The Revenant (2015), Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015).
Two performances nominated in the Best Supporting Actresses category were seen as category fraud; Rooney Mara in Carol (2015) and Alicia Vikander in The Danish Girl (2015). Mara agreed with her misplacement, but claims she wasn't in charge of the campaign. Meanwhile, Vikander, who has more screen-time than Eddie Redmayne, her male counterpart in the film, has not commented on the controversy.
First time in Oscar history that all five Original Song nominees have been the only nomination for their films.
The most nominated films is The Revenant (2015) with 12 nominations, followed by Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) with 10 nominations. Both films stars Tom Hardy, who also received his first Academy Award nomination this year.