Oscar nominations have sparked discussions online due to their contentious selections in some categories, there also have been some unanimous picks, including Sebastian Stan’s Best Actor nod for his part in The Apprentice.

Oscar nominations were announced on Thursday, one of the most surprising nods went to Sebastian Stan for Best Actor — the first of his career. The surprise, to be clear, wasn’t seeing Stan’s name in such lofty company.

Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong, Oscar nominated for their portrayals of Roy Cohn and Donald Trump in “The Apprentice,” talk about getting into the characters.

Sebastian Stan earned a Best Actor nomination at this year's Oscars for playing the newly inaugurated U.S. president in "The Apprentice."

Congrats to Mr. Stan on his first Academy Award nod ... After seeing the results myself, I’m still amazed that both Donald Trump and Roy Cohn came off as complicated humans.

Stan scored a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his portrayal of a young Donald Trump in The Apprentice, a film that the president slammed as a “pile of garbage.”

In celebration of his Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for 'The Apprentice,' Jeremy Strong has shared a childhood photo from the 1993 awards, when he waited outside to see the stars. He calls his nomination 'the realization of a lifelong dream.

Other people up for their first Oscars include Zoe Saldaña, Mikey Madison, Sebastian Stan, Fernanda Torres and Isabella Rossellini.

Jeremy Strong is feeling nostalgic upon learning about his first-ever Oscar nomination for his performance as lawyer and fixer Roy Cohn in “The Apprentice,” a dramatization about President Donald Trump’s life as a business mogul in the ’70s and ‘80s.

Oscar nominations have sparked discussions online due to their contentious selections in some categories, there also have been some unanimous picks, including Sebastian Stan’s Best Actor nod for his part in The Apprentice.

Sebastian Stan has had one of the most interesting careers ... a power player in New York real estate under the tutelage of Roy Cohn, played by Jeremy Strong. Both Stan and Strong were nominated ...

The contentious Donald Trump biopic "The Apprentice," which faced fierce opposition from the President, has secured two Academy Award nominations.