overlook The Oscars; Watch This 12 months’s highest Cat movies instead

Pounce on this pawesomeness.

January 14, 2016 sure, Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence scored giant in this morning’s Oscar nominations—but what of their lesser recognized yet arguably extra important counterparts: Leonardo DiCatrio and Jenni-purr Lawrence?

Cat meals brand Meow combine (the corporate chargeable for that meow meow meow meow jingle you gained’t be capable to get out of your head now) is forging its personal stop on the awards season path with the 2016 “Cat’s Meow Awards,” a series of YouTube videos celebrating pawesomeness in all areas of pussycat excellence, featuring cat-egories equivalent to “absolute best Cat Napper,” “best possible Cat Cuddle,” and “highest Cat-hlete.”

in line with a press liberate, the Cat’s Meow Awards have been created to commemorate the “unparalleled cinematic influence that lovable and cuddly cats have had in 2015″—a invaluable cause, particularly in a 12 months that yielded the faintest flickers of hope for humanity but. Nominees have been pulled from more than 25,000 submissions from cat homeowners throughout the U.S., with winners in some way chosen via the esteemed Meow combine Acatemy (in fact), a vote casting body constituted of the arena’s prime cat enthusiasts.

although a video sequence highlighting the year’s most purr-fect cat videos seems a little bit like internet-long gone-too-a long way, the Cat’s Meow Awards reinforce Meow combine’s initiative to give away 50,000 treats from its Irresistibles line.

Watch the nominees and winners in their respective categories here.