A still from The Power Of The Dog. (courtesy: YouTube)HighlightsJudi Dench is now the oldest Best Supporting Actress nominee
The nominees were announced by Tracee Ellis Ross and Leslie Jordan
The Oscars will be held on March 27New Delhi: Oscar fever officially began with the nominees for the 94th Academy Awards announced today. This year’s slate of nominees is unlikely to be criticised as ‘Oscars too White’ with a diverse list of names that includes Will Smith and Denzel Washington for Best Actor, Ryusuke Hamaguchi for Best Director and more. The Power Of The Dog, directed by Jane Campion, leads the nominations with 12 nods including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor for Benedict Cumberbatch, and two Best Supporting Actor nods for Jesse Plemons and Kodi Smit-McPhee. West Side Story, King Richard and Belfast also fetched multiple nods. Judi Dench, 87, is now the oldest nominee for Best Supporting Actress – she is nominated for her performance in Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast. Ariana DeBose is up for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Anita in Steven Spielberg’s version of West Side Story, a role that won Rita Moreno the Oscar in the 1961 film.The Oscar nominations were announced by Black-ish star Tracee Ellis Ross and actor-comedian Leslie Jordan; some awards were announced by a range of guests from actress Phylicia Rashad, wrestler Titus O’Neil and even a group of firefighters. This year, the Oscars are scheduled to take place on March 27 at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre.Last year, the ceremony took place a Los Angeles train station with no host. Another highlight of this year’s Oscars is that it will have a host for the first time since 2018, reported news agency AFP. In 2019, comedian Kevin Hart pulled out of hosting the Academy Awards after homophobic tweets he made several years earlier reemerged. Since then, the Oscars have been host-less.Meanwhile, Tamil film Koozhangal, directed by PS Vinothra, was India’s official entry for the Academy Awards 2022. It failed to make the shortlist. Suriya’s Jai Bhim and Mohanlal’s Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham were officially included in the long list of films eligible for the Oscars 2022.Here are all the nominees:Best Picture:Belfast CODA Don’t Look Up Drive My Car Dune King RichardLicorice PizzaNightmare Alley The Power of the Dog West Side StoryBest Director:Paul Thomas Anderson (Licorice Pizza)Kenneth Branagh (Belfast)Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog)Steven Spielberg (West Side Story)Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Drive My Car)Best Actress:Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye)Olivia Colman (The Lost Daughter)Penélope Cruz (Parallel Mothers)Nicole Kidman (Being the Ricardos)Kristen Stewart (Spencer)Best Actor:Javier Bardem (Being the Ricardos)Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog)Andrew Garfield (Tick, Tick … Boom!)Will Smith (King Richard)Denzel Washington (The Tragedy of Macbeth)Best Supporting Actress:Jesse Buckley (The Lost Daughter)Ariana DeBose (West Side Story)Judi Dench (Belfast)Kirsten Dunst (The Power of the Dog)Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard)Best Supporting Actor:Ciaran Hinds (Belfast)Troy Kotsur (CODA)Jesse Plemons (The Power of the Dog)J.K. Simmons (Being the Ricardos)Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog)Best Original Screenplay:BelfastDon’t Look UpKing RichardLicorice PizzaThe Worst Person in the WorldBest Adapted Screenplay:CODA (Sian Heder)Drive My Car (Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe)Dune (Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve)The Lost Daughter (Maggie Gyllenhaal)The Power of the Dog (Jane Campion)Best International Feature:Japan, Drive My CarDenmark, FleeItaly, The Hand of God Bhutan, Lunana: A Yak in the ClassroomNorway, The Worst Person in the WorldBest Animated Feature:EncantoFlee Luca The Mitchells vs. The Machines Raya and the Last DragonBest Original Score:Don’t Look Up (Nicholas Britell)Dune (Hans Zimmer)Encanto (Germaine Franco)Parallel Mothers (Alberto Iglesias)The Power of the Dog (Jonny Greenwood)Best Original Song:Be Alive- Beyonce Darius Scott (King Richard)Dos Oruguitas – Lin-Manuel Miranda (Encanto)Down to Joy – Van Morrison (Belfast)No Time to Die – Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell (No Time to Die)Somehow You Do – Diane Warren (Four Good Days)Best Documentary Feature:Ascension Attica Flee Summer of Soul Writing With FireBest Documentary ShortAudible Lead Me HomeThe Queen of Basketball Three Songs for Benazir When We Were BulliesBest Live Action Short:Ala Kachuu – Take and RunThe Dress The Long GoodbyeOn My Mind Please HoldBest Animated Short:Affairs of the ArtBestia BoxballetRobin Robin The Windshield WiperBest Sound:Belfast Dune No Time to Die The Power of the Dog West Side StoryBest Production Design:Dune (Zsuzsanna Sipos and Patrice Vermette)Nightmare Alley (Tamara Deverell & Shane Vieau)The Power of the Dog (Grant Major & Amber Richards)The Tragedy of Macbeth (Stefan Dechant & Nancy Haigh)West Side Story (Rena DeAngelo and Adam Stockhausen)Best Cinematography:Dune (Greig Fraser)Nightmare Alley (Dan Lausten)The Power of the Dog (Ari Wegner)The Tragedy of Macbeth (Bruno Delbonnel)West Side Story (Janusz Kaminski)Best Makeup And Hair:The Eyes of Tammy FayeHouse of Gucci Coming 2 America Cruella DuneBest Costume Design:Cruella (Jenny Beavan)Cyrano (Massimo Cantini Parrini)Dune (Jacqueline West)Nightmare Alley (Luis Sequeira)West Side Story (Paul Tazewell)Best Film Editing:Don’t Look Up (Hank Corwin)Dune (Joe Walker)King Richard (Pamela Martin)The Power of the Dog (Peter Sciberras)Tick, Tick… Boom! (Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum)Best Visual Effects:DuneFree GuyShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings No Time to Die Spider-Man: No Way HomeThe Oscars, this year, are scheduled in March to reportedly avoid clash with February’s Winter Olympics and the Super Bowl in Los Angeles, reported news agency AFP.(With inputs from AFP)
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