It’s almost that time again: on Sunday, March 27, the Oscars will be awarded for the 94th time. Today, the organization behind the Academy Awards announced the nominations. Netflix film The Power of the Dog has the most nominations (12), followed by the cinema hit Dune (10).
Best Picture nominees at the #Oscars pic.twitter.com/88ThWgZm89
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KING RICHARD
Another Netflix film with a shot at multiple frames, including Best Picture, is Don’t Look Up starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence.
King Richard, the film about the father of Serena and Venus Williams, also scores well in the nomination list with six entries. Will Smith, who plays the lead role, is nominated for Best Actor. He takes on Javier Bardem (Being the Ricardos), Benedict Cumberbatch ( The Power of the Dog), Andrew Garfield (Tick, Tick… Boom!) and Denzel Washington ( Tragedy of Macbeth). With this nomination, the latter is the most nominated black actor ever (ten times).
This is a moment we won’t forget. Our #KingRichard family has been nominated by the @TheAcademy for 6 awards including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Film Editing, and Best Original Song. pic.twitter.com/ZFb6x44Pov
— King Richard Film (@KingRichardFilm) February 8, 2022
BEYONCE
King Richard also gave Beyoncé her first Oscar nomination. She is listed with the song Be Alive that she wrote for the film. In the Best Original Song category, she will compete against Billie Eilish’s No Time To Die from the James Bond film of the same name.
Beyoncé has picked up her first Oscar nomination. The power ballad “Be Alive,” which she wrote with the songwriter Dixson for the Venus and Serena Williams biopic “King Richard,” is up for best original song. https://t.co/PkYEmDr1ok
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OTHER NOMINEES
The Best Actress award goes between Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye), Olivia Colman (The Lost Daughter), Penélope Cruz (Parallel Mothers), Nicole Kidman (Being the Ricardos) and Kristen Stewart (Spencer). In the Best Animated Film category, the contenders are Encanto, Flee, Luca, The Michtells vs. the Machines and Raya and the Last Dragon.
Congratulations to all of @WaltDisneyCo's Academy Award nominees, including Best Animated Feature nominees #Encanto, #PixarLuca, and #RayaAndTheLastDragon, Steven Spielberg's #WestSideStory, nominated for seven #Oscars including Best Picture, and more: https://t.co/zP8xvIn8iz pic.twitter.com/EQvRQ7SPPe
— Disney (@Disney) February 8, 2022
FIRST DEAF ACTOR
The name Troy Kotsur may not mean much to you, but the American is the first deaf actor to be nominated for an Oscar. He has a chance to win the award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in CODA.
Troy Kotsur made history as the first deaf actor to be nominated for an Oscar.
In 1987, Marlee Matlin became the first deaf performer to be nominated; she went on to win, for “Children of a Lesser God.” Matlin happens to be Kotsur’s co-star in “CODA.” https://t.co/pn0GTXHd5w
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