This year’s Academy Award nominations were announced this morning by Leslie Jordan and Tracee Ellis Ross.
The Power of the Dog led with 12 nominations, including for Best Picture, Best Actor for Benedict Cumberbatch and Best Directing for Jane Campion. Dune followed closely behind with 10 nominations, including Best Picture but no acting or directing nods. Belfast scored seven nominations, including Best Picture, and Best Director and Best Screenplay for Kenneth Branagh. However, lead actors Jamie Dornan and Caitriona Balfe were snubbed. House of Gucci was largely ignored, including Lady Gaga who received SAG and BAFTA nominations. The film received one nomination -- for Best Makeup and Hairstyling.
The 94th annual Academy Awards will take place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on March 27, 2022 and will be televised live on ABC.
Best Picture
Belfast
Coda
Don’t Look Up
Drive My Car
Dune
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story
Actor in a Leading Role
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
Actress in a Leading Role
Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
Penélope Cruz, Parallel Mothers
Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos
Kristen Stewart, Spencer
Actor in a Supporting Role
Ciarán 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
Actress in a Supporting Role
Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Judi Dench, Belfast
Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog
Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
Directing
Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car
Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Steven Spielberg, West Side Story
Adapted Screenplay
Coda
Drive My Car
Dune
The Lost Daughter
The Power of the Dog
Original Screenplay
Belfast
Don’t Look Up
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
The Worst Person in the World
Animated Feature Film
Encanto
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Raya and the Last Dragon
Cinematography
Dune
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story
Costume Design
Cruella
Cyrano
Dune
Nightmare Alley
West Side Story
Documentary Feature
Ascension
Attica
Flee
Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Writing With Fire
Documentary Short Subject
Audible
Lead Me Home
The Queen of Basketball
Three Songs for Benazir
When We Were Bullies
Film Editing
Don’t Look Up
Dune
King Richard
The Power of the Dog
tick, tick…BOOM!
International Feature Film
Drive My Car
Flee
The Hand of God
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
The Worst Person in the World
Makeup and Hairstyling
Coming 2 America
Cruella
Dune
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
House of Gucci
Original Score
Don’t Look Up
Dune
Encanto
Parallel Mothers
The Power of the Dog
Original Song
“Be Alive,” King Richard
“Dos Oruguitas,” Encanto
“Down to Joy,” Belfast
“No Time to Die,” No Time to Die
“Somehow You Do,” Four Good Days
Production Design
Dune
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story
Short Film (Animated)
Affairs of the Art
Bestia
Boxballet
Robin Robin
The Windshield Wiper
Short Film (Live Action)
Ala Kachuu — Take and Run
The Dress
The Long Goodbye
On My Mind
Please Hold
Sound
Belfast
Dune
No Time to Die
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story
Visual Effects
Dune
Free Guy
No Time to Die
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Spider-Man: No Way Home
to be honest the only ones I saw are WEST SIDE STORY and CRUELLA and not the new ones the old ones so cant comment on them but if west side is as good as the old one it will win if not WELL will see maybe imean about seeing good look to all the nominees and a little special good luck too the 2 Spaniards nominated GOOD LUCK BARDEM AND PENELOPE
Don’t Look Up shouldn't be on this list at all....it wasn't crap but wasn't great either, it amazing that The Eyes of Tammy Faye and spencer didn't get much of anything
Kristen Stewart should not have been nominated. She was terrible in Twilight and she played exactly the same character in Spencer - herself. Complete with twitching and halting words. The entire movie was a sham, it basically shows Princess Diana to be mentally ill, with hallucinations and not even trying to be gracious. She was a Lady before she married Charles, no one brought up like that would show such bad manners. If she wins, the Oscars will be a joke. She obviously has too many friends in the business that voted for her. This is Academy politics at its worst.
Where was The Velvet Queen? A stunningly gorgeous documentary of the elusive Himalayan snow leopard. Did nobody see this?
Well, the academy has certainly accomplished their "woke" agenda of inclusion, equity, and diversity. I haven't even heard 95% of the people and all of the movies. The Oscars are officially ruined, tired, and over. I am glad the left has destroyed their own industry awards rather than some other profession's. The show should be boring and a narcoleptics dream.