Emmy-winning actor-comedian Leslie Jordan (Will & Grace, The Help) and Emmy-nominated actor-CEO-producer Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish, The High Note) announced the 94th Oscar nominations this morning. While Belfast, Dune (10 nominations) and West Side Story leads the pack of films, the top dog honors literally belong to the top dog, Jane Campion’s intense western, The Power of the Dog. The Netflix film scored 12 nominations.
This year’s Oscar contenders features a full slate of 10 Best Picture nominees, due to a change in the rules (for nearly a decade the Best Picture field has had a variable number of nominees between five and 10). Belfast, CODA, Don’t Look Up, Drive My Car, Dune, King Richard, Licorice Pizza, Nightmare Alley, The Power of the Dog and West Side Story all landed Best Picture nominations this year.
According to Deadline, Steven Spielberg the only person in history to receive 11 nominations in the Academy’s top category. The film’s other nominated producer is Kristie Macosko Krieger. The achievement puts Spielberg above Scott Rudin, who has 9, and the director’s longtime producing partner Kathleen Kennedy, who has 8.
The Academy thanked Spider-Man: No Way Home and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings for saving the global box office last year by giving them one nomination each – in the Visual Effects category.When will the Academy realize that some superhero films do carry the emotional weight of other nominees?
Below, in alphabetical order, are the Oscar nominees in all 23 categories:
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”
BEST DIRECTOR
- 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”
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 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 SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Ciarin 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 SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Jessie Buckley, “The Lost Daughter”
- Ariana DeBose, “West Side Story”
- Judi Dench, “Belfast”
- Kirsten Dunst, “The Power of the Dog”
- Aunjanue Ellis, “King Richard”
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BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- “CODA”
- “Drive My Car”
- “Dune”
- “The Lost Daughter”
- “The Power of the Dog”
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- “Belfast”
- “Don’t Look Up”
- “King Richard”
- “Licorice Pizza”
- “The Worst Person in the World”
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
- “Dune”
- “Nightmare Alley”
- “The Power of the Dog”
- “The Tragedy of Macbeth”
- “West Side Story”
BEST FILM EDITING
- “Don’t Look Up”
- “Dune”
- “King Richard”
- “The Power of the Dog”
- “tick, tick…BOOM!”
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
- “Dune”
- “Nightmare Alley”
- “The Power of the Dog”
- “The Tragedy of Macbeth”
- “West Side Story”
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
- “Cruella”
- “Cyrano”
- “Dune”
- “Nightmare Alley”
- “West Side Story”
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
- “Coming 2 America”
- “Cruella”
- “Dune”
- “The Eyes of Tammy Faye”
- “House of Gucci”
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
- “Don’t Look Up”
- “Dune”
- “Encanto”
- “Parallel Mothers”
- “The Power of the Dog”
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
- “Be Alive,” “King Richard”
- “Dos Oruguitas,” “Encanto”
- “Down to Joy,” “Belfast”
- “No Time To Die,” “No Time to Die”
- “Somehow You Do You,” “Four Good Days”
BEST SOUND
- “Belfast”
- “Dune”
- “No Time To Die”
- “The Power of the Dog”
- “West Side Story”
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
- “Dune”
- “Free Guy”
- “No Time to Die”
- “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”
- “Spider-Man: No Way Home”
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
- “Drive My Car”
- “Flee”
- “The Hand of God”
- “Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom”
- “The Worst Person in the World”
BEST ANIMATED FILM
- “Encanto”
- “Flee”
- “Luca”
- “The Mitchells Vs. The Machines”
- “Raya and the Last Dragon”
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
- “Ascension”
- “Attica”
- “Flee”
- “Summer of Soul…or When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised”
- “Writing With Fire”
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
- “Audible”
- “Lead Me Home”
- “The Queen of Basketball”
- Three Songs for Benazir”
- “When We Were Bullies”
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
- “Affairs of the Art”
- “Bestia”
- “Box Ballet”
- “Robin Robin”
- “The Windshield Wiper”
BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT
- “Ala Kachuu – “Take and Run”
- “The Dress”
- “The Long Goodbye”
- “On My Mind”
- “Please Hold”
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Hoping for a return to normalcy from 2021, the 94th Academy Awards will pass out the Oscar statuettes on March 27. The show will be produced by Will Packer.
Colin Costello is the West Coast Editor of Reel 360. Contact him at colin@reel360.com or follow him on Twitter at @colinthewriter1
