Oscar 2022: And the nominations are...
FirstpostThe 94th Academy Awards are scheduled to take place on 27 March at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre. Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog, an intense western starring Benedict Cumberbatch, leads this year’s Oscar nominations with 12. Nominees were unveiled in all 23 categories, from best picture to best director, along with the acting categories and crafts categories including best sound, best production design, best makeup and hairstyling, and best visual effects. Following is the list of key nominations: 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 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 Coleman - The Lost Daughter Penelope Cruz - Parallel Mothers Nicole Kidman - Being the Ricardos Kristen Stewart - Spencer Best Director Paul Thomas Anderson - Licorice Pizza Kenneth Branagh - Belfast Jane Campion - The Power of the Dog Ryusuke Hamaguchi - Drive My Car Steven Spielberg - West Side Story Best Supporting Actor Ciaran Hinds - Belfast Troy Kotsur - CODA Jesse Plemmons - 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 Best Original Screenplay Belfast Don’t Look Up King Richard Licorice Pizza The Worst Person in the World Best Adapted Screenplay CODA Drive My Car Dune The Lost Daughter The Power of the Dog Best Animated Feature Film Encanto Flee Luca The Mitchells vs the Machines Raya and the Last Dragon Best Documentary Film Ascension Attica Flee Summer of Soul Writing With Fire Best International Feature Film Drive My Car - Japan Flee - Denmark The Hand of God - Italy Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom - Bhutan The Worst Person in the World - Norway Best Original Song “No Time to Die” from No Time to Die “Be Alive” from King Richard “Dos Oruguitas” from Encanto “Down to Joy” from Belfast “Somehow You Do” from Four Good Days