OSCARS: Here Are the Nominations
Written by KingCnote on February 9, 2022
Leslie Jordan and Tracee Ellis-Ross have just announced the nominees for the Academy Awards. The show airs live on ABC on March 27th.
The Power of the Dog is the frontrunner with 12 nods. Dune is right behind with 10. House of Gucci got snubbed, with just a single nomination for Best Makeup and Hairstyling.
Best Picture
- Belfast
- The Power of the Dog
- King Richard
- Licorice Pizza
- Dune
- CODA
- Don’t Look Up
- West Side Story
- Drive My Car
- Nightmare Alley
Best Director
- Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
- Steven Spielberg – West Side Story
- Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
- Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza
- Ryûsuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car
Best Actor
- Will Smith – King Richard
- Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog
- Andrew Garfield – Tick, Tick… Boom!
- Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth
- Javier Bardem – Being the Ricardos
Best Actress
- Penelope Cruz – Parallel Mothers
- Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos
- Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye
- Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter
- Kristen Stewart – Spencer
Best Supporting Actor
- Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog
- Troy Kotsur – CODA
- Ciarán Hinds – Belfast
- Jesse Plemons – The Power of the Dog
- J.K. Simmons – Being the Ricardos
Best Supporting Actress
- Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
- Judi Dench – Belfast
- Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog
- Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard
- Jessie Buckley – The Lost Daughter
Best Animated Feature
- Encanto
- The Mitchells vs. The Machines
- Flee
- Luca
- Raya and the Last Dragon
Best Score
- Dune – Hans Zimmer
- The Power of the Dog – Jonny Greenwood
- Encanto – Germaine Franco
- Don’t Look Up – Nicholas Britell
- Parallel Mothers – Alberto Iglesias
Best Song
- No Time to Die – “No Time to Die” – Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell
- Encanto – “Dos Oruguitas” – Lin-Manuel Miranda
- King Richard – “Be Alive” – Beyonce
- Belfast – “Down to Joy” – Van Morrison
- Four Good Days – “Somehow You Do” – Diane Warren