Superheroes & Stars: Black Panther makes history with Academy Awards Best Picture nomination while Roma and The Favourite lead pack with 10 nods…. and Lady Gaga will face off with Glen Close AGAIN
- Roma and The Favourite each scored 10 Oscar nods with nominations for the Academy Awards were announced on Tuesday
- Lady Gaga is up for two awards and will take on Glenn Close for Best Actress, while Bradley Cooper was snubbed in the Best Director category
- Black Panther became the first superhero film to earn a Best Picture nomination, and is up for seven awards
- The winners will be announced on February 24 at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles
The Oscar nominations were announced on Tuesday morning in Los Angeles, with super stars and superheroes leading the list of this year’s nominees.
Roma led the pack with 10 nominations, including four nods for director and writer Alfanso Cuaron, tying with The Favourite.
Lady Gaga grabbed two nominations, and will take on six-time nominee Glenn Close as both women hope to walk home with their first Oscar when the winners are announced on February 24 at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles.
The film also earned an acting nod for star Bradley Cooper, who was not nominated for Best Director.
And for the first time in history, a superhero film is up for Best Picture.
The Favourite led this year’s list of Oscar nominees with 10 nods, inclduing Best Actress Olivia Colman (above)
Shallow: Lady Gaga (above with Cooper)is up for two awards and will take on Glenn Close for Best Actress, while Bradley Cooper was snubbed in the Best Director category
Black Panther managed to pick up seven nominations overall, and will battle with Star, Bohemian Rhapsody, The Favourite, Green Book, BlacKkKlansman, Roma, If Beale Street Could Talk, Mary Poppins Returns and Crazy Rich Asians.
The Supporting Actor category will pit the men who won the award in the same category the past two years against one another, as Mahershala Ali (Green Book) and Sam Rockwell (Vice) take on Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?), Sam Elliott (A Star Is Born) and Adam Driver (BlacKkKlansman).
It was big morning for Roma star Marina de Taviras, who was a surprise addition to the Best Supporting Actress lineup, joining Sapphic foes Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz (The Favourite), six-time nominee Amy Adams (Vice) and frontrunner Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk).
There was a bit is a surprise in the Best Actor category as well, with Willem Dafoe (At Eternity’s Gate) managing to sneak in to join Christian Bale (Vice), Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody), Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born) and Viggo Mortensen (Green Book).
In the actress category, Roma breakout Yalitza Aparicio will join Close, Gaga, Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?) and critical darling Olivia Colman (The Favourite).