“The Favourite” and “Roma” led the 2019 Oscar nominations with 10 nods each, including Best Picture, on Tuesday morning.
“A Star Is Born” and “Vice” scored eight nominations each, while “Black Panther” earned seven. “BlacKkKlansman” received six nominations. “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “Green Book” each scored five nominations.
The coveted Best Picture nominations went to “BlacKkKlansman,” “Black Panther,” “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “The Favourite,” “Green Book,” “Roma,” “A Star Is Born” and “Vice.”
“Black Panther” is the first comic book-based film to earn a Best Picture nomination. Another cool record: “Roma” has tied the record of 10 nominations held by “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” from 2000 for the most nominations received by a foreign language film, and it is also the fifth film to be nominated in both the Best Foreign Language Film and Best Picture categories. In the acting categories, eight are first-time nominees.
Best Actor nominees include Christian Bale (“Vice), Bradley Cooper (“A Star Is Born”), Willem Dafoe (“At Eternity’s Gate”), Rami Malek (“Bohemian Rhapsody”) and Viggo Mortensen (“Green Book”). Best Actress nominees are Yalitza Aparicio (“Roma”), Glenn Close (“The Wife”), Olivia Colman (“The Favourite”), Lady Gaga (“A Star Is Born”) and Melissa McCarthy (“Can You Ever Forgive Me?”)
Other films nominated on Tuesday morning include Barry Jenkins’ “If Beale Street Could Talk” (three nominations), “Mary Poppins Returns” (four nominations), “First Man” (four nominations), “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” (three nominations) and “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” (three nominations).
Kumail Nanjiani and Tracee Ellis Ross unveiled the list of nominees in the 24 Oscar categories starting at 8:20 a.m. ET/5:20 a.m. PT. The 91st Academy Awards will be broadcast on ABC on Sunday, Feb. 24 at 8 p.m ET/5 p.m. PT.