Moments ago, the nominees for the 91st Academy Awards were revealed.
While there were no clear favorites at the front of the field, the Motion Picture Academy continues to trudge toward inclusivity, with popular choices like Black Panther at the front of the pack.
All of this as the February 24 telecast is still without a host. Whether he quit or was disinvited is up for debate, but what is clear is that Hart’s old anti-gay statements came back to haunt him — and even though he said he’d apologized repeatedly long ago, no evidence of that claim could be found.
This year, how well the LGBTQ community is represented depends largely on perspective. Rami Malek was nominated for his work as reputedly bisexual Queen frontman Freddy Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody — a film that’s become known as an often watered-down and distorted portrayal of the late lead singer. And comic Melissa McCarthy surprised viewers and critics alike in Can You Ever Forgive Me? in which she plays lesbian forger Lee Israel.
More Hot StoriesThe Netflix reminiscence of director Alfonso Cuaron’s youth in Mexico, Roma, tied the Emma Stone period comedy The Favourite with ten nominations. Following close behind were actor Bradley Cooper’s director debut, A Star is Born, and the Christian Bale acting tour-de-force, Vice.
Despite his film being nominated, Cooper did not receive a nod as best director. Critics have long groused that a film nominated for best picture cannot be the best picture without the director crafting it so. Likewise, the Academy decided to not nominate Timothée Chalomet two years in a row, as the Call Me By Your Name star was overlooked for his performance as a drug addict in Beautiful Boy.
Elsewhere, Claire Foy — so popular with audiences after her performance as Queen Elizabeth II in Netflix’ The Crown — was not nominated for her supporting role opposite Ryan Gosling in First Man, the Neil Armstrong moon landing biopic. Mary Queen of Scots‘ Margot Robbie was also absent from the best supporting actress nominees.
Oddsmakers this season are likely to focus on the Best Actress category, where Glenn Close is nominated her role in The Wife, while Lady Gaga could win her first statuette in the same category for A Star Is Born.
Here is the complete list of nominees:
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Christian Bale, Vice
Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born
Willem Dafoe, At Eternity’s Gate
Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
Viggo Mortensen, Green Book
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Yalitza Aparicio, Roma
Glenn Close, The Wife
Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born
Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
BEST PICTURE
Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
Green Book
Roma
A Star Is Born
Vice
Spike Lee
Pawel Pawlikowski
Yorgos Lanthimos
Alfonso Cuarón
Adam McKay
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Amy Adams, Vice
Marina de Tavira, Roma
Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
Emma Stone, The Favourite
Rachel Weisz, The Favourite
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Mahershala Ali, Green Book
Adam Driver, BlackKKlansman
Sam Elliott, A Star Is Born
Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me
Sam Rockwell, Vice
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Capernaum
Cold War
Never Look Away
Roma
Shoplifters
DOCUMENTARY (SHORT)
Black Sheep
End Game
Lifeboat
A Night at the Garden
Period. End of Sentence.
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Free Solo
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Minding the Gap
Of Fathers and Sons
RBG
ORIGINAL SONG
“All The Stars” – Black Panther
“I’ll Fight” – RBG
“Shallow” – A Star Is Born
“The Place Where Lost Things Go” – Mary Poppins Returns
“When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings” – The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Mirai
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
BlacKkKlansman
“Can You Ever Forgive Me?
If Beale Street Could Talk
A Star Is Born
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
First Reformed
Green Book
Roma
The Favourite
Vice
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Black Panther
The Favourite
First Man
Mary Poppins Returns
Roma
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Cold War
The Favourite
Never Look Away
Roma
A Star Is Born
COSTUME DESIGN
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Black Panther
The Favourite
Mary Poppins Returns
Mary Queen of Scots
SOUND EDITING
A Quiet Place
Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody
First Man
Roma
SOUND MIXING
Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody
First Man
Roma
A Star Is Born
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Animal Behaviour
Bao
Late Afternoon
One Small Step
Weekends
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Detainment
Fauve
Marguerite
Mother
Skin
ORIGINAL SCORE
Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
If Beale Street Could Talk
Isle of Dogs
Mary Poppins Returns
VISUAL EFFECTS
Avengers: Infinity War
Christopher Robin
First Man
Ready Player One
Solo: A Star Wars Story
FILM EDITING
BlacKkKlansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
Green Book
The Favourite
Vice
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Border
Mary Queen of Scots
Vice
Last modified: January 22, 2019
