Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan’s “Everything Everywhere All at Once” received 11 nominations on Tuesday, including nods for Michelle Yeoh and comeback kid Ke Huy Quan.
The 10 films for best picture are: “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” “The Banshees of Inisherin,” “The Fabelmans,” “Tár,” “Top Gun: Maverick,” “Avatar: The Way of Water,” ” Elvis ,” “All Quiet on the Western Front,” “Speaking Woman” and “Sad Triangle.”
The nominations were announced Tuesday from the academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Riz Ahmed and Allison Williams.
If last year’s Oscars were dominated by streaming – Apple TV +’s “CODA” won best picture and Netflix got 27 major nominations – films that attracted a large number of moviegoers after two years of the pandemic made many contenders for the best this year.
The nominees for best actress are: Ana de Armas, “Blonde”; Cate Blanchett, “Tár”; Andrea Riseborough, “To Leslie”; Michelle Williams, “The Fabelmans”; Michelle Yeoh, “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”
Nominated for best actor: Brendan Fraser, “The Whale”; Colin Farrell, “The Banshees of Inisherin”; Austin Butler, “Elvis”; Bill Nighy, “Life”; Paul Mescal, “Aftersun”
Best supporting actress nominees are: Angela Bassett, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”; Hong Chau, “The Pope”; Kerry Condon, “The Banshees of Inisherin”; Jamie Lee Curtis, “Everything Everywhere Everything at Once”; Stephanie Hsu, “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”
Nominees for best supporting actor are: Brian Tyree Henry, “Causeway”; Judd Hirsch, “The Fabelmans”; Brendan Gleeson, “Banshees in Inisherin”; Barry Keoghan, “Banshees of Inisherin”; Ke Huy Quan, “Everything Everywhere Everything Together.”
The nominations for international films are: “All Quiet on the Western Front” (Germany); “Argentina, 1985” (Argentina); “Close” (Belgium); “EO” (Poland); “The Quiet Girl” (Ireland).
Nominations for original screenplay are: “Everything Everywhere All at Once”; “The Banshees of Inisherin”; “The Fabelmans”; “Tar”; “The Triangle of Sorrow.”
Nominated for best original score: Volker Bertelmann, “All Quiet on the Western Front”; Justin Hurwitz, “Babylon”; Carter Burwell, “The Banshees of Inisherin”; Son Lux, “Everything everywhere Everything together”; John Williams, “The Fabelmans.”
The nominees for best animated film are: “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”; “Marcel Shell With Shoes”; “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”; “Sea animals”; “Turn red.”
If last year’s Oscars were dominated by streaming – Apple TV +’s “CODA” won best picture and Netflix received 27 nominations – films that drew audiences to multiplexes made many of the best contenders this year.
Steven Spielberg’s “The Fabelmans” is struggling to catch up with the audience, but the director’s autobiographical coming-of-age story is set to receive Spielberg’s 20th Oscar nomination and eighth nod for best director. John Williams, the longtime composer, broke the record for the most Oscar nominations for a living person. Another nod for best score would give Williams his 53rd nomination, a number tied only to Walt Disney’s 59.
Last year’s broadcast drew 15.4 million viewers, according to Nielsen, up 56% from the lowest audience of 10.5 million for the pandemic-ravaged 2021 broadcast. This year, ABC brought back Jimmy Kimmel to host the March 12 ceremony, which will surely be seen as a return to the slap site.
But the bigger concerns are in the movie business. Last year saw a triumphant resurgence for cinema, like the success of “Top Gun: Maverick,” after two years of the pandemic. But due in part to a less steady stream of major releases, ticket sales for the year only recovered to about 70% of pre-pandemic business. Regal Cinemas, the nation’s second-largest chain, announced the closing of 39 theaters this month.
At the same time, a storm cloud entered the world of streaming after years of endless growth. Shares tumbled as Wall Street looked to streaming services for profit, not just adding subscribers. A retrenchment has followed, as the industry once again enters an uncertain chapter.
In stark contrast to last year’s Academy Awards, this year there may be no streaming titles vying for the most sought-after Oscar honors — though the final spot in the field of 10 best movies remains up for grabs. The best pictures on Netflix come in other categories, especially with the favorite animated film “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” and the German submission, “All Quiet on the Western Front.”
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