Oscar 2022: And the nominations are...

The Oscar fever is back with nominations for the 94th Academy Awards being announced on Tuesday. Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog, an intense western starring Benedict Cumberbatch, leads this year’s Oscar nominations with 12. It is closely followed by Dune, which has 10, and Belfast and West Side Story, which have seven each. Olivia Colman, Benedict Cumberbatch and Andrew Garfield are among the British acting nominees in the leading categories. Dame Judi Dench and Ciarán Hinds are nominated for supporting roles. Both appeared in Belfast, Sir Kenneth Branagh’s autobiographical black-and-white film about a family in Northern Ireland during The Troubles. Nominees were unveiled in all 23 categories, from best picture to best director, along with the acting categories and crafts categories including best sound, best production design, best makeup and hairstyling, and best visual effects. Leslie Jordan and Tracee Ellis Ross hosted the announcement. Where and how to watch: Leslie Jordan and Tracee Ellis Ross will host the announcement, which is being live streamed on Oscar.com and Oscars.org, as well as on the Academy’s digital platforms, including Twitter, YouTube and Facebook. The Oscars ceremony is scheduled to take place on 27 March at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre. Last year, the ceremony took place a Los Angeles train station with no host. Following is the list of key nominations: Best Picture Belfast CODA Don’t Look Up Drive My Car Dune King Richard Licorice Pizza Nightmare Alley The Power of the Dog West Side Story Best Actor Javier Bardem - Being the Ricardos Benedict Cumberbatch - The Power of the Dog Andrew Garfield - Tick, Tick…BOOM! Will Smith - King Richard Denzel Washington - The Tragedy of Macbeth Best Actress Jessica Chastain - The Eyes of Tammy Faye Olivia Coleman - The Lost Daughter Penelope Cruz - Parallel Mothers Nicole Kidman - Being the Ricardos Kristen Stewart - Spencer Best Director Paul Thomas Anderson - Licorice Pizza Kenneth Branagh - Belfast Jane Campion - The Power of the Dog Ryusuke Hamaguchi - Drive My Car Steven Spielberg - West Side Story Best Supporting Actor Ciaran Hinds - Belfast Troy Kotsur - CODA Jesse Plemmons - The Power of the Dog J.K. Simmons - Being the Ricardos Kodi Smit-McPhee - The Power of the Dog Best Supporting Actress  Jessie Buckley - The Lost Daughter Ariana DeBose - West Side Story Judi Dench - Belfast Kirsten Dunst - The Power of the Dog Aunjanue Ellis - King Richard Best Original Screenplay Belfast Don’t Look Up King Richard Licorice Pizza The Worst Person in the World Best Adapted Screenplay CODA Drive My Car Dune The Lost Daughter The Power of the Dog Best Animated Feature Film Encanto Flee Luca The Mitchells vs the Machines Raya and the Last Dragon Best Documentary Film Ascension Attica Flee Summer of Soul Writing With Fire Best International Feature Film Drive My Car - Japan Flee - Denmark The Hand of God - Italy Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom - Bhutan The Worst Person in the World - Norway Best Original Song “No Time to Die” from No Time to Die “Be Alive” from King Richard “Dos Oruguitas” from Encanto “Down to Joy” from Belfast “Somehow You Do” from Four Good Days