2022 Oscar Nominations

On Tuesday morning, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced nominations for the 94th annual Academy Awards and there’s already lots of chatter about notable nominations and snubs.

This year’s ceremony which will be produced by Will Packer and directed by Glenn Weiss, will include 12 nominations for the film The Power of the Dog, 10 nods for Dune, seven for Belfast, and seven for West Side Story.

Additionally, viewers of the Academy Awards will see the Best Actor category include nominations for Denzel Washington for The Tragedy of Macbeth and Will Smith for King Richard, marking the second time the actors have been up against each other for the Oscar.

Back in 2002, Denzel beat out Will for Best Actor for his role as Alonzo Harris in Training Day.  If Denzel beats out Will and the other nominees, he will become the first Black actor to win three Oscars.

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King Richard also received two more notable nominations; one for Aunjanue Ellis, for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Oracene Price…

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and one for Beyoncé for best original song for “Be Alive” from the soundtrack.

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This marks Bey’s very first Oscar nomination and naturally, the BeyHive is ELATED.

All the while people have been rejoicing about the nominees that also include Ariana DeBose for Best Supporting Actress, and a Best Documentary Feature nomination for Questlove’s Summer Of Soul, several people think some standout actresses were snubbed.

Several people on social media are decrying Ruth Negga’s snub for Passing.

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According to movie watchers, the actress was EXCELLENT as Clare Kendry, a Black woman passing for white who is married to a rich, racist white man.

Additionally, there are rumblings that Ruth’s Passing costar Tessa Thompson was snubbed…

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as well as Jennifer Hudson for her portrayal of Aretha Franklin in Respect.

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Some people also think that Lady Gaga was owed a Best Actress nomination for her portrayal of Patrizia Reggiani in House of Gucci. 

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Who do YOU think got snubbed?

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The 94th Academy Awards will air live from Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre on ABC Sunday, March 27—will YOU be watching?

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 Actress

Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
Penélope Cruz, Parallel Mothers
Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos
Kristen Stewart, Spencer

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 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 Supporting Actor

Ciarán Hinds, Belfast
Troy Kotsur, CODA
Jesse Plemons, The Power of the Dog
J.K. Simmons, Being the Ricardos
Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog

Best Director

Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car
Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Steven Spielberg, West Side Story

Best Adapted Screenplay

CODA
Drive My Car
Dune
The Lost Daughter
The Power of the Dog

Best Original Screenplay

Belfast
Don’t Look Up
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
The Worst Person in the World

Best Cinematography

Dune
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story

Best Animated Film

Encanto
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Raya and the Last Dragon

Best Original Score

Don’t Look Up, Nicholas Britell
Dune, Hans Zimmer
Encanto, Germaine Franco
Parallel Mothers, Alberto Iglesias
The Power of the Dog, Jonny Greenwood

Best Original Song

“Be Alive” from King Richard, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Dixson
“Dos Oruguitas” from Encanto, Lin-Manuel Miranda
“Down to Joy” from Belfast, Van Morrison
“No Time to Die” from No Time to Die, Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell
“Somehow You Do” from Four Good Days, Diane Warren

Best Costume Design

Cruella
Cyrano
Dune
Nightmare Alley
West Side Story

Best Makeup & Hairstyling

Coming 2 America
Cruella
Dune
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
House of Gucci

Best Editing

Don’t Look Up
Dune
King Richard
The Power of the Dog
Tick, Tick… Boom!

Best Visual Effects

Dune
Free Guy
No Time to Die
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Spider-Man: No Way Home

Best Production Design

Dune
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story

Best Sound

Belfast
Dune
No Time to Die
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story

Best International Film

Drive My Car
Flee
The Hand of God
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
The Worst Person in the World

Best Documentary

Ascension
Attica
Flee
Summer of Soul
Writing with Fire

Best Documentary Short Subject

Audible
Lead Me Home
The Queen of Basketball
Three Songs for Benazir
When We Were Bullies

Best Animated Short Film

Affairs of the Art
Bestia
Boxballet
Robin Robin
The Windshield Wiper

Best Live-Action Short Film

Ala Kachuu — Take and Run
The Dress
The Long Goodbye
On My Mind
Please Hold