2019 Oscar nominations: 'Roma' and 'The Favourite' lead the pack
Oscar voters showered Alfonso Cuarón's black-and-white drama "Roma" and Yorgos Lanthimos' royalty farce "The Favourite" with 10 nominations apiece Tuesday morning, putting the celebrated films at the front of a wide-open race for the top prize.
But the academy also honored popular favorites including Ryan Coogler's smash-hit superhero juggernaut "Black Panther" and Bradley Cooper's swooning musical remake "A Star Is Born" — nods that could draw a greater number of viewers to the telecast and help reverse a yearslong rating slump.
A total of eight movies will compete in the best picture race: "Black Panther," the docudrama "BlacKkKlansman," the Freddie Mercury biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody," "The Favourite," the road trip comedy "Green Book," "Roma," "A Star Is Born," and the Dick Cheney takedown "Vice."
The pack of nominees included a few milestones.
The streaming giant Netflix, which distributed "Roma," scored its first best picture nomination — an achievement that could help cement its muscle in an industry that remains anxious about the future of moviegoing. "Roma," a dreamlike portrait of a domestic worker (best actress nominee Yalitza Aparicio) in 1970s Mexico, was given a brief theatrical run before arriving worldwide on Netflix.
"Black Panther" became the first superhero movie to land a spot in the best picture race, a decade after a high-profile snub of "The Dark Knight" spurred the Academy to expand the number of possible contenders. "Panther," a critical darling and the third-highest-grossing movie in U.S. box-office history, racked up seven nods total, mainly in technical categories such as production design and costume design.
Oscar Nominations 2019: The Complete List
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Supporting Actress: Amy Adams, “Vice” Marina de Tavira, “Roma” Regina King, “If Beale Street Could Talk” Emma Stone, “The Favourite” Rachel Weisz, “The Favourite”
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