NEW YORK – One year later A streaming service won Hollywood’s top honor For the first time, big-screen spectacles dominate the nominations for the 95th… Academy Awards on Tuesday.
Nominations will be announced at 8:30 am EST at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California. They will air live on ABC’s Good Morning America and be live streamed Oscars.org, Oscars.com and on several Academy social media platforms. Riz Ahmed (“Sound of Metal”) and Allison Williams (“M3gan”) will read the nominees.
if things go as expected, Top Gun: Maverick, Avatar: The Way of Water, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and Elvis all had between six and nine nominations. While last year’s Oscars were dominated by streaming — Apple TV+’s “CODA” won best picture and Netflix landed 27 nominations — movies that lured moviegoers into multiplexes make up many of this year’s top contenders.
These include “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” A24’s sci-fi indie hit. Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan’s multiverse skipping history could walk away with the most nominations on Tuesday, including nods for Michelle Yeoh and Comeback kid Ke Huy Quan.
Also on the front of the pack is “The Banshees of Inisherin”, Martin McDonagh’s Irish dark comedy will receive up to four acting nominations, including nominations for Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson.
Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans Has struggled to gain traction with audiences, but the director’s coming-of-age autobiographical story will earn Spielberg his 20th Academy Award nomination and his eighth Best Director nomination. John Williams, its longtime composer, looks set to extend its record for most Oscar nominations for a living person. Another nod for best score will earn Williams his 53rd nomination, a number short of only Walt Disney’s 59.
However, many questions remain, such as whether love for “Top Gun: Maverick” will go far enough to earn Tom Cruise a Best Actor nomination. The other highest-grossing blockbuster of the year, “Avatar: The Way of Water” should do well in the technical categories, although it’s less certain that director James Cameron will make it into the best director field. This was followed by the first consecutive wins for women filmmakers in this category – Chloe Zhao (“Nomadland”) in 2021, Jane Campion (“The Power of the Dog”) last year – no women are expected to be nominated for Best Director.
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences is sure to celebrate a best frame populated with blockbusters. Ratings for the television show have typically been higher for years, with well-watched films among favorites. Last year’s awards had previously looked like a comeback edition for the Oscars “The punch” came to define the ceremony. Subsequently, the Academy banned Will Smith from participating for the next 10 years. Although he could still be nominated, Smith’s performance as a runaway slave in “Emancipation” didn’t get traction.
show from last year attracted 15.4 million viewersup 56% from the record low of 10.5 million viewers for the pandemic-ravaged 2021 television show, according to Nielsen. This year, ABC is bringing Jimmy Kimmel back to host the March 12 ceremony, one that will surely mark a return to the site of the slap will be viewed.
But there are bigger concerns in the movie business. Last year saw flashes of triumphant resurgence for cinemas, like the success of Top Gun: Maverick after two years of the pandemic. But partly due to a less steady stream of major releases, ticket sales for the year recovered to only about 70% of pre-pandemic business. Regal Cinemas, the country’s second largest chain, announced the closure of 39 cinemas this month.
At the same time, after years of what had once seemed limitless growth, storm clouds rolled into the streaming world. Stocks plummeted as Wall Street looked to streaming services for profit rather than just adding subscribers. A cut followed as the industry once again enters an uncertain chapter.
In stark contrast to last year’s Academy Awards, streaming titles may not be vying for the Oscars’ most coveted honor this year – although the final spots in the top 10 box office are still up for grabs. Netflix’s best shots come in other categories instead, notably with popular animated film Guillermo del Toros Pinocchio and German entry All Quiet on the Western Front.
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