The nominations for the 91st Academy Awards were announced on Tuesday. Alfonso Cuarón’s black and white drama, Roma, and Yorgos Lanthimos’ period drama The Favourite jointly lead the nominations this year with 10 nods each. The 91st Oscars will be held on February 24 at Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Beverly Hills, California.
Roma is the first Netflix film to earn Best Picture Oscars Roma has had a great run this awards season. Now, it has become the first ever Netflix film to score a Best Picture Oscar nomination. Roma also leads in the total number of nominations alongside The Favourite with ten nominations.
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Spike Lee scores his first Best Director nomination
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Lady Gaga scored two nominations this year – one in Best Actress category (A Star is Born) and the other in Best Song category for Shallow. She is only the second person to do so. Interestingly, Mary J Blige is the first person to get this honour, and she did that just last year.
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