Chadwick Boseman stars in "Black Panther." (Marvel)
Chadwick Boseman stars in "Black Panther." (Marvel)

โ€œGreen Book,โ€ โ€œBlack Pantherโ€ โ€œBlacKkKlansmanโ€ and โ€œIf Beale Street Could Talkโ€ are among this yearโ€™s top contenders for best picture, best directing (Spike Lee), best supporting actress (Regina King), best supporting actor (Mahershala Ali) and another handful of coveted awards when the 91st Academy Awards are broadcast live Feb. 24 on ABC from the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles.

โ€œBlack Panther,โ€ which leads with seven nominations, is the first superhero movie to ever be nominated for best picture.

The nominations were announced early Tuesday by Kumail Nanjiani and Tracee Ellis Ross in Los Angeles at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciencesโ€™ Samuel Goldwyn Theater. The awards ceremony will go without a host for the first time in nearly three decades after comedian Kevin Hart stepped down over past controversy regarding homophobic tweets.

Here is the list of key nominees:

Best Picture
โ€œBlack Pantherโ€
โ€œBlacKkKlansmanโ€
โ€œBohemian Rhapsodyโ€
โ€œThe Favouriteโ€
โ€œGreen Bookโ€
โ€œRomaโ€
โ€œA Star Is Bornโ€
โ€œViceโ€

Best Actor
Christian Bale (โ€œViceโ€)
Bradley Cooper (โ€œA Star Is Bornโ€)
Willem Dafoe (โ€œAt Eternityโ€™s Gateโ€)
Rami Malek (โ€œBohemian Rhapsodyโ€)
Viggo Mortensen (โ€œGreen Bookโ€)

Best Actress
Yalitza Aparicio (โ€œRomaโ€)
Glenn Close (โ€œThe Wifeโ€)
Olivia Colman (โ€œThe Favouriteโ€)
Lady Gaga (โ€œA Star Is Bornโ€)
Melissa McCarthy (โ€œCan You Ever Forgive Me?โ€)

Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali (โ€œGreen Bookโ€)
Adam Driver (โ€œBlack Klansmanโ€)
Sam Elliott (โ€œA Star Is Bornโ€)
Richard E. Grant (โ€œCan You Ever Forgive Me?โ€)
Sam Rockwell (โ€œViceโ€)

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams (โ€œViceโ€)
Marina de Tavira (โ€œRomaโ€)
Regina King (โ€œIf Beale Street Could Talkโ€)
Emma Stone (โ€œThe Favouriteโ€)
Rachel Weisz (โ€œThe Favouriteโ€)

Best Directing
Spike Lee (โ€œBlacKkKlansmanโ€)
Pawel Pawlikowski (โ€œCold Warโ€)
Yorgos Lanthimos (โ€œThe Favouriteโ€)
Alfonso Cuarรณn (โ€œRomaโ€)
Adam McKay (โ€œViceโ€)

Best Adapted Screenplay
โ€œThe Ballad of Buster Scruggsโ€
โ€œBlaclKkKlansmanโ€
โ€œCan You Ever Forgive Me?โ€
โ€œIf Beale Street Could Talkโ€
โ€œA Star Is Bornโ€

Best Original Screenplay
โ€œThe Favouriteโ€
โ€œFirst Reformedโ€
โ€œGreen Bookโ€
โ€œRomaโ€
โ€œViceโ€

Best Costume Design
โ€œThe Ballad of Buster Scruggsโ€
โ€œBlack Pantherโ€
โ€œThe Favouriteโ€
โ€œMary Poppins Returnsโ€
โ€œMary Queen of Scotsโ€
โ€œA Night at the Gardenโ€
โ€œPeriod. End of Sentence.โ€

Best Film Editing
โ€œBlacKkKlansmanโ€
โ€œBohemian Rhapsodyโ€
โ€œThe Favouriteโ€
โ€œGreen Bookโ€
โ€œViceโ€

Best Original Score
โ€œBlack Pantherโ€
โ€œBlacKkKlansmanโ€
โ€œIf Beale Street Could Talkโ€
โ€œIsle of Dogsโ€
โ€œMary Poppins Returnsโ€

Best Original Song
โ€œAll the Starsโ€ (โ€œBlack Pantherโ€)
โ€œIโ€™ll Fightโ€ (โ€œRBGโ€)
โ€œThe Place Where Lost Things Goโ€ (โ€œMary Poppins Returnsโ€)
โ€œShallowโ€ (โ€œA Star Is Bornโ€)
โ€œWhen a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wingsโ€ (โ€œThe Ballad of Buster Scruggsโ€)

Best Production Design
โ€œBlack Pantherโ€
โ€œThe Favouriteโ€
โ€œFirst Manโ€
โ€œMary Poppins Returnsโ€
โ€œRomaโ€

Best Sound Editing
โ€œBlack Pantherโ€
โ€œBohemian Rhapsodyโ€
โ€œFirst Manโ€
โ€œA Quiet Placeโ€
โ€œRomaโ€

Best Sound Mixing
โ€œBlack Pantherโ€
โ€œBohemian Rhapsodyโ€
โ€œFirst Manโ€
โ€œRomaโ€
โ€œA Star Is Bornโ€

This correspondent is a guest contributor to The Washington Informer.

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