Streaming Services Lead in Oscar Nominations
2022-02-10
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1Streaming services, including Netflix, Apple TV+ and Amazon, are leading traditional movie studios with Academy Awards nominations this year.
2The 94th Academy Awards, also called the Oscars, will take place on March 27.
3The awards, presented by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, celebrate and recognize the best efforts and success in the film industry.
4The Netflix film The Power of the Dog leads all movies this year with 12 nominations.
5The streaming service also earned 27 nominations overall.
6The movie received four acting nominations for Benedict Cumberbatch, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Kirsten Dunst, and Jesse Plemons.
7"For both Jesse and I to get our first nominations together is beyond our wildest dreams," Dunst said.
8Dunst and Plemons are in a relationship.
9The film's director Jane Campion became the first woman nominated two times for best director.
10Only two women, Kathryn Bigelow and Chloe Zhao, have won the best director award.
11The Power of the Dog also earned a best picture nomination.
12If it wins, it will be the first time a film from a streaming service has won such an award.
13Apple TV+, another streaming service, also received a best picture nomination for CODA.
14It is a movie about a hearing woman in a deaf family.
15And Amazon Prime streaming service received three acting nominations for Being the Ricardos,
16a movie about Lucy Ball and her husband Desi Arnaz in the 1950's television show I love Lucy.
17Marc Malkin is senior culture and events editor at the publication Variety.
18Malkin said, "Every year we talk about how the streamers are getting more and more powerful when it comes to the Oscars."
19He continued to say, "This year really proves it."
20The movie Dune was released in both traditional movie theaters and, for a short time, on the new streaming service HBOMax.
21The movie received ten nominations including best picture.
22The three streaming-service releases, The Power of the Dog, CODA and Dune, will compete for the best picture against Kenneth Branagh's Belfast and Steven Spielberg's remake of West Side Story.
23Both films earned seven nominations each.
24The Japanese-language movie Drive My Car, about a widowed theater actor, earned a surprise best picture nomination.
25Other contenders included King Richard, about the father of tennis greats Venus and Serena Williams, Licorice Pizza, a movie about growing up, and Don't Look Up along with Nightmare Alley.
26Actors Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem were nominated for playing Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in Being the Ricardos.
27Kristen Stewart received her first Oscar nomination for playing Princess Diana in Spenser.
28She will compete with Olivia Colman in The Lost Daughter among others.
29Voters did not give singer Lady Gaga a nomination for her widely praised performance in House of Gucci.
30Three Black actors were nominated for acting awards this year.
31Both Will Smith and Aunjanue Ellis received nominations for playing husband and wife in King Richard.
32And Denzel Washington was nominated for his work in The Tragedy of Macbeth.
33Actor Ariana DeBose who is Black and Latino won a nomination for her acting in West Side Story.
34After criticism over the #OscarsSoWhite movement in 2015 and 2016,
35the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has added more women and people of color as voting members.
36It also added members from outside the United States.
37I'm Jill Robbins.
1Streaming services, including Netflix, Apple TV+ and Amazon, are leading traditional movie studios with Academy Awards nominations this year. 2The 94th Academy Awards, also called the Oscars, will take place on March 27. The awards, presented by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, celebrate and recognize the best efforts and success in the film industry. 3Streaming service nominations 4The Netflix film The Power of the Dog leads all movies this year with 12 nominations. The streaming service also earned 27 nominations overall. 5The movie received four acting nominations for Benedict Cumberbatch, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Kirsten Dunst, and Jesse Plemons. "For both Jesse and I to get our first nominations together is beyond our wildest dreams," Dunst said. Dunst and Plemons are in a relationship. 6The film's director Jane Campion became the first woman nominated two times for best director. Only two women, Kathryn Bigelow and Chloe Zhao, have won the best director award. 7The Power of the Dog also earned a best picture nomination. If it wins, it will be the first time a film from a streaming service has won such an award. 8Apple TV+, another streaming service, also received a best picture nomination for CODA. It is a movie about a hearing woman in a deaf family. And Amazon Prime streaming service received three acting nominations for Being the Ricardos, a movie about Lucy Ball and her husband Desi Arnaz in the 1950's television show I love Lucy. 9Marc Malkin is senior culture and events editor at the publication Variety. Malkin said, "Every year we talk about how the streamers are getting more and more powerful when it comes to the Oscars." He continued to say, "This year really proves it." 10Best Picture nominations 11The movie Dune was released in both traditional movie theaters and, for a short time, on the new streaming service HBOMax. The movie received ten nominations including best picture. 12The three streaming-service releases, The Power of the Dog, CODA and Dune, will compete for the best picture against Kenneth Branagh's Belfast and Steven Spielberg's remake of West Side Story. Both films earned seven nominations each. 13The Japanese-language movie Drive My Car, about a widowed theater actor, earned a surprise best picture nomination. Other contenders included King Richard, about the father of tennis greats Venus and Serena Williams, Licorice Pizza, a movie about growing up, and Don't Look Up along with Nightmare Alley. 14Other acting nominations 15Actors Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem were nominated for playing Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in Being the Ricardos. 16Kristen Stewart received her first Oscar nomination for playing Princess Diana in Spenser. She will compete with Olivia Colman in The Lost Daughter among others. Voters did not give singer Lady Gaga a nomination for her widely praised performance in House of Gucci. 17Racial inclusion 18Three Black actors were nominated for acting awards this year. Both Will Smith and Aunjanue Ellis received nominations for playing husband and wife in King Richard. And Denzel Washington was nominated for his work in The Tragedy of Macbeth. 19Actor Ariana DeBose who is Black and Latino won a nomination for her acting in West Side Story. 20After criticism over the #OscarsSoWhite movement in 2015 and 2016, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has added more women and people of color as voting members. It also added members from outside the United States. 21I'm Jill Robbins. 22Lisa Richwine reported this story for Reuters. Gregory Stachel adapted it for VOA Learning English. 23________________________________________________________________ 24Words in This Story 25streaming - n. the continuous transmission of video files from a server to a viewer 26studio - n. a company that makes movies 27nomination - n. the act of choosing someone or something as a candidate for receiving an honor or award 28widow - n. a woman whose husband has died 29contender - n. a person who tries to win something in a contest 30We want to hear from you. Write to us in the Comments section, and visit our Facebook page.