2022 Oscar nominations: The Power of the Dog leads awards shortlist as Lady Gaga snubbed

Another year, another round of Oscar nominations.

The Oscars 2022 will be taking place next month, but before then, there was the small case of finding out the films that will be duking it out for the top awards, including Best Picture.

Following on from the impressive Bafta nominations, which were announced last week, all eyes were on the Academy to deliver the goods.

This year’s awards season has seen nominations for Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog, Denis Villeneuve’s Dune and Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story.

Other films in contention at the Academy Awards include Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car, Adam McKay’s Don’t Look Up and Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast.

Follow along with live updates from the 2022 Oscar nominations below

The Oscars 2022 will take place in Los Angeles on 27 March.

Oscars 2022

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Film fans have welcomed the nomination of the Japanese drama Drive My Car for Best Picture, Best Director, Adapted Screenplay, as well as International Feature.

Many people, however, are pointing out the fact that despite Drive My Car receiving nods in many of the major categories, none of the film’s stars were feted with an acting nomination.

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Cinematography remains the only category for which a woman has never won an Oscar.

Ari Wegner – who was nominated for her work on The Power of the Dog – could finally change that.

The Australian cinematographer has previously worked on films including Zola, In Fabric, and Lady Macbeth.

This year, Wegner is up against Greig Fraser (Dune), Dan Laustsen (Nightmare Alley), Bruno Delbonnel (The Tragedy of Macbeth), and Janusz Kaminski (West Side Story).

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West Side Story star Ariana DeBose is overjoyed with her nomination.

Shortly after the nominees were announced , DeBose took to social media to share her happily baffled reaction to the news.

“WHAT JUST HAPPENED!?!” wrote the actor. “Once I compose myself I’ll have real words to say. But until then...”.

DeBose’s nod was one of seven that West Side Story picked up this year.

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Troy Kotsur is the second ever deaf person to be nominated for an Oscar.

The actor – who received a nod for his role in CODA - follows in the footsteps of his co-star Marlee Matlin, who previously won an Academy Award for her role in 1986 romance Children of a Lesser God.

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After failing to secure a Bafta nod for her role in The Lost Daughter last week, Olivia Colman has landed an Oscar nomination instead.

“Oh my god yes. I’m SO EXCITED!!! And with Maggie [Gyllenhaal] and Jessie [Buckley], and our fellow nominees, this feeling right now is bloody brilliant. Thank you thank you thank thank you xxxxxx,” said the actor in a statement.

Colman’s co-star Buckley is up for her first ever Oscar in the Best Supporting Actress category.

Donnie Darko star Maggie Gyllenhaal also secured her a nod for Best Adapted Screenplay with The Lost Daughter, the actor’s directorial debut.

15:02 , Annabel Nugent

Branagh – who received nods for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Picture for his film Belfast – has shared a statement reacting to the nominations.

“It’s a long way from the streets of Belfast to the Academy Awards. Today, I think of my mother and father, and my grandparents – how proud they were to be Irish, how much this city meant to them. They would have been overwhelmed by this incredible honour – as am I,” said the actor and director.

He added that “it’s a hell of a day for my family, and the family of our film”.

14:59 , Annabel Nugent

Tick, Tick... Boom! director Lin-Manuel Miranda has celebrated a whole host of nominees, taking to Twitter to applaud Ariana DeBose, Paul Tazewell and Questlove on their nominations.

The filmmaker, however, saved the highest praise for his Tick, Tick... Boom! editing team, and lead star Andrew Garfield.

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With Belfast, Kenneth Branagh has broken an Oscar record with seven nominations in seven different categories.

14:37 , Jacob Stolworthy

If you’re after a place where you can read a full list of the nominations in one place, feast your eyes on the below:

The full list of Oscar nominations 2022 revealed

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Also, Billie Eilish has been nominated for “No Time to Die” despite it being released a million years ago.

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Beyoncé can officially have ‘Oscar nominee’ added to her Wikipedia page – she’s been nominated, for the first time, for King Richard song “Be Alive”.

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Thanks to his role in The Tragedy of Macbeth, Denzel Washington has scored his 10th overall Oscar nomination – and has continued his record as the most-nominated Black actor in Academy Awards history.

Good on ya, Denzel.

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It’s a day to celebrate for Steven Spielberg fans – the 75-year-old has become the first director to receive Best Director nominations in six different decades. His first wasn’t awarded, as you might suspect, for Jaws, but for Close Encounters of the third Kind in 1978.

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For those wondering, the tally is as follows:

The Power of the Dog – 12

Dune – 10

Belfast – 7

West Side Story – 7

King Richard – 6

Don’t Look Up – 4

Drive My Car – 4

Nightmare Alley – 4

Being the Ricardos – 3

CODA – 3

Encanto – 3

Flee – 3

Licorice Pizza – 3

The Lost Daughter – 3

No Time to Die – 3

The Tragedy of Macbeth – 3

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Flee is not only an incredible documentary (which is out this week) but it’s broken a record: it’s the first film ever to get Best Documentary, Best Animated Film and Best International Film nods in the same year!

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Speaking of The Power of the Dog, director Jane Campion has become the first woman to be nominated for Best Director twice.

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FUN FACT TIME

There are two married couples nominated in the acing categories this year: Penélope Cruz/Javier Bardem (for Parallel Mothers and Being the Ricardos) + Kirsten Dunst/Jesse Plemons (for the same film – The Power of the Dog).

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Also, in just four years, Olivia Colman now has three Oscar nominations. Not bad going for a former star of Peep Show.

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This does mean Kristen Stewart, who was expected to be snubbed, is now an Oscar nominee for Spencer!

13:52 , Jacob Stolworthy

Well, there we go. Lots to digest. Firstly, NO Lady Gaga. This makes it the only main awards body that didn’t nominate her. We bet she – and her fans – are gutted.

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Best Picture

Belfast

CODA

Don’t Look Up

Drive My Car

Dune

King Richard

Licorice Pizza

Nightmare Alley

The Power of the Dog

West Side Story

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Best Director

Kenneth Branagh – Belfast

Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza

Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car

Steven Spielberg – West Side Story

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Best Actress in a Leading Role

Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye

Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter

Penélope Cruz – Parallel Mothers

Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos

Kristen Stewart – Spencer

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Best Actor in a Leading Role

Javier Bardem – Being the Ricardos

Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog

Andrew Garfield – tick, tick… BOOM!

Will Smith – King Richard

Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth

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Best International Feature

Drive My Car

Flee

The Hand of God

Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom

The Worst Person in the World

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Best Production Design

Dune

Nightmare Alley

The Power of the Dog

The Tragedy of Macbeth

West Side Story

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Best Cinematography

Dune

Nightmare Alley

The Power of the Dog

The Tragedy of Macbeth

West Side Story

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Best Visual Effects

Dune

Free Guy

No Time to Die

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Spider-Man: No Way Home

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Best Documentary Feature

Ascension

Attica

Flee

Summer of Soul (Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Writing with Fire

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Best Documentary Short

Audible

Lead Me Home

The Queen of Basketball

Three Songs for Benazir

When We Were Bullies

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Best Music (Original Song)

“Be Alive” (King Richard)

“Dos Oruguitas” (Encanto)

“Down to Joy” (Belfast)

“No Time to Die” (No Time to Die)

“Somehow You Do” (Four Good Days)

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Best Animated Feature Film

Encanto

Flee

Luca

The Mitchells vs the Machines

Raya and the Last Dragon

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Best Makeup & Hairstyling

Coming 2 America

Cruella

Dune

The Eyes of Tammy Faye

House of Gucci

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Best Film Editing

Don’t Look Up

Dune

King Richard

The Power of the Dog

tick, tick... BOOM!

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Also very happy for Ciarán Hinds, even if Belfast is... not... a good film

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Let’s hear it for Best Supporting Actress Oscar nominee Jessie Buckley! Very sad for Ann Dowd and Ruth Negga, though.

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Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Ciarán Hinds – Belfast

Troy Kotsur – CODA

Jesse Plemons – The Power of the Dog

JK Simmons – Being the Ricardos

Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog

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Best Live Action Short

Ala Kachuu – Take and Run

The Dress

The Long Goodbye

On My Mind

Please Hold

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Best Animated Short

Affairs of the Art

Bestia

Boxballet

Robin Robin

The Windshield Wiper

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Best Original Screenplay

Belfast

Don’t Look Up

King Richard

Licorice Pizza

The Worst Person in the World

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Best Adapted Screenplay

CODA

Drive My Car

Dune

The Lost Daughter

The Power of the Dog

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Best Music (Original Score)

Don’t Look Up

Dune

Encanto

Parallel Mothers

The Power of the Dog

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Best Sound

Belfast

Dune

No Time to Die

The Power of the Dog

West Side Story

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Best Costume Design

Cruella

Cyrano

Dune

Nightmare Alley

West Side Story

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Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Jessie Buckley – The Lost Daughter

Ariana DeBose – West Side Story

Judi Dench – Belfast

Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog

Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard

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Aaaaaaaaand we’re off.

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We have one minute to go until the live stream begins. We’ll put all the nominations as they’re announced here.

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For some reason, Ben Affleck got Razzie nominated for The Last Duel yesterday. Today, he could get Oscar nominated for The Tender Bar. Would he win? Not a chance.

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Could Jennifer Hudson get a nomination for Aretha Franklin biopic Respect? It could certainly happen.

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Some other outside shouts to tide us over: Bradley Cooper could be nominated twice, once for Best Actor (Nightmare Alley) and again for Best Supporting Actor (Licorice Pizza).

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We’ve just over 10 minutes to go until the nominations are announced! They’ll be presented by Tracee Ellis Ross and Leslie Jordan.

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The love for Faist is particularly strong.

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Elsewhere, Ciarán Hinds, Jesse Plemons and Mike Faist all look like they’ll be getting their first Oscar nominations, for Belfast, The Power of the Dog and West Side Story, respectively.

12:57 , Jacob Stolworthy

CODA’s Troy Kotsur will most likely be joining him in category, and if he does get announced today, we’re hoping for a video as great as this.

12:52 , Jacob Stolworthy

So, what’s the deal with Best Supporting Actor? It’s a bit more clear cut than Supporting Actress. Here’s looking at The Power of the Dog’s Kodi Smitt-Mcphee.

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Also, worth mentioning that Tessa Thompson could become an Oscar nominee today! Since the below tweet, she’s gained momentum in a promising way. We’ll soon see.

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Another very deserving contender would be Ruth Negga for Passing. Like Dowd, she was snubbed by the Golden Globes but nominated for a Bafta. Sadly, it seems like it’s going to be one or the other, which is criminal.

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It’s a very crowded category, though. My picks for the sure bets are Caitríona Balfe for Belfast, Aunjanue Ellis for King Richard and Ariana DeBose, who will probably win for West Side Story.

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Can you tell I’m a big Ann Dowd fan?

12:34 , Jacob Stolworthy

Dowd, who stars in Mass, is a real 50/50 shot at the moment – she was snubbed at the Golden Globes, but nominated for a Bafta.

The fact that she’s the only cast member in the running for a nod is criminal; Jason Isaacs, Martha Plimpton and Reed Birney all deserve noms. If you haven’t seen the film, you can watch it on Sky in the UK.

12:27 , Jacob Stolworthy

Time to delve into the supporting roles – always my personal favourite categories to talk about. And this year, I have an added incentive because there’s one person in contention who should be in contention for awards ever single year:

Ann Dowd

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We’re also gonna keep our fingers crossed for Drive My Car’s Hidetoshi Nishijima. Imagine the excitement! A nomination for him would be much more pleasing than another for Leonardo DiCaprio, who could be named for Don’t Look Up.

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The two dead certs for Best actor are Benedict Cumberbatch for The Power of the Dog, and Will Smith for King Richard. If Smith wins (which we’re gonna go ahead and predict), it’ll come 20 years after his first nomination for Ali.

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He may have won a Golden Globe for tick, tick... BOOM! – but he missed out on a Bafta nomination.

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Another movie star some people are worried about? Andrew Garfield.

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After much fanfare for her role of Princess Diana in Spencer, it’s looking like Kristen Stewart will be SNUBBED this year. Some people (including me) are not happy about this.

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Otherwise, Best Actress could see anyone nominated from past winners (Nicole Kidman for Being the Ricardos/Penélope Cruz for Parallel Mothers) through to newcomers (Alana Haim for Licorice Pizza/Rachel Zegler for West Side Story).

Some other exciting suggestions below, which leads us nicely on to our next point:

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Lady Gaga is the only potential Best Actress nominee to have been named by every main awards body over the past few months.

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Time to delve into some acting predictions – but before then, let’s see what the people are saying.

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Three films that need mentioning, for better or worse, are: Drive My Car*, CODA** and Don’t Look Up***.

*About four months ago, a nomination for Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s incredible Japanese drama hadn’t even crossed my mind. But it’s gained serious momentum and now looks like a contender for Best Picture. Exciting!

**Apple TV+ paid a record sum for this at Sundance in 2021. It’s crowd-pleasing, sure, and is admirable for its depiction of a deaf family, using deaf actors, on-screen, but I personally thought the story surrounding these characters let the entire film down.

***All I’ll say is this is exactly the kind of film Academy voters like, and one of my colleagues has money on it not only being nominated, but winning the damn thing. After the Green Book fiasco, it’s possible – but what a backwards step it would be! The first 45 mins are enjoyable – the rest is the opposite of that. It doesn’t even deserve a nomination – but hey, the people (andf by people, I mean Hollywood) love Adam McKay.

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I’m now gonna throw some films at you that should get Best Picture nominations, but will probably miss out.

C’mon C’mon, Mass, Identifying Features, Happening, Titane, Petite Maman, Shiva Baby, The World to Come, and, yes, I’m gonna say it, Spencer.

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It would be nice to get another one of these, it has to be said.

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Other deserving films that are essentially shoo-ins for Best Picture? Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza and Spielberg’s West Side Story.

Outside bets that could be named include The Lost Daughter, which was poised to earn Olivia Colman her third acting nomination until she was snubbed by the Baftas last week. It could happen, though, and if it does, she should celebrate by going on holiday and posing like this.

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A bit of Jane Campion history: she last won an Oscar in 1994 It was Best Screenplay for The Piano, which ultimately lost Best Picture to Schindler’s List.

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In all seriousness, though, the film to beat this year is The Power of the Dog.

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The Oscars have had two great winners in a row – Parasite and Nomadland. If the Academy rewards a one-word titled film this year, I’d like it to be Dune. Or Flee. Or Titane. Hell, even Greenland. Just anything but Belfast.

09:54 , Jacob Stolworthy

The 2021-22 awards season might feel like it’s lasted longer than usual, but not as long as the one before; in 2021, the Oscars took place on 26 April. This year, they’ll occur a whole month before – on 27 March

09:31 , Jacob Stolworthy

Hello and welcome to a day that comes but once a year – the Oscar nominations announcement! It’s usually a day of crushing disappointment, but hey, we’re here to help you through.