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Page 8 The Skanner Portland & Seattle January 23, 2019 Arts & Entertainment MARVEL STUDIOS-DISNEY VIA AP Oscar Nods Honor ‘Roma,’ ‘The Favourite,’ ‘Black Panther’ This image released by Disney shows Michael B. Jordan in a scene from Marvel Studios’ “Black Panther.” The film may emerge as a major contender Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019, when nominations to the 91st Oscars are announced. By Jake Coyle AP Film Writer NEW YORK — Oscar voters on Tuesday show- ered Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma” and Yorgos Lan- thimos’ “The Favourite” with a leading 10 nom- inations for the 91st Academy Awards, while two dominant but con- tentious Hollywood forc- es — Netflix and Marvel — each scored their first best picture nomination. Though many expected “A Star Is Born,” Brad- ley Cooper’s revival of one of Hollywood’s most remade show busi- ness myths, to top the nominations, Cooper was surprisingly over- looked as director and the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Scienc- es instead put its fullest support behind a pair of indies by international directors. With the black-and- white, Spanish-language “Roma,” Netflix scored its first best picture nomination, a prize the streaming giant has dearly sought. Marvel, too, joined the club with Ryan Coogler’s “Black Panther,” the first super- hero movie ever nomi- nated for best picture. Cuaron tied the record for most decorated Os- car nominee ever for one film with four indi- vidual nods for “Roma,” his deeply personal ex- humation of his Mexico City childhood. Cuaron was nominated for di- rection, cinematography, original screenplay and best picture. Only Orson Welles (“Citizen Kane”) and Warren Beatty (who did it twice with “Reds” and “Heaven Can Wait”) have matched the four- nod feat. Cuaron, previously a six-time nominee and winner for directing “Gravity,” said by phone from London that the nominations for such a personal film were more meaningful to him, as was the attention for a film about a humble in- digenous domestic work- er (Yalitza Aparicio, who was nominated for best actress). He praised Net- flix for its commitment to his film. “Cinema needs the op- portunity to be diverse,” Cuaron said. “What mainstream cinema and the theatrical experi- ence has lacked in gen- eral is diversity. And I’m talking about diversity in terms of stories and characters and ways of doing films.” Just as rewarded Tues- day was Lanthimos’ period romp, which re- sounded most in the act- ing categories thanks to its trio of actresses: Ol- ivia Colman in the best actress category, and Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone in supporting. Along with “Roma,” ‘’Black Panther” and “The Favourite,” the eight nominees for best picture were: Peter Far- relly’s interracial road trip tale “Green Book,” Spike Lee’s eviscerating “BlacKkKlansman,” the Freddie Mercury biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Adam McKay’s highly critical Dick Cheney bi- opic “Vice” and “A Star Is Born,” which still landed “ from five to up to 10 nom- inees. The lush, big-budget craft of “Black Panther” was rewarded with sev- en total nominations, including Hannah Beachler and Jay Hart’s production design, Ter- ence Blanchard’s score, Ruth Carter’s costume design and Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s song “All the Stars.” Beachler became the first African American nominated for production design. “To break down a wall like that, to be your an- cestors’ wildest dreams, to show other young women of color and boys and girls that you can do whatever you want no matter what strug- gles you have in your life — all of that. That’s what it means to me,” said Beachler, talking by phone from the Cincin- nati set of Todd Haynes’ latest. There has likewise been resistance among some academy members to awarding Netflix films since the company typi- cally bypasses movie the- ‘Black Panther,’ the year’s biggest domestic box-office hit and a bona fide cultural event, finally cracked the category long kryptonite to superheroes eight nominations, in- cluding best actress for Lady Gaga and best sup- porting actor for Sam Elliott. “Black Panther,” the year’s biggest domestic box-office hit and a bona fide cultural event, final- ly cracked the category long kryptonite to su- perheroes. Despite the overwhelming popular- ity of comic book mov- ies, they had previous- ly been shunned from Hollywood’s top honor to the consternation of some industry insiders. After “The Dark Knight” was snubbed in 2009, the academy expanded the best picture category aters. Steven Spielberg has said Netflix films are more like TV movies and deserve an Emmy, not an Oscar . Netflix altered its policy for “Roma” and the Coen brothers’ “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” (which earned three un- expected nods), premier- ing them first in theaters before debuting them on Netflix. In turn, it was rewarded with a 15 nom- inations overall, second only to Disney’s 17. Three decades after landing a writing nod for 1989’s Do the Right Thing,” Spike Lee was nominated for his first directing Oscar for “BlacKkKlansman.” “Thirty years is a long time, ain’t it?” Lee said by phone Tuesday with a hearty laugh. The 61-year-old filmmaker lamented the oversight of his lead actor, John Da- vid Washington, whom he consoled with a pre- diction of future awards: “Young blood, you’ll be here.” But Lee took pride in his film’s six nomina- tions, and he likes his odds. “’BlacKkKlansman’ is the dark horse — pun intended,” said Lee, cack- ling. “You know what? That’s fitting. I’ve always been an underdog, from the very beginning, from film school. That nar- rative has not changed. And I like that position.” The other directing nominees were Lanthi- mos, Cuaron, Pawel Paw- likowski (“Cold War”) and McKay (“Vice”) — a field that, a year after continued focus on gen- der inequality in Holly- wood, included no female directors. Some had cam- paigned for Debra Gran- ik (“Leave No Trace”) or Chloe Zhao (“The Rider”) to become the sixth wom- an ever nominated for best director. The nominations, announced by Kumail Nanjiani and Tracee El- lis Ross from the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Bev- erly Hills, California, in- cluded plenty of surpris- es. In a blockbuster year for documentaries , the Fred Rogers documen- tary “Won’t You Be My Neighbor” was snubbed despite more than $22 million in ticket sales (a huge sum for a doc). Instead the nominees were “Free Solo,” ‘’Hale County This Morning, This Evening,” ‘’Minding the Gap,” ‘’Of Fathers and Sons” and the Ruth Bader Ginsberg portrait “RBG.” The acting categories played out largely as ex- pected with a few notable differences. Along with Lady Gaga, Colman and Aparicio, the best lead actress nominees were See OSCARS on page 9 A career you can be proud of. Being a carpenter isn’t just a job. It’s a way of life. We’re devoted to strengthening the lives of our members with steady work, wealth and personal growth. We take a stand for our members and all workers. We work together to lead the building industry in safety, training and compensation. We create rich lives for our members and partners. To learn more about becoming a union carpenter, go to NWCarpenters.org. 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