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Oscar nominations 2019 – live updates: The Favourite and Roma lead nods with UK's Olivia Colman and Christian Bale shortlisted for best actor categories

The announcement follows what has been one of the tightest Oscar races in years

Tuesday 22 January 2019 16:25 GMT

The Oscars: Who are the Brits vying for nominations?

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This year’s Oscar nominations have been announced in Los Angeles bringing the 2019 awards season into its final stages.

The films vying for success at the annual awards ceremony were named by Kumail Nanjiani (The Big Sick) and Black-ish star Tracee Ellis Ross.

In contention are Yorgos Lanthimos’s periood comedy The Favourite, Netflix film Roma and the Bradley Cooper-Lady Gaga mudsical drama, A Star is Born.

Catch up with all the action has it happened in our live blog below – and scan your eyes over the full list of nominations here.

The 91st Academy Awards ceremony will take place at the Dolby Theatre on 24 February.

There will be no host and will instead have a selection of guests introducing special segments throughout the evening.

Kevin Hart dropped out of hosting the ceremony after refusing to apologise for resurfaced homophobic tweets he made between 2009 and 2011.

What did you make of Kumail and Tracee's announcement?

Tracee Ellis Ross wears candy floss-coloured jumpsuit to announce Oscar nominationsThe IndependentThe actor and TV host presented the nominations alongside Kumail Nanjiani

Jacob Stolworthy22 January 2019 14:30

Worth giving a shout to the overlooked Toni Collette.

Jacob Stolworthy22 January 2019 14:31

↵The long and short of it, yep

Jacob Stolworthy22 January 2019 14:33

Although Director noms for Pawel Pawlikowski (Cold War) and Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favourite) is giving me Oscars life.

Jacob Stolworthy22 January 2019 14:33

There's controversy in the Live Action Short category.

James Bulger’s mother ‘disgusted’ at Oscar nomination for film about son’s brutal murderDenise Fergus previously called for the film to be removed from the Academy shortlist

Jacob Stolworthy22 January 2019 14:49

My view:

Jacob Stolworthy22 January 2019 14:59

Interesting theory, this.

Jacob Stolworthy22 January 2019 15:00

The sweetest reaction to being nominated for an Oscar? Richard E Grant.

Jacob Stolworthy22 January 2019 15:56

Well, it's been an honour bringing these updates to you. We shall be doing it all agin on 24th February when the actual ceremony takes place.

Until then, happy campaigning

p.s. YORGOS LANTHIMOS IS A BEST DIRECTOR NOMINEE

Jacob Stolworthy22 January 2019 16:11

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