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

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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.

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[8 February 2022 15:16 · Annabel Nugent]

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.

Troy Kotsur and Marlee Matlin play Ruby’s embarrassing, loved-up parents in ‘CODA’ (Apple)

[8 February 2022 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”.

‘Belfast’ picked up a total of seven nominations (© 2021 Focus Features, LLC.)

[8 February 2022 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.

[8 February 2022 14:55 · Annabel Nugent]

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

Branagh had been due to direct and star in production (Getty Images)

[8 February 2022 14:37 · Jacob Stolworthy]

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

[8 February 2022 14:35 · Jacob Stolworthy]

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

[8 February 2022 14:34 · Jacob Stolworthy]

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”.

[8 February 2022 14:32 · Jacob Stolworthy]

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.

Festival de cine Film-New York (Photo Courtesy of Apple)

[8 February 2022 14:29 · Jacob Stolworthy]

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.

(Corbis Images)

[8 February 2022 14:17 · Jacob Stolworthy]

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