On January 13th,
2020, the nominations for the 92nd annual Oscars were announced;
this golden statuette is awarded each year by the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences to the best in cinema in the United States, this time for
2019, in Hollywood’s most anticipated ceremony.
The movie about the
origins of comic book superhero Batman’s arch nemesis, “Joker”, is the
frontrunner with 11 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director (Todd
Phillips) and actor, Joaquin Phoenix (who has already won the Golden Globe for
best dramatic actor); it is followed closely by the war epic “1917”; Quentin Tarantino’s
ninth film “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood” and Martin Scorsese’s gangster film
“The Irishman”, all with 10 nominations each.
“Marriage Story”,
“Jojo Rabbit”, “Ford v Ferrari”, “Little Women” and South Korea’s “Parasite”, complete
the Best Picture category. Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite” is also nominated in the
Best International Film category, which before 2020 was called Best Foreign
Language Film.
The 92nd
Academy Awards ceremony will take place on February 9, 2020, at the Dolby
Theatre in Los Angeles, California, for the 18th consecutive year. The ceremony
will be televised by the ABC network.
Follow this link
for a complete list of nominees.
https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000003/2020/1?ref_=ttawd_ev_1