The German anti-war drama “Nothing New in the West” and the sci-fi flick “Everything Everywhere All at Once” compete for the Oscar for best film.
Good Oscar chances: “Nothing New in the West”
The nominees for this year's Oscars were announced by the Los Angeles Film Academy on Tuesday (January 24, 2023). With eleven nominations, the science fiction film “Everything Everywhere All at Once” by Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert is a hot Oscar contender. In the top category of best film, he has to compete with “Nothing New in the West”, “Avatar: The Way of Water”, “The Banshees of Inisherin”, “Elvis”, “The Fabelmans”, “Tár”, “Top Gun: Maverick “, “Triangle of Sadness” and “The Pronunciation” (original title “Women Talking”).
Great Oscar hope: “Nothing New in the West”
The German anti-war drama “Nothing New in the West” has been nominated for nine Oscars. Director Edward Berger's production was nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture and the Oscar for Best International Film, among others. Other nominations included Best Cinematography and Best Adapted Screenplay. There were also nine nominations for the Irish tragic comedy The Banshees of Inisherin. The film “Elvis” by director Baz Luhrmann was nominated eight times, Steven Spielberg's “The Fabelmans” seven times.
“Elvis” received eight nominations – including for best film
In the running for the director's award are Todd Field (“Tár”), Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”), Martin McDonagh (“The Banshees of Inisherin”), Ruben Ostlund (“Triangle of Sadness” ) and old master Steven Spielberg (“The Fabelmans”).
Nominated for the best song are “Naatu Naatu” from the movie “RRR” and “Applause”  ;(“Tell It Like a Woman”), “Hold My Hand” (“Top Gun: Maverick”), “Lift Me Up” (“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”) and “This Is a Life” (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”).
In the screenplay category, the films “The Banshees of Inisherin”, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”, “The Fabelmans”, “Tár” and “Triangle of Sadness” were able to convince the Film Academy.
Both actors are nominated: Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson in “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Cate Blanchett, Michelle Williams, Austin Butler and Colin Farrell can also hope for the gold trophy. You are nominated among others in the Best Actress and Best Actor categories. But they still have to hold out for a few more weeks.
The award ceremony is to be held on the 12th. March at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. Last year, she caused a stir with an uncontrolled outburst of emotion by US actor Will Smith. He slapped presenter Chris Rock on stage and was therefore banned from Oscar events for ten years. This year's gala will be moderated by late-night presenter Jimmy Kimmel.
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