“West Side Story” directed by Palisadian Steven Spielberg has been nominated for Best Picture. Photo: Niko Tavernise
By BERNICE FOX
Once again, Oscar nominations and Steven Spielberg are in the same sentence.
As producer, Spielberg’s new film version of “West Side Story” has been nominated for best picture and he’s up for best director.
With these new nominations, the longtime Palisadian now has 19 Oscar nominations over his career. For those keeping track – and many are – his first directing nomination was for the 1977 sci-fi film “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.“
“West Side Story” has a total of seven nominations, including Ariana DeBose for supporting actress, production design, cinematography, costume design and sound.
Palisadian Bradley Cooper has another Oscar nomination. It’s for “Nightmare Alley,” which is up for best picture. Though he stars in this noir film, the nomination is for his role as a producer. Like “West Side Story,” “Nightmare Alley” also is up for best cinematography, production design and costume design.
Former Palisadian Nicole Kidman is nominated for best actress for starring as Lucille Ball in “Being the Ricardos.” In a statement, Kidman says this was “the hardest role” she’s ever done. And she thanks Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr. “for trusting me to inhabit your mother.”
Digging deeper into the numbers, this is Kidman’s fifth nomination and the fourth for best actress. Previously she was nominated for her leading roles in “Moulin Rouge” (2001), “The Hours” (2002), which she won, and “Rabbit Hole” (2010). She was nominated for her supporting role in “Lion” (2016).
Bradley Cooper performs in “Nightmare Alley.”
Photo by Kerry Hayes.
Bradley Cooper’s nomination for producing “Nightmare Alley” is his fourth best picture nomination. He previously was nominated for producing “American Sniper” (2014), “A Star is Born” (2018) and “Joker” (2019).
And this is the 11th best picture nomination for Steven Spielberg, who won the award for “Schindler’s List” (1993). Other nominations were for “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial” (1982), “The Color Purple” (1985), “Saving Private Ryan” (1998), “Munich” (2005), “Letters from Iwo Jima” (2006), “War Horse” (2011), “Lincoln” (2012), “Bridge of Spies” (2015) and “The Post” (2017).
Spielberg’s nomination for directing “West Side Story” is his eighth. He won Oscars for directing “Schindler’s List” (1993), and “Saving Private Ryan” (1998). As mentioned above, he also was nominated for directing “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” (1977). Then came directing nods for “Raiders of the Lost Ark” (1981), “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial” (1982), “Munich” (2005) and “Lincoln” (2012). And Spielberg received the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 1986.
The Academy Awards ceremony is set for Sunday, March 27 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. It’ll air on ABC.
Nicole Kidman on the set of “Being the Ricardos.”
Photo: Glen Wilson
The complete list of this year’s Oscar nominations is below:
Best Picture
BELFAST
Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik and Tamar Thomas, Producers
CODA
Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi and Patrick Wachsberger, Producers
DON’T LOOK UP
Adam McKay and Kevin Messick, Producers
DRIVE MY CAR
Teruhisa Yamamoto, Producer
DUNE
Mary Parent, Denis Villeneuve and Cale Boyter, Producers
KING RICHARD
Tim White, Trevor White and Will Smith, Producers
LICORICE PIZZA
Sara Murphy, Adam Somner and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers
NIGHTMARE ALLEY
Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Bradley Cooper, Producers
THE POWER OF THE DOG
Jane Campion, Tanya Seghatchian, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Roger Frappier, Producers
WEST SIDE STORY
Steven Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers
Actor in a Leading Role
Javier Bardem in BEING THE RICARDOS
Benedict Cumberbatch in THE POWER OF THE DOG
Andrew Garfield in TICK, TICK…BOOM!
Will Smith in KING RICHARD
Denzel Washington in THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH
Actor in a Supporting Role
Ciarán Hinds in BELFAST
Troy Kotsur in CODA
Jesse Plemons in THE POWER OF THE DOG
J.K. Simmons in BEING THE RICARDOS
Kodi Smit-McPhee in THE POWER OF THE DOG
Actress in a Leading Role
Jessica Chastain in THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE
Olivia Colman in THE LOST DAUGHTER
Penélope Cruz in PARALLEL MOTHERS
Nicole Kidman in BEING THE RICARDOS
Kristen Stewart in SPENCER
Actress in a Supporting Role
Jessie Buckley in THE LOST DAUGHTER
Ariana DeBose in WEST SIDE STORY
Judi Dench in BELFAST
Kirsten Dunst in THE POWER OF THE DOG
Aunjanue Ellis in KING RICHARD
Animated Feature Film
ENCANTO
Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino and Clark Spencer
FLEE
Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie
LUCA
Enrico Casarosa and Andrea Warren
THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES
Mike Rianda, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Kurt Albrecht
RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON
Don Hall, Carlos López Estrada, Osnat Shurer and Peter Del Vecho
Cinematography
DUNE – Greig Fraser
NIGHTMARE ALLEY – Dan Laustsen
THE POWER OF THE DOG – Ari Wegner
THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH – Bruno Delbonnel
WEST SIDE STORY – Janusz Kaminski
Costume Design
CRUELLA – Jenny Beavan
CYRANO – Massimo Cantini Parrini and Jacqueline Durran
DUNE – Jacqueline West and Robert Morgan
NIGHTMARE ALLEY – Luis Sequeira
WEST SIDE STORY – Paul Tazewell
Directing
BELFAST – Kenneth Branagh
DRIVE MY CAR – Ryusuke Hamaguchi
LICORICE PIZZA – Paul Thomas Anderson
THE POWER OF THE DOG – Jane Campion
WEST SIDE STORY – Steven Spielberg
Documentary (Feature)
ASCENSION
Jessica Kingdon, Kira Simon-Kennedy and Nathan Truesdell
ATTICA
Stanley Nelson and Traci A. Curry
FLEE
Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie
SUMMER OF SOUL (…OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED)
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent and David Dinerstein
WRITING WITH FIRE
Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh
Documentary (Short Subject)
AUDIBLE
Matt Ogens and Geoff McLean
LEAD ME HOME
Pedro Kos and Jon Shenk
THE QUEEN OF BASKETBALL
Ben Proudfoot
THREE SONGS FOR BENAZIR
Elizabeth Mirzaei and Gulistan Mirzaei
WHEN WE WERE BULLIES
Jay Rosenblatt
Film Editing
DON’T LOOK UP – Hank Corwin
DUNE – Joe Walker
KING RICHARD – Pamela Martin
THE POWER OF THE DOG – Peter Sciberras
TICK, TICK…BOOM! – Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum
International Feature Film
DRIVE MY CAR (Japan)
FLEE (Denmark)
THE HAND OF GOD (Italy)
LUNANA: A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM (Bhutan)
THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD (Norway)
Makeup and Hairstyling
COMING 2 AMERICA
Mike Marino, Stacey Morris and Carla Farmer
CRUELLA
Nadia Stacey, Naomi Donne and Julia Vernon
DUNE
Donald Mowat, Love Larson and Eva von Bahr
THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE
Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram and Justin Raleigh
HOUSE OF GUCCI
Göran Lundström, Anna Carin Lock and Frederic Aspiras
Music (Original Score)
DON’T LOOK UP – Nicholas Britell
DUNE – Hans Zimmer
ENCANTO – Germaine Franco
PARALLEL MOTHERS – Alberto Iglesias
THE POWER OF THE DOG – Jonny Greenwood
Music (Original Song)
“Be Alive” from KING RICHARD
Music and Lyric by DIXSON and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter
“Dos Oruguitas” from ENCANTO
Music and Lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda
“Down To Joy” from BELFAST
Music and Lyric by Van Morrison
“No Time To Die” from NO TIME TO DIE
Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell
“Somehow You Do” from FOUR GOOD DAYS
Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
Production Design
DUNE
Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Zsuzsanna Sipo
NIGHTMARE ALLEY
Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau
THE POWER OF THE DOG
Production Design: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Amber Richards
THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH
Production Design: Stefan Dechant; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
WEST SIDE STORY
Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Rena DeAngelo
Short Film (Animated)
AFFAIRS OF THE ART
Joanna Quinn and Les Mills
BESTIA
Hugo Covarrubias and Tevo Díaz
BOXBALLET
Anton Dyakov
ROBIN ROBIN
Dan Ojari and Mikey Please
THE WINDSHIELD WIPER
Alberto Mielgo and Leo Sanchez
Short Film (Live Action)
ALA KACHUU – TAKE AND RUN
Maria Brendle and Nadine Lüchinger
THE DRESS
Tadeusz Łysiak and Maciej Ślesicki
THE LONG GOODBYE
Aneil Karia and Riz Ahmed
ON MY MIND
Martin Strange-Hansen and Kim Magnusson
PLEASE HOLD
K.D. Dávila and Levin Menekse
Sound
BELFAST
Denise Yarde, Simon Chase, James Mather and Niv Adiri
DUNE
Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill and Ron Bartlett
NO TIME TO DIE
Simon Hayes, Oliver Tarney, James Harrison, Paul Massey and Mark Taylor
THE POWER OF THE DOG
Richard Flynn, Robert Mackenzie and Tara Webb
WEST SIDE STORY
Tod A. Maitland, Gary Rydstrom, Brian Chumney, Andy Nelson and Shawn Murphy
Visual Effects
DUNE
Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor and Gerd Nefzer
FREE GUY
Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis and Dan Sudick
NO TIME TO DIE
Charlie Noble, Joel Green, Jonathan Fawkner and Chris Corbould
SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS
Christopher Townsend, Joe Farrell, Sean Noel Walker and Dan Oliver
SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME
Kelly Port, Chris Waegner, Scott Edelstein and Dan Sudick
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
CODA
Screenplay by Siân Heder
DRIVE MY CAR
Screenplay by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe
DUNE
Screenplay by Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth
THE LOST DAUGHTER
Written by Maggie Gyllenhaal
THE POWER OF THE DOG
Written by Jane Campion
Writing (Original Screenplay)
BELFAST
Written by Kenneth Branagh
DON’T LOOK UP
Screenplay by Adam McKay; Story by Adam McKay & David Sirota
KING RICHARD
Written by Zach Baylin
LICORICE PIZZA
Written by Paul Thomas Anderson
THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD
Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier