“Roma” and “The Favourite” led nominations for the 91st Oscars, scoring 10 nods each. Both films were nominated for best picture, alongside “Black Panther,” “BlacKkKlansman,” “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “A Star Is Born,” “Vice,” and “Green Book.” Glenn Close picked up her seventh Academy Award nod for best actress in “The Wife,” while Lady Gaga nabbed her first acting nomination for “A Star Is Born.” Their competition includes Olivia Colman for “The Favourite,” Yalitza Aparicio for “Roma,” and Melissa McCarthy for “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” The best actor race includes Christian Bale for his turn as former VP Dick Cheney in “Vice,” Rami Malek as iconic Queen frontman Freddie Mercury in “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Bradley Cooper in “A Star Is Born,” Willem Dafoe as Vincent Van Gogh in “At Eternity’s Gate,” and Viggo Mortensen in “Green Book.” Nominations were announced on Tuesday morning by Kumail Nanjiani and Tracee Ellis Ross. The Academy Awards will air live Feb. 24 at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET on ABC. Here is the full list of 2019 Oscar nominations: Best Picture: “Black Panther” “BlacKkKlansman” “Bohemian Rhapsody” “The Favourite” “Green Book” “Roma” “A Star Is Born” “Vice” Lead Actor: Christian Bale, “Vice” Bradley Cooper, “A Star Is Born” Willem Dafoe, “At Eternity’s Gate” Rami Malek, “Bohemian Rhapsody” Viggo Mortensen, “Green Book” Lead Actress: Yalitza Aparicio, “Roma” Glenn Close, “The Wife” Olivia Colman, “The Favourite” Lady Gaga, “A Star Is Born” Melissa McCarthy, “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” Supporting Actor: Mahershala Ali, “Green Book” Adam Driver, “BlacKkKlansman” Sam Elliott, “A Star Is Born” Richard E. Grant, “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” Sam Rockwell, “Vice” Supporting Actress: Amy Adams, “Vice” Marina de Tavira, “Roma” Regina King, “If Beale Street Could Talk” Emma Stone, “The Favourite” Rachel Weisz, “The Favourite” Director: Spike Lee, “BlacKkKlansman” Pawel Pawlikowski, “Cold War” Yorgos Lanthimos, “The Favourite” Alfonso Cuarón, “Roma” Adam McKay, “Vice” Animated Feature: “Incredibles 2,” Brad Bird “Isle of Dogs,” Wes Anderson “Mirai,” Mamoru Hosoda “Ralph Breaks the Internet,” Rich Moore, Phil Johnston “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman Animated Short: “Animal Behaviour,” Alison Snowden, David Fine “Bao,” Domee Shi “Late Afternoon,” Louise Bagnall “One Small Step,” Andrew Chesworth, Bobby Pontillas “Weekends,” Trevor Jimenez Adapted Screenplay: “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,” Joel Coen , Ethan Coen “BlacKkKlansman,” Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, Spike Lee “Can You Ever Forgive Me?,” Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty “If Beale Street Could Talk,” Barry Jenkins “A Star Is Born,” Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters Original Screenplay: “The Favourite,” Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara “First Reformed,” Paul Schrader “Green Book,” Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly “Roma,” Alfonso Cuarón “Vice,” Adam McKay Cinematography: “Cold War,” Lukasz Zal “The Favourite,” Robbie Ryan “Never Look Away,” Caleb Deschanel “Roma,” Alfonso Cuarón “A Star Is Born,” Matthew Libatique Best Documentary Feature: “Free Solo,” Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi “Hale County This Morning, This Evening,” RaMell Ross “Minding the Gap,” Bing Liu “Of Fathers and Sons,” Talal Derki “RBG,” Betsy West, Julie Cohen Best Documentary Short Subject: “Black Sheep,” Ed Perkins “End Game,” Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman “Lifeboat,” Skye Fitzgerald “A Night at the Garden,” Marshall Curry “Period. End of Sentence.,” Rayka Zehtabchi Best Live Action Short Film: “Detainment,” Vincent Lambe “Fauve,” Jeremy Comte “Marguerite,” Marianne Farley “Mother,” Rodrigo Sorogoyen “Skin,” Guy Nattiv Best Foreign Language Film: “Capernaum” (Lebanon) “Cold War” (Poland) “Never Look Away” (Germany) “Roma” (Mexico) “Shoplifters” (Japan) Film Editing: “BlacKkKlansman,” Barry Alexander Brown “Bohemian Rhapsody,” John Ottman “Green Book,” Patrick J. Don Vito “The Favourite,” Yorgos Mavropsaridis “Vice,” Hank Corwin Sound Editing: “Black Panther,” Benjamin A. Burtt, Steve Boeddeker “Bohemian Rhapsody,” John Warhurst “First Man,” Ai-Ling Lee, Mildred Iatrou Morgan “A Quiet Place,” Ethan Van der Ryn, Erik Aadahl “Roma,” Sergio Diaz, Skip Lievsay Sound Mixing: “Black Panther” “Bohemian Rhapsody” “First Man” “Roma” “A Star Is Born” Production Design: “Black Panther,” Hannah Beachler “First Man,” Nathan Crowley, Kathy Lucas “The Favourite,” Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton “Mary Poppins Returns,” John Myhre, Gordon Sim “Roma,” Eugenio Caballero, Bárbara Enrı́quez Original Score: “BlacKkKlansman,” Terence Blanchard “Black Panther,” Ludwig Goransson “If Beale Street Could Talk,” Nicholas Britell “Isle of Dogs,” Alexandre Desplat “Mary Poppins Returns,” Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman Original Song: “All The Stars” from “Black Panther” by Kendrick Lamar, SZA “I’ll Fight” from “RBG” by Diane Warren, Jennifer Hudson “The Place Where Lost Things Go” from “Mary Poppins Returns” by Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman “Shallow” from “A Star Is Born” by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt and Benjamin Rice “When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings” from “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” by David Rawlings and Gillian Welch Makeup and Hair: “Border” “Mary Queen of Scots” “Vice” Costume Design: “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,” Mary Zophres “Black Panther,” Ruth E. Carter “The Favourite,” Sandy Powell “Mary Poppins Returns,” Sandy Powell “Mary Queen of Scots,” Alexandra Byrne Visual Effects: “Avengers: Infinity War” “Christopher Robin” “First Man” “Ready Player One” “Solo: A Star Wars Story”<doc-sep>At last, the nominees for the 2019 Oscars have been announced, and eight films earned the lucky Best Picture berth. They’re an eclectic bunch, ranging from a quiet family drama set in Mexico (Roma) to a kooky, dark arthouse comedy (The Favourite) to obvious crowd pleasers (Bohemian Rhapsody, Green Book) to the first superhero film ever nominated (Black Panther). While some of the films are still playing only in theaters — or returning to theaters for limited runs, thanks to their new status as Best Picture nominees — others are available to stream, to rent digitally, or to buy to watch at home. So if you want to catch up with all of the Best Picture nominees before the 91st Academy Awards on February 24, here’s how to do it. How to watch it: A Star is Born is currently in theaters and available for digital purchase on iTunes, YouTube, Google Play, and Vudu. What it’s about: For his directorial debut, Bradley Cooper took on the much-adapted narrative of A Star Is Born, which first appeared in 1937 and then was remade in 1954, 1976, and now 2018. Cooper stars alongside Lady Gaga in the 2018 version, a love story about a fading music star who gives a talented newcomer the push she needs to break through — and then she begins to eclipse him. Laced with instantly memorable songs and outstanding performances, 2018’s A Star Is Born hurtled into awards season gunning for the biggest awards. Though it came up short of a Best Picture win at the Golden Globes, it’s the kind of movie that tries to harness all its cinematic possibility to make your heart burst, and it more or less succeeds. A Star Is Born earned a total of eight nominations; in addition to its Best Picture nod, the film is nominated for Lead Actress (Lady Gaga), Lead Actor (Bradley Cooper), Supporting Actor (Sam Elliott), Cinematography, Original Song (“Shallow”), Adapted Screenplay, and Sound Mixing. Read our roundtable on A Star Is Born. How to watch it: Black Panther is streaming on Netflix and available for digital rental or purchase on iTunes, YouTube, Google Play, Amazon, and Vudu. What it’s about: Black Panther was the No. 1 box office hit in 2018 for a reason: With a stellar cast and a story that doubles as a groundbreaking celebration of black culture, it delighted audiences and felt like a game-changer for Marvel. And with its history-making Best Picture nomination, it has also become one of the most celebrated superhero movies of all time, boasting strong direction from Ryan Coogler and performances from Michael B. Jordan, Chadwick Boseman, Lupita N’yongo, Danai Gurira, and many others. Part of what sets Black Panther apart is its brilliant treatment of its fictional setting, Wakanda. As Tre Johnson previously wrote for Vox, “It acknowledges and celebrates everything from traditional African society to African-American political debates, from the power and beauty of black women to the preservation of identity, all within the lush confines of the fictional African nation of Wakanda.” That’s quite an accomplishment — especially for a superhero blockbuster. Read our roundtable on Black Panther. How to watch it: BlacKkKlansman is available for digital rental or purchase on iTunes, YouTube, Google Play, Vudu, and Amazon. What it’s about: Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman — a critique of the age of Donald Trump by way of a true story from the 1970s about a black cop who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan — took home the Grand Prix at Cannes, which is the second-highest honor the prestigious festival gives out. Styled after blaxploitation films, the movie stars John David Washington, Adam Driver (who earned a Supporting Actor nomination for his performance), and Topher Grace (who plays a pitch-perfect KKK grand wizard David Duke). BlacKkKlansman is a passionate, no-holds-barred film excoriating white supremacy and those who adhere to it, and it pleased many critics and audiences. I didn’t feel the same way — its heavy-handedness about modern parallels seemed to both mistrust viewers and blunt its force — but there’s no doubt that it generated a lot of discussion. And it netted Spike Lee his first Best Director nomination, which feels long overdue. Read our roundtable on BlacKkKlansman. How to watch it: Bohemian Rhapsody is currently in theaters and available to purchase on iTunes and Amazon. What it’s about: Fans of Queen were delighted by Bohemian Rhapsody, which mostly tracks the life of lead singer Freddie Mercury (played by Lead Actor-nominated Rami Malek) from the day he talked his way into fronting the band through the band’s legendary 1985 Live Aid performance, which the movie recreates in detail. That scene, along with one in which the band records the song “Bohemian Rhapsody,” is the much-needed high of the film. But the way it scrambles some aspects of Mercury’s career while seeming strangely ashamed of his personal life was enough to ruin the movie for others — particularly because the narrative it builds around Mercury is nowhere near as colorful and vibrant as its subject. Sloppy storytelling may have been bearable in a movie that showed some passion for the iconic figure at its center; Bohemian Rhapsody is just a limp mess of a film — though for fans of Queen’s music, there’s still enough to keep it afloat. Read our roundtable on Bohemian Rhapsody. How to watch it: The Favourite is currently in theaters and on iTunes and Amazon. What it’s about: A deliciously wicked, loosely historically based drama from Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos (who earned an Oscar nomination in 2017 for his screenplay for The Lobster and is now nominated again in the category this year), The Favourite is a dark comedy about three women: Queen Anne (Olivia Colman, nominated for Lead Actress), her closest friend and adviser Lady Sarah (Rachel Weisz, nominated for Supporting Actress), and the young woman (Emma Stone, also nominated for Supporting Actress) who joins the household and starts to usurp Sarah’s coveted spot. The film’s luxurious interiors, cockeyed sensibility, and complex trio of female characters with frank views on power, sexuality, and what they want out of life make for a film that’s both entertaining and loaded with pathos, feeling uneasily authentic in how it depicts what it takes to attain power. It’s tied with Roma for the most nominations at the 2019 Oscars (with a total of 10), and the three performances at its center are funny, complex, and unsparing. That’s especially true for Colman, a beloved TV and film actress (and the new Queen Elizabeth on The Crown) whose time, with her Best Actress nomination secured, may have finally arrived. Read our roundtable on The Favourite. How to watch it: Green Book is currently in theaters and on iTunes and Amazon. What it’s about: Green Book was the top winner at the Golden Globes in January, and though it didn’t fare quite as well at the Oscars, it’s now up for five awards: Best Picture, Original Screenplay, Lead Actor for Viggo Mortensen, Supporting Actor for Mahershala Ali, and Film Editing. Directed by comedy veteran Peter Farrelly, Green Book is “inspired” by the true friendship of Tony Vallelonga, an Italian-American chauffeur/bodyguard from the Bronx, and Don Shirley, the black pianist Vallelonga is hired to drive and protect on a concert tour through the Deep South in 1962. It’s often funny, with some poignant moments and a heart that feels like it’s in the right place. But the movie has been dogged by controversy almost since its premiere. Its co-writer, Nick Vallelonga (son of Tony), came under fire for spreading an Islamophobic conspiracy theory on Twitter. Old stories about Farrelly “pranking” women by forcing them to look at his genitals resurfaced as well. Shirley’s family disputed his portrayal in the film and said they hadn’t been contacted about the details, leading star Ali, who plays Shirley, to call them and apologize. And perhaps most troublingly, the film sloppily portrays the “Green Book” it is named for, leaving out or misrepresenting some pertinent details and flattening its history. Read our roundtable on Green Book. Related The guidebook that helped black Americans travel during segregation<doc-sep>The nominees for the 91st annual Academy Awards will be announced live on Tuesday, Jan. 22, by actors Kumail Nanjiani and Tracee Ellis Ross. After an awards season filled with controversy, anger, and weirdness, the nominations announcement is sure to send social media into a tizzy, no matter what ends up happening. We’ve got you covered for all scenarios. Here are the major story lines to keep in mind when the big names are announced on Tuesday morning: Will controversies hurt the chances of Green Book and Bohemian Rhapsody? Every year, at least one Oscar best picture contender is beset by controversy, but this year has been nastier (figuratively and literally) than usual. Much of the furor has been over the 1960s-set dramedy Green Book and director Peter Farrelly, who recently apologized for his old, bizarre habit of flashing his penis on film sets. That same day, an old tweet by one of the film’s screenwriters, Nick Vallelonga, was unearthed, which agreed with Donald Trump’s racist, debunked claim that Muslims celebrated the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Add those debacles to the ongoing criticism of Green Book‘s racial dynamics, and the film has been mired in controversy since it debuted in November. Green Book and Bohemian Rhapsody each won major Golden Globe awards, but the Oscars are voted on by a very different set of people, and it’d be a very bad look for the Academy if either ultimately won best picture. But there’s still probably enough momentum for them to get nominations in the category, especially if defenders of the film use the controversies as an opportunity to entrench themselves even further into fandom. Fresh off its Golden Globes successes, Green Book has been a favorite to garner a best picture nomination. So if it doesn’t, we’ll know that all this controversy actually did have an effect on Oscar voters, who were voting just as the Farrelly and Vallelonga stories resurfaced earlier this month. (Perhaps a publicist at a rival film studio had something to do with the timing of those stories… We’ll never know.) The other of this year’s problematic best picture contenders is Bohemian Rhapsody, the Freddie Mercury biopic directed by Bryan Singer, who was fired during production but still kept a directing credit on the film. In addition to his unceremonious dismissal, Singer has been accused by multiple people of sexual misconduct. So there’s that. There’s also the fact that many critics (including this one) did not like Bohemian Rhapsody—though it has performed well at the box office around the world. Will Spike Lee finally get his first best director nomination? Yes, you’re reading that correctly. Somehow, Spike Lee—one of our greatest living filmmakers—has never been nominated for an Academy Award for best director (or best picture). But after conquering Cannes last year, Lee is now here to claim the elusive Oscar. BlacKkKlansman represents his best ever chance at a nomination in the category. The clever, searing, righteously didactic drama is considered one of the top three or four contenders for best picture, which gives Lee a good shot at landing his own nomination for director. According to awards predictor Gold Derby, only two directors (Bradley Cooper and Alfonso Cuarón) have better odds of being named among the five directing nominees. If Lee finally does get the nod, it’d be a long, long time coming. Will Black Panther break through? The Marvel crowd-pleaser became the first superhero movie to earn a Golden Globe nomination for best drama picture this month, putting it in a good spot to do the same at the Oscars. It seems inevitable that a superhero movie will eventually get nominated for the best picture Oscar (and, perhaps, win it altogether) and it’s only fitting that Black Panther, the groundbreaking, culturally resonant film by director Ryan Coogler, appears likely to be the first to do it. The bigger question could be just how many nominations it manages, as it’s a serious contender in best score, production design, costumes, and several others. And what of the other popular movies? Black Panther isn’t the only blockbuster that’s appeared on this year’s awards circuit. A Quiet Place, Crazy Rich Asians, and Mary Poppins Returns are all within the top 20 highest-grossing films of 2018 (as is Bohemian Rhapsody and A Star Is Born), and they’ve all picked up nominations at Oscar precursors. Those three are probably longshots for best picture nominations, but stranger things have happened, and in a year without a clear-cut favorite, don’t be shocked if one of these three sneaks in. If not best picture, all three are likely to pick up minor nominations elsewhere: A Quiet Place is a lock for a best sound editing nomination for instance. Will women be shut out of the directing category again? Before Greta Gerwig was nominated for directing Lady Bird last year, the Oscars’ best director category had gone seven years without a single woman nominated. Only five women have ever been nominated, and Kathryn Bigelow remains the only one to win (in 2009, for The Hurt Locker). Unfortunately, this year’s Directors Guild of America awards, considered an Oscars precursor, don’t bode well for women nominees this year. And that’s a total shame, considering how many superb films were directed by women in 2018. Between Debra Granik (Leave No Trace), Marielle Heller (Can You Ever Forgive Me? ), Lynne Ramsay (You Were Never Really Here), Chloe Zhao (The Rider), and Tamara Jenkins (Private Life), you could convincingly fill out a directing category comprised entirely of women. So it will be inexcusable if none of them are nominated—and especially insulting if someone like Green Book‘s Peter Farrelly gets a nod. Will Netflix’s enormous campaign for Roma pay off? Netflix desperately wants an Oscar. And the streaming giant has been pretty transparent about that, rolling out one of the most elaborate and expensive Oscar campaigns of all time for the film Roma. The stunning Alfonso Cuarón film is likely to get at least a best picture nomination, but we’ll get an indication of how strong its case for winning is based on how it performs elsewhere on the ballot, including best director, best actress (Yalitza Aparicio), best cinematography, best editing, and more. As a whole, the Academy, though younger and more diverse than it used to be, is still pretty hesitant to view Netflix as a serious film distributor, despite the impressive array of films it has put out in recent years. Roma could be the film to change all that. Its power is that undeniable. 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Some years, awards season feels like a dreary slog toward the inevitable—preordained winners gradually marching toward the promised podium, with few surprises in sight. 2019, however, is not one of those years. Though this season has had its share of narratives—A Star Is Born will win everything! No, Green Book will! No, it’s gonna be Black Panther!—few of them seem to be set in stone, even in the last few days before Oscar nominations are revealed. Perhaps that’s fitting for a show that seems more ramshackle than usual—from all that Kevin Hart drama to the Screen Actors Guild’s bold claim that the Academy Awards are trying to strong-arm talent into making appearances. With that in mind, five of Vanity Fair’s closest awards-watchers gathered around a single crystal ball to try to determine which films, performers, directors, writers, and more will be especially happy come January 22, when the nominations for the 91st annual Academy Awards are announced. See below for our picks in every single Oscar category, minus the shorts—and check back Tuesday morning to see how closely we predicted a thoroughly unpredictable year. BEST PICTURE A Star Is Born BlacKkKlansman Black Panther Bohemian Rhapsody Cold War The Favourite Green Book Roma Vice Despite our uncertainty in this highly combustible year, we decided to choose just nine nominees, as the Academy has done in five of the last seven years—and resisted the urge to throw a bone to Eighth Grade, If Beale Street Could Talk, or Mary Poppins Returns. Some may be surprised to see Amazon’s Polish-language Cold War make our list, but its arty milieu, universal themes, and Criterion-worthy cinematography feel tailor-made for the Academy’s recent international recruits. And Bohemian Rhapsody’s boffo box office and huge showing at the Globes mean it’s really a thing, no matter how much that may annoy the critics. Still, there are probably four films with an actual chance of winning here: A Star Is Born, Roma, Green Book, and BlacKkKlansman. Given the lack of a clear front-runner, look for this race to get very interesting. Best Actress Glenn Close, The Wife Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born Olivia Colman, The Favourite Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me? Emily Blunt, Mary Poppins Returns Glenn Close, Lady Gaga, and Olivia Colman feel like absolute locks here, barring anything completely nuts happening. Melissa McCarthy is probably also close to a shoo-in, a beloved movie star revealing more of her talents in a beloved little indie. It’s that fifth slot that has us a bit stymied. Right now we’re giving Emily Blunt the edge over Roma’s Yalitza Aparicio, probably the likely alternative, because Blunt also had the monster hit A Quiet Place in 2018, which solidified the industry’s love for her and her husband. Potentially lurking in the shadows looking to snatch the fifth slot away from Blunt or Aparicio is Toni Collette, whose Hereditary was a summer sensation. BEST ACTOR Christian Bale, Vice Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born Ethan Hawke, First Reformed Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody John David Washington, BlacKkKlansman Having run the table of precursor awards, Christian Bale already feels destined to win this category for his utter and utterly uncanny transformation into, of all people, Richard Bruce Cheney. The head, the sneer, the gut, the void where a conscience should be—he embodied it all, and is likely to reap the rewards. But don’t count out Bradley Cooper, whose wardrobe choices on the awards circuit seem designed to remind us that he’s really nothing at all like his booze-guzzling, greasy-haired Star Is Born character, Jackson Maine. Most prognosticators are rounding out the field with Rami Malek, John David Washington, and Green Book’s Viggo Mortensen—but we’re betting that the offscreen travails of Peter Farrelly’s road movie, coupled with the acting community’s regard for the eternally sincere and industrious Ethan Hawke, could spark an upset. Best Supporting Actor Mahershala Ali, Green Book Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me? Sam Elliott, A Star Is Born Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman Timothée Chalamet, Beautiful Boy What once seemed Sam Elliott’s to lose, and then maybe Richard E. Grant’s, now seems firmly in the hands of Mahershala Ali, who is all but set to win his second Oscar in three years. Of course, some long-term affection for an old vet like Elliott could spoil that. Same for Grant, maybe; we could see him winning in a Mark Rylance–style upset. But the real question is those other two slots.