'Roma,' 'The Favourite' dominate Oscar nominations with 10 each "Vice" not far behind with eight

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Alfonso Cuaron's Spanish-language reminiscence of his Mexico City childhood, "Roma," and Yorgos Lanthimos' biting chronicle of an 18th century British monarch and her court, "The Favourite," are the leading contenders at the upcoming 91st Academy Awards with 10 nods each, including nominations for best picture, director, original screenplay, and in the actress categories.

The Oscar nominations were announced Tuesday morning in a ceremony from the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles.

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With "Roma" snaring 10 nominations, it's a big win for Netflix. If "Roma" goes on to win best picture, it will be the rare foreign-language film and the first film made by a streaming service to win the category. (The French "The Artist" won in 2012 though it was largely silent.)

This isn't the only good news for Netflix. The service's "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs," directed by the Coen brothers, picked up three nominations, including adapted screenplay.

Not far behind "Roma" and "The Favourite" in the nominations count is Adam McKay's satiric Dick Cheney biopic "Vice" with eight, including best picture, director, original screenplay, and actor for Christian Bale.

"Black Panther" got seven nominations, including best picture, though most of its nods were in technical categories. But it's still a big win for a Marvel superhero movie.

The remaining best picture nominees are "BlackKlansman," "Bohemian Rhapsody," "Green Book," and "A Star Is Born." The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences can nominate as many as 10 films in this category.

Up for best director are Spike Lee ("BlackKlansman"), Pawel Pawlikowski ("Cold War"), Yorgos Lanthimos ("The Favourite"), Alfonso Cuaron ("Roma"), and Adam McKay ("Vice").

The contenders for best actor are Christian Bale ("Vice"), Bradley Cooper ("A Star Is Born"), Willem Dafoe ("At Eternity's Gate"), Rami Malek ("Bohemian Rhapsody") and Viggo Mortensen ("Green Book").

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On the actress side, the competitors are Yalitza Aparicio ("Roma"), Glenn Close ("The Wife"), Olivia Colman ("The Favourite"), Lady Gaga ("A Star Is Born") and Melissa McCarthy ("Can You Ever Forgive Me?")

Amy Adams ("Vice"), Maria de Tavira ("Roma"), Regina King ("If Beale Street Could Talk"), Emma Stone ("The Favourite") and Rachel Weisz ("The Favourite") are on the list for supporting actress.

For supporting actor, Mahershala Ali ("Green Book"), Adam Driver ("BlackKklansman"), Sam Elliott ("A Star Is Born"), Richard E. Grant ("Can You Ever Forgive Me?"), and Sam Rockwell ("Vice") are going for the Oscar gold.

Surprises include the omission of Bradley Cooper and Ryan Coogler for best director for "A Star Is Born" and "Black Panther" respectively as well as the inclusion of foreign-language films outside of the foreign-language category. In addition to the nomination of "Roma" from Mexico for best picture and Poland's Pawlikowski for director, there's the nomination for his "Cold War" for cinematography and Aparicio and de Tavira for actress and supporting actress respectively from "Roma." The German "Never Look Away," up in the foreign-language category, is also up in cinematography.

The nomination of Dafoe, who won out over Texan Ethan Hawke for "First Reformed" and John David Washington for "BlackKlansman," is an eyebrow-raiser.

Barry Jenkins' lauded "If Beale Street Could Talk" received three nominations, including King for supporting actress and adapted screenplay for Jenkins, but didn't make into the directing or picture categories. Jenkins won best picture for "Moonlight" two years ago.

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Films totally shut out include "Crazy Rich Asians," "The Rider," and "Eighth Grade."

One of the big snubs came in the documentary category where the popular doc about Mister Rogers, "Won't You Be My Neighbor?," was overlooked in favor of "RBG," "Minding the Gap," "Free Solo" and "Of Fathers and Sons."

For a complete list of nominations, go to www.oscar.go.com

The Academy Awards take place Feb. 24.