Denzel Washington, Nicole Kidman & More Stars React To 2022 Oscar Nominations
08.02.2022 - 18:27
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The 2022 Oscar nominations are in.
This year, “Dune”, “The Power of the Dog”, “Belfast” and “King Richard” were among the movies being nominated, while Kristen Stewart, Andrew Garfield, Will Smith, and Benedict Cumberbatch are just a handful of stars who are up for Academy Awards at the March 27 ceremony.
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After Tracee Ellis Ross and Leslie Jordan did the honours on Tuesday, Lin-Manuel Miranda, director of “Tick, Tick… BOOM!” celebrated Garfield’s Lead Actor nom and Myron Kerstein & Andrew Weisblum’s Best Film Editing noms:
Miranda is also up for the Best Original Song gong for “Dos Oruguitas” from “Encanto”.
Questlove, up for the Best Documentary Feature award for “Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)”, gushed:
Kenneth Branagh, who is nominated for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Picture for “Belfast”, which received seven nominations in total, shared in a statement: “It’s a long way from the streets of Belfast to the Academy Awards. Today, I think of my mother and father, and my grandparents — how proud they were to be Irish, how much this city meant to them. They would have been overwhelmed by this incredible honour — as am I.
“Given a story as personal as this one, it’s a hell of a day for my family, and the family of our film. I thank Academy voters for their incredible and generous recognition. We are honoured to be among the other extraordinary nominees in a remarkable year for films, and I salute the superb cast and crew of ‘Belfast’ for their exceptional talent, comradeship and kindness.”
Olivia Colman gushed of her “The Lost Daughter” leading actress nom: “Oh my