'Joker' leads Oscar nominations with 11

Joker leads the nominations at the British Academy film awards, which will be handed out today amid controversy about the lack of diversity in the acting nominees.

As far as the Academy’s concerned, “Honeyland” is the bee’s knees.

Very few artists achieve the breakout year that Icelandic composer Hildur Gudnadóttir has forged for herself, first winning an Emmy for HBO's Chernobyl in September and then seeing the R-rated comic book adaptation she worked on cross $1 billion at the box office. That film, Warner Bros.' Joker, also is responsible for making her the first solo female composer to win a Golden Globe.

Charles Dickens’ 160 year-old “best of times/worst of times” conundrum from “Tale of Two Cities” beautifully sums up the state of filmmaking in this young century. Seemingly around every corner there’s a new disruptive technology changing, and often complicating, either production or distribution.

With her latest best original song nomination for "I'm Standing With You" from the Fox feature Breakthrough, Diane Warren now holds an Oscar record -- if not yet an Oscar. Her 11th career mention makes her the most-nominated woman in Oscar history without a single win.

Some years, the short films nominated for Academy Awards make a well-rounded, coherent program; other years, they feel like a random grab-bag.

Exiled moviemaker Roman Polanski’s new film An Officer And A Spy leads all nominations for France’s Oscars.

Harriet Frank Jr., the two-time Oscar nominee forHudandNorma Raewho partnered with her husband, the late Irving Ravetch, to form one of the great screenwriting teams in Hollywood history, has died. She was 96.Frank died Tuesday at her home in Los Angeles, her nephew, Michael Frank, told The New York Times.Frank and Ravetch worked on 17 features together, including eight directed by Martin Ritt over a 32-year span and three that were adapted from William Faulkner novels.

Antonio Banderas is an official Oscar nominee! The 59-year-old received a nomination in the Best Actor category for his role in Pain and Glory. As if his first nomination wasn’t exciting enough, the story about getting the news makes the experience even better.

"Woopeti WOOOP"

By Matt Grobar

The Oscars 2020 nominations were finally revealed with several obvious choices, many surprises and even more snubs. Leading the pack is Joker, directed by Todd Phillips and starring Joaquin Phoenix, who delivers the performance of a lifetime in this DC origin story.

It was quite an exciting Monday morning for legendary songwriter Diane Warren, 63, and This Is Us star Chrissy Metz, 39. On Jan.

Joker led the nominations for the 92nd annual Academy Awards with a total 11 nods.

Joker led the nominations for the 92nd annual Academy Awards with a total 11 nods.

Cynthia Erivo is one step closer to becoming an EGOT winner.The actress and singer is nominated for best actress for her portrayal as Harriet Tubman in Harriet and best original song for co-writing and performing the film's number "Stand Up," at the 92nd Annual Academy Awards.If Erivo wins one of the categories, she would become the 16thperson to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award.

Rumors of Netflix’s award season washout have been greatly exaggerated, as the streamer walked away with an impressive 24 Oscar nominations on Monday morning.