Overview
- Ryan Coogler’s Blood & Sinners leads the 98th Academy Awards with 16 nominations, topping the previous high of 14 held by All About Eve, Titanic and La La Land.
- Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another follows with 13 nominations, while Frankenstein, Marty Supreme and Sentimental Value receive nine each and Hamnet earns eight.
- Germany’s In die Sonne schauen misses the International Feature shortlist finale, with the five nominees coming from France, Brazil, Norway, Spain and Tunisia.
- Michael B. Jordan lands his first Best Actor nomination for Blood & Sinners, and Coogler is nominated for Best Director and Original Screenplay.
- The Academy debuts a Casting category and enforces viewing compliance for voting, with winners to be announced March 15 at the Dolby Theatre hosted by Conan O’Brien.