ENTERTAINMENT OSCAR OUTLIERS: NO HOST AND BLOCKBUSTER NOMINEES by: Frances McMurry be nominated for Best Picture, has seven nominations, including costume design, original score, original song, production design, sound editing, and sound mixing. At the same Although the 91st Oscars are more than a week away, time, Black Panther missed out on a nomination in the nominations have been announced and specula- any acting and directing categories. tions are being made for who will walk away with a Bradley Cooper’s fourth retelling of A Star famous gold statue. The popular awards show will is Born earned eight nominations- including air on ABC at 7p.m. on Sunday, February 24. Best Picture and acting nominations for This year the award ceremony will be hostless, Cooper, Lady Gaga, and Sam Elliot. Sur- as Kevin Hart stepped down from hosting du- prisingly, Cooper did not receive a nomi- ties following backlash from an old tweet. He nation for Best Director. posted a video to Instagram saying he was The award show will feature musical quitting because he did not want to apologize performances of the five Original Song again. This is the first time in thirty years that the nominees: Black Panther’s “All the Stars,” Academy Awards will not have a host. RBG’s “I’ll Fight,” Mary Poppins Returns’ This year’s Oscar nominations include films “The Place Where the Lost Things Go,” A that are much more popular than the obscure Star is Born’s “Shallow,” and The Ballad of films the Academy usually recognizes. Box office Buster Scruggs’ “When a Cowboy Trades His powerhouses like Black Panther, A Star is Born, and Spurs for Wings.” Though there was some Bohemian Rhapsody are among the films competing speculation that all of the songs might not be for Best Picture. performed this year due to time constraints, the Netflix’s Roma and The Favourite are tied for the most Academy has confirmed that all five songs will per- nominations, with 10 each. form a 90-second excerpt during the ceremony. Black Panther, the first superhero movie to ever BEST LEAD PICTURE ACTOR Chadwick Black Boseman Panther (Black Panther) LEAD WORST ACTRESS PICTURE Sandra Bullock The Meg (Birdbox) SUPPORTING ACTRESS SCREENPLAY Zoe Saldana OAK Black Panther (Avengers: Infinity War) SUPPORTING GROVE BEST MichealACTOR B. ANIMATED FEATURE Jordan Incredibles 2 (Black Panther) OSCARS BEST BEST SOUNDTRACK ORIGINAL Spiderman: SONG Into the Bohemian Spiderverse Rhapsody SPECIAL COSTUME EFFECT DESIGN Avengers: Black Infinity War Panther.