Olivia Colman’s period comedy-drama ‘The Favourite’ and Netflix’s black-and-white epic ‘Roma’ lead this year’s Oscar race, with 10 nominations each. The other contenders include ‘A Star Is Born’ and ‘Vice’ with eight each, followed by ‘Black Panther’ with seven. ‘Black Panther’ is the first superhero movie to be nominated for best picture. Colman is among the British acting nominees, alongside her co-star Rachel Weisz and Christian Bale for ‘Vice’. Following is a list of the 2019 Oscar nominations: Best picture BlacKkKlansman Black Panther Bohemian Rhapsody The Favourite Green Book Roma A Star Is Born Vice Best actor Christian Bale – Vice Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born Willem Dafoe – At Eternity’s Gate Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody Viggo Mortensen – Green Book ‘Black Panther’ is the first superhero movie to be nominated for best picture at the Oscars Best actress Yalitza Aparicio – Roma Glenn Close – The Wife Olivia Colman – The Favourite Lady Gaga – A Star Is Born Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me? Best supporting actor Mahershala Ali – Green Book Adam Driver – BlacKkKlansman Sam Elliott – A Star Is Born Richard E Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me? Sam Rockwell – Vice Best supporting actress Amy Adams – Vice Marina de Tavira – Roma Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk Emma Stone – The Favourite Rachel Weisz – The Favourite Best director Alfonso Cuaron – Roma Yorgos Lanthimos – The Favourite Spike Lee – BlacKkKlansman Adam McKay – Vice Pawel Pawlikowski – Cold War Best adapted screenplay The Ballad of Buster Scruggs BlacKkKlansman Can You Ever Forgive Me? If Beale Street Could Talk A Star Is Born Best original screenplay The Favourite First Reformed Green Book Roma Vice Best foreign language film Capernaum – Lebanon Cold War – Poland Never Look Away – Germany Roma – Mexico Shoplifters – Japan Best original song All The Stars – Black Panther I’ll Fight – RGB The Place Where Lost Things Go – Mary Poppins Returns Shallow – A Star Is Born When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings – The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Best original score BlacKkKlansman – Terence Blanchard Black Panther – Ludwig Goransson If Beale Street Could Talk – Nicholas Britell Isle of Dogs – Alexandre Desplat Mary Poppins Returns – Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman Best animated feature Incredibles 2 Isle of Dogs Mirai Ralph Breaks the Internet Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Best documentary feature Free Solo Hale County This Morning, This Evening Minding the Gap Of Fathers and Sons RBG. Published in Daily Times, January 23rd 2019.