Life theArts Oscar nominees announced

Box office hits are among 10 best picture nominees

By DAVE MASON NEWS-PRESS MANAGING EDITOR

Two major box office hits — “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Avatar: The Way of the Water” — are among the 10 best picture nominees for this year’s Oscars.

The nominees were announced Tuesday morning by “M3GAN” star Allison Williams and Oscar winner Riz Ahmed.

The 95th Oscars will be broadcast live March 12 on ABC (KEYT, Channel 3). As usual, they will take place at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood.

In addition to “Top Gun” and “Avatar,” this year’s best picture nominees are the biopic “Elvis,” the sci-fi mystery “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” the Steven Spielberg-directed “The Fabelmans,” “Tár,” “The Banshees of Inisherin,” “All Quiet on the Western Front,” “Triangle of Sadness” and “Women Talking.”

Those films picked up additional nominations in areas such as directing and acting.

The nominees for best director are Martin McDonagh for “The Banshees of Inisherin,” Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert for “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” Steven Spielberg for “The Fabelmans,” Todd Field for ““Tár,” and Ruben Ostlund for “Triangle of Sadness.”

The nominees for best actor are: Austin Butler in “Elvis,” Colin Farrell in “The Banshees of Inisherin,” Brendan Fraser in “The Whale,” Paul Mescal in “Aftersun” and Bill Nighy in “Living.” Mr. Butler, Mr. Farrell and Mr. Fraser are scheduled to appear at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, set for Feb. 8-18.

The nominees for best actress are Cate Blanchett in ““Tár,” Ana de Armas in “Blonde,” Andrea Riseborough in “To Leslie,” Michelle Williams in “The Fabelmans” and Michelle Yeoh in “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”

Ms. Blanchett will appear at the Santa Barbara International Festival. In December, Ms. Yeoh won the Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence from the same festival.

The nominees for best supporting actor are Brendan Gleeson in “The Banshees of Inisherin,” Brian Tyree Henry in “Causeway,” Judd Hirsch in “The Fabelmans,” Barry Keoghan in “The Banshees of Inisherin” and Ke Huy Quan in

“Everything Everywhere All At Once.” Mr. Gleeson and Mr. Quan will be at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.

The nominees for best supporting actress are Angela Bassett in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” Hong Chau in “The Whale,” Kerry Condon in “The Banshees of Inisherin,” Jamie Lee Curtis in “Everything

Everywhere All at Once” and Stephanie Hsu in “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” Ms. Bassett and Ms. Curtis will be at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.

The nominees for original screenplay consist of Martin McDonagh for “The Banshees of Inisherin,” Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert for