"Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voters showered "Sinners" with more nominations than they had ever bestowed before, breaking the 14-nomination mark set by "All About Eve," "Titanic" and "La La Land." Along with best picture, Coogler was nominated for best director and best screenplay, and double-duty star Michael B. Jordan was rewarded with his first Oscar nomination, for best actor."
"Paul Thomas Anderson's father-daughter revolutionary saga "One Battle After Another," the favorite coming into nominations, trailed in second with 13 nominations of its own. Four of its actors - Leonardo DiCaprio, Teyana Taylor, Benicio del Toro and Sean Penn - were nominated, though newcomer Chase Infiniti was left out in best actress. In those two top nominees, the film academy put its full force behind a pair of visceral and bracingly original American epics that each connected with a fraught national moment."
"Both are also Warner Bros. titles. In the midst of a contentious sale to Netflix, the 102-year-old studio had its best Oscar nominations morning ever. As the fate of Warner Bros., which Netflix is buying for $72 billion, hangs in the balance amid a challenge from Paramount Skydance, Hollywood is bracing for potentially the largest realignment in the film industry's history."
Ryan Coogler's blues-steeped vampire epic "Sinners" received 16 nominations at the 98th Academy Awards, the most nominations in Oscar history. The Academy broke the previous 14-nomination record held by "All About Eve," "Titanic" and "La La Land." Coogler earned nominations for best director and best screenplay, and Michael B. Jordan received his first best actor nomination. Paul Thomas Anderson's "One Battle After Another" followed with 13 nominations, with Leonardo DiCaprio, Teyana Taylor, Benicio del Toro and Sean Penn nominated while newcomer Chase Infiniti was left out of best actress. Both top nominees are Warner Bros. titles amid a contentious sale to Netflix.
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