LGBT films dominate the 91st Academy Awards nominations
- The 91st Academy Awards nominations may have some surprises, but one tendency from this awards season continued to prove its dominance: LGBT films are an Oscar favorite this year. 'The Favourite' and 'Bohemian Rhapsody' scored a bunch of nominations each, with 'Green Book' and 'A Star Is Born' also providing a good showing. But those aren't the only films of LGBT interest to nab Oscar nominations this year. Check out this gallery to discover them all.
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Best Picture - 'Bohemian Rhapsody' centers around bisexual Queen front man Freddie Mercury (played by Rami Malek).
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Best Picture - 'The Favourite' centers around a love triangle between Queen Anne (Olivia Colman), her advisor Lady Sarah (Rachel Weisz), and her maid Abigail (Emma Stone).
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Best Picture - Mahershala Ali plays Don Shirley, who has a sexual encounter with a man in 'Green Book.'
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Best Picture - 'A Star Is Born' features several LGBT characters and actors.
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Best Picture - Biopic 'Vice' features Mary Cheney (played by Alison Pill), Dick Cheney's lesbian daughter.
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Directing
- Yorgos Lanthimos is nominated for 'The Favourite.'
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Directing - Adam McKay is nominated for 'Vice.'
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Actor in a Leading Role - Rami Malek is nominated for 'Bohemian Rhapsody.'
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Actress in a Leading Role - Lady Gaga has previously identified as bisexual, though these days she tends to refer to herself as an ally. Whatever her identity, she's nominated in this category for 'A Star Is Born.'
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Actress in a Leading Role - Olivia Colman has been nominated for 'The Favourite.'
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Actress in a Leading Role - Melissa McCarthy is nominated for her role as lesbian writer Lee Israel in 'Can You Ever Forgive Me?.'
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Actor in a Supporting Role - Mahershala Ali is nominated for 'Green Book.'
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Actor in a Supporting Role - Richard E. Grant is nominated for his role as gay character Jack Hock in 'Can You Ever Forgive Me?.'
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Actress in a Supporting Role - Rachel Weisz has been nominated for 'The Favourite.'
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Actress in a Supporting Role - Emma Stone is up against her co-star, having also been nominated for 'The Favourite.'
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Original Screenplay - Adam McKay is nominated for 'Vice.'
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Original Screenplay - Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, and Peter Farrelly are nominated for 'Green Book.'
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Original Screenplay - Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara have been nominated for 'The Favourite.'
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Adapted Screenplay - Barry Jenkins has been nominated for 'If Beale Street Could Talk,' which is based on a novel by gay author James Baldwin.
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Adapted Screenplay - Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters, and Eric Roth are nominated for 'A Star Is Born.'
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Adapted Screenplay - Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty have been nominated for 'Can You Ever Forgive Me?.'
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Original Song - 'Shallow' from 'A Star Is Born' is nominated.
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Original Score - 'If Beale Street Could Talk' is nominated.
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Cinematography - Robbie Ryan is nominated for 'The Favourite.'
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Cinematography - Matthew Libatique is nominated for 'A Star Is Born.'
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Production Design - 'The Favourite' is nominated.
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Makeup and Hairstyle - 'Vice' is nominated.
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Film Editing - 'The Favourite' is nominated.
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Film Editing - 'Green Book' is nominated.
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Film Editing - 'Bohemian Rhapsody' is nominated.
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Film Editing - 'Vice' is nominated.
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Sound Editing - 'Bohemian Rhapsody' is nominated.
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Sound Mixing - 'A Star Is Born' is nominated.
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Sound Mixing - 'Bohemian Rhapsody' is nominated.
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Costume Design - 'The Favourite' is nominated.
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Documentary Short - Gay filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman's short 'End Game' is nominated.
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Will you be watching? - The 91st Academy Awards will air on February 24.
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LGBT films dominate the 91st Academy Awards nominations
Every major category has an LGBT connection
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01/22/19 | StarsInsider
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The 91st Academy Awards nominations may have some surprises, but one tendency from this awards season continued to prove its dominance: LGBT films are an Oscar favorite this year. 'The Favourite' and 'Bohemian Rhapsody' scored a bunch of nominations each, with 'Green Book' and 'A Star Is Born' also providing a good showing.
But those aren't the only films of LGBT interest to nab Oscar nominations this year. Check out this gallery to discover them all.
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