'Power of the Dog' tops Oscar noms with 12; 'Dune' nabs 10
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Jane Campion's gothic western 'The Power of the Dog' led nominations to the 94th Academy Awards, where streaming services more than ever before swept over Hollywood's top honours.
Campion's Netflix film landed a leading 12 nominations in nominations announced Tuesday, including nods for best picture, best director and all of its top actors: Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons and Kodi Smit-McPhee.
Campion, a nominee for 1993's "The Piano," became the first woman to ever be nominated twice for best director. Last year, Chloe Zhao became just the second woman to ever win the award. Campion's director of photography, Ari Wegner, also became the second woman ever nominated for best cinematography. The only previous woman to do so was Rachel Morrison for "Mudbound" in 2018.
Denis Villeneuve's "Dune" followed closely behind with 10 nominations spread out largely in the technical categories as the academy gravitated to the craft of Villeneuve's science-fiction epic.
The nominees for best picture are: "Belfast"; "The Power of the Dog"; "Dune"; "Drive My Car"; "West Side Story"; "Don't Look Up"; "Licorice Pizza"; "CODA"; "King Richard"; "Nightmare Alley."
