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Oscar nominations 2019 – live updates: The Favourite and Roma lead nods with UK's Olivia Colman and Christian Bale shortlisted for best actor categories

 The announcement follows what has been one of the tightest Oscar races in years

Jacob Stolworthy
Tuesday 22 January 2019 11:25 EST
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The Oscars: Who are the Brits vying for nominations?

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This year’s Oscar nominations have been announced in Los Angeles bringing the 2019 awards season into its final stages.

The films vying for success at the annual awards ceremony were named by Kumail Nanjiani (The Big Sick) and Black-ish star Tracee Ellis Ross.

In contention are Yorgos Lanthimos’s periood comedy The Favourite, Netflix film Roma and the Bradley Cooper-Lady Gaga mudsical drama, A Star is Born.

Catch up with all the action has it happened in our live blog below – and scan your eyes over the full list of nominations here.

The 91st Academy Awards ceremony will take place at the Dolby Theatre on 24 February.

There will be no host and will instead have a selection of guests introducing special segments throughout the evening.

Kevin Hart dropped out of hosting the ceremony after refusing to apologise for resurfaced homophobic tweets he made between 2009 and 2011.

That's Glenn Close in The Wife for those who don't know.

Jacob Stolworthy22 January 2019 11:26

  ↵  ↵Of course, not forgetting Lady Gaga.

Jacob Stolworthy22 January 2019 11:33

You better believe that my most hyped moment of the entire ceremony is Bradley Cooper and Gaga's performance of "Shallow".

Jacob Stolworthy22 January 2019 11:37

  ↵Okay, let's talk Best Supporting Actor because all I really want is the below to happen.

Jacob Stolworthy22 January 2019 11:47

I will do whatever I need to in order to get Steven Yeun an Oscar for that film (out in the UK next week).

Jacob Stolworthy22 January 2019 11:51

  ↵We're feeling this too – the tension is beginning to take hold...

Jacob Stolworthy22 January 2019 11:57

The Academy will have a lot to contend with if Chalamet isn't nominated.

Jacob Stolworthy22 January 2019 12:02
Jacob Stolworthy22 January 2019 12:03

It's looking increasingly likely that we won't see a single female filmmaker nominated for Best Director, which is a goddamn travesty.

Jacob Stolworthy22 January 2019 12:04
Jacob Stolworthy22 January 2019 12:06

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