Great day for Irish among Oscar nominees

The Oscar nominations have been announced in the US, with Irish co-production The Favourite tying for the most nominations with 10 - including one for cinematographer Robbie Ryan - and the Irish short films Late Afternoon and Detainment also among the nominees.

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The Favourite, which was co-produced by Dublin company Element Pictures, has tied with Mexican drama Roma for the most nominations - 10.

Among The Favourite's nominations are Best Picture, Director (Yorgos Lanthimos), Actress (Olivia Colman) and Supporting Actress (Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz), with Irish cinematographer Robbie Ryan also shortlisted for his work on the black comedy.

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Kilkenny's Cartoon Saloon is celebrating its nomination in the Best Animated Short Category with Late Afternoon, while Irish filmmaker Vincent Lambe is among the nominees for Best Live Action Short for his controversial film Detainment, which is based on the police transcripts from the James Bulger case.

Joining The Favourite on the Best Picture shortlist are: BlacKkKlansman, Black Panther, Bohemian Rhapsody, Green Book, Roma, A Star is Born and Vice.

Roma and The Favourite lead the nominations with 10 apiece

The nominees for Best Actress are: Yalitza Aparicio (Roma), Glenn Close (The Wife), Olivia Colman (The Favourite), Lady Gaga (A Star Is Born) and Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?).

Glenn Close - A Best Actress nominee for the seventh time for her performance in The Wife

Christian Bale (Vice), Bradley Cooper (A Star is Born), Willem Dafoe (At Eternity's Gate), Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody) and Viggo Mortensen (Green Book) are the nominees for Best Actor.

Christian Bale - A Best Actor nominee for his portrayal of former US Vice President Dick Cheney in the film Vice

The Oscars take place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday February 24.

The Nominees:

Best Picture
BlacKkKlansman
Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
Green Book
Roma
A Star is Born
Vice

Best Director
Alfonso Cuarón (Roma)
Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favourite)
Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman)
Adam McKay (Vice)
Pawel Pawlikowski (Cold War)

Best Actress
Yalitza Aparicio (Roma)
Glenn Close (The Wife)
Olivia Colman (The Favourite)
Lady Gaga (A Star Is Born)
Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)

Best Actor
Christian Bale (Vice)
Bradley Cooper (A Star is Born)
Willem Dafoe (At Eternity's Gate)
Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody)
Viggo Mortensen (Green Book)

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams (Vice)
Marina de Tavira (Roma)
Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk)
Emma Stone (The Favourite)
Rachel Weisz (The Favourite)

Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali (Green Book)
Adam Driver (BlacKkKlansman)
Sam Elliott (A Star Is Born)
Richard E Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
Sam Rockwell (Vice)

Best Foreign-Language Film
Capernaum (Lebanon)
Cold War (Poland)
Never Look Away (Germany)
Roma (Mexico)
Shoplifters (Japan)

The Japanese film Shoplifters is nominated for Best Foreign-Language Film

Best Animated Feature
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Mirai
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Best Documentary Feature
Free Solo
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Minding the Gap
Of Fathers and Sons
RBG

Best Original Screenplay
The Favourite
First Reformed
Green Book
Roma
Vice

Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali in Green Book

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
BlacKkKlansman
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
If Beale Street Could Talk
A Star is Born

Adam Driver and John David Washington in BlacKkKlansman

Best Animated Short
Animal Behaviour
Bao
Late Afternoon (Irish short)
One Small Step
Weekends

Best Live Action Short
Detainment (Irish short)
Fauve
Marguerite
Mother
Skin

Best Documentary Short
Black Sheep
End Game
Lifeboat
A Night at the Garden
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Best Original Score
Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
If Beale Street Could Talk
Isle of Dogs
Mary Poppins Returns

Best Original Song
All The Stars from Black Panther by Kendrick Lamar, SZA
I'll Fight from RBG by Diane Warren, Jennifer Hudson
The Place Where Lost Things Go from Mary Poppins Returns by Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman
Shallow from A Star Is Born by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt and Benjamin Rice
When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings from The Ballad of Buster Scruggs by Willie Watson, Tim Blake Nelson