This Sunday, March 27, the 94th edition of the Academy of Actors Oscars 2022 will be held at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood. And as is tradition, the nominees for the award categories are already the topic of the moment.
On this occasion, according to the Los Angeles Times, there is a record for Latino nominations for this year’s edition of one of the most prestigious awards in the world of cinema.
Starting with the most important category of the event, Best Film, we find the nomination for “Nightmare Alley”, directed by the Mexican screenwriter William of the Bull.
Latino nominations at the 2022 Oscars
The couple of Spanish actors, Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem are nominated for two of the most prestigious categories of the night as best leading actors, for their characters in “Madres Paralelas” and “Being The Ricardos”, respectively.
One of the favorites to win the statuette for Best Supporting Actress is Ariana DeBoseof Afro-Puerto Rican descent, who stars in the film “West Side Story.”
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The Puerto Rican Rita Morenowho in 1961 won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for the same character that DeBose now plays, is currently nominated as Executive Producer in the new version of “West Side Story”.
Also Puerto Rican and composer Lin-Manuel Miranda is the director of the film starring Andrew Garfield, “Tik, Tik… Boom!” and is also nominated for Best Editing.
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Inspired in Colombia“Charm”, one of the most recent animated films of Disneymade Latinos shine in this issue of the Academy Awards.
And Lin-Manuel Miranda goes for more, because in addition to “Tik, Tik… Boom!”, he also got the nomination for Best Original Song for “Dos Oruguitas”, one of the themes of the animated film of the moment.
Also for “Encanto”, the nomination for Best Soundtrack was awarded to the composer of Mexican origin Germain Franco.
On the other hand, “Raya y el Último Dragón”, as well as “Encanto”, opt for the award for Best Animated Film, an award that praises the work of the Mexican Carlos Lopez Estrada.
This year’s Oscars are highly anticipated by the Spanish-speaking community, thanks to one of the most marked presences of actors from these roots that has been seen in the history of this award. (AND)
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Source: Eluniverso
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