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It's starting again: The Oscars are being awarded in Los Angeles - and this time the gala took place again in front of and with a larger audience.
Pictured here is actress Jessica Chastain.
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With twelve nominations, the film »The Power of the Dog« is this year's Oscar favorite - the leading role is played by British actor Benedict Cumberbatch.
He came to Hollywood with his wife Sophie Hunter.
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And another couple on the Oscar carpet: actress Nicole Kidman and musician Keith Urban.
Kidman is nominated for Best Actress for her work in the movie Being the Ricardos.
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Steven Spielberg, Rita Moreno and Ariana DeBose pose together for photographers: they worked together on the remake of West Side Story.
DeBose is nominated for best supporting actress and Spielberg for best director.
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Jane Campion is the first woman in Oscars history to be nominated for Best Director twice.
In March 1994 she was in contention for The Piano but lost to Steven Spielberg.
Now she has another chance to win the coveted director's Oscar with her western »The Power of the Dog«.
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Kirsten Dunst plays a supporting role in The Power of the Dog - so well that she was nominated for an Oscar this year.
Alongside her is actor Jesse Plemons - who is in turn in the running for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the same film.
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Judi Dench could also win an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in »Belfast«.
She appeared at the gala with her grandson Sam Williams.
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Actress Jessie Buckley is also nominated in the same category.
The jury thus honored her work in the film »Woman in the Dark«.
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Maggie Gyllenhaal is nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay for Woman in the Dark.
It also features her husband, actor Peter Sarsgaard.
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Part of the team behind the Apple TV+ film »Coda« (from left) Eugenio Derbez, Troy Kotsur (best supporting actor nominee), Marlee Matlin, Sian Heder, Amy Forsyth and Daniel Durant.
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Actor Rami Malek also came to the 94th Academy Awards.
He is not nominated this year.
Most recently, he starred as the villain in the recent James Bond film.
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Actress Lupita Nyong'o arrives at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles.
Last year, the Oscars were much smaller due to the corona pandemic.
At that time, the scene was a historic train station building in Los Angeles with only a few hundred guests.
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For the first time in Oscar history, the gala will be moderated by three women: Regina Hall, Wanda Sykes and Amy Schumer (pictured here).
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Actor Timothee Chalamet upon his arrival: he was last seen in the film »Dune« – the science fiction epic received a total of ten Oscar nominations.
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