‘Joker’ tops Oscar nominations with 11; 3 other films get 10 apiece

Todd Phillips’ much-debated supervillain origin story and R-rated box-office smash “Joker” tops all films with 11 Academy Awards nominations, while Martin Scorsese’s elegiac crime epic “The Irishman,” Quentin Tarantino’s 1960s Los Angeles fairy tale “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” and Sam Mendes’ World War I tale “1917” all trail close behind with 10 nods apiece.

Those four are among the nine films nominated for best picture, in nominations announced Monday to the 92nd Academy Awards. The others are: “Parasite,” “Little Women,” “Marriage Story,” “Jojo Rabbit” and “Ford v Ferrari.”

While “Joker” was expected to do well Monday, the academy’s overwhelming support for a movie that was far from a critical favorite is unexpected. The film’s nominations include best actor for Joaquin Phoenix and best director for Phillips.

— AP