Oscar nominations packed with firsts, but no clear best picture favorite

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Netflix’s 1930s Hollywood drama “Mank” led a diverse field of Oscar nominations on Monday packed with historic firsts but with no clear frontrunner for the highest honors in the movie industry.

“Mank,” about “Citizen Kane” screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz, got 10 nods, including best picture, director David Fincher and for actors Gary Oldman and Amanda Seyfried. But most of its nominations were in craft fields like sound design and make-up.

Six nods each were earned by the other best picture contenders “The Father,” Black Panther story “Judas and the Black Messiah,” Korean-language drama “Minari,” “Nomadland,” #MeToo revenge tale “Promising Young Woman,” Amazon Studio deaf drama …

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