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A nod for a nonagenarian and a surge of first-time acting honorees are among the notable numbers stemming from the Oscar nominations announced Tuesday.

The nominations to the 95th Academy Awards are now out.

The sci-fi indie hit “Everything Everywhere All at Once” leads nominations to the 95th Academy Awards with 11 nominations.

Glittering rock ‘n’ roll, women warriors and kings, spellbinding multiverses and stories of friendship and family permeated 2022 cinema and the AP Top 25 Movies list.

The films in the inaugural AP Top 25 Movies ranking yield a host of numbers, facts, figures and trivia if examined perhaps a little too closely. FEATURE FILMS DIRECTED BY STEVEN SPIELBERG: 33Of the directors with movies on the list, Steven Spielberg, at the helm of "The Fabelmans," (No. FILMS DIRECTED BY WOMEN: 7"The Woman King," "Women Talking" (No. ANIMATED FILMS: 3“Pinocchio” and “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On" use stop-motion animation, while “Turning Red” is computer animation. ___For more on AP Top 25 Movies, including a breakdown of the votes and individual ballots, visit our hub at https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-movies.

The films in the inaugural AP Top 25 Movies ranking yield a host of numbers, facts, figures and trivia if examined perhaps a little too closely. The name of the title donkey in "EO" is derived from the Polish take on the sound donkeys make. FEATURE FILMS DIRECTED BY STEVEN SPIELBERG: 33Of the directors with movies on the list, Steven Spielberg, at the helm of "The Fabelmans," (No. FILMS DIRECTED BY WOMEN: 7"The Woman King," "Women Talking" (No. ANIMATED FILMS: 3“Pinocchio” and “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On" use stop-motion animation, while “Turning Red” is computer animation.

The films from 2022 that topped the AP's inaugural Top 25 Movies poll yield a host of other numbers, facts, figures and trivia on close examination.

This week’s new entertainment releases include an album from rapper Ab-Soul, the irreverent shoot-’em-up video game “High on Life” and rising comedian Atsuko Okatsuka debuts her first HBO comedy special called “The Intruder.”.

Next month’s AFI Awards will honor films including the “Avatar” sequel, “Top Gun: Maverick,” “Elvis” and popular television series like “Abbott Elementary,” “Better Call Saul” and “The White Lotus.”.

“Top Gun: Maverick,” 2022′s biggest box-office hit, has been named the best film of the year by the National Board of Review.

The New York Film Critics Circle named “Tár” as its best picture of the year.

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“Black Adam,” the Dwayne Johnson-fronted DC superhero film, kept its hold on the No. 1 spot at the North American box office in its second weekend in theaters.

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Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson make the best, bloodiest frenemies.

It's a sentiment shared by McDonagh and his two stars, Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, who have reteamed 14 years after McDonagh's pitch-black feature debut, "In Bruges." McDonagh wrote it with Gleeson and Farrell in mind. McDonagh, Gleeson and Farrell's pleasure in each other's company was easy to see when they convened at a hotel on the Upper West Side shortly after Gleeson's skateboard-shredding "Saturday Night Live" hosting stint. “The pilot light got ignited by ‘In Bruges.’”“Banshees” preserves some of the “Bruges” dynamic between Farrell and Gleeson. That’s why I’m leaning toward movies.”With that kind of long-term plan, a trilogy for Farrell and Gleeson could be natural.

“Time be flyin’,” it’s said in Martin McDonagh’s “The Banshees of Inisherin."

Pulitzer Prize winner Kendrick Lamar will be the musical guest on opening night, his third appearance on “SNL," NBC said on Tuesday. It promises to be a transition season for NBC's comedy institution, which has seen the departure of eight cast members. Actor Brendan Gleeson, star of the upcoming film “The Banshees of Inisherin,” will host the Oct. 8 edition of the show. Megan Thee Stallion earns double duty on Oct. 15 as the host and musical guest, NBC said on Tuesday. The show has named four new cast members as replacements.

NBC says “Top Gun: Maverick” actor Miles Teller will host the opening episode of “Saturday Night Live” on Oct. 1.

VENICE, Italy — (AP) — Martin McDonagh has returned to the Venice International Film Festival with "The Banshees of Inisherin," which is having its world premiere Monday night in competition. It’s his first film since “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” and a reunion with his “In Bruges” stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson. It tells a story about longtime friends Padraic (Farrell) and Colm (Gleeson) at a fraught moment when Colm suddenly decides to end the relationship. The 79th edition of the Venice Film Festival runs through Sept. 10. ___Follow AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr on Twitter: www.twitter.com/ldbahr___For more on the Venice Film Festival, visit: www.apnews.com/VeniceFilmFestivalCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.

Martin McDonagh has returned to the Venice International Film Festival with “The Banshees of Inisherin,” which is having its world premiere Monday night in competition

Martin McDonagh has returned to the Venice International Film Festival with “The Banshees of Inisherin,” which is having its world premiere Monday night in competition.

A rundown of notable films coming out this fall, which range from Disney+'s “Pinocchio” adaptation to Ana de Armas playing Marilyn Monroe in the Netflix film “Blonde.”.

For director and actor Olivia Wilde, the dream of the Venice International Film Festival was woven into the fabric of her new film, “Don’t Worry Darling.”.

Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale,” the Marilyn Monroe drama “Blonde,” Alejandro González Iñárritu’s “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths” and Guadagnino’s “Bones and All,” with Timothée Chalamet, will all have their world premieres in competition at the Venice International Film Festival this fall.