Oscar nominations include 5 nods for “American Fiction” starring Jeffrey Wright

Orion Pictures’ racial satire “American Fiction” leads the way for the Black-oriented film with the most Oscar nominations (five), including Best Picture, for the 96th annual Academy Awards, which will be presented March 10 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. “American Fiction” filmmaker Cord Jefferson and co-stars Jeffrey Wright and Sterling K. Brown were among the many Black actors who are first-time Oscar nominees for the ceremony.& Jeffrey Wright arrives at the 29th Critics Choice Awards on Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024, at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California. Photo credit: Jordan Strauss, Invision/The Associated Press Other first-time Oscar nominees include Colman Domingo of the Netflix drama “Rustin,” Da’Vine Joy Randolph of the Focus Features drama “The Holdovers,” and Danielle Brooks of the Warner Bros. Pictures musical “The Color Purple.” ABC will air the U.S. telecast of the 2024 Oscar ceremony, which will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.& The Universal Pictures biopic “Oppenheimer” (about atomic bomb inventor J. Robert Oppenheimer) has the most nominations (13) for the ceremony. The Academy Award nominations and winners are voted for by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which has more than 10,500 members worldwide. The Academy does not release statistics...