Todd Phillips's much debated supervillain origin story and R- rated box-office smash "Joker" topped 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 trailed close behind with 10 nods apiece.
While "Joker" was expected to do well Monday, the academy's overwhelmimg support for a movie that was far from a critical favorite was unexpected. The film's nominations included best actor for Joaquin Phoenix and best director for Phillips.
