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Netflix leader into the 92nd Oscars with 24 nominations — the best possible use of any studio — expecting to dominate award season’s biggest light the same way it’s reigned the entertainment industry. Instead, Netflix walked away with practically zilch.

The streamer made out with exactly two awards: Best Documentary for American Factory( is provided by President Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company) and Best Supporting Actress for Laura Dern. Its biggest films — The Irishman and The Two Popes — all went home empty handed.

Only just a week prior, Netflix’s studio chief Ted Sarandos rebuked claims that its lack of gives are previous apportion evidences is part of a “backlash to a tech beings that is upending entertainment-industry business practices…

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