Emilia Prez, Wicked dominate Oscar nominations, Sugarcane up for best doc [Video]

As fresh fires raced through the Los Angeles region on Thursday, an embattled movie industry rallied for the announcement of the Oscar nominations, with Canadian stories and artists scoring nods across numerous categories, including best documentary for a film investigating a B.C. residential school. 

The big winner of the day, leading with 13 nominations, was the Spanish-language, French-made film, Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez, the Netflix narco-musical about transgender identity. Among its other nods, the film racked up best picture and best actress for Karla Sofía Gascón, making her the first openly trans actor nominated for an Oscar.

Another musical — Wicked, the smash Broadway adaptation — came away with nearly as many nominations. Jon M. Chu’s lavish riff on …