LOS ANGELES — If you were hoping to attract the largest possible viewership to the Academy Awards, it’s hard to think of many bigger names you could leverage than Tom Cruise, James Cameron and Elvis.
We’ll soon find out whether even that titanic trio can do the job.
The 10 best picture Oscar nominees unveiled by the motion picture academy early Tuesday morning span a wide range of styles and scales, from critical darlings that barely made a dent on the box office — like “Tár” and “All Quiet on the Western Front” — to bona fide blockbusters that drew huge audiences around the world, including “Top Gun: Maverick,” “Avatar: The Way of Water” and “Elvis.”
