La La Land Leads The 2017 Oscar Nominations

La La Land

by John Nugent |
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Better get your tux to a dry cleaners, pronto – it’s Oscar time again. The nominees for the 89th annual Academy Awards have been announced, and as expected, razzle-dazzle old-school musical La La Land has come out on top with a record-equalling 14 nominations. Hot on its toe-tapping heels are cerebral alien sci-fi Arrival and generational urban drama Moonlight, which both earned six nominations apiece.

There were nine Best Picture nominations this year – a category that can be anywhere from five to ten – with a diverse list that included a Western (Hell Or High Water), a war movie (Hacksaw Ridge), a sci-fi (Arrival).

Perhaps in response to last year’s #OscarsSoWhite controversy, there was plenty of recognition for films with non-white casts or stories, most notably Moonlight, Hidden Figures and Fences.

During a characteristically chin-scratching pre-recorded announcement video (never let it be said the Academy doesn’t know how to string something out) a series of previous winners were recruited to introduce the nominees, interspersed with anecdotes of winning the awards.

One notable snub was for Amy Adams, hotly tipped to pick up a nomination for either Arrival or Nocturnal Animals, and after five previous nominations with no win, is surely due a Leonardo DiCaprio-style coronation. Another surprise was Michael Shannon picking up a Best Supporting Actor nod, after his co-star in the same film, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, was recognised in the Golden Globes.

Meanwhile, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story repeated The Force Awakens' trick by picking up a few nods in the technical categories, which also bestowed unlikely recognition on blockbuster fare like Suicide Squad and Passengers.

The winners will be announced in a typically glitzy ceremony presented by Jimmy Kimmel at Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre on 26 February. See you at the dry cleaners.

Best Picture

Arrival

Fences

Hacksaw Ridge

Hell Or High Water

Hidden Figures

La La Land

Lion

Manchester By The Sea

Moonlight

Directing

Arrival - Denis Villeneuve

Hacksaw Ridge - Mel Gibson

La La Land - Damien Chazelle

Manchester By The Sea - Kenneth Lonergan

Moonlight - Barry Jenkins

Actress In A Leading Role

Isabelle Huppert - Elle

Ruth Negga - Loving

Natalie Portman - Jackie

Emma Stone - La La Land

Meryl Streep - Florence Foster Jenkins

Actress In A Supporting Role

Viola Davis - Fences

Naomie Harris - Moonlight

Nicole Kidman - Lion

Octavia Spencer - Hidden Figures

Michelle Williams - Manchester By The Sea

Actor In A Leading Role

Casey Affleck - Manchester By The Sea

Andrew Garfield - Hacksaw Ridge

Ryan Gosling - La La Land

Viggo Mortensen - Captain Fantastic

Denzel Washington - Fences

Actor In A Supporting Role

Mahershala Ali - Moonlight

Jeff Bridges - Hell Or High Water

Lucas Hedges - Manchester By The Sea

Dev Patel - Lion

Michael Shannon - Nocturnal Animals

Animated Feature Film

Kubo And The Two Strings

Moana

My Life As A Zucchini

The Red Turtle

Zootopia

Cinematography

Arrival

La La Land

Lion

Moonlight

Silence

Costume Design

Allied

Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them

Florence Foster Jenkins

Jackie

La La Land

Documentary (Feature)

Fire At Sea

I Am Not Your Negro

Life, Animated

O.J.: Made In America

13th

Documentary (Short Subject)

Extremis

4.1 Miles

Joe's Violin

Watani: My Homeland

The White Helmets

Film Editing

Arrival

Hacksaw Ridge

Hell Or High Water

La La Land

Moonlight

Foreign Language Film

Land Of Mine - Denmark

A* Man Called Ove* - Sweden

The Salesman - Iran

Tanna - Australia

Toni Erdmann - Germany

Makeup And Hairstyling

A Man Called Ove

Star Trek Beyond

Suicide Squad

Music (Original Score)

Jackie - Mica Levi

La La Land - Justin Hurwitz

Lion - Dustin O'Halloran And Hauschka

Moonlight - Nicholas Britell

Passengers - Thomas Newman

Music (Original Song)

Audition (The Fools Who Dream) - La La Land

Can't Stop The Feeling - Trolls

City Of Stars - La La Land

The Empty Chair - Jim: The James Foley Story

How Far I'll Go - Moana

Production Design

Arrival

Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them

Hail, Caesar!

La La Land

Passengers

Short Film (Animated)

Blind Vaysha

Borrowed Time

Pear Cider And Cigarettes

Pearl

Piper

Short Film (Live Action)

Ennemis Intérieurs

La Femme Et Le Tgv

Silent Nights

Sing

Timecode

Sound Editing

Arrival

Deepwater Horizon

Hacksaw Ridge

La La Land

Sully

Sound Mixing

Arrival

Hacksaw Ridge

La La Land

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi

Visual Effects

Deepwater Horizon

Doctor Strange

The Jungle Book

Kubo And The Two Strings

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Adapted Screenplay

Arrival

Fences

Hidden Figures

Lion

Moonlight

Original Screenplay

Hell Or High Water

La La Land

The Lobster

Manchester By The Sea

20th Century Women

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