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2017 Oscars Nominations: 'La La Land' Leads With Record-Tying 14 Nominations
Oscars statuettes as they are being plated in 2005 (Getty Images)
After winning big at the Golden Globes, La La Land, Damien Chazelle's love letter to Los Angeles and Hollywood, scored 14 Academy Award nominations, tying a record set by Titanic and All About Eve. But there's no possibility of a sweep: The film has two songs nominated for Best Song.
Other critical darlings—and indie box office successes—Manchester by the Sea and Moonlight were also honored with multiple nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, Screenplay (Original for Manchester, Adapted for Moonlight), as well as their actors (Manchester's Casey Affleck was nominated for Actor and Michelle Williams for Supporting Actress; Moonlight's Mahershala Ali was nominated for Supporting Actor and Naomie Harris for Supporting Actress).
La La Land
Mel Gibson capped off his comeback by winning a Best Director nomination for Hacksaw Ridge, which was also nominated for Best Picture and Actor (Andrew Garfield). Besides Garfield, the Best Actor nods were to frontrunner Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea), Ryan Gosling (La La Land), Denzel Washington (Fences) and Viggo Mortensen Captain Fantastic. Sorry, Sully.
Isabelle Huppert's big Golden Globes win for Elle translated into a Best Actress nomination; Ruth Negga (Loving), Natalie Portman (Jackie), Meryl Streep (Florence Foster Jenkins) and Emma Stone (La La Land) were also nominated. Notable absences are Annette Bening in 20th Century Women and Amy Adams, who starred in both Arrival and Nocturnal Animals.
Moonlight
The searing documentary from ESPN, O.J.: Made in America, was nominated for Best Documentary, as were Fire at Sea, I Am Not Your Negro, Life, Animated and Ava DuVernary's Netflix documentary, 13th.
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And it seems, at least this year, #OscarsSoWhite is less of an issue: Seven of the 20 acting nominees are not white (Denzel Washington, Ruth Negga, Octavia Spencer, Viola Davis, Naomie Harris, Mahershala Ali and Dev Patel); Hidden Figures and Moonlight were both nominated for Best Picture; and three of the documentaries (O.J., I Am Not Your Negro, 13th) deal with the African-American experience with Fire at Sea is about African and Middle Eastern refugees.
Let's just remember that one year of diverse films doesn't take away the need of #OscarsSoWhite and the discussions we are having.
— X (@XLNB) January 24, 2017
Here's a full list of nominees:
BEST PICTURE
ARRIVAL
FENCES
HACKSAW RIDGE
HELL OR HIGH WATER
HIDDEN FIGURES
LA LA LAND
LION
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA
MOONLIGHT
DIRECTING
Arrival, Dennis Villeneuve
Hacksaw Ridge, Mel Gibson
La La Land, Damien Chazelle
Manchester by the Sea, Kenneth Lonergan
Moonlight, Barry Jenkins
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BEST ACTRESS
Isabelle Huppert, Elle
Ruth Negga, Loving
Natalie Portman, Jackie
Emma Stone, La La Land
Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins
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
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Viola Davis, Fences
Naomie Harris, Moonlight
Nicole Kidman, Lion
Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea
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— Naomie Harris (@NaomieHarris) January 24, 2017
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ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea
Dev Patel, Lion
Michael Shannon, Nocturnal Animals
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Arrival
La La Land
Lion
Moonlight
Silence
ORIGINAL SONG
"Audition," La La Land
"Can't Stop the Feeling," Trolls
"City of Stars," La La Land
"The Empty Chair," The James Foley Story
"How Far I'll Go," Moana
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
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Hell or High Water, Taylor Sheridan
La La Land, Damien Chazelle
The Lobster, Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou
Manchester by the Sea, Kenneth Lonergan
20th Century Women, Mike MIlls
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Arrival, Eric Heisserer
Fences, August Wilson
Hidden Figures, Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi
Lion, Luke Davies
Moonlight, Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
My Life as a Zucchini
The Red Turtle
Zootopia
Animated short:
“Blind Vaysha”
“Borrowed Time”
“Pear Cider and Cigarettes”
“Pearl”
“Piper”
FILM EDITING
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
La La Land
Moonlight
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Fire at Sea
I Am Not Your Negro
Life, Animated
OJ: Made in America
13th
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
Extremist
4.1 Miles
Joe’s Violin
Watani My Homeland
The White Helmets
LIVE ACTION SHORT
Ennemis Interieurs
La Femme et le TGV
Silent Nights
Sing
Timecode
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
A Man Called Ove
Land of Mine
Tanna
The Salesman
Toni Erdmann
SOUND EDITING
Arrival
Deep Water Horizon
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Sully
SOUND MIXING
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Rogue One
13 Hours
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Arrival
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Hail Caesar!
La La Land
Passengers
ORIGINAL SCORE
Jackie
La La Land
Lion
Moonlight
Passengers
MAKEUP AND HAIR
A Man Called Ove
Star Trek Beyond
Suicide Squad
COSTUME DESIGN
Allied
Fantastic Beasts
Florence Foster Jenkins
Jackie
La La Land
VISUAL EFFECTS:
Deepwater Horizon
Doctor Strange
Jungle Book
Kubo
Rogue One
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