2017 Oscar Nominations: ‘La La Land’ Leads with a Record-Tying 14 Nominations

Ah, can you smell it? The aroma of scorching hot awards season debates is already in the air! The nominees for the 2017 Oscars were announced bright and early this morning – or should we say dark and early, as the ScreenCrush team beat the sunrise for the big announcement.

The Academy switched up the usual tradition of naming the year’s nominees in front of a live audience and opted for a digital live steam via Good Morning America and YouTube. The nominees were announced in a pre-recorded video by Jennifer Hudson, Brie Larson, Emmanuel Lubezki, Jason Reitman, Ken Watanabe, and Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs.

So are we in for a third year-in-a-row of #OscarsSoWhite? Luckily not. Despite the fact that La La Land earned 14 nominations, tying with All About Eve and Titanic for the most in Oscars history, The Academy had plenty of love for performers and directors of color. Moonlight earned eight nominations, while Fences earned four and Hidden Figures earned three noms including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress for Octavia Spencer, and Best Adapted Screenplay. The documentary category also featured three of 2016’s best and most relevant docs, Ava DuVernay’s 13th, Raoul Peck’s I Am Not Your Negro, and Ezra Edelman’s O.J. Simpson: Made In America.

The 89th Academy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, will air on Sunday, February 26 at 5:30 pm PT/8:30pm ET on ABC. See the full list of nominees below:

Best Picture

Arrival
Fences
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Hidden Figures
La La Land
Lion
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight

Best Director

Denis Villeneuve, Arrival
Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge
Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight

Best Actress

Isabelle Huppert, Elle
Ruth Negga, Loving
Natalie Portman, Jackie
Emma Stone, La La Land
Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins

Best Actor

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

Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea
Viola Davis, Fences
Nicole Kidman, Lion
Naomie Harris, Moonlight
Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures

Best Supporting Actor

Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea
Dev Patel, Lion
Michael Shannon, Nocturnal Animals

Best Original Screenplay

Hell or High Water
La La Land
The Lobster
Manchester by the Sea
20th Century Women

Best Adapted Screenplay

Arrival
Fences
Hidden Figures
Lion
Moonlight

Best Cinematography

Arrival
La La land
Lion
Moonlight
Silence

Best Animated Feature

Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
My Life As a Zucchini
The Red Turtle
Zootopia

Best Documentary Feature

Fire at Sea
I Am Not Your Nego
Life, Animated
O.J.: Made in America
13th

Best Foreign Language Film

Land of Mine
A Man Called Ove
The Salesman
Tanna
Toni Erdmann

Best Original Score

Jackie
La La Land
Lion
Moonlight
Passengers

Best 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

Best Film Editing

Arrival
La La Land
Hacksaw Ridge
Moonlight
Hell or High Water

Best Visual Effects

Deepwater Horizon
Doctor Strange
The Jungle Book
Kubo and the Two Strings
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Best Production Design

Arrival
Fantastic Bests
Hail Caesar
La La Land
Passengers

Best Costume Design

Allied
Fantastic Beasts
Florence Foster Jenkins
Jackie
La La Land

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

A Man Called Ove
Star Trek Beyond
Suicide Squad

Best Sound Editing

Arrival
Deepwater Horizon
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Sully

Best Sound Mixing

Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

Best Documentary Short Subject

Extremis
4.1 Miles
Joe’s Violin
Watani: My Homeland
The White Helmets

Best Live Action Short

Ennemis Interiuers
La Femme et le TGV
Silent Nights
Sing
Timecode

Best Animated Short

Blind Vaysha
Borrowed Time
Pear Cider and Cigarettes
Pearl
Piper

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