La La Land leads the pack with 14 nods at the Oscars

The wait is over! The Oscar nominations are out and it is clear that the voters have shown their love for the musical LA LA LAND with 14 nominations on Tuesday, a tie with “Titanic” and “All About Eve” for the most in Academy Award history. 

The film’s leads, Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone are up for best actor and actress awards respectively for their roles in the modern musical romance and the movie has also received a nod as one of nine films up for the best picture award.

Sci-fi film ARRIVAL and coming-of-age drama MOONLIGHT are tied with eight nominations a-piece, with MOONLIGHT also landing a best supporting actress nod for Britain’s Naomie Harris.

Followed closely behind them is HACKSAW RIDGE, LION and MANCHESTER BY THE SEA who have all come up trumps with six nominations each.

There are no real big surprises to see who has been nominated, aside from maybe Amy Adams, who hasn’t been recognised for her role in ARRIVAL. 

It is good to see that this year, the Oscar’s have shown more diversity after last year’s #OscarsSoWhite controversy with diverse films like MOONLIGHT, FENCES and HIDDEN FIGURES in the best picture race.

US comedian and talk show host Jimmy Kimmel will host this year’s Oscar ceremony on February 26th.

Take a look at the full nominations below. Has your favourite been listed? Let us know your thoughts in the comment box below.

Best picture

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

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

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 director

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

Best adapted screenplay

• Eric Heisserer (Arrival)
• August Wilson (Fences)
• Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi (Hidden Figures)
• Luke Davies (Lion)
• Barry Jenkins and Alvin McCraney (Moonlight)

Best original screenplay

• Taylor Sheridan (Hell or High Water)
• Damien Chazelle (La La Land)
• Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou (The Lobster)
• Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea)
• Mike Mills (20th Century Women)

Best animated feature

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

Best foreign language film

• A Man Called Ove (Sweden)
• Land of Mine (Denmark)
• The Salesman (Iran)
• Tanna (Australia)
• Toni Erdmann (Germany)

Best documentary feature

• Fire At Sea
• I Am Not Your Negro
• Life, Animated
• OJ: Made in America
• 13th

Best original song

• La La Land – Audition by Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
• La La Land – City of Stars by Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
• Moana – How Far I’ll Go by Lin-Manuel Miranda
• Trolls – Can’t Stop the Feeling by Justin Timberlake, Max Martin and Karl Johan Schuster
• Jim: The James Foley Story – The Empty Chair by J Ralph and Sting

Best original score

• Jackie by Mica Levi
• La La Land by Justin Hurwitz
• Lion by Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka
• Moonlight by Nicholas Britell
• Passengers by Thomas Newton

Best cinematography

• Arrival
• La La Land
• Lion
• Moonlight
• Silence

Best costume design

• Allied
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
• Florence Foster Jenkins
• Jackie
• La La Land

Best make-up and hairstyling

• A Man Called Ove
• Star Trek Beyond
• Suicide Squad

Best live action short

• Ennemis Interieurs
• La Femme et le TGV
• Silent Nights
• Sing
• Timecode

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

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

Best production design

• Arrival
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
• Hail, Caesar!
• La La Land
• Passengers

Best visual effects

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

Best animated short

• Blind Vaysha
• Borrowed Time
• Pear Cider and Cigarettes
• Pearl
• Piper

Best film editing

• Arrival
• Hacksaw Ridge
• Hell or High Water
• La La Land
• Moonlight