The 2017 Oscars, or Academy Awards, the highest honors in the movie industry, will be handed out on Sunday at a ceremony in Hollywood hosted by comedian Jimmy Kimmel.
Following is a list of nominations in key categories:
Best Picture
"Arrival"
"Fences"
"Hacksaw Ridge"
"Hell or High Water"
"Hidden Figures"
"La La Land"
"Lion"
"Manchester by the Sea"
"Moonlight"
Best Actor
Casey Affleck, "Manchester by the Sea"
Denzel Washington, "Fences"
Ryan Gosling, "La La Land"
Viggo Mortensen, "Captain Fantastic"
Andrew Garfield, "Hacksaw Ridge"
Best Actress
Isabelle Huppert, "Elle"
Ruth Negga, "Loving"
Natalie Portman, "Jackie"
Emma Stone, "La La Land"
Meryl Streep, "Florence Foster Jenkins"
Best Director
Denis Villeneuve, "Arrival"
Mel Gibson, "Hacksaw Ridge"
Damien Chazelle, "La La Land"
Kenneth Lonergan, "Manchester by the Sea"
Barry Jenkins, "Moonlight"
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 Supporting Actress
Viola Davis, "Fences"
Naomie Harris, "Moonlight"
Nicole Kidman, "Lion"
Octavia Spencer, "Hidden Figures"
Michelle Williams, "Manchester by the Sea"
Best Original Screenplay
"Hell or High Water" - Written by Taylor Sheridan
"La La Land" - Written by Damien Chazelle
"The Lobster" - Written by Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou
"Manchester by the Sea" - Written by Kenneth Lonergan
"20th Century Women" - Written by Mike Mills
Best Adapted Screenplay
"Arrival" - Screenplay by Eric Heisserer
"Fences" - Screenplay by August Wilson
"Hidden Figures" - Screenplay by Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi
"Lion" - Screenplay by Luke Davies
"Moonlight" - Screenplay by Barry Jenkins; Story by Tarell Alvin McCraney
Best Animated Film
"Kubo and the Two Strings"
"Moana"
"My Life as a Zucchini"
"The Red Turtle"
"Zootopia"
Best Foreign Language Film
"Land of Mine," Denmark
"A Man Called Ove," Sweden
"The Salesman," Iran
"Tanna," Australia
"Toni Erdmann," Germany
Best Documentary Film
"Fire at Sea"
"I Am Not Your Negro"
"Life, Animated"
"O.J.: Made in America"
"13th"
Best Original Song
"Audition (The Fools Who Dream)" - "La La Land." Music by Justin Hurwitz, Lyrics by Benji Pasek and Justin Paul
"Can't Stop The Feeling" - "Trolls." Music and lyrics by Justin Timberlake, Max Martin, and Karl Johan Schuster
"City of Stars" - "La La Land." Music by Justin Hurwitz, Lyrics by Benji Pasek and Justin Paul
"The Empty Chair" - "Jim: The James Foley Story." Music and lyrics by J. Ralph and Sting
"How Far I'll Go" - "Moana." Music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Reuters
Sun Feb 26 2017
The 2017 Oscars, or Academy Awards, the highest honors in the movie industry, will be handed out on Sunday at a ceremony in Hollywood hosted by comedian Jimmy Kimmel. -Filepix
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