Oscar Nominations 2017

The word is finally out! The biggest award show of the year, the Academy Awards – commonly referred to as the Oscars – have announced the nominees for this year, and it looks like there will be some seriously tough competition!

As suspected, the darling of the 2017 award season, ‘La La Land’, has been nominated for a whopping 14 Oscars, including Best Actor and Best Actress nominations for for the film’s stars, Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone.

The Best Picture category features some amazing films, including ‘La La Land’, ‘Hidden Figures’, ‘Arrival’, and the drama, ‘Lion’, which stars Indian actor, Dev Patel.

Patel has also been nominated for Best Supporting Actor.

Below is a list of some of the nominations for this year’s Academy Awards:

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

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

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

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

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 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 Score
Jackie
La La Land
Lion
Moonlight
Passengers

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