“And the Oscar goes to..” The entertainment world is gearing up for yet another Academy Awards ceremony where some of the most critically acclaimed movies of the year receive recognition for their work.
This year the Academy Awards brings in quite the list for their nominees. This year “La La Land” tied the record with the most nominations, which is 14, the same number as “Titanic” and “All About Eve.” Meryl Streep broke her own record for the most Oscar nominations, receiving her twentieth.
Last year, the Oscars brought in a wave of controversy with #OscarsSoWhite where people criticized the Academy for their lack of diversity in nominations. In order to prevent the controversy from repeating itself, the Academy came up with some new rules on diversity. This includes broadening the number of nominees in some categories, like the Best Picture category.
As with every nomination announcement, several people pointed out films that they felt were snubbed. Clint Eastwood’s “Sully” was skipped over for Best Director. Amy Adams didn’t make the cut for Best Actress in neither “Arrivals” or “Nocturnal Animals” and Taraji P. Henson didn’t receive a Best Actress nomination for “Hidden Figures.”
As for Best Actor, some noted that Joel Edgerton was passed over for his role in “Loving” while Tom Hanks didn’t receive a nomination for this part in “Sully.”
Jimmy Kimmel will be hosting the Oscars, after they were impressed with his hosting abilities at the Emmys.
“Jimmy has the qualities of all the great hosts,” said Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs in a statement. “He knows who he is, he knows the audience and he knows how to captain a ship with many moving parts. We’re thrilled he has agreed to host our show.”
Nominees for Best Actor are Casey Affleck in “Manchester by the Sea,” Andrew Garfield in “Hacksaw Ridge,” Ryan Gosling in “La La Land,” Viggo Mortensen in “Captain Fantastic” and Denzel Washington in “Fences.”
Next on the list is the nominees for Supporting Actor. This year the nominees are Mahershala Ali in “Moonlight,” Jeff Bridges in “Hell or High Water,” Lucas Hedges in “Manchester by the Sea,” Dev Patel in “Lion” and Michael Shannon in “Nocturnal Animals.”
In the category for Best Leading Actresses this year we have Isabelle Huppert in “Elle,” Ruth Negga in “Loving,” Natalie Portman in “Jackie,” Emma Stone in “La La Land” and Meryl Streep in “Florence Foster Jenkins.”
Supporting actresses for the 2017 Academy Awards are Viola Davis in “Fences,” Naomie Harris in “Moonlight,” Nicole Kidman in “Lion,” Octavia Spencer in “Hidden Figures” and Michelle Williams in “Manchester by the Sea.”
Then of course we have one of the biggest categories up for the award, Best Picture. The nominees for this this year are: “Arrival,” “Fences,” “Hacksaw Ridge,” “Hell or High Water,” “Hidden Figures,” “La La Land,” “Lion,” “Manchester by the Sea” and “Moonlight.”
Amazon’s “Manchester by the Sea” made history for becoming the first streaming-video company to earn a nomination for Best Picture.
There are plenty of other categories that will be given awards during the ceremony. Categories such as Cinematography, where nominee Bradford Young is only the second African American to gain a nod for in that category and Writing (Adapted Screenplay), which hosts the first posthumous African American to be nominated for writing “Fences.”
The Oscars will air on ABC at 7:00 p.m. on February 26.
Lindsey Huff
Intern