89th Academy Awards Nominations are Revealed; 'La La Land' ties record and leads pack with 14 nominations

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By Darian Scalamoni

            Another year, another Oscar season. There are surprises, snubs aplenty but these are the final pickings of the Academy that was under massive scrutiny last year for no minorities being nominated in any of the acting categories that lead to the Oscars So White campaign. This year, 7 actors were nominated that are minorities, including 6 African-Americans. Also, La La Land, unsurprisingly leads the field with 14 total nominations which ties it with Titanic and All About Eve for the most nominations ever at the Oscars. Without further ado, here are the categories and the nominees.

Best Picture

Arrival

Fences

Hacksaw Ridge

Hell or High Water

Hidden Figures

La La Land

Lion

Manchester by the Sea

Moonlight

Best Director

Damien Chazelle, La La Land

Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge

Barry Jenkins, Moonlight

Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea

Denis Villeneuve, Arrival

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 Adapted Screenplay

Luke Davis, Lion

Eric Heisserer, Arrival

Barry Jenkins, Tarell McCraney, Moonlight

Allison Schroeder, Theodore Melfi, Hidden Figures

August Wilson, Fences

Best Original Screenplay

Damien Chazelle, La La Land

Efthymis Filippou, Yorgos Lanthimos, The Lobster

Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea

Mike Mills, 20^th Century Women

Taylor Sheridan, Hell or High Water

Best Cinematography

Greig Fraser, Lion

James Laxton, Moonlight

Rodrigo Prieto, Silence

Linus Sandgren, La La Land

Bradford Young, Arrival

Best Animated Feature

Kubo and the Two Strings

Moana

My Life as a Zucchini

The Red Turtle

Zootopia

Best Documentary Feature

13^th

I Am Not Your Negro

Fire at Sea

Life, Animated

O.J.: Made in America

Best Foreign Language Film

A Man Called Ove, Sweden

Lane of Mine, Denmark

The Salesman, Iran

Tanna, Australia

Toni Erdmann, Germany

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 Original Score

Nicholas Britell, Moonlight

Justin Hurwitz, La La Land

Mica Levi, Jackie

Thomas Newman, Passengers

Dustin O’Halloran, Hauschka, Lion

Best Film Editing

Tom Cross, La La Land

John Gilbert, Hacksaw Ridge

Joi McMillon, Nat Sanders, Moonlight

Jake Roberts, Hell or High Water

Joe Walker, Arrival

Best Visual Effects

Deepwater Horizon

Doctor Strange

The Jungle Book

Kubo and the Two Strings

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Best Costume Design

Colleen Atwood, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Consolata Boyle, Florence Foster Jenkins

Madeline Fontaine, Jackie

Joanna Johnston, Allied

Mary Zophres, La La Land

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Alessandro Bertolazzi, Suicide Squad

S. Anne Carroll and Joel Harlow, Star Trek Beyond

Love Larson and Eva Con Bahr, A Man Called Ove

Best Production Design

Stuart Craig, James Hambige and Anna Pinnock, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Jess Gonchor and Nancy Haigh, Hail, Caesar!

Guy Hendrix Dyas, Passengers

Patrice Vermette, Arrival

David Wasco and Sandy Reynolds-Wasco, La La Land

Best Sound Editing

Arrival

Deepwater Horizon

Hacksaw Ridge

La La Land

Sully

Best Sound Mixing

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

Arrival

Hacksaw Ridge

La La Land

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story