Oscar Nominations 2017

La La Land' Leads With 14, Including Best Picture

... Tuesday morning. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST. The nominations for the 89 th Academy Awards were announced this morning. NPR arts correspondent Mandalit del Barco joins us now from Park City, Utah. That's where the Sundance Film Festival is taking place. She joins us to talk about all the news with the nominations. Hi, Mandalit. MANDALIT DEL BARCO, BYLINE: Hi, Rachel. MARTIN: So I understand that one of the pictures nominated for Best Picture actually premiered at Sundance - right? - last year, "Manchester By The Sea.". DEL BARCO: That's right, Amazon's "Manchester By The Sea." It's the first film from a streaming service to be nominated for best picture. But there are a total of nine nominees for that category this year. "La La Land," the musical love letter to Los Angeles, it got 14 total nominations including Best Picture. And that will compete for the top prize against "Moonlight," the coming-of-age ...

Why This Is Already A Record-setting Oscars Season For Women

... she'll only need a Grammy to achieve EGOT status, notes Mic — the title reserved for actors with an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award. Previously, Davis tied Whoopi Goldberg for the most nominations for a black actress, who was nominated in 1986 for The Color Purple and in 1991 for Ghost. Goldberg won the Oscar for the latter (and is one of only 12 people to EGOT ). "Thank you to the Academy for recognizing this extraordinary, important film and my work in it. Thank you Denzel [Washington] for being at the helm!," Davis said after hearing the news, according to E! News. Then there's Joi Mc Millon, who is the first black woman to earn an Oscar nomination in film editing, according to the Hollywood Reporter. She was nominated alongside her fellow editor, Nat Sanders, for Moonlight, which won the Golden Globe for Best Drama Motion Picture. Other women nominated for Oscars include Emma Stone for Best Actress for La La Land, which is now tied with Titanic for the most-ever nominations; Ruth Negga for Best Actress in Loving; Nicole Kidman for Best Supporting ...

Oscar Diversity Is Not A Black-or-white Question

... for an Oscar for best supporting actor, and the film was nominated for best picture. (Photo: Mark Rogers, Weinstein Company, AP). So is this the start of a permanent shift in nomination diversity or just a temporary break from the same-old, same-old? Is it the result of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' recent efforts to diversify and expand its voting membership. Or is it the consequence of a powerful social-media campaign to shame Hollywood about the persistent lack of diversity in the industry and in those it chooses to nominate and honor with gold statuettes every year. The immediate reaction from some activists was exultation, along with reminders that there is still far to go in improving representation of other minority groups: There were no nominations for Latino actors, or for women directors, for instance. "In terms of the diversity of the list this year, we are so totally thrilled," says Gil Robertson, president of the African American Film ...

The Snubs And Surprises Of The 2017 Oscar Nominations

... lead a Best Picture nominee, while four of the five Best Actor nominees can claim that. Ugh, Suicide Squad. As we'd dreaded , Suicide Squad scored a nod for Best Hair and Makeup despite doing this to Common. "Oscar nominee Suicide Squad" is now officially your go-to 2017 Oscar joke and an easy layup for host Jimmy Kimmel. Michael Shannon shook up the Best Supporting Actor race. Though he'd initially earned awards-season buzz for his turn as a laconic lawman in Nocturnal Animals, Michael Shannon was sidelined for much of awards season, even as his co-star Aaron Taylor-Johnson won a Golden Globe. It's surprising, then, that Shannon was today's sole Nocturnal Animals nominee, and even more startling that he beat out Florence Foster Jenkins star Hugh Grant, who'd heavily campaigned for a Best Supporting Actor nod. Did Grant, who's clearly the co-lead of that picture, suffer from category confusion. Gains were made when it comes to diversity. After two straight years of #Oscars So White , four Best Picture nominees were led by nonwhite characters — Moonlight, Fences, Lion, and Hidden Figures — while seven actors of color won individual nods, ...

2017 Is A Record Year For Black Oscar Nominees

... are groundbreaking. Academy Awards 2017 nominations: See the stars and movies up for an Oscar. A record six black actors and actresses were just nominated. Each are deserving. Every single one of them were spectacular. Many, like Ruth Negga, Mahershala Ali and Naomie Harris, were first time nominees in breakout roles. Others, like previous nominees Denzel Washington, Octavia Spencer, and Viola Davis, were their same old spectacular selves. “Hidden Figures” was just one of the films with a predominantly black cast that was nominated for Best Picture. (Hopper Stone/AP). Three films with predominantly black casts, “Fences,” “Moonlight,” and “Hidden Figures,” were nominated for Best Picture — also a record. Barry Jenkins was nominated for Best Director for “Moonlight” and he could very well win. The film, as you may recall, won the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture — Drama ...

Lion,' 'fences' Make List

... 9:54 a.m. ET Jan. 24, 2017 | Updated 12 hours ago. Here are the best picture nominees for the 89 th Academy Awards. USA TODAY NETWORK. Oscar nominees Denzel Washington and Viola Davis play Troy and Rose Maxson in 'Fences.'. (Photo: David Lee, Paramount Pictures). Here are the nominees in major categories for an Academy Award in 2017. The Oscars air live Feb. 26 at 8 ET/5 PT on ABC. Emma Stone, La La Land. Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins. Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea. Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge. Ryan Gosling, La La Land. Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic. A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Oscar nomination day is finally here! See which films, stars and directors made the cut. David Baratz, USA TODAY. Best picture: 'Hell or High Water'. Lorey Sebastian, Lionsgate. Best picture: 'La La Land'. Dale Robinette, Lionsgate. Best picture: 'Manchester by the Sea.'. Claire Folger, Roadside Attractions and Amazon Studios. Best actress: Isabelle Huppert, 'Elle'. Paul Drinkwater, NBC via AP. Best actress: Ruth Negga, 'Loving'. Ben Rothstein, Focus Features. Best actress: Natalie Portman, 'Jackie'. William Gray, Fox Searchight via AP. ...

20 Biggest Snubs And Surprises Of The 2017 Oscar Nominations

... Williams. Pharrell technically got a nomination this year, as a producer of Hidden Figures. But Pharrell the musician and Pharrell the composer didn't make the cut, despite buzz around several of the original songs he wrote for the soundtrack, as well as the score he cowrote with Hans Zimmer. Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. Snub: Deadpool. After it nabbed Golden Globe nominations for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy) and Best Actor (Ryan Reynolds), it looked like there might be a chance for the pottymouthed superhero to make an appearance at Hollywood's main event. But superheroes, it appears, are still too middle-brow for the distinguished Academy's tastes. Honorable Mentions. Snub - Janelle Monáe (Hidden Figures): 2016 was the year Monáe proved herself as an actress, in both Moonlight and Hidden Figures, and she deserved the Supporting Actress nomination as much as costar Octavia Spencer. Snub - Denzel Washington (Fences): Though he got an acting nomination, Washington was on the bubble for a directing nomination, as well. ...

Mel Gibson’s Comeback Is For Real

... posted to your Facebook feed. To find out more about Facebook commenting please read the Conversation Guidelines and FAQs. Oscar nominations 2017: Mel Gibson’s comeback is for real. Bryan Alexander , USA TODAY Published 11:51 a.m. ET Jan. 24, 2017 | Updated 10 hours ago. Here are the best director nominees for the 89 th Academy Awards. USA TODAY NETWORK. Mel Gibson at the Golden Globes on Jan. 8. (Photo: Paul Buck, European Pressphoto Agency). 8072 CONNECT TWEET LINKEDIN 3 COMMENTEMAILMORE. Mel Gibson capped off a huge week with a resounding awards morning Tuesday, earning a best director nomination for his film Hacksaw Ridge, which was also nominated for best picture. Hacksaw Ridge pulled in a surprisingly strong six nominations, with star Andrew Garfield nominated for best actor for his performance as World War II pacifist hero Desmond Doss, plus nominations for sound mixing/editing and film editing. It was a big week for the 61-year-old star, who welcomed baby son Lars Gerard Gibson  ...