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Tuesday, January 24, 2017

2016 OSCAR NOMINATIONS!!!

Here are the nominees for the 2016 Academy Awards. I will be giving my analysis afterwards, and a big congratulations to all the nominees!

La La Land retakes it's frontrunner status in a bigtime way with a record-tying 14 nominations! The only 2 other films to ever reach that amount were All About Eve (1950) and Titanic (1997).

Arrival & Moonlight follow in a tie for 2nd with 8 nominations apiece.

Hacksaw Ridge, Lion, and Manchester by the Sea with strong showing of 6 nods apiece.

Fences and Hell or High Water both break into the big race with 4 apiece.

Hidden Figures rides it's strong word of mouth and commercial buzz to grab a Best Pic spot of it's own, one of it's 3 nominations...which was also the nod total for Jackie, which grabbed 3 but is the most-nommed film not to be up for the big prize.

BEST PICTURE
  • ARRIVAL
  • FENCES
  • HACKSAW RIDGE
  • HELL OR HIGH WATER
  • 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 ACTOR
  • CASEY AFFLECK - "MANCHESTER BY THE SEA"
  • ANDREW GARFIELD - "HACKSAW RIDGE"
  • RYAN GOSLING - "LA LA LAND"
  • VIGGO MORTENSEN - "CAPTAIN FANTASTIC"
  • DENZEL WASHINGTON - "FENCES"
BEST ACTRESS
  • ISABELLE HUPPERT - "ELLE"
  • RUTH NEGGA - "LOVING"
  • NATALIE PORTMAN - "JACKIE"
  • EMMA STONE - "LA LA LAND"
  • MERYL STREEP - "FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS"
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
  • 20TH CENTURY WOMEN
  • HELL OR HIGH WATER
  • LA LA LAND
  • THE LOBSTER
  • MANCHESTER BY THE SEA
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
  • ARRIVAL
  • FENCES
  • HIDDEN FIGURES
  • LION
  • MOONLIGHT
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
  • KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS
  • MOANA
  • MY LIFE AS A ZUCCHINI
  • THE RED TURTLE
  • ZOOTOPIA
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
  • ARRIVAL
  • LA LA LAND
  • LION
  • MOONLIGHT
  • SILENCE
BEST FILM EDITING
  • ARRIVAL
  • HACKSAW RIDGE
  • HELL OR HIGH WATER
  • LA LA LAND
  • MOONLIGHT
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
  • ARRIVAL
  • FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM
  • HAIL, CAESAR!
  • LA LA LAND
  • PASSENGERS
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
  • ALLIED
  • FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM
  • FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS
  • JACKIE
  • LA LA LAND
BEST SOUND MIXING
  • 13 HOURS: THE SECRET SOLDIERS OF BENGHAZI
  • ARRIVAL
  • HACKSAW RIDGE
  • LA LA LAND
  • ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY
BEST SOUND EDITING
  • ARRIVAL
  • DEEPWATER HORIZON
  • HACKSAW RIDGE
  • LA LA LAND
  • SULLY
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
  • DEEPWATER HORIZON
  • DOCTOR STRANGE
  • THE JUNGLE BOOK
  • KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS
  • ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY
BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
  • A MAN CALLED OVE
  • STAR TREK BEYOND
  • SUICIDE SQUAD
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
  • JACKIE
  • LA LA LAND
  • LION
  • MOONLIGHT
  • PASSENGERS
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 FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
  • LAND OF MINE
  • A MAN CALLED OVE
  • THE SALESMAN
  • TANNA
  • TONI ERDMANN
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
  • 13TH
  • FIRE AT SEA
  • I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO
  • LIFE, ANIMATED
  • O.J.: MADE IN AMERICA
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
  • 4.1 MILES
  • EXTREMIS
  • JOE'S VIOLIN
  • WATANI: MY HOMELAND
  • THE WHITE HELMETS
BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM
  • ENNEMIS INTERIEURS
  • LA FEMME ET LA TGV
  • SILENT NIGHTS
  • SING
  • TIMECODE
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
  • BLIND VAYSHA
  • BORROWED TIME
  • PEAR CIDER AND CIGARETTES
  • PEARL
  • PIPER