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Julia Roberts to Receive Icon Award at Second Annual Academy Museum Gala, 2022

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Julia Roberts, photo by Tom Munro

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures today announced that Academy AwardⓇ-winning actor Julia Roberts, whose career spans three decades, will be honored with the Academy Museum Gala Icon Award. She will join previously announced honorees Miky Lee, Steve McQueen, and Tilda Swinton, each set to be recognized for their invaluable contributions to cinema, at the second annual Academy Museum Gala being held on October 15, 2022.

The evening is presented by Rolex and co-chaired by Academy Award-winning actor and Academy Museum supporter Halle Berry, Academy Museum Trustee and producer Jason Blum, Academy Museum Trustee and screenwriter-director-producer Ryan Murphy, and Academy Award-winning actor Lupita Nyong’o.

The awards presented at the Gala will include:

  • The Icon Award, presented to Julia Roberts, celebrating an artist whose career has had a significant global cultural impact.
  • The Vantage Award, presented to Steve McQueen, honoring an artist or scholar who has helped to contextualize and challenge dominant narratives around cinema.
  • The Visionary Award, presented to Tilda Swinton, honoring an artist or scholar whose extensive oeuvre has advanced the art of cinema.
  • The Pillar Award, presented to Miky Lee, which acknowledges exemplary leadership and support for the Academy Museum.

“Over the course of her expansive and renowned career, Julia has embodied iconic characters and memorable roles,” said Jacqueline Stewart, Director and President of the Academy Museum. “We are thrilled to be honoring her continued excellence in the industry and contribution to the arts. We are deeply grateful to Julia, Miky, Steve, and Tilda, to Rolex, and to our co-chairs and host committee for making our second annual Gala an evening to remember.”

The 2022 Academy Museum Gala Host Committee, also announced today, includes Adrien Brody, Amanda Seyfried & Thomas Sadoski, Ariana DeBose, Awkwafina, Billie Lourd, Bryce Dallas Howard, Chloë Sevigny, Colman Domingo, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, Darren Criss, Eddie Redmayne, Eiza González, Elle Fanning, Emma Roberts, George C. Wolfe, Glenn Close, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jennifer Garner, Jessica Alba, Joe Jonas & Sophie Turner, Jon Hamm, Jonathan Majors, Judd Apatow & Leslie Mann, Kate Hudson, Kathryn Hahn, Keke Palmer, Kid Cudi, Kirsten Dunst, Leonardo DiCaprio, Letitia Wright, Lily Collins, Lucy Liu, Natasha Lyonne, Orlando Bloom, Regina Hall, Renée Zellweger, Riley Keough, Robert Duvall, Ron Howard, Ruth Negga, Selma Blair, among many others.

The awards, presented annually at the Academy Museum Gala, reflect the museum’s mission to advance the understanding, celebration, and preservation of cinema and to expand knowledge and conversation about cinema as a global artform and cultural force.

The evening raises vital funds to support the museum’s access, education, and programming initiatives. The inaugural 2021 gala raised more than $11MM.

Overseeing event production and design are Gala Creative Director Lisa Love, and Artistic Director Raul Àvila.

WAMG Gets Sneak Peek At Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures

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Photo by Josh White, JWPictures/©Academy Museum Foundation

On Tuesday, September 22, WAMG attended the official preview of the much-anticipated Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, which opened to the public on September 30th.

The seven-story, 300,000 square foot museum, which draws on the unique resources of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and is located in the heart of LA’s Miracle Mile, will open with some pretty amazing exhibits that movie fans and movie-making buffs alike will be excited to see. Everything from famous and well-known movie props and costumes to giant monitors and video walls showing not only the history of moviemaking, but also many behind-the-scenes clips with well-known filmmakers and actors. Entering the museum almost feels like a theme-park, where you know there is so much to see, but you don’t know what to do first!

The day began with a presentation in the museum’s gorgeous 1000-seat David Geffen Theater. Speakers included the architect of the museum, Renzo Piano (who hilariously quipped to the media in attendance, “Please don’t call it the Death Star”), Jacqueline Stewart, Chief Artistic and Programming Officer, and actor Tom Hanks, Academy Museum Trustee. The theater will show movies to the public and already has an impressive schedule of films they will be showing, beginning with a special presentation of The Wizard of Oz, with a live orchestra.

Moving around the museum’s various levels, catwalks and exhibits there seems to be a delightful surprise around every corner. There is a gallery dedicated to the Academy Awards History that has many Oscar statues on display, as well as showing video of famous “Oscar moments,” costumes and sets. There is even an interactive experience where museum-goers can feel what it’s like to walk on stage and receive and Oscar, complete with a cheering audience, and a video to keep as a souvenir.

Other exhibits include famous movie memorabilia such as Dorothy’s iconic ruby slippers and the Tin Man’s oil can from the Wizard of Oz, as well as personal collections in the Director’s Inspiration gallery. In another gallery, guests can view the actual “Rosebud” sled from Citizen Kane.

Screen-used close-up pair of the Ruby Slippers, designed by Adrian, from The Wizard of Oz (1939). Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Photo by Joshua White, JWPictures/©Academy Museum Foundation

One of my favorite exhibits was the Inventing Worlds & Characters exhibit which spans three galleries: Animation, Effects and Encounters. The animation gallery celebrates the accomplishments of the artists behind some of the world’s most beloved animated movies. There is also the museum’s inaugural temporary exhibit, Hayao Miyazaki, which is the first museum retrospective in North America dedicated to the acclaimed artist and his work (you haven’t lived if you haven’t seen Spirited Away, seriously).

The Encounters gallery was also very cool, and easily the most popular exhibit in the museum – who doesn’t want to see R2D2 and C3PO?? There are original set pieces and costumes that bring the worlds of sci-fi, fantasy and horror to life right before your eyes, including Edward Scissorhands and E.T. the Extra Terrestrial.

When it comes to cool things to see and do in LA, for locals and tourists alike, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures should definitely be on the list. It makes for a great day of wandering around tons of galleries and exhibits that you won’t get to see anywhere else. In the closing remarks of his speech, Tom Hanks said it best – “Do we really need a movie museum? Yeah! Because we need to celebrate everything that this town has brought to the world and everything this artform has brought to the world.”

Opening festivities will conclude on Sunday, October 17, when the Academy Museum will host a day-long free community celebration, from 10 am–6 pm.

Tickets to the Academy Museum are available only through advance online reservations via the Academy Museum’s website and mobile app.  General admission tickets for the Museum’s exhibitions are $25 for adults, $19 for seniors (age 62+), and $15 for students. Admission for visitors ages 17 and younger and California residents with an EBT card is free. Advance timed entrance for the The Oscars® Experience is available to general admission visitors via a separate $15 ticket. A general admission ticket is required to access The Oscars® Experience.

The Academy Museum’s inaugural public programs and film screening series will also be available for registration via the app. Tickets for film screenings and public programs are sold separately and do not require general admission to the museum. Tickets will be available only through advance online reservations via the Academy Museum’s website. Film screening tickets are $10 for adults, $7 for seniors (age 62+), $5 for college students, $5 for children (age 17 and younger), and $8 for Museum Members. Public and education program tickets range from free with admission to $20 for adults.

The seven-story, 300,000-square-foot museum, which draws on the unique resources of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and is located in the heart of LA’s Miracle Mile, will open with:

  • the 30,000-square-foot core exhibition Stories of Cinema, offering celebratory, critical, and personal perspectives on the disciplines and impact of moviemaking, past and present
  • the temporary exhibition Hayao Miyazaki, the first museum retrospective in North America of the work of the acclaimed filmmaker and Studio Ghibli
  • The Path to Cinema: Highlights from the Richard Balzer Collection, with selections from the world’s foremost holdings of pre-cinematic optical toys and devices
  • Backdrop: An Invisible Art, a double-height installation that presents the painting of Mount Rushmore used in North by Northwest (USA, 1959)
  • and The Oscars® Experience, an immersive simulation that lets visitors imaginatively step onto the stage of the Dolby Theatre to accept an Academy Award®.

The museum’s roster of screenings—including Oscar® Sundays and Family Matinees—will be presented in its new 1,000-seat David Geffen Theater and the 288-seat Ted Mann Theater beginning on September 30 with a special presentation of The Wizard of Oz (USA, 1939) with live musical accompaniment by the American Youth Symphony conducted by Oscar nominee David Newman in the larger theater. Highlights of the first three months of film screenings, discussions, and programs include:

  • Stories of Cinema: screenings of films highlighted in the core exhibition, including Real Women Have Curves (USA, 2002) and The Way of the Dragon (Hong Kong, 1972)
  • Malcolm X in 70mm: a screening for Academy Museum Members with special guests Spike Lee and Denzel Washington
  • Oscar® Frights: screenings of Oscar-winning and Oscar-nominated horror films, including Get Out (USA, 2017), Pan’s Labyrinth (Mexico, 2006) and Psycho (USA, 1960)
  • Hayao Miyazaki: screenings of the filmmaker’s complete body of work, in conjunction with the inaugural temporary exhibition
  • Imperfect Journey: Haile Gerima and His Comrades: screenings in honor of Haile Gerima with special guests including Malik Sayeed, Bradford Young, Arthur Jafa, and Ava DuVernay
  • Sound Off: A Celebration of Women Composers: screenings of films scored by women composers, including Joker (USA, 2019), scored by Hildur Guðnadóttir, and Tron (USA, 1982), scored by Wendy Carlos
  • Retrospectives of Jane Campion and Satyajit Ray, with the latter drawing from the Academy Film Archive’s rich holdings of his works
  • Beyond the Icon: Anna May Wong: a celebration of the actress’s work and legacy, including screenings of Piccadilly (UK, 1929) and Shanghai Express (USA, 1932)
  • Legacy: a cross-generational discussion series, beginning with a conversation between Laura Dern and her parents Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd
  • In Conversation: a topical discussion series that begins with a conversation between producers Effie T. Brown and Heather Rae on how to contextualize cinema

Ongoing education and family programs will take place throughout the museum in exhibition galleries, theaters, and the Shirley Temple Education Studio. These will include teen programs, family studio activities, and school tours. Accommodative tours for members of the hard-of-hearing and deaf communities and low-vision and blind communities will be offered monthly, as well as accommodative family film screenings for neurodivergent viewers.

Fanny’s, the restaurant and café developed by restaurateurs Bill Chait and Carl Schuster and designed by LA-based Commune Design, will open to visitors with breakfast and lunch service with dinner service added later in the fall. Named after Fanny Brice—the legendary movie, vaudeville, theater, and radio star portrayed by Barbra Streisand in her Oscar-winning role as Funny Girl (1968)—the striking two-story, 10,000 square foot space, conceptualized by the late architect Osvaldo Maiozzi, features a chef-designed open kitchen, elegant bar, and captain-based service style that nods to a bygone era. Raphael Francois serves as Executive Chef and Julian Cox as the bar’s mixologist. Wolfgang Puck Catering will oversee catering services at the museum.

The Academy Museum Store will greet shoppers in its 2,600-square-foot retail space off of the Sidney Poitier Grand Lobby and will feature merchandise designed and produced exclusively for the store, Oscars memorabilia, and other film-related items. An extension of the museum’s mission to showcase the diverse stories of the art and artists of moviemaking, the museum is thrilled to work with many diverse and inspiring Los Angeles and California-based partners on the creation of merchandise and collectibles.

Oscar Sunday Is One Week Away – 10 Golden Tips To Enjoy The 91st Academy Awards

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It’s time for the 91st Oscars. Yeah baby, if you love movies, this is your night. With the Oscars just a week away, preparations for the big night have already begun in Hollywood at the Dolby Theatre. On Saturday WAMG caught a glimpse of the construction of press risers, fan bleachers and pre-show stages that will line the Oscars red carpet.

You don’t have to be a huge movie geek (although, we are), but it helps. Even if you just love movies, consider watching the Oscars next week for more than just the Best Picture award. You’ll see a lot of these names again, and like in sports, finding the player who is some day destined for greatness in this can be your big thrill.

Here’s our take on why to get excited about tuning in for Hollywood’s Big Night!

1. BLACK PANTHER is a Best Picture nominee

Black Panther is NOMINATED FOR AN OSCAR! Yes, I’m excited. I’ve been a comic and comic book character fan my entire life. Now that one is nominated for an Oscar, I’m actually, factually, and probably, TERMINALLY excited. It may not win, but it never could have without being nominated. The story, about King T’Challa and his first real challenge as king, is great. I won’t go in to anything that could be a spoiler, but the story, the many locations, the costumes, the special effects, and last, but not least, the actors portraying these wonderful characters actually brought them to life. It is an exciting film, with characters you actually care about, and come to see their points of view and motivations (Killmonger, played by Michael B. Jordan, gives you a villain to both loathe and yet can understand, extreme though he may be), all woven in to a rich tapestry. If you loved the character in the comics, you’ll love him even more by the time you’ve watched this. If you never heard of him, but watched out of curiosity, you’ll enjoy his coming of age struggle. As a fan of the entire genre, I’m thrilled to see a “comic book movie” get an Oscar nod. The cast is filled with names you’ll know, and a few that I’m certain you’ll get to know more in the near future (I’m talking to you, Winston Duke) because of their presentations of the characters in the film. It is a film with heart, and humor, drama and thoughtfulness. There is tragedy, and each character must make their peace with the decision that they make in this film, a husband and wife divided by duty and passion to their country and king, vengeance and justice, loyalty to tribe and king. I loved it, and I don’t even like kings.

2. The presenters

We’re thrilled to see the lineup of stars that will present at the Oscars. Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Tina Fey, Whoopi Goldberg, Brie Larson, Jennifer Lopez, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Charlize Theron, Tessa Thompson, Javier Bardem, Angela Bassett, Chadwick Boseman, Emilia Clarke, Laura Dern, Samuel L. Jackson, Keegan-Michael Key, James McAvoy, Melissa McCarthy, and Jason Momoa.

Why? Because you get to see a lot of the actors that are in the movies you’ve loved, or a composer who made a film score (or many!), or a director of some of your favorite films (We’re talking to you, Roland Emmerich), or of the movie you want to get an award in a given year. OR some of the other categories that award those who are also instrumental in the presentation and success of a movie.

3. Oscar Week events

In the week leading up to the 91st Oscars, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present a series of public programs celebrating this year’s nominees in the Animated Feature Film, Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, Foreign Language Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, and Animated and Live Action Short Film categories. Events will be held at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.

Tickets are now available online at Oscars.org. Tickets to the Documentaries, Shorts, Foreign Language Film and Animated Features events are $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students with a valid ID (Shorts and Foreign Language Films tickets limited to four per person). Admission to the Saturday afternoon Makeup and Hairstyling event is free, but advance tickets are required (limited to two per person). Doors open one hour prior to each event. All ticketed seating is unreserved. For more information, visit Oscars.org or call (310) 247-3600.

4. An Oscar Party

Some people actually throw an “Oscar Party” and if you’re one, make a night of it and check out the award-winning food you can serve your guests. https://www.oscars.org/press/governors-ball

5. The red carpet

Ever since Joan Rivers first asked the stars “who are you wearing?” tuning in for the red carpet is a must-see leading up to the Oscars. With the advent of social media such as Twitter and Facebook, Oscar-watchers can have a lot of fun and opine their fashion thoughts live with other fans across the world.


6. All 24 categories will be awarded

Yep, ALL 24 categories will be celebrated during the Academy Awards. Whether it’s a two hour show or a four hour show, we die-hards are in it for the duration.

For a complete list of nominees, visit the official Oscars website, www.oscar.com. Check out some of the reactions of the nominees after the nominations were announced.

After announcing that certain categories would be omitted from the live broadcast, the officers of the Board of Governors released a statement on Friday:

“The Academy has heard the feedback from its membership regarding the Oscar presentation of four awards – Cinematography, Film Editing, Live Action Short, and Makeup and Hairstyling. All Academy Awards will be presented without edits, in our traditional format. We look forward to Oscar Sunday, February 24.”

7. Oscar Game

The Official Oscar Game live play along experience lets you participate in Hollywood’s biggest night featuring real-time trivia, polls, and category predictions. Gather your friends and play The Official Oscar® Game. https://oscar.go.com/game

Print the official ballot here: https://drraa3ej68s2c.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/04065826/189e72f05e56d004e50ab289d45cb9a6e45ab835fbfd74550f48d196d45d3376.pdf?1550442762770

8. The Oscar nominated songs performed during the show

Bette Midler announced via Twitter she would be among the many singers to perform one of the Best Song nominees


Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson will perform “I’ll Fight” from RBG (music and lyric by Diane Warren); nominees Gillian Welch and David Rawlings will be welcomed to the stage to sing “When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings” from THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS (music and lyric by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings); Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga are set to perform “Shallow” from A STAR IS BORN (music and lyric by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt)

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

“All The Stars” from “Black Panther”
Music by Mark Spears, Kendrick Lamar Duckworth and Anthony Tiffith; Lyric by Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, Anthony Tiffith and Solana Rowe
“I’ll Fight” from “RBG”
Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
“The Place Where Lost Things Go” from “Mary Poppins Returns”
Music by Marc Shaiman; Lyric by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman
“Shallow” from “A Star Is Born”
Music and Lyric by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt
“When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings” from “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”
Music and Lyric by David Rawlings and Gillian Welch

9. Class photo of the annual Oscar nominee lunch.

Another great way to get ready for Oscar Sunday and catch the actor, actresses and filmmakers. You can see highlights and excerpts of interviews from the Oscars 2019 nominee luncheon at Oscar.com

10. The funny spoofs of the Oscars

Saturday Night Live got in on the act this past weekend with their hilarious take on the Academy Awards.

For live updates and breaking news, follow the Academy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheAcademy

Contributed by Michelle Hannett and Marc Butterfield

THE SHAPE OF WATER Takes Home Best Picture At The 90th Academy Awards

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The Academy celebrated its 90th birthday on Sunday evening in style. Filled with montages of both classic and recent films, this year’s Oscars, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, was infused with the right mix of humor that had a more relaxed and natural tone. Inclusion was the highlight of the evening and many of the acceptance speeches continued to raise attention to the Time’s Up and Me Too movements, immigrants and minorities.

Best Picture went to THE SHAPE OF WATER. The fantasy film also saw Oscars for director Guillermo del Toro, production design and original score.

Check out the full list of winners below and what the winners told the press backstage.

Best motion picture of the year
“The Shape of Water” (Fox Searchlight) A Double Dare You Production Guillermo del Toro and J. Miles Dale, Producers. On setting the film in Baltimore, de Toro said, “You know, I fell in love ‑‑ when I was a kid I fell in love with one of the primal trilogies in cinema for me, Barry Levinson’s Baltimore trilogy, you know, and I loved the setting. And I know we screwed up with the accent. I’m very, very, very aware with that, but what I wanted was to capture that flavor. You know, it’s such an interesting mixture, the Catholic, the industrial, how near is to the ocean, all those things, and for me it was mythical. Levinson invented so many things in those films, and particularly important for THE SHAPE OF WATER was the TIN MEN and the Cadillacs in TIN MEN and how they represent America, and that isn’t there. You know, I think that those three films, AVALON, DINER and TIN MEN are fabulous landmarks of American cinema. And then the John Waters, man.”

Performance by an actor in a leading role
Gary Oldman in “Darkest Hour” (Focus Features). When asked in the pressroom the advice Winston Churchill would give to today’s world leaders, he responded with, “Well, none of them look at history. He was a big believer that you’ve learned ‑‑ that you’ve looked at history to move forward. There’s an ‑‑ actually, there’s an interesting thing. There was sort of a survey done, and the children were asked about Winston Churchill, and not just ‑‑ I’m not talking about nine or ten‑year‑olds, I’m talking about, you know, young, young sort of college people. And a great many of them thought that he was either a soldier in the First World War or he was a dog in a TV commercial in Britain, and there is a TV commercial called Churchill, and it’s a bulldog, and he talks. It’s an insurance company called Churchill. And we don’t ‑‑ we don’t teach history anymore, do we? They don’t know anything about it. “

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Sam Rockwell in “Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri” (Fox Searchlight) On dedicating his award to Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rockwell said, “he was very close to me and he was an inspiration to all of my peers. You know, people like Jeffrey Wright, Billy Crudup, Liev Schreiber, you know, you know, everybody. Mark Ruffalo, Josh Brolin. I mean, whoever was in my age range, Phil Hoffman was the guy. And he was a great director and he believed in doing theater. In fact, he was ‑‑ he vowed to do a play a year, which I don’t know if he got to do because he was very busy doing movies, but he was a great inspiration and a great theater director. And I don’t know if anybody knows, he was a bit of a jock. He was a wrestler, and he played basketball, and he inspired me. And I could go on for an hour about Phil Hoffman. Philip Seymour Hoffman was a good friend and he was a huge, huge inspiration on me. Yeah.”

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Frances McDormand in “Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri” (Fox Searchlight) During her acceptance speech, McDormand said “Inclusion Rider.” Backstage she explained the two words. “I just found out about this last week. There is ‑‑ has always been available to all ‑‑ everybody that get ‑‑ that does a negotiation on a film, an inclusion rider which means that you can ask for and/or demand at least 50 percent diversity in not only the casting, but also the crew. And so, the fact that we ‑‑ that I just learned that after 35 years of being in the film business, it’s not ‑‑ we’re not going back. So the whole idea of women trending, no. No trending. African Americans trending, no. No trending. It changes now, and I think the inclusion rider will have something to do with that. Right? Power in rules.”

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Allison Janney in “I, Tonya”. When asked if things will change for her, Janney said, “Starting in September when we premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, and the whole journey we’ve been through is extraordinary. And it’s going to be ‑‑ I’m going to have a big crash down after this. So I’m happy that I have MOM ‑‑ the people at MOM to lift me up and keep me ‑‑ keep me going and keep me focused. And I’m just happy to have a job to go to tomorrow. But this is extraordinary.”

Best animated feature film of the year
“Coco” (Walt Disney) Lee Unkrich and Darla K. Anderson

Achievement in cinematography
“Blade Runner 2049” (Warner Bros.) Roger A. Deakins. On winning after multiple nominations, Deakins remarked, “I was just reminded that one of the early films I did was SID AND NANCY with Gary Oldman, and it’s so wonderful to be here tonight with ‑‑ and Gary to be in the same space.”

Achievement in costume design
“Phantom Thread” (Focus Features) Mark Bridges. On collaborating with Daniel Day Lewis, Bridges said, “it was a learning experience for me, but we worked together. We went shopping together, actually, on German Street in London, which was amazing. And ‑‑ but I was always there and collaborating about, like, I know I need this many suits to be able to make this costume plot. But he did not want to plan ahead what he was going to wear, so we created a closet for him, and Paul wanted him to choose daily what he would pull from his closet and wear it.”

Achievement in directing
“The Shape of Water” (Fox Searchlight) Guillermo del Toro. On his win, the filmmaker said, “I think every time we can demonstrate in any forum, be it sports, science, art, culture, anywhere, what we have to bring to the world discourse, to the world conversation, is extremely important, and it’s extremely important when we do it to remember where we’re from, because it’s honoring your roots, honoring your country. Now I’m going ‑‑ my next stop is I’m going to see my mom and my dad this week. I’m going back home with these two ‑‑ with these two babies.”

Best documentary feature
“Icarus” (Netflix) A Netflix Documentary in association with Impact Partners, Diamond Docs, Chicago Media Project and Alex Production Bryan Fogel and Dan Cogan. “It’s an extraordinary opportunity for filmmakers that we never would have had before them. At the touch of a button now, you are in 190 million homes. There’s nothing like it, and it’s a huge honor for us to win the first Oscar for a feature‑length film for Netflix. We consider that a piece of history, and we’re deeply honored.”

Best documentary short subject
“Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405” A Stiefel & Co. Production Frank Stiefel

Achievement in film editing
“Dunkirk” (Warner Bros.) Lee Smith. On creating the tension with the score by Hans Zimmer, Smith said, “the momentum in the film was designed by Chris right from the get‑go. When I first arrived in Dunkirk when we started shooting, he put a pair of headphones on me and played me the sound of a watch ticking, but with a very interesting cadence. And that cadence is ‑‑ it’s something that just always sounds like it’s ascending, and it’s always ‑‑ makes ‑‑ so it’s making your heart beat faster and faster. And no matter where you cut you’ve made this ascension forever. And that’s what we did with the music. So no matter where you drop into the track, if you just drop in and listen, it sounds like it’s ascending. It’s an audio illusion… it really was a mathematical and technical marvel. And it has a lot to do with why your heart races in the movie from the get‑go because it’s ascension, it’s continually sounding like it’s getting worse. And then we briefly pause it when we’re on the beach and then we re‑instigate it again. Yeah, it is one of the most unique scores I think in history.”

Best foreign language film of the year
“A Fantastic Woman” A Fabula Production –  Chile. On giving a voice to the unheard, Sebastián Lelio said, “it is a film that has managed to contribute to a necessary and urgent conversation. I think that there no ‑‑ there’s no such thing illegitimate people. Period.”

Achievement in makeup and hairstyling
“Darkest Hour” (Focus Features) Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski and Lucy Sibbick

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
“The Shape of Water” (Fox Searchlight) Alexandre Desplat. On working with del Toro, Desplat said to the press, “Guillermo, you know, he brings everybody in his team together behind him like a ‑‑ you know, like a king with his knights, and is total bonding. I don’t know. There’s a magic about him that makes us all want to be at our top ‑‑ at our best. He was always benevolent and enthusiastic and happy, and it was a marvelous experience. One of my rare, beautiful, beautiful experience.”

“Remember Me” from Disney-Pixar’s “Coco” performance during the live ABC Telecast of The 90th Oscars

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
“Remember Me” from “Coco” (Walt Disney) Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. Speaking on being an example to immigrants, Robert Lopez said, “I’ve always felt “other” in this country, even though I was raised very assimilated. If our success can help someone pursue their dream, I know that examples play a huge role and I want to encourage every brown kid to pursue their dream just like my mom did to me.”

Achievement in production design
“The Shape of Water” (Fox Searchlight) Production Design: Paul Denham Austerberry, Set Decoration: Shane Vieau and Jeff Melvin

Best animated short film
“Dear Basketball” (Verizon go90) A Glen Keane Production Glen Keane and Kobe Bryant

Best live action short film
“The Silent Child” A Slick Films Production Chris Overton and Rachel Shenton

Achievement in sound editing
“Dunkirk” (Warner Bros.) Richard King and Alex Gibson

Achievement in sound mixing
“Dunkirk” (Warner Bros.) Mark Weingarten, Gregg Landaker and Gary A. Rizzo. Landaker said to the press backstage, “this film ended up my career. It didn’t end my career, but I decided to put a period on it. And this was my 207th feature film, ninth nomination and fourth win for a soundtrack. My first win was for EMPIRE STRIKES BACK back in the ’80s. But Chris has always encouraged me to reach further into our art craft of mixing a film, to bring something completely different to the soundtrack that the audience would step up and notice.”

Achievement in visual effects
“Blade Runner 2049” (Warner Bros.) John Nelson, Gerd Nefzer, Paul Lambert and Richard R. Hoover

Adapted screenplay
“Call Me by Your Name” (Sony Pictures Classics) Screenplay by James Ivory. On being the oldest winner in Academy’s history, Ivory said, “Well, imagine how it would feel. I mean, being 90 years for anything that you would do is extraordinary. But to be here having won the Oscar at that age, this seems as like a hiccup in nature, possibly, something like that. But it feels great, and it certainly feels good ‑‑ it feels good to be holding on to that Oscar ‑‑ it’s my Oscar ‑‑ for the first time.”

Original screenplay
“Get Out” (Universal) Written by Jordan Peele. Backstage the filmmaker remarked about his historic win, “I instantly realized that an award like this is much bigger than me. This is about paying it forward to the young people who might not believe that they could achieve the highest honor in whatever craft they want to push toward. You’re not a failure if you don’t get this, but I almost didn’t do it, because I didn’t believe that there was a place for me. Whoopi Goldberg and her acceptance speech for best supporting actress for GHOST was a huge inspiration for me. And when I got nominated, one of the first things I did was reach out and call her and thank her for telling young people who maybe doubted themselves if they can do it. So I hope that this does the same and inspires more people to use their voices.”

Contributed by Gary Salem, Cate Marquis and Michelle Hannett

90th Oscars Predictions

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The 7,258 voting members had their work cut out for them when casting their ballots for the 90th Oscars. With 24 competitive award categories, the winners will be revealed in what has been one of the tightest Best Picture races in recent memory. There is no clear frontrunner.

33 million Americans watched the 89th Oscars and with audience favorites such as GET OUT and COCO in the race, Hollywood is preparing for the biggest night of the year when the eyes of the world tune in to see the 90th Academy Awards. An estimated several hundred million worldwide will watch the nominated actresses, actors and filmmakers walk the red carpet.

Here’s our predix so you can fill out your ballot this Sunday. We’ve even provided you one for you to print out!

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NOMINATIONS BY CATEGORY – 90TH AWARDS

Performance by an actor in a leading role
Timothée Chalamet in “Call Me by Your Name” (Sony Pictures Classics)
Daniel Day-Lewis in “Phantom Thread” (Focus Features)
Daniel Kaluuya in “Get Out” (Universal) Alternate
Gary Oldman in “Darkest Hour” (Focus Features) Predicted winner
Denzel Washington in “Roman J. Israel, Esq.” (Sony Pictures Releasing)  

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Willem Dafoe in “The Florida Project” (A24) Alternate
Woody Harrelson in “Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri” (Fox Searchlight) This could be the welcomed upset
Richard Jenkins in “The Shape of Water” (Fox Searchlight)
Christopher Plummer in “All the Money in the World” (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Sam Rockwell in “Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri” (Fox Searchlight)  Predicted winner

Performance by an actress in a leading role

Sally Hawkins in “The Shape of Water” (Fox Searchlight)  Alternate
Frances McDormand in “Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri” (Fox Searchlight)  Predicted winner 
Margot Robbie in “I, Tonya” (Neon/30 West)
Saoirse Ronan in “Lady Bird” (A24)
Meryl Streep in “The Post” (20th Century Fox)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Mary J. Blige in “Mudbound” (Netflix) See this film!
Allison Janney in “I, Tonya” (Neon/30 West)  Predicted winner 
Lesley Manville in “Phantom Thread” (Focus Features)  Alternate
Laurie Metcalf in “Lady Bird” (A24)
Octavia Spencer in “The Shape of Water” (Fox Searchlight)

Best animated feature film of the year

“The Boss Baby” (20th Century Fox) Tom McGrath and Ramsey Naito
“The Breadwinner” (GKIDS) Nora Twomey and Anthony Leo Our favorite
“Coco” (Walt Disney) Lee Unkrich and Darla K. Anderson   Predicted winner / No Upset 
“Ferdinand” (20th Century Fox) Carlos Saldanha
“Loving Vincent” (Good Deed Entertainment) Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman and Ivan Mactaggart

Achievement in cinematography

“Blade Runner 2049” (Warner Bros.) Roger A. Deakins  Predicted winner (ASC Award winner)
“Darkest Hour” (Focus Features) Bruno Delbonnel
“Dunkirk” (Warner Bros.) Hoyte van Hoytema  Alternate
“Mudbound” (Netflix) Rachel Morrison
“The Shape of Water” (Fox Searchlight) Dan Laustsen

Achievement in costume design

“Beauty and the Beast” (Walt Disney) Jacqueline Durran Alternate
“Darkest Hour” (Focus Features) Jacqueline Durran
“Phantom Thread” (Focus Features) Mark Bridges   Predicted winner  
“The Shape of Water” (Fox Searchlight) Luis Sequeira
“Victoria & Abdul” (Focus Features) Consolata Boyle

Achievement in directing

“Dunkirk” (Warner Bros.) Christopher Nolan  Alternate
“Get Out” (Universal) Jordan Peele
“Lady Bird” (A24) Greta Gerwig
“Phantom Thread” (Focus Features) Paul Thomas Anderson
“The Shape of Water” (Fox Searchlight) Guillermo del Toro  Predicted winner 

Best documentary feature

“Abacus: Small Enough to Jail” (PBS Distribution) A Mitten Media/Motto Pictures/Kartemquin Educational Films/WGBH/FRONTLINE Production Steve James, Mark Mitten and Julie Goldman
“Faces Places” (Cohen Media Group) A Ciné Tamaris Production Agnès Varda, JR and Rosalie Varda  Predicted winner 
“Icarus” (Netflix) A Netflix Documentary in association with Impact Partners, Diamond Docs, Chicago Media Project and Alex Production Bryan Fogel and Dan Cogan
“Last Men in Aleppo” (Grasshopper Film) A Larm Film and Aleppo Media Center Production Feras Fayyad, Kareem Abeed and Søren Steen Jespersen  Alternate
“Strong Island” (Netflix) A Yanceville Films and Louverture Films Production Yance Ford and Joslyn Barnes

Best documentary short subject

“Edith+Eddie” (Kartemquin Films) A Heart is Red/Kartemquin Films Production Laura Checkoway and Thomas Lee Wright Predicted winner 
“Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405” A Stiefel & Co. Production Frank Stiefel  Alternate
“Heroin(e)” (Netflix) A Netflix Original Documentary in association with The Center for Investigative Reporting/Requisite Media Production Elaine McMillion Sheldon and Kerrin Sheldon
“Knife Skills” A TFL Films Production Thomas Lennon
“Traffic Stop” (HBO Documentary Films) A Q-Ball Production Kate Davis and David Heilbroner

Achievement in film editing

“Baby Driver” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Paul Machliss and Jonathan Amos  Alternate
“Dunkirk” (Warner Bros.) Lee Smith Predicted winner  (ACE winner)
“I, Tonya” (Neon/30 West) Tatiana S. Riegel
“The Shape of Water” (Fox Searchlight) Sidney Wolinsky
“Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri” (Fox Searchlight)

Best foreign language film of the year

“A Fantastic Woman” A Fabula Production –  Chile   Predicted winner 
“The Insult” A Douri Film Production –  Lebanon
“Loveless” A Non-Stop Production  – Russia
“On Body and Soul” An Inforg-M&M Film Production – Hungary
“The Square” A Plattform Production  – Sweden  Alternate

Achievement in makeup and hairstyling

“Darkest Hour” (Focus Features) Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski and Lucy Sibbick   Predicted winner 
“Victoria & Abdul” (Focus Features) Daniel Phillips and Lou Sheppard  Alternate
“Wonder” (Lionsgate) Arjen Tuiten

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

“Dunkirk” (Warner Bros.) Hans Zimmer Should win
“Phantom Thread” (Focus Features) Jonny Greenwood  Alternate
“The Shape of Water” (Fox Searchlight) Alexandre Desplat   Predicted winner 
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi” (Walt Disney) John Williams
“Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri” (Fox Searchlight) Carter Burwell

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

“Mighty River” from “Mudbound” (Netflix) Music and Lyric by Mary J. Blige, Raphael Saadiq and Taura Stinson  
“Mystery Of Love” from “Call Me by Your Name” (Sony Pictures Classics) Music and Lyric by Sufjan Stevens
“Remember Me” from “Coco” (Walt Disney) Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez  Predicted winner
“Stand Up For Something” from “Marshall” (Open Road Films) Music by Diane Warren Lyric by Lonnie R. Lynn and Diane Warren
“This Is Me” from “The Greatest Showman” (20th Century Fox) Music and Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Pau    Alternate

Best motion picture of the year

“Call Me by Your Name” (Sony Pictures Classics) A Frenesy Film/La Cinéfacture/Memento Films International/RT Features Production Peter Spears, Luca Guadagnino, Emilie Georges and Marco Morabito, Producers
“Darkest Hour” (Focus Features) A Working Title Films Production Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten and Douglas Urbanski, Producers
“Dunkirk” (Warner Bros.) A Syncopy Pictures Production Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers MAJOR UPSET based on the preferential ballot
“Get Out” (Universal) A Blumhouse Productions/QC Entertainment/Monkeypaw Production Sean McKittrick, Jason Blum, Edward H. Hamm Jr. and Jordan Peele, Producers
“Lady Bird” (A24) A Mission Films Production Scott Rudin, Eli Bush and Evelyn O’Neill, Producers
“Phantom Thread” (Focus Features) An Annapurna Pictures Production JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson, Megan Ellison and Daniel Lupi, Producers
“The Post” (20th Century Fox) A 20th Century Fox/DreamWorks Pictures Production Amy Pascal, Steven Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers
“The Shape of Water” (Fox Searchlight) A Double Dare You Production Guillermo del Toro and J. Miles Dale, Producers   Predicted winner  
“Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri” (Fox Searchlight) A Blueprint Pictures Production Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin and Martin McDonagh, Producers  Alternate

Achievement in production design

“Beauty and the Beast” (Walt Disney) Production Design: Sarah Greenwood, Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
“Blade Runner 2049” (Warner Bros.) Production Design: Dennis Gassner, Set Decoration: Alessandra Querzola
“Darkest Hour” (Focus Features) Production Design: Sarah Greenwood, Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
“Dunkirk” (Warner Bros.) Production Design: Nathan Crowley, Set Decoration: Gary Fettis  Predicted winner 
“The Shape of Water” (Fox Searchlight) Production Design: Paul Denham Austerberry, Set Decoration: Shane Vieau and Jeff Melvin  Alternate

Best animated short film

“Dear Basketball” (Verizon go90) A Glen Keane Production Glen Keane and Kobe Bryant
“Garden Party” A MOPA Production Victor Caire and Gabriel Grapperon Predicted winner 
“Lou” (Walt Disney) A Pixar Animation Studios Production Dave Mullins and Dana Murray  Alternate
“Negative Space” An Ikki Films Production Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata
“Revolting Rhymes” A Magic Light Pictures Production Jakob Schuh and Jan Lachauer

Best live action short film

“DeKalb Elementary” A UCLA Production Reed Van Dyk Alternate
“The Eleven O’Clock” A FINCH Production Derin Seale and Josh Lawson
“My Nephew Emmett” A New York University Production Kevin Wilson, Jr.
“The Silent Child” A Slick Films Production Chris Overton and Rachel Shenton Predicted winner 
“Watu Wote/All of Us” A Hamburg Media School Production Katja Benrath and Tobias Rosen

Achievement in sound editing

“Baby Driver” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Julian Slater  Alternate
“Blade Runner 2049” (Warner Bros.) Mark Mangini and Theo Green    
“Dunkirk” (Warner Bros.) Richard King and Alex Gibson Predicted winner 
“The Shape of Water” (Fox Searchlight) Nathan Robitaille and Nelson Ferreira
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi” (Walt Disney) Matthew Wood and Ren Klyce

Achievement in sound mixing

“Baby Driver” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Julian Slater, Tim Cavagin and Mary H. Ellis Predicted winner 
“Blade Runner 2049” (Warner Bros.) Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill and Mac Ruth
“Dunkirk” (Warner Bros.) Mark Weingarten, Gregg Landaker and Gary A. Rizzo Alternate
“The Shape of Water” (Fox Searchlight) Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern and Glen Gauthier
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi” (Walt Disney) David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Stuart Wilson

Achievement in visual effects

“Blade Runner 2049” (Warner Bros.) John Nelson, Gerd Nefzer, Paul Lambert and Richard R. Hoover Alternate
“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” (Walt Disney) Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner and Dan Sudick
“Kong: Skull Island” (Warner Bros.) Stephen Rosenbaum, Jeff White, Scott Benza and Mike Meinardus
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi” (Walt Disney) Ben Morris, Mike Mulholland, Neal Scanlan and Chris Corbould
“War for the Planet of the Apes” (20th Century Fox) Joe Letteri, Daniel Barrett, Dan Lemmon and Joel Whist    Predicted winner 

Adapted screenplay

“Call Me by Your Name” (Sony Pictures Classics) Screenplay by James Ivory
“The Disaster Artist” (A24) Screenplay by Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber
“Logan” (20th Century Fox) Screenplay by Scott Frank & James Mangold and Michael Green, Story by James Mangold  Alternate
“Molly’s Game” (STXfilms) Written for the screen by Aaron Sorkin    Predicted winner  
“Mudbound” (Netflix) Screenplay by Virgil Williams and Dee Rees

Original screenplay

“The Big Sick” (Amazon Studios) Written by Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani
“Get Out” (Universal) Written by Jordan Peele   Predicted winner 
“Lady Bird” (A24) Written by Greta Gerwig  This is the film’s win
“The Shape of Water” (Fox Searchlight) Screenplay by Guillermo del Toro & Vanessa Taylor, Story by Guillermo del Toro
“Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri” (Fox Searchlight) Written by Martin McDonagh Alternate

Contributed by Gary Salem, Melissa Thompson and Michelle Hannett

90th Oscar Nominations Are Here – THE SHAPE OF WATER Leads Oscar Race With 13 Nominations

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Countdown to the Oscars and the BIGGEST show in Hollywood happened Tuesday morning as the nominations for the 90th Academy Awards were announced from AMPAS headquarters at the Samuel Goldwyn theater.

This year’s most nominated film, The Shape of Water, is the tenth film in Oscar history to earn thirteen nominations. The current record of fourteen nominations is held by three films, All about Eve (1950), Titanic (1997) and La La Land (2016). Dunkirk received eight nods, Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri seven nominations, Darkest Hour and Phantom Thread saw 6 nominations each, with Lady Bird and Blade Runner 2049 each earning five nods.

Actress-comedian Tiffany Haddish and actor-director Andy Serkis, joined by
Academy President John Bailey, announced the 90th Academy Awards nominations today.

Haddish and Serkis announced the nominees in 11 categories at 5:22 a.m. PT, with pre-taped category introductions by Academy members Priyanka Chopra, Rosario Dawson, Gal Gadot, Salma Hayek, Michelle Rodriguez, Zoe Saldana, Molly Shannon, Rebel Wilson and Michelle Yeoh. Haddish and Serkis announced the remaining 13 categories at 5:38 a.m. PT.

NOMINATIONS BY CATEGORY – 90TH AWARDS

Performance by an actor in a leading role
Timothée Chalamet in “Call Me by Your Name” (Sony Pictures Classics)
Daniel Day-Lewis in “Phantom Thread” (Focus Features)
Daniel Kaluuya in “Get Out” (Universal)
Gary Oldman in “Darkest Hour” (Focus Features)
Denzel Washington in “Roman J. Israel, Esq.” (Sony Pictures Releasing)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Willem Dafoe in “The Florida Project” (A24)
Woody Harrelson in “Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri” (Fox Searchlight)
Richard Jenkins in “The Shape of Water” (Fox Searchlight)
Christopher Plummer in “All the Money in the World” (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Sam Rockwell in “Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri” (Fox Searchlight)

Performance by an actress in a leading role

Sally Hawkins in “The Shape of Water” (Fox Searchlight)
Frances McDormand in “Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri” (Fox Searchlight)
Margot Robbie in “I, Tonya” (Neon/30 West)
Saoirse Ronan in “Lady Bird” (A24)
Meryl Streep in “The Post” (20th Century Fox)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Mary J. Blige in “Mudbound” (Netflix)
Allison Janney in “I, Tonya” (Neon/30 West)
Lesley Manville in “Phantom Thread” (Focus Features)
Laurie Metcalf in “Lady Bird” (A24)
Octavia Spencer in “The Shape of Water” (Fox Searchlight)

Sally Hawkins and Octavia Spencer in the film THE SHAPE OF WATER. Photo courtesy of Fox Searchlight Pictures. © 2017 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation All Rights Reserved

Best animated feature film of the year

“The Boss Baby” (20th Century Fox) Tom McGrath and Ramsey Naito
“The Breadwinner” (GKIDS) Nora Twomey and Anthony Leo
“Coco” (Walt Disney) Lee Unkrich and Darla K. Anderson
“Ferdinand” (20th Century Fox) Carlos Saldanha
“Loving Vincent” (Good Deed Entertainment) Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman and Ivan Mactaggart

Achievement in cinematography

“Blade Runner 2049” (Warner Bros.) Roger A. Deakins
“Darkest Hour” (Focus Features) Bruno Delbonnel
“Dunkirk” (Warner Bros.) Hoyte van Hoytema
“Mudbound” (Netflix) Rachel Morrison
“The Shape of Water” (Fox Searchlight) Dan Laustsen

Achievement in costume design

“Beauty and the Beast” (Walt Disney) Jacqueline Durran
“Darkest Hour” (Focus Features) Jacqueline Durran
“Phantom Thread” (Focus Features) Mark Bridges
“The Shape of Water” (Fox Searchlight) Luis Sequeira
“Victoria & Abdul” (Focus Features) Consolata Boyle

Achievement in directing

“Dunkirk” (Warner Bros.) Christopher Nolan
“Get Out” (Universal) Jordan Peele
“Lady Bird” (A24) Greta Gerwig
“Phantom Thread” (Focus Features) Paul Thomas Anderson
“The Shape of Water” (Fox Searchlight) Guillermo del Toro

Dunkirk

Best documentary feature

“Abacus: Small Enough to Jail” (PBS Distribution) A Mitten Media/Motto Pictures/Kartemquin Educational Films/WGBH/FRONTLINE Production Steve James, Mark Mitten and Julie Goldman
“Faces Places” (Cohen Media Group) A Ciné Tamaris Production Agnès Varda, JR and Rosalie Varda
“Icarus” (Netflix) A Netflix Documentary in association with Impact Partners, Diamond Docs, Chicago Media Project and Alex Production Bryan Fogel and Dan Cogan
“Last Men in Aleppo” (Grasshopper Film) A Larm Film and Aleppo Media Center Production Feras Fayyad, Kareem Abeed and Søren Steen Jespersen
“Strong Island” (Netflix) A Yanceville Films and Louverture Films Production Yance Ford and Joslyn Barnes

Best documentary short subject

“Edith+Eddie” (Kartemquin Films) A Heart is Red/Kartemquin Films Production Laura Checkoway and Thomas Lee Wright
“Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405” A Stiefel & Co. Production Frank Stiefel
“Heroin(e)” (Netflix) A Netflix Original Documentary in association with The Center for Investigative Reporting/Requisite Media Production Elaine McMillion Sheldon and Kerrin Sheldon
“Knife Skills” A TFL Films Production Thomas Lennon
“Traffic Stop” (HBO Documentary Films) A Q-Ball Production Kate Davis and David Heilbroner

Achievement in film editing

“Baby Driver” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Paul Machliss and Jonathan Amos
“Dunkirk” (Warner Bros.) Lee Smith
“I, Tonya” (Neon/30 West) Tatiana S. Riegel
“The Shape of Water” (Fox Searchlight) Sidney Wolinsky
“Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri” (Fox Searchlight)

Best foreign language film of the year

“A Fantastic Woman” A Fabula Production –  Chile
“The Insult” A Douri Film Production –  Lebanon
“Loveless” A Non-Stop Production  – Russia
“On Body and Soul” An Inforg-M&M Film Production – Hungary
“The Square” A Plattform Production  – Sweden

Achievement in makeup and hairstyling

“Darkest Hour” (Focus Features) Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski and Lucy Sibbick
“Victoria & Abdul” (Focus Features) Daniel Phillips and Lou Sheppard
“Wonder” (Lionsgate) Arjen Tuiten

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

“Dunkirk” (Warner Bros.) Hans Zimmer
“Phantom Thread” (Focus Features) Jonny Greenwood
“The Shape of Water” (Fox Searchlight) Alexandre Desplat
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi” (Walt Disney) John Williams
“Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri” (Fox Searchlight) Carter Burwell

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

“Mighty River” from “Mudbound” (Netflix) Music and Lyric by Mary J. Blige, Raphael Saadiq and Taura Stinson
“Mystery Of Love” from “Call Me by Your Name” (Sony Pictures Classics) Music and Lyric by Sufjan Stevens
“Remember Me” from “Coco” (Walt Disney) Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
“Stand Up For Something” from “Marshall” (Open Road Films) Music by Diane Warren Lyric by Lonnie R. Lynn and Diane Warren
“This Is Me” from “The Greatest Showman” (20th Century Fox) Music and Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

Best motion picture of the year

“Call Me by Your Name” (Sony Pictures Classics) A Frenesy Film/La Cinéfacture/Memento Films International/RT Features Production Peter Spears, Luca Guadagnino, Emilie Georges and Marco Morabito, Producers
“Darkest Hour” (Focus Features) A Working Title Films Production Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten and Douglas Urbanski, Producers
“Dunkirk” (Warner Bros.) A Syncopy Pictures Production Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers
“Get Out” (Universal) A Blumhouse Productions/QC Entertainment/Monkeypaw Production Sean McKittrick, Jason Blum, Edward H. Hamm Jr. and Jordan Peele, Producers
“Lady Bird” (A24) A Mission Films Production Scott Rudin, Eli Bush and Evelyn O’Neill, Producers
“Phantom Thread” (Focus Features) An Annapurna Pictures Production JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson, Megan Ellison and Daniel Lupi, Producers
“The Post” (20th Century Fox) A 20th Century Fox/DreamWorks Pictures Production Amy Pascal, Steven Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers
“The Shape of Water” (Fox Searchlight) A Double Dare You Production Guillermo del Toro and J. Miles Dale, Producers
“Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri” (Fox Searchlight) A Blueprint Pictures Production Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin and Martin McDonagh, Producers

Achievement in production design

“Beauty and the Beast” (Walt Disney) Production Design: Sarah Greenwood, Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
“Blade Runner 2049” (Warner Bros.) Production Design: Dennis Gassner, Set Decoration: Alessandra Querzola
“Darkest Hour” (Focus Features) Production Design: Sarah Greenwood, Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
“Dunkirk” (Warner Bros.) Production Design: Nathan Crowley, Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
“The Shape of Water” (Fox Searchlight) Production Design: Paul Denham Austerberry, Set Decoration: Shane Vieau and Jeff Melvin

Best animated short film

“Dear Basketball” (Verizon go90) A Glen Keane Production Glen Keane and Kobe Bryant
“Garden Party” A MOPA Production Victor Caire and Gabriel Grapperon
“Lou” (Walt Disney) A Pixar Animation Studios Production Dave Mullins and Dana Murray
“Negative Space” An Ikki Films Production Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata
“Revolting Rhymes” A Magic Light Pictures Production Jakob Schuh and Jan Lachauer

Best live action short film

“DeKalb Elementary” A UCLA Production Reed Van Dyk
“The Eleven O’Clock” A FINCH Production Derin Seale and Josh Lawson
“My Nephew Emmett” A New York University Production Kevin Wilson, Jr.
“The Silent Child” A Slick Films Production Chris Overton and Rachel Shenton
“Watu Wote/All of Us” A Hamburg Media School Production Katja Benrath and Tobias Rosen

Achievement in sound editing

“Baby Driver” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Julian Slater
“Blade Runner 2049” (Warner Bros.) Mark Mangini and Theo Green
“Dunkirk” (Warner Bros.) Richard King and Alex Gibson
“The Shape of Water” (Fox Searchlight) Nathan Robitaille and Nelson Ferreira
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi” (Walt Disney) Matthew Wood and Ren Klyce

Achievement in sound mixing

“Baby Driver” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Julian Slater, Tim Cavagin and Mary H. Ellis
“Blade Runner 2049” (Warner Bros.) Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill and Mac Ruth
“Dunkirk” (Warner Bros.) Mark Weingarten, Gregg Landaker and Gary A. Rizzo
“The Shape of Water” (Fox Searchlight) Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern and Glen Gauthier
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi” (Walt Disney) David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Stuart Wilson

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Achievement in visual effects

“Blade Runner 2049” (Warner Bros.) John Nelson, Gerd Nefzer, Paul Lambert and
Richard R. Hoover
“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” (Walt Disney) Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner and Dan Sudick
“Kong: Skull Island” (Warner Bros.) Stephen Rosenbaum, Jeff White, Scott Benza and Mike Meinardus
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi” (Walt Disney) Ben Morris, Mike Mulholland, Neal Scanlan and Chris Corbould
“War for the Planet of the Apes” (20th Century Fox) Joe Letteri, Daniel Barrett, Dan Lemmon and Joel Whist

Adapted screenplay

“Call Me by Your Name” (Sony Pictures Classics) Screenplay by James Ivory
“The Disaster Artist” (A24) Screenplay by Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber
“Logan” (20th Century Fox) Screenplay by Scott Frank & James Mangold and Michael Green, Story by James Mangold
“Molly’s Game” (STXfilms) Written for the screen by Aaron Sorkin
“Mudbound” (Netflix) Screenplay by Virgil Williams and Dee Rees

Original screenplay

“The Big Sick” (Amazon Studios) Written by Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani
“Get Out” (Universal) Written by Jordan Peele
“Lady Bird” (A24) Written by Greta Gerwig
“The Shape of Water” (Fox Searchlight) Screenplay by Guillermo del Toro & Vanessa Taylor, Story by Guillermo del Toro
“Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri” (Fox Searchlight) Written by Martin McDonagh

Jordan Peele is the third person to receive Best Picture, Directing and Writing nominations for his first feature film as a director for Get Out. Warren Beatty did so with Heaven Can Wait (1978), followed by James L. Brooks with Terms of Endearment (1983). (Beatty shared the Directing and Writing nominations with Buck Henry.)

Greta Gerwig is the fifth woman nominated for Directing. The other nominated directors are Lina Wertmüller for Seven Beauties (1976), Jane Campion for The Piano (1993), Sofia Coppola for Lost in Translation (2003), and Kathryn Bigelow, who won the award for The Hurt Locker (2009). Lady Bird is the 13th film directed by a woman to be nominated for Best Picture. It is the fourth film written and directed solely by women to receive nominations for Best Picture and Writing. The earlier films were The Piano (1993), Lost in Translation (2003) and Winter’s Bone (2010).

Logan is the first comic-book adaptation ever nominated for screenplay.

Steven Spielberg extends his record total of Best Picture nominations for an individual producer with 10 for The Post. He has also directed 11 Best Picture-nominated films, the most of any living person, and second only to William Wyler’s total of 13.

Rachel Morrison, nominated for Mudbound, is the first woman to receive a nomination for Cinematography.

With Blade Runner 2049, Roger A. Deakins has the most nominations for Cinematography of any living person. Charles B. Lang, Jr. and Leon Shamroy share the all-time record with 18 nominations each.

Meryl Streep increases her lead as the most nominated performer with her 21st nomination for The Post.

At 88 years old, Christopher Plummer becomes the oldest acting nominee to date. He remains the oldest acting winner, having won for his supporting role in Beginners (2011) at the age of 82.

John Williams adds to his record number of music scoring nominations with his 46th. His overall total of 51 nominations (including five for Original Song) is the most for any living person, and second only to Walt Disney at 59.

Mary H. Ellis, nominated for Baby Driver, is the sixth woman to be nominated for Sound Mixing. The others are Deb Adair (one nomination), Anna Behlmer (10 nominations), Pud Cusack (one nomination), Lora Hirschberg (two nominations,
including one award) and Ai-Ling Lee (one nomination in the category).

Academy members from each of the 17 branches vote to determine the nominees in their respective categories – actors nominate actors, film editors nominate film editors, etc. In the Animated Feature Film and Foreign Language Film categories, nominees are selected by a vote of multi-branch screening committees. All voting members are eligible to select the Best Picture nominees.

Active members of the Academy are eligible to vote for the winners in all 24 categories beginning Tuesday, February 20 through Tuesday, February 27.

The 90th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT. The Oscars also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

WAMG was among the 785 press organizations requesting credentials
for 90th Oscars and once again we will be in the pressroom as the winners arrive for questions with their statuettes.

Last year 299 outlets were issued credentials for the 89th Oscars with WAMG being on that list.

The Academy Announces Rundown For 90th Oscars Nominations Morning On January 23

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The 90th Academy Awards nominations in all 24 Oscar categories will be announced in a two-part, live presentation on Tuesday, January 23, via global live stream on Oscar.com, Oscars.org, the Academy’s digital platforms, a satellite feed and local broadcasters.  The announcement will combine live presentations from the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater, with pre-taped category introductions, which will only be featured in the first half of the announcement.

At 5:22 a.m. PST, the nominees will be announced in the following categories (listed here in no particular order): Cinematography, Costume Design, Film Editing, Makeup and Hairstyling, Original Score, Production Design, Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing and Visual Effects.

At 5:38:30 a.m. PST, the nominees will be announced in the following categories (listed here in no particular order): Actor in a Leading Role, Actor in a Supporting Role, Actress in a Leading Role, Actress in a Supporting Role, Animated Feature Film, Directing, Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, Foreign Language Film, Original Song, Best Picture, Adapted Screenplay and Original Screenplay.

Three hundred forty-one feature films are eligible for the 2017 Academy Awards.

To be eligible for 90th Academy Awards consideration, feature films must open in a commercial motion picture theater in Los Angeles County by midnight, December 31, and begin a minimum run of seven consecutive days.

Under Academy rules, a feature-length motion picture must have a running time of more than 40 minutes and must have been exhibited theatrically on 35mm or 70mm film, or in a qualifying digital format.

Feature films that receive their first public exhibition or distribution in any manner other than as a theatrical motion picture release are not eligible for Academy Awards in any category. The “Reminder List of Productions Eligible for the 90th Academy Awards” is available at http://www.oscars.org/oscars/rules-eligibility.

The 90th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT. The Oscars also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

LA LA LAND Leads Oscar Nominations With 14; 89th Academy Awards Nominations Announced

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Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, joined by Oscar-winning and nominated Academy members Demian Bichir, Dustin Lance Black, Glenn Close, Guillermo del Toro, Marcia Gay Harden, Terrence Howard, Jennifer Hudson, Brie Larson, Jason Reitman, Gabourey Sidibe and Ken Watanabe, announced the 89th Academy Awards nominations today (January 24).

This year’s nominations were announced in a pre-taped video package at 5:18 a.m. PT via a global live stream on Oscar.com, Oscars.org and the Academy’s digital platforms; a satellite feed and broadcast media. In keeping with tradition, PwC delivered the Oscars nominations list to the Academy on the evening of January 23.

Academy members from each of the 17 branches vote to determine the nominees in their respective categories – actors nominate actors, film editors nominate film editors, etc. In the Animated Feature Film and Foreign Language Film categories, nominees are selected by a vote of multi-branch screening committees. All voting members are eligible to select the Best Picture nominees.

Active members of the Academy are eligible to vote for the winners in all 24 categories beginning Monday, February 13 through Tuesday, February 21.

Nominations for the 89th Academy Awards –

Performance by an actor in a leading role

  • Casey Affleck in “Manchester by the Sea”
  • Andrew Garfield in “Hacksaw Ridge”
  • Ryan Gosling in “La La Land”
  • Viggo Mortensen in “Captain Fantastic”
  • Denzel Washington in “Fences”

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

  • Mahershala Ali in “Moonlight”
  • Jeff Bridges in “Hell or High Water”
  • Lucas Hedges in “Manchester by the Sea”
  • Dev Patel in “Lion”
  • Michael Shannon in “Nocturnal Animals”

“I am thrilled! Loved making this film. I would work with Tom Ford anytime, anywhere. Jake Gyllenhaal and Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Karl Glusman made it easy for me. Nice to get some good news in the midst of all the carnage, so to speak.” – Michael Shannon, Academy Award nominee for Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (NOCTURNAL ANIMALS)

Performance by an actress in a leading role

  • Isabelle Huppert in “Elle”
  • Ruth Negga in “Loving”
  • Natalie Portman in “Jackie”
  • Emma Stone in “La La Land”
  • Meryl Streep in “Florence Foster Jenkins”

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

  • Viola Davis in “Fences”
  • Naomie Harris in “Moonlight”
  • Nicole Kidman in “Lion”
  • Octavia Spencer in “Hidden Figures”
  • Michelle Williams in “Manchester by the Sea”

Best animated feature film of the year

  • “Kubo and the Two Strings” Travis Knight and Arianne Sutner
  • “Moana” John Musker, Ron Clements and Osnat Shurer
  • “My Life as a Zucchini” Claude Barras and Max Karli
  • “The Red Turtle” Michael Dudok de Wit and Toshio Suzuki
  • “Zootopia” Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Clark Spencer

Achievement in cinematography

  • “Arrival” Bradford Young
  • “La La Land” Linus Sandgren
  • “Lion” Greig Fraser
  • “Moonlight” James Laxton
  • “Silence” Rodrigo Prieto

“I’m extremely proud to be part of the team who made LION and I’m humbled the Academy has nominated me. My crew, both Indian, and Australian, deserve a massive shout out. Their skill and support meant everything to this film.

“It’s an incredible privilege to be acknowledged among the diverse and talented DPs of the cinematography world, so many of whom are doing amazing work. And so many whom I count as close, personal friends.”

“I’d like to say thank you to our extremely talented director Garth Davis for allowing me to help make his wonderful vision a reality – as well as the people of India and Australia, who were so accommodating during our shoot.” – LION Cinematographer Greig Fraser, ASC ACS

Achievement in costume design

  • “Allied” Joanna Johnston
  • “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” Colleen Atwood
  • “Florence Foster Jenkins” Consolata Boyle
  • “Jackie” Madeline Fontaine
  • “La La Land” Mary Zophres

Achievement in directing

  • “Arrival” Denis Villeneuve
  • “Hacksaw Ridge” Mel Gibson
  • “La La Land” Damien Chazelle
  • “Manchester by the Sea” Kenneth Lonergan
  • “Moonlight” Barry Jenkins

Best documentary feature

  • “Fire at Sea” Gianfranco Rosi and Donatella Palermo
  • “I Am Not Your Negro” Raoul Peck, Rémi Grellety and Hébert Peck
  • “Life, Animated” Roger Ross Williams and Julie Goldman
  • “O.J.: Made in America” Ezra Edelman and Caroline Waterlow
  • “13th” Ava DuVernay, Spencer Averick and Howard Barish

Best documentary short subject

  • “Extremis” Dan Krauss
  • “4.1 Miles” Daphne Matziaraki
  • “Joe’s Violin” Kahane Cooperman and Raphaela Neihausen
  • “Watani: My Homeland” Marcel Mettelsiefen and Stephen Ellis
  • “The White Helmets” Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara

Achievement in film editing

  • “Arrival”Joe Walker
  • “Hacksaw Ridge” John Gilbert
  • “Hell or High Water” Jake Roberts
  • “La La Land” Tom Cross
  • “Moonlight” Nat Sanders and Joi McMillon

Best foreign language film of the year

  • “Land of Mine” Denmark
  • “A Man Called Ove” Sweden
  • “The Salesman” Iran
  • “Tanna” Australia
  • “Toni Erdmann” Germany

Achievement in makeup and hairstyling

  • “A Man Called Ove” Eva von Bahr and Love Larson
  • “Star Trek Beyond” Joel Harlow and Richard Alonzo
  • “Suicide Squad” Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini and Christopher Nelson

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

  • “Jackie” Mica Levi
  • “La La Land” Justin Hurwitz
  • “Lion” Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka
  • “Moonlight” Nicholas Britell
  • “Passengers” Thomas Newman

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

  • “Audition (The Fools Who Dream)” from “La La Land”
    Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
  • “Can’t Stop The Feeling” from “Trolls”
    Music and Lyric by Justin Timberlake, Max Martin and Karl Johan Schuster
  • “City Of Stars” from “La La Land”
    Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
  • “The Empty Chair” from “Jim: The James Foley Story”
    Music and Lyric by J. Ralph and Sting
  • “How Far I’ll Go” from “Moana”
    Music and Lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda

Best motion picture of the year

  • “Arrival” Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, Aaron Ryder and David Linde, Producers
  • “Fences” Scott Rudin, Denzel Washington and Todd Black, Producers
  • “Hacksaw Ridge” Bill Mechanic and David Permut, Producers
  • “Hell or High Water” Carla Hacken and Julie Yorn, Producers
  • “Hidden Figures” Donna Gigliotti, Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Pharrell Williams and Theodore Melfi, Producers
  • “La La Land” Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz and Marc Platt, Producers
  • “Lion” Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Angie Fielder, Producers
  • “Manchester by the Sea” Matt Damon, Kimberly Steward, Chris Moore, Lauren Beck and Kevin J. Walsh, Producers
  • “Moonlight” Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, Producers

Achievement in production design

  • “Arrival” Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Paul Hotte
  • “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
  • “Hail, Caesar!” Production Design: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
  • “La La Land” Production Design: David Wasco; Set Decoration: Sandy Reynolds-Wasco
  • “Passengers” Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Gene Serdena

Best animated short film

  • “Blind Vaysha” Theodore Ushev
  • “Borrowed Time” Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj
  • “Pear Cider and Cigarettes” Robert Valley and Cara Speller
  • “Pearl” Patrick Osborne
  • “Piper” Alan Barillaro and Marc Sondheimer

Best live action short film

  • “Ennemis Intérieurs” Sélim Azzazi
  • “La Femme et le TGV” Timo von Gunten and Giacun Caduff
  • “Silent Nights” Aske Bang and Kim Magnusson
  • “Sing” Kristof Deák and Anna Udvardy
  • “Timecode” Juanjo Giménez

Achievement in sound editing

  • “Arrival” Sylvain Bellemare
  • “Deepwater Horizon” Wylie Stateman and Renée Tondelli
  • “Hacksaw Ridge” Robert Mackenzie and Andy Wright
  • “La La Land” Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan
  • “Sully” Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman

Achievement in sound mixing

  • “Arrival” Bernard Gariépy Strobl and Claude La Haye
  • “Hacksaw Ridge” Kevin O’Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie and Peter Grace
  • “La La Land” Andy Nelson, Ai-Ling Lee and Steve A. Morrow
  • “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” David Parker, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson
  • “13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi” Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Mac Ruth

Achievement in visual effects

  • “Deepwater Horizon” Craig Hammack, Jason Snell, Jason Billington and Burt Dalton
  • “Doctor Strange” Stephane Ceretti, Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli and Paul Corbould
  • “The Jungle Book” Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Dan Lemmon
  • “Kubo and the Two Strings” Steve Emerson, Oliver Jones, Brian McLean and Brad Schiff
  • “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel and Neil Corbould

“As much as Kubo and the Two Strings is an homage to Japanese culture and to woodblock artists including Kiyoshi Saito, it is also a tribute to special effects pioneers Ray Harryhausen, Willis O’Brien, Jim Danforth, and the many innovative FX artists who tell stories using in-camera effects, puppets, and human hands. We’re thrilled for the artists at LAIKA who put years into realizing Kubo. For all of us at the studio, being recognized alongside such distinguished and talented members of the VFX community is truly an honor.” – Steve Emerson, Oliver Jones, Brian McLean & Brad Schiff, Academy Award nominees for Achievement in Visual Effects (KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS)

Adapted screenplay

  • “Arrival” Screenplay by Eric Heisserer
  • “Fences” Screenplay by August Wilson
  • “Hidden Figures” Screenplay by Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi
  • “Lion” Screenplay by Luke Davies
  • “Moonlight” Screenplay by Barry Jenkins; Story by Tarell Alvin McCraney

Original screenplay

  • “Hell or High Water” Written by Taylor Sheridan
  • “La La Land” Written by Damien Chazelle
  • “The Lobster” Written by Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou
  • “Manchester by the Sea” Written by Kenneth Lonergan
  • “20th Century Women” Written by Mike Mills

With 14 nominations, La La Land ties the record held by All about Eve (1950) and Titanic (1997). Arrival and Moonlight received 8 nominations, Hacksaw Ridge, Manchester By The Sea and Lion saw 6 nods each, followed by Fences and Hell Or High Water with 4.

With their Best Picture nominations for Moonlight, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner become the first individual producers to have nominations in the Best Picture category in four consecutive years.

La La Land is the first musical with original music and story to receive a Best Picture nomination since All That Jazz (1979) and the second since Anchors Aweigh (1945).

With his Best Picture nomination for Manchester by the Sea, Matt Damon becomes only the third individual to be nominated in the Acting, Writing and Best Picture categories. The others are Warren Beatty and George Clooney.

Denzel Washington is the seventh individual to receive Acting and Best Picture nominations for the same film, joining Warren Beatty, Kevin Costner, Clint Eastwood, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio and Bradley Cooper.

In the acting categories, seven individuals are first-time nominees (Andrew Garfield, Mahershala Ali, Lucas Hedges, Dev Patel, Isabelle Huppert, Ruth Negga and Naomie Harris). Six of the nominees are previous acting winners (Denzel Washington, Jeff Bridges, Natalie Portman, Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman and Octavia Spencer). Meryl Streep extends her lead as the most nominated performer with her 20th nomination.

Kubo and the Two Strings is the second fully animated film to be nominated in the Visual Effects category. The first was The Nightmare before Christmas (1993).

“I’m over the moon! An Academy Award nomination is an extraordinary and cherished gift. Two nominations is more than anyone could hope for. Every filmmaker dreams of a moment like this. But the truth is, I already lived my dream by making this film. Movies have always given me great joy. They enriched my life. They inspired me to dream. That’s the kind of film our team at LAIKA sought to make with KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS. A film is a slice of a hundred souls. In this case many more. An incredible, immense community of artists gave ceaselessly and selflessly to breathe life into this story. I’m so thankful for their talents and efforts and so proud of what we’ve done together. I’m profoundly grateful to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, who somehow saw fit to include us among the finest storytellers in film. It is a tremendous honor to stand alongside them.” – Travis Knight, Academy Award nominee as director and producer of KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS, Best Animated Feature Film

With a running time of 7 hours 47 minutes, Documentary Feature nominee O.J.: Made in America is the longest film ever nominated for an Academy Award.

Mica Levi, nominated for Original Score for Jackie, is the eighth woman to be nominated in the music scoring categories.

Thomas Newman’s nomination for Original Score for Passengers is his 14th and brings the total for members of the Newman family (Alfred, Lionel, Emil, Thomas, David and Randy) to 90, more than any other family. Stuart Craig has the most nominations for Production Design of any living person with 11. The all-time record in the category belongs to Cedric Gibbons with 38 nominations.

Kevin O’Connell and Andy Nelson, each with 21 nominations for Sound Mixing, are tied for the most nominations in the category since nominations began going to individuals in 1961.

With their nomination for Sound Editing for La La Land, Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan become the first female team to be nominated in the category. Six other women have a combined total of 10 nominations and five wins for Sound Editing. Kim Magnusson, with his sixth nomination for Live Action Short Film, has produced the most films nominated in the short film categories of any living person. “The Empty Chair” from Jim: The James Foley Story is the seventh song from a documentary feature to be nominated and the fifth in the past five years.

86th Academy Awards, Arrivals

Best Picture Release Dates:

  • Hell or High Water – August 11, 2016
  • Moonlight – October 10, 2016
  • Hacksaw Ridge – November 2, 2016
  • Arrival – November 10, 2016
  • Manchester by the Sea – November 17, 2016
  • Lion – November 24, 2016
  • La La Land – December 8, 2016
  • Fences – December 15, 2016
  • Hidden Figures – December 24, 2016

The 89th Oscars will be held on Sunday, February 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, the Oscars also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

Contributed by Michelle McCue and Melissa Thompson

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The Academy Awards To Air On ABC Network Through 2028

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ABC and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that they have expanded their agreement for eight more years, in which the Network will remain home to the Oscars, Hollywood’s biggest entertainment ceremony of the year, through 2028. The new agreement for the domestic network of the Academy Awards® adds eight years to the existing contract, which was scheduled to expire in 2020.

“We’re honored to continue our storied and successful partnership with ABC in broadcasting the most watched live entertainment event of the year,” said Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs. “In 2028, we’ll mark the Oscars 100th anniversary, and ABC is the perfect partner to help us celebrate the magic of movies with our fans. On behalf of the Academy, I thank Jim Gianopulos, our Academy Treasurer and chair of the Board’s Finance Committee, and Disney/ABC’s Ben Sherwood, for leading these efforts.”

“After hosting the Academy Awards more than 50 times, ABC has become the home for Hollywood’s most prestigious and glamorous night of television.  With this new landmark agreement, ABC is proud to showcase the Oscars all the way to their Centennial celebration in 2028,” said Ben Sherwood, co-chairman, Disney Media Networks and president, Disney/ABC Television Group. “Broadcast television brings together the biggest audiences with high-quality live events, and ABC has the brightest, boldest lineup in the business,” Sherwood said.  “We look forward to teaming with the Academy to bring Oscar Sunday to even greater creative heights as we spotlight motion picture magic and honor the achievements of the most talented members of the film industry.”

“The Academy’s partnership with ABC has been one of the most enduring in Hollywood,” said Academy CEO Dawn Hudson. “Both the Academy and ABC set high bars for excellence, and ABC has a proven passion to help us deliver a great show to our global audience.  We couldn’t think of a more trusted collaborator to further our mission of inspiring and connecting the world through film.”

“We are elated the Oscars will continue to call ABC home,” said Channing Dungey, president, ABC Entertainment. “The ceremony is an important part of network programming, and we’re looking forward to continuing our partnership with the Academy and delivering a multi-faceted, and multi-platform, ceremony celebrating the world’s biggest stars and honoring excellence in filmmaking.”

The Academy’s negotiating team was led by Boone Isaacs, Hudson, Gianopulos, attorneys Chris Tayback and Ken Ziffren, economic advisor John Sandbrook and Academy in-house counsel Scott Miller.

The Disney/ABC Television Group’s negotiating team consisted of Sherwood; Dungey; Jana Wingrade, head of Business Operations; Jennifer Mayo, senior vice president, Business Affairs; Grant Michaelson, vice president, Business Affairs; Mark Mazie, chief counsel, Media Networks; and Stewart Harrison, deputy chief counsel.

The 89th Academy Awards will be held Oscar Sunday, February 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, and will be televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

88th Oscars®, Tuesday Set Ups

Get Ready For The 88th Oscars

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Today is the big day – welcome to Oscar Sunday!

Filmmakers, stars and nominees will be walking the red carpet at the Dolby Theater for Hollywood’s biggest night. The final stage is set, the votes have been counted and everything is ready for the annual Academy Awards.

Chris Rock took to Twitter saying he’s all set for tonight’s 88th Oscars.

Download and print out WAMG’s Oscar ballot.

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Check out the full list of nominees at Oscar.com.

The 88th Oscars will be held on Sunday, February 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, and will be televised live by the ABC Television Network at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.

The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

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