BY GREG CHISHOLM
The 89th annual Academy Award nominations were announced Tuesday morning to the delight of movie fans everywhere. Leading the way with 13 nominations was the hit film La La Land followed by Moonlight with eight nominations and Arrival with seven.
Animated hits Zootopia, Moana and Kubo and the Two Strings got nominated for best-animated feature film, which feature several Sheridan animation graduates, including David Stodolny, a character animator, and Mitchell Counsell, a character technical director. Zootopia took home the Golden Globe this year for best-animated feature, which featured 12 Sheridan graduates.
There were only two controversial omissions from this year’s nominations — Amy Adams for her amazing performance in Arrival and Ryan Reynolds for Best Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay for Deadpool, which is the highest grossing R-rated movie of all time.
Happy for Ruth Negga, sad for my girl Amy Adams – dude, she IS that movie. How does it get nominated without her?
— Sasha Stone (@AwardsDaily) January 24, 2017
ARRIVAL isn’t ARRIVAL without Amy Adams.
— Bryan Murphy (@Bryan_Murphy) January 24, 2017
Biggest Oscar SNUB: No AMY ADAMS for Arrival. #Crushed
— Scott Mantz (@MovieMantz) January 24, 2017
2017 Oscar nominations…
Passengers = 2
Suicide Squad = 1Deadpool = 0
Sing Street = 0
Amy Adams for ARRIVAL = 0😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/kHxy4mFfvl
— Kevin McCarthy (@KevinMcCarthyTV) January 24, 2017
Ryan Reynolds took to twitter following the nominations and the snub of his groundbreaking film, Deadpool.
Regularly scheduled tickle-fight at Camp #Deadpool is still on. Congrats to all the nominees for these brilliant films. #Oscars2017
— Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) January 24, 2017
No Deadpool screenplay nomination pic.twitter.com/EU37YtddWT
— John Campea (@johncampea) January 24, 2017
No one can take these nominations away from #Deadpool at least. #OscarNoms pic.twitter.com/HKAE6cNT1W
— Dan Casey (@osteoferocious) January 24, 2017
The 89th annual Academy Awards will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and can be seen Feb 26 at 8 p.m.
Best Picture
Arrival
Fences
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Hidden Figures
La La Land
Lion
Manchester By the Sea
Moonlight
Best Actress
Isabelle Huppert, Elle
Ruth Negga, Loving
Natalie Portman, Jackie
Emma Stone, La La Land
Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins
Best Actor
Casey Affleck, Manchester By the Sea
Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
Ryan Gosling, La La Land
Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington, Fences
Best Supporting Actress
Viola Davis, Fences
Naomie Harris, Moonlight
Nicole Kidman, Lion
Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams, Manchester By the Sea
Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
Lucas Hedges, Manchester By the Sea
Dev Patel, Lion
Michael Shannon, Nocturnal Animals
Directing
Arrival, Denis Villeneuve
Hacksaw Ridge, Mel Gibson
La La Land, Damien Chazelle
Manchester By the Sea, Kenneth Lonergan
Moonlight, Barry Jenkins
Film Editing
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
La La Land
Moonlight
Foreign Language Film
Land of Mine
A Man Called Ove
The Salesman
Tanna
Toni Erdmann
Original Score
Jackie
La La Land
Lion
Moonlight
Passengers
Production Design
Arrival
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Hail, Caesar!
La La Land
Passengers
Visual Effects
Deepwater Horizon
Doctor Strange
The Jungle Book
Kubo and the Two Strings
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Adapted Screenplay
Arrival
Fences
Hidden Figures
Lion
Moonlight
Original Screenplay
Hell or High Water
La La Land
The Lobster
Manchester By the Sea
20th Century Women
Animated Feature Film
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
My Life as a Zucchini
The Red Turtle
Zootopia
Cinematography
Arrival
La La
Lion
Moonlight
Silence
Costume Design
Allied
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Florence Foster Jenkins
Jackie
La La Land
Documentary Feature
Fire at Sea
I Am Not Your Negro
Life, Animated
O.J.: Made in America
13th
Documentary Short Subject
Extremis
4.1 Miles
Joe’s Violin
Watani: My Homeland
The White Helmets
Makeup and Hairstyling
A Man Called Ove
Star Trek Beyond
Suicide Squad
Original Song
“Audition,” 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
Animated Short Film
Blind Vaysha
Boorowed Time
Pear Cider and Cigarette
Pearl
Piper
Live Action Short Film
Ennemis Interieurs
La Femme et le TGV
Silent Nights
Sing
Timecode
Sound Editing
Arrival
Deep Water Horizon
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Sully
Sound Mixing
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi