On Tuesday morning, the nominates for the 89th Academy Awards were announced. The front-runner is “La La Land,” which tied “Titanic” for the most nominations, with 14. Damien Chazelle’s crowd-pleasing Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling-led musical is in the running for best director, best original screenplay, best original score and two nominations for best original song — “City of Stars” and “Audition (The Fools Who Dream”). Stone and Gosling are each nominated for best actress and actor, respectively.
Here’s a list of nominees in other notable categories.
Best Picture: “Arrival,” “Hacksaw Ridge,” “Hidden Figures,” “Lion,” “Moonlight,” “Fences,” “Hell or High Water,”La La Land,” “Manchester by the Sea”
Best Director: Denis Villeneuve (“Arrival”), Mel Gibson (“Hacksaw Ridge”), Damien Chazelle (“La La Land”), Kenneth Lonergan (“Manchester by the Sea”) and Barry Jenkins (“Moonlight”)
Best Actor: Casey Afflek (“Manchester by the Sea”), Andrew Garfield (“Hacksaw Ridge”), Ryan Gosling (“La La Land”), Viggo Mortensen (“Captain Fantastic”) and Denzel Washington (“Fences”)
Best Actress: Isabelle Huppert (“Elle”), Ruth Negga (“Loving”), Natalie Portman (“Jackie”), Emma Stone (“La La Land”) and 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”) and Michael Shannon (“Nocturnal Animals”)
Best Supporting Actress: Viola Davis (“Fences”), Naomie Harris (“Moonlight”), Nicole Kidman (“Lion”), Octavia Spencer (“Hidden Figures”) and Michelle Williams (“Manchester by the Sea”)
Best Original Screenplay: “Hell or High Water,” “La La Land,” “The Lobster,” “Manchester by the Sea” and “20th Century Women”
Best Adapted Screenplay: “Arrival,” “Fences,” “Hidden Figures,” “Lion” and “Moonlight”
“Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda takes one step closer to the coveted EGOT status (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award-winner) with a Best Original Song nod for “How Far I’ll Go” from Disney’s “Moana.”
Unlike the last two rounds of nominations, the 2017 Academy Awards will apparently not be #OscarsSoWhite.
A big improvement from the last two years: 35 percent of this year's acting nominees are people of color. #OscarNoms
— Ramin Setoodeh (@RaminSetoodeh) January 24, 2017
The winners will be announced Sunday, Feb. 26. Jimmy Kimmel will host the telecast.
