La La Land equals Titanic’s record with a staggering FOURTEEN Oscar nominations as the full line up of the 2017 Academy Awards are revealed
HIT musical La La Land is set to dominate next month’s Oscars after bagging a record-equalling 14 nominations.
The film is favourite to win Best Picture, while its leading stars Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone are up for Best Actor and Best Actress.
IT'S MUSICAL TO MY EARS
BY DAN WOOTTON, BIZARRE EDITOR
Finally, a mainstream blockbuster which makes you leave the cinema with a smile on your face is set for total Oscars domination. La La Land is a joyous, original and thought-provoking musical that harks back to a golden age of Hollywood, where entertainment and performance meant everything. Lion – Brit star and Best Supporting Actor nominee Dev Patel’s coming-of-age movie – also deserves a look-in. But for the first time since 2003, when Chicago won Best Picture, I predict it’s going to be an all-singing, all-dancing Academy Awards. Rightly so.
Only two other movies have bagged 14 Academy Award nominations — Titanic in 1997 and 1950 drama All About Eve.
Yesterday, Emma, 28, said the recognition was “beyond any of our wildest imaginings” and added: “It’s hopefully bringing a kick in their step to those who watch it.”
Damien Chazelle is up for Best Director for the musical, while it is also in contention to win production prizes including screenplay and costume design.
Audition and City of Stars, from the soundtrack, have been nominated for Best Original Song.
Damien, 32, said of matching All About Eve and Titanic’s record: “When you mention those movies, it makes my head spin even more than it’s spinning. I’m a little speechless.”
The movie — a modern, romantic musical about an actress trying to make it in Hollywood — faces competition from drama Moonlight and sci-fi flick Arrival, which are each up for eight gongs.
Manchester By The Sea, Lion and a resurgent Mel Gibson’s World War Two epic Hacksaw Ridge are up for six each.
There was bad news for Brit actor Hugh Grant, 56, whose role in Florence Foster Jenkins was expected to get him his first Oscar nod. He was left out of the running for Best Actor.
Leading that race is Manchester By The Sea star Casey Affleck, 41, although he is up against man-of-the-moment Ryan, 36.
Emma Stone is favourite for Best Actress but has a rival in Meryl Streep, 67.
Her turn as wannabe opera singer Florence Foster Jenkins takes her to 20 career Oscar nominations.
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It comes following US President Donald Trump branding her “over-rated” after she criticised him at the Golden Globes earlier this month.
There were shock snubs for Arrival actress Amy Adams, 42, and Clint Eastwood’s plane crash flick Sully, starring Tom Hanks, 60, which was recognised only for Sound Editing.
The 89th Academy Awards take place at LA’s Dolby Theatre on February 26, hosted by US chat show star Jimmy Kimmel.
THE RACE IS BACK ON
THIS year’s nominations are notably more diverse following past controversy over race.
Will Smith was among the stars who boycotted last year’s ceremony after all nominees were white for the second year running, prompting the #OscarsSoWhite protest campaign. But there will be few complaints this time, with seven non-white nominees in the main categories, including Denzel Washington, Naomie Harris and Dev Patel. Two-time winner Denzel, 62, who last won for Training Day in 2002, is up for Best Actor for Fences. Moonlight leads the charge for diversity with nominations for Naomie, lead star Mahershala Ali, 42, director Barry Jenkins, 37, and nods for Best Picture and Adapted Screenplay.
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Naomie Harris, 40, has bagged her first ever Academy nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role as a drug addict in Moonlight.
Overwhelmed by her selection, Naomie, said: “I am over the moon. I really cannot believe it.
“I heard the news from my brother. I was too terrified to listen to the live nominations.”
Dev Patel is up for Best Supporting Actor for Lion, in which he stars alongside Nicole Kidman.
The 26-year-old, who shot to fame on Channel 4 drama Skins, said: “I am just floating in the clouds right now.
“I’ve got to say it is really magical and I am sharing it on a film set with my crew in Bombay, it is really beautiful. It is a good feeling.”
Andrew Garfield, 33, best known as Spider-Man, follows up his Bafta and Golden Globes nominations with an inclusion in the Best Actor category for his role in Hacksaw Ridge.
Irish-Ethiopian actress Ruth Negga, 35, who was raised in Limerick, is also up for Best Actress for Loving.
THE NOMINEES ARE...
Best Picture
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
Hidden Figured
Lion
Moonlight
Fences
Hell or High Water
La La Land
Manchester by the Sea
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Casey Affleck - Manchester By The Sea
Andrew Garfield - Hacksaw Ridge
Ryan Gosling - La La Land
Viggo Mortensen - Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington - Fences
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Mahershala Ali - Moonlight
Jeff Bridges - Hell or High Water
Lucas Hedges - Manchester by the Sea
Dev Patel - Lion
Michael Shannon - Nocturnal Animals
Performance By An Actress in a Leading Role
Isabelle Huppert - Elle
Ruth Negga - Loving
Natalie Portman - Jackie
Emma Stone - La La Land
Meryl Streep - Florence Foster Jenkins
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Viola Davis - Fences
Naomie Harrie - Moonlight
Nicole Kidman - Lion
Octavia Spencer - Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams - Manchester By The Sea
Cinematography
Arrival
La La Land
Lion
Moonlight
Silence
Documentary Feature
Fire at Sea
I am Not Your Negro
Life, Animated,
OJ: Made in America
13th
Documentary Short Subject
Extremis
4.1 Miles
Joe's Violing
Watani: My Homeland
The White Helmets
Live Action Short Film
Ennemis Interieurs
La Femme et le TGV
Silent Nights
Sing
Timecode
Visual Effects
Deepwater Horizon
Doctor Strange
The Jungle Book
Kubo and the Two Strings
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Costume Design
Allied
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Florence Foster Jenkins
Jackie
La La Land
Make Up and Hairstyling
A Man Called Ove
Star Trek: Beyond
Suicide Squad
Original Score
Jackie
La La Land
Lion
Moonlight
Passengers
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
Original Screenplay
Hell or High Water
La La Land
The Lobster
Manchester By the Sea
20th Century Women
Adapted Screenplay
Arrival
Fences
Hidden Figures
Lion
Moonlight
Animated Feature Film
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
My Life as a Zucchini
The Red Turtle
Zootopia
Animated Short Film
Blind Vaysha
Borrowed Time
Pear Cider and Cigarettes
Pearl
Piper
Film Editing
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
La La Land
Moonlight
Directing
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Manchester By The Sea
Moonlight
