[#2017oscardeathrace] The Nominees for the 89th Academy Awards

 

Best part about the Oscars every year: the Oscar Death Race. I’m ready for it, are you?

Here are the nominations for this year’s Academy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.

 

Best Picture

• Arrival
• Fences
• Hacksaw Ridge
• Hell or High Water
• Hidden Figures
• La La Land
• Lion
• Manchester by the Sea
• Moonlight

 

Best Director

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

 

Best Actor

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

Best Actress

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

 

Best Supporting Actor

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

 

Best Supporting Actress

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

 

Best Original Screenplay

• Hell or High Water
• La La Land
• The Lobster
• Manchester by the Sea
• 20^th Century Women

 

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Arrival
• Fences
• Hidden Figures
• Lion
• Moonlight

 

Best Animated Feature Film

• Kubo and the Two Strings
• Moana
• My Life as a Zucchini
• The Red Turtle
• Zootopia

 

Best Foreign Language Film

• Land of Mine
• A Man Called Ove
• The Salesman
• Tanna
• Toni Erdmann

 

Best Documentary Feature

• 13^th
• Fire at Sea
• I Am Not Your Negro
• Life, Animated
• O.J.: Made in America

 

Best Documentary Short Film

• 1 Miles
• Extremis
• Joe’s Violin
• Watani: My Homeland
• The White Helmets

 

Best Live Action Short Film

• Ennemis Interieurs
• La Femme et le TGV
• Silent Nights
• Sing
• Timecode

 

Best Animated Short Film

• Blind Vayasha
• Borrowed Time
• Pear Cider and Cigarettes
• Pearl
• Piper

 

Best Original Score

• Jackie
• La La Land
• Lion
• Moonlight
• Passengers

 

Best Original Song

• “Audition (The Fools Who Dream)” from La La Land
• “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” from Trolls
• “City of Stars” from La La Land
• “The Empty Chair” from Jim: The James Foley Story
• “How Far I’ll Go” from Moana

 

Best Sound Editing

• Arrival
• Deepwater Horizon
• Hacksaw Ridge
• La La Land
• Sully

 

Best Sound Mixing

• 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
• Arrival
• Hacksaw Ridge
• La La Land
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

 

Best Production Design

• Arrival
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
• Hail, Caesar!
• La La Land
• Passengers

 

Best Cinematography

• Arrival
• La La Land
• Lion
• Moonlight
• Silence

 

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

• A Man Called Ove
• Star Trek Beyond
• Suicide Squad

 

Best Costume Design

• Allied
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
• Florence Foster Jenkins
• Jackie
• La La Land

 

Best Film Editing

• Arrival
• Hacksaw Ridge
• Hell or High Water
• La La Land
• Moonlight

 

Best Visual Effects

• Deepwater Horizon
• Doctor Strange
• The Jungle Book
• Kubo and the Two Strings
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

 

 

So there you have it. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have some movies to watch…

 

-Kyle A. Goethe