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Oscar Nominations 2017: Breaking With Tradition Oscar Nominations 2017: 14 for ‘La La Land,’ and a Diverse Slate
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LOS ANGELES — The day of reckoning has arrived. LOS ANGELES — Oscar voters showered the neo-musical “La La Land” with 14 nominations on Tuesday, a tie with “Titanic” and “All About Eve” for the most in Academy Award history. But a diverse array of films, notably “Moonlight,” about a young black man in Miami, also picked up honors in multiple major races, moving the ceremony beyond two #OscarsSoWhite years.
After two consecutive #OscarsSoWhite years, resulting in drastic membership changes at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Hollywood will again put forward nominees for its highest honor. Put bluntly, will the predawn announcement from Academy headquarters here on Tuesday once again make voters appear racist? Competing against “La La Land” and “Moonlight” for best picture will be “Manchester by the Sea”; “Arrival”; “Lion”; “Fences”; “Hell or High Water”; “Hidden Figures”; and “Hacksaw Ridge,” which also drew a nomination for its director, Mel Gibson, officially ending his 10-year status as a Hollywood pariah.
Or will they recognize that outstanding cinema comes in more than one color, as happened in cycles when films like “12 Years a Slave” and “Precious” were recognized? Filling out the directing field were Damien Chazelle (“La La Land”), Denis Villeneuve (“Arrival”), Barry Jenkins (“Moonlight”) and Kenneth Lonergan (“Manchester by the Sea”).
If the monthslong run-up to the 89th Academy Awards is any indication, several films with black casts, directors, writers and themes, including “Moonlight,” “Fences” and “Hidden Figures,” are expected to collect armloads of nominations. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced nominations for the 89th Academy Awards in two batches on Tuesday morning, the first group including mostly further-flung categories. Among the major races unveiled, Ryan Gosling (“La La Land”); Viggo Mortensen (“Captain Fantastic”); and Andrew Garfield (“Hacksaw Ridge”) will join Casey Affleck, who plays a handyman in “Manchester by the Sea,” and Denzel Washington, the lead in “Fences,” as nominees for best actor.
Should those films be celebrated as extensively as expected, pundits will inevitably declare that the Academy listened to the #OscarsSoWhite protests that found the Rev. Al Sharpton berating Hollywood in a preceremony rally. Public pressure may well have been a factor, but the outcome, in truth, may have more to do with the vagaries of moviemaking: a full slate of high-quality movies with diverse casts that coalesced during the past year. There were surprises. “Arrival,” starring Amy Adams as a linguist tasked with communicating with aliens, emerged as one of the most-honored films, but Ms. Adams failed to receive a nod for best actress. Instead, her slot likely went to the newcomer Ruth Negga for her understated performance in “Loving.” Joining her were Isabelle Huppert from the French film “Elle,” Emma Stone from “La La Land,” Natalie Portman from “Jackie” and Meryl Streep from “Florence Foster Jenkins.”
Even with the Academy’s membership changes — revoking the voting privileges of long-nonworking members; inviting more women and minorities to join — the 7,000-member group remains overwhelmingly white and male. Supporting actor nominees will include Jeff Bridges from “Hell or High Water,” Mahershala Ali from “Moonlight,” Dev Patel from “Lion,” Lucas Hedges from “Manchester by the Sea” and Michael Shannon from “Nocturnal Animals.”
For the first time in memory, the Academy will not unveil its nominations at a news conference attended by entertainment journalists. Instead, reporters will be bypassed — no chance that Academy officials will be peppered with uncomfortable questions that way — and the nominations read without an audience in a presentation broadcast on Oscars.com, “Good Morning America” and other platforms. (The video feed is embedded above.) For the first time in memory, the academy did not unveil its nominations at a news conference attended by entertainment journalists. Instead, reporters were bypassed — no chance for academy officials to be peppered with uncomfortable questions that way — and the nominations read without an audience in a presentation broadcast on Oscars.com, “Good Morning America” and other platforms. (The video feed is embedded above.)
The presentation is scheduled to begin at 5:18 a.m. Pacific Standard Time. A handful of Academy members, including Jennifer Hudson and Brie Larson, will take turns reading names. The favorite by far going in was “La La Land,” the show-business musical directed and written by Mr. Chazelle and starring Ms. Stone and Mr. Gosling. “La La Land” collected a record seven prizes at the Golden Globes, and the film has the benefit of being about Hollywood’s favorite topic — itself. (Recent best picture winners with entertainment-industry backdrops have included “The Artist” and “Birdman.”)
The favorite by far going in was “La La Land,” the show-business musical directed and written by Damien Chazelle and starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling. “La La Land” collected a record seven prizes at the Golden Globes, and the film has the benefit of being about Hollywood’s favorite topic — itself. (Recent best picture winners with entertainment-industry backdrops have included “The Artist” and “Birdman.”) The rules allow the best picture category to have as many as 10 or as few as five nominees, depending on how voters spread their support. (There were eight last year.)
The rules allow the best picture category to have as many as 10 or as few as five nominees, depending on how voters spread their support. (There were eight last year.) Will the Academy find room for at least one movie that most Americans have actually seen? The only real contender seems to be “Deadpool,” the raunchy superhero flick that took in $363 million last winter. Small films, like the neo-western “Hell or High Water” and the subtitled “Lion,” could fill out the category. Going into the morning, many nominees were considered locks, the result of a dance that starts in the summer, with studio strategists whispering into the ears of awards handicappers. As expected, the two-time nominee Viola Davis was in the supporting actress category for playing a 1950s-era homemaker in “Fences.”
Going into the morning, many nominees were considered locks, the result of a dance that starts in the summer, with studio strategists whispering into the ears of awards handicappers. Expect the two-time nominee Viola Davis to appear in the supporting actress category for playing a 1950s-era homemaker in “Fences.” Casey Affleck’s performance in “Manchester by the Sea” is likely to land him a best actor nod, the second nomination of his career. Hollywood would be shocked if Natalie Portman failed to receive a best actress nomination for her title role in “Jackie.” Ditto Ms. Streep, who received her 20th nomination for playing the sweetly delusional lead character in “Florence Foster Jenkins.”
Ditto Meryl Streep, who will almost assuredly receive her 20th nomination for playing the sweetly delusional lead character in “Florence Foster Jenkins.”
Even so, some candidates are less of a sure thing. Will Annette Bening, a popular governor of the Academy, elbow into the best actress race? Her work in “20th Century Women” has garnered attention from critics awards groups. “Sing,” made by Illumination Entertainment, has been pushing hard to make the cut for best animated film, a category expected to be dominated by Disney.
“Silence,” Martin Scorsese’s historical drama about Jesuit priests in Japan, arrived late on the awards scene and has been virtually ignored at the box office. Will voters throw a lifeline to Mr. Scorsese?
The Academy entrusted its previous ceremony to the producers Reginald Hudlin and David Hill, who brought in Chris Rock to scold Hollywood on diversity and created a cable-news-style scrawl in an ill-advised attempt to make acceptance speeches more interesting. Ratings dropped, and ABC, which broadcasts the ceremony and charges $2 million for a 30-second commercial, moved to take a firmer hand in this year’s telecast. Jimmy Kimmel, who anchors ABC’s late-night programming block, was selected as host.The Academy entrusted its previous ceremony to the producers Reginald Hudlin and David Hill, who brought in Chris Rock to scold Hollywood on diversity and created a cable-news-style scrawl in an ill-advised attempt to make acceptance speeches more interesting. Ratings dropped, and ABC, which broadcasts the ceremony and charges $2 million for a 30-second commercial, moved to take a firmer hand in this year’s telecast. Jimmy Kimmel, who anchors ABC’s late-night programming block, was selected as host.
The Oscars will be broadcast on Feb. 26.The Oscars will be broadcast on Feb. 26.