‘La La Land’ leads Oscar nominations with 14 nods

LOS ANGELES - Romantic musical "La La Land" led the Oscar nominations on Tuesday with 14 nods, including the top prize of best picture.

It will contend with sci-fi movie "Arrival" with eight nods; family drama "Manchester by the Sea"; coming of age drama "Moonlight"; war movie "Hacksaw Ridge"; "Hidden Figures," about the U.S. space program; African-American drama "Fences"; modern western "Hell or High Water"; and Indian adoption drama "Lion" for the best picture award at the Academy Awards ceremony in Hollywood on Feb. 26.

The Oscars will be handed out at a Feb. 26 ceremony in Hollywood hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.

Here are the key nominations at this year's Oscars:

Best Picture

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

Best Actor

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

Best Actress

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

Best Director

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

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

• Taylor Sheridan, "Hell or High Water"
• Damien Chazelle, "La La Land"
• Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou, "The Lobster"
• Kenneth Lonergan, "Manchester by the Sea"
• Mike Mills, "20th Century Women"

Best Animated Film

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

Best Foreign Language Film

• "Land of Mine," Denmark
• "A Man Called Ove," Sweden
• "The Salesman," Iran
• "Tanna," Australia
• "Toni Erdmann," Germany

Best Documentary Film

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

— Reuters