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‘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