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Gay drama ‘Moonlight’ and ‘La La Land’ lead 2017 Oscar nominations

By Will Stroude

Awards Season with Attitude, sponsored by discoverlosangeles.com.

With just over a month to go until the biggest night in the Hollywood calendar, 2017’s Oscar nominees have finally been announced – and it’s good news for gay drama Moonlight.

The gay coming-of-age drama has racked up eight nominations, including one for ‘Best Picture’, and will be hoping for more major awards glory after scooping the same award at the Golden Globes earlier this month.

Directed by Barry Jenkins – who is also nominated for the ‘Best Director’ – the film documents the life of a young, black gay kid growing up in an down-and-out part of Miami as he transitions from child, to adolescent, to adult. You can read our exclusive feature on the film in Attitude’s February issue, available to download and in shops now.

Meanwhile, modern musical classic La La Land leads the 2017 Oscars race with a mammoth 14 nominations, tying the all-time record currently held by 1950’s All About Eve and 1997’s Titantic.

The David Chazelle-directed film, starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling as a pair of budding entertainers living in modern day Los Angeles, will go head-to-head with Moonlight in the ‘Best Picture’category, while Gosling and Stone pick up nominations for ‘Best Actor’ and ‘Best Actress’.

Sci-fi drama Arrival tied Moonlight with eight nominations, though its critically-acclaimed star, Amy Adams, missed out on an expected ‘Best Actress’ nod.

The 89th Academy Awards ceremony will be broadcast live from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, on February 26, 2017, at 5.30pm PST.

Related: Ryan Gosling tells Attitude filming ‘La La Land’ helped him to ‘open up’ more

Check out the full list of nominees below:

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

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 Adapted Screenplay

Eric Heisserer, Arrival

August Wilson, Fences

Allion Schroeder and Theodore Melfi, Hidden Figures

Luke Davis, Lion

Barry Jenkins (screenplay) and Tarell Alvin McCraney (story), Moonlight

Best Foreign Language Film

Land of Mine (Denmark)

A Man Called Ove (Sweden)

The Salesman (Iran)

Tanna (Australia)

Toni Erdmann (Germany)

Best Live Action Short

Ennemis Intérieurs

La Femme et le TGV

Silent Nights

Sing

Timecode

Best Animated Feature Film

Kubo and the Two Strings

Moana

My Life as a Zucchini

The Red Turtle

Zootopia

Best Animated Short

Blind Vaysha

Borrowed Time

Pear Cider and Cigarettes

Pearl

Piper

Best Documentary – Feature

Fire at Sea

I Am Not Your Negro

Life, Animated

OJ: Made in America

13th

Best Documentary – Short Subject

Extremis

4.1 Miles

Joe’s Violin

Watani: My Homeland

The White Helmets

Best Cinematography

Arrival

La La Land

Lion

Moonlight

Silence

Best Original Score

Mica Levi, Jackie

Justin Hurwitz, La La Land

Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka, Lion

Nicholas Britell, Moonlight

Thomas Newman, Passengers

Best Original Song

‘Audition – The Fools Who Dream’ (La La Land: Music by Justin Hurwitz, lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul)

‘Can’t Stop the Feeling’ (Trolls: Music and lyrics by Justin Timberlake, Max Martin and Karl Johan Schuster)

‘City of Stars’ (La La Land: Music by Justin Hurwitz, lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul)

‘The Empty Chair’ (Jim: The James Foley Story: Music and lyrics by J Ralph and Sting)

‘How Far I’ll Go’ (Moana: Music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda)

Best Sound Editing

Arrival

Deepwater Horizon

Hacksaw Ridge

La La Land

Sully

Best Sound Mixing

Arrival

Hacksaw Ridge

La La Land

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

Best Production Design

Arrival

Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them

Hail, Caesar!

La La Land

Passengers

Best Make-Up 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

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