The nominations for the 90th Academy Awards have been announced and expect way more diversity at the award show than previous years. On Tuesday morning (January 23), comedian and Girls Trip star Tiffany Haddish joined director-actor Andy Serkis and Motion Picture Academy President John Bailey to announce the 2018 nominees at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
Among the list of this year’s nominees, breakout star Daniel Kaluuya will be going head-to-head with Denzel Washington for Best Actor in a leading role. Washington, who is a two time Academy-Award winner, was nominated for his role in Roman J. Israel, Esq. and Kaluuya was nominated for his stellar role in Get Out. The 2017 thriller also received several well-deserved nominations. The hit film directed by Jordan Peele was nominated for Best Original Screenplay and Best Picture, while Peele earned an Oscar nom for Best Director.
I just spoke to Daniel. You know when you’re on the phone trying to disguise the sound of an ugly cry? I failed at that.
Director and producer Yance Ford received a nomination for Best Documentary Feature for his acclaimed Netflix documentary, Strong Island. Along with Ford, another Black director Dee Rees was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay for Mudbound, along with Virgil Williams.
Mary J. Blige is rounding out the award season with two more nominations under her belt. The Grammy-winning singer, who received two nominations from the 2018 Golden Globes, was nominated for Best Original Song for “Mighty River,” and earned another nom for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Mudbound – a Dee Rees directed film that highlights racism in rural Mississippi and life after war. Acclaimed actress Octavia Spencer was also nominated for Best Supporting Actress for The Shape of Water.
Be sure to check out the full list of the nominees from the 90th Academy Awards below.
Sam Rockwell, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
ORIGINAL SONG
“Mighty River,” “Mudbound”
“Mystery of Love,” “Call Me by Your Name”
“Remember Me,” “Coco”
“Stand Up For Something,” “Marshall”
“This is Me,” “Greatest Showman”
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
“The Boss Baby”
“The Breadman”
“Coco”
“Ferdinand”
“Loving Vincent”
DIRECTOR
Christopher Nolan, “Dunkirk”
Jordan Peele, “Get Out”
Greta Gerwig, “Lady Bird”
Paul Thomas Anderson “Phantom Thread”
Guillermo del Toro, “The Shape of Water”
BEST PICTURE
“Call Me by Your Name”
“Darkest Hour”
“Dunkirk”
“Get Out”
“Lady Bird”
“Phantom Thread”
“The Post”
“The Shape of Water”
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“A Fantastic Woman”
“The Insult”
“Loveless”
“On Body and Soul”
“The Square”
DOCUMENTARY (SHORT)
“Edith + Eddie”
“Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405”
“Heroin(e)”
“Knife Skills”
“Traffic Stop”
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“Abacus: Small Enough to Jail”
“Faces Places”
“Icarus”
“Last Men in Aleppo”
“Strong Island”
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“Call Me by Your Name”
“The Disaster Artist”
“Logan”
“Molly’s Game”
“Mudbound”
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“The Big Sick”
“Get Out”
“Lady Bird”
“The Shape of Water”
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Blade Runner 2049”
“Darkest Hour”
“Dunkirk”
“Mudbound”
“The Shape of Water”
PRODUCTION DESIGN
“Beauty and the Beast”
“Blade Runner 2049”
“Darkest Hour”
“Dunkirk”
“The Shape of Water”
COSTUME DESIGN
“Beauty and the Beast”
“Darkest Hour”
“Phantom Thread”
“The Shape of Water”
“Victoria and Abdul”
SOUND EDITING
“Baby Driver”
“Blade Runner 2049”
“Dunkirk”
“The Shape of Water”
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi”
SOUND MIXING
“Baby Driver”
“Blade Runner 2049”
“Dunkirk”
“The Shape of Water”
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi”
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
“Dear Basketball”
“Garden Party”
“Lou”
“Negative Space”
“Revolting Rhymes”
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
“DeKalb Elementary”
“The Eleven O’Clock”
“My Nephew Emmett”
“The Silent Child”
“Watu Wote/All of Us”
ORIGINAL SCORE
“Dunkirk”
“Phantom Thread”
“The Shape of Water”
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi”
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
VISUAL EFFECTS
“Blade Runner 2049”
“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2”
“Kong: Skull Island”
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi”
“War for the Planet of the Apes”
FILM EDITING
“Baby Driver”
“Dunkirk”
“I, Tonya”
“The Shape of Water”
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
“Darkest Hour”
“Victoria and Abdul”
“Wonder”
Pictured: Director Jordan Peele (L) and actor Daniel Kaluuya attends the 24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 21, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
