The Annual Academy Awards Night is basically the Super Bowl Sunday of Hollywood, so of course it is one of my favourite television specials of the year. See below for highlights from Sunday’s event including major award winners, other key award winners, my best dressed list, and a few fun bonus items!
MAJOR AWARD WINNERS
Best Picture – ‘Moonlight’
Best Picture Nominations – ‘Arrival’, ‘Fences’, ‘Hacksaw Ridge’, ‘Hell or High Water’, ‘Hidden Figures’, ‘La La Land’, ‘Lion’, and ‘Manchester by the Sea’.
Best Actress – Emma Stone, ‘La La Land’
Best Actress Nominations: Isabelle Huppert – ‘Elle’, Ruth Negga ‘Loving’, Natalie Portman ‘Jackie’, and Meryl Streep ‘Florence Foster Jenkins’.
Best Actor – Casey Affleck, ‘Manchester by the Sea’
Best Actor Nominations: Andrew Garfield – ‘Hacksaw Ridge’, Ryan Gosling ‘La La Land’, Viggo Mortensen ‘Captain Fantastic’, and Denzel Washington ‘Fences’.
Best Supporting Actress – Viola Davis, ‘Fences’
Best Supporting Actress Nominations: Naomie Harris – ‘Moonlight’, Nicole Kidman ‘Lion’, Octavia Spencer – ‘Hidden Figures’, and Michelle Williams ‘Manchester by the Sea’.
Best Supporting Actor – Mahershala Ali, ‘Moonlight’
Best Supporting Actor Nominations: Jeff Bridges – ‘Hell or High Water’, Dev Patel – ‘Lion’, Michael Shannon – ‘Nocturnal Animals’, and Lucas Hedges – ‘Manchester by the Sea’.
Best Director – Damien Chazelle, ‘La La Land’
Best Director Nominations: Denis Villeneuve – ‘Arrival’, Mel Gibson ‘Hacksaw Ridge’, Kenneth Lonergan ‘Manchester by the Sea’, and Barry Jenkins ‘Moonlight’.
OTHER KEY AWARDS
Best Original Score – Justin Hurwitz
Best Cinematography – Linus Sandgren, ‘La La Land’
Best Original Song – “City of Stars”
Animated Feature – ‘Zootopia’
Click here for a FULL LIST winners and nominees!
BEST DRESSED
BONUS ITEMS