The Shape of Water Leads with 13 Oscars Nominations

The small-budget film, The Shape of Water, had earned 13 Oscar nominations, including one for best picture – the most of any 2017 film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the award nominations in Los Angeles, early Tuesday morning. Eight other films were nominated for best picture including other small-budget projects like Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, and Lady Bird. Three Billboards received a total of nine nominations. The big-budget World War II movie, Dunkirk, came next with seven nominations, including best picture. The other candidates for the top academy award are Get Out, The Post, Darkest Hour, Call Me By Your Name and Phantom Thread. Greta Gerwig, who directed Lady Bird, became the fifth woman nominated for best director. And Get Out director Jordan Peele was the fifth black director so honored. Rachel Morrison, director of photography for the movie, Mudbound, made history as the first woman ever nominated for an Oscar in cinematography. Meryl Streep, received her 21st Oscar nomination for her work in The Post. She plays former Washington Post newspaper publisher Katharine Graham. Streep has won three Oscars, one fewer than Katherine Hepburn. Christopher Plummer received a best supporting actor nomination for his part in All the Money in the World. Plummer replaced Kevin Spacey who was removed from the movie after accusations of sexual wrongdoing. Plummer was added to the film in reshoots little more than a month before the film’s release. Winners will be named at the Academy Awards ceremony March 4 in Hollywood, California. More than 30 million people are expected to tune in for the live television broadcast of the event. Last year, the broadcast ended with an envelope mix-up that led to La La Land being wrongly announced as the best picture winner. Officials quickly corrected the mistake as presented the award to makers of the film Moonlight. This year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has barred those who handle the envelopes from using cellphones or social media during the show. I’m Jonathan Evans.   ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE NOMINEES Timothee Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour Denzel Washington, Roman J. Israel, Esq.   ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE NOMINEES Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project Woody Harrelson, Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water Christopher Plummer, All the Money in the World Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri   ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE NOMINEES Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water Frances McDormand, Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri Margot Robbie, I, Tonya Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird Meryl Streep, The Post   ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE NOMINEES Mary J. Blige, Mudbound Allison Janney, I, Tonya Lesley Manville, Phantom Thread Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water   CINEMATOGRAPHY NOMINEES Blade Runner 2049, Roger A. Deakins Darkest Hour, Bruno Delbonnel Dunkirk, Hoyte van Hoytema Mudbound, Rachel Morrison The Shape of Water, Dan Laustsen   FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM NOMINEES A Fantasic Woman, Chile The Insult, Lebanon Loveless, Russia On Body and Soul, Hungary The Square, Sweden   BEST PICTURE NOMINEES 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   Hai Do adapted this story for Learning English based on AP news reports. Caty Weaver was the editor. Write to us in the Comments Section or on our Facebook page. ________________________________________________________________ Words in This Story   cinematography - n. the art, process or job of filming movies    

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