Arts & Entertainment
Oscar Nominations 2018: Who Will Win An Academy Award?
The nominees for the 2018 Academy Awards were announced Tuesday morning, and "The Shape of Water" leads the pack with 13 nods.
HOLLYWOOD, CA — The clear darling of the 90th Academy Awards is the sci-fi fantasy romance "The Shape of Water," which garnered 13 nominations Tuesday, including a best picture, best director, and best actress.
The other juggernaut of this awards season, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri," also earned a best picture nod along with "Call Me By Your Name," "Darkest Hour," "Dunkirk," "Get Out," "Lady Bird," "Phantom Thread" and "The Post." While "Three Billboards," won the Golden Globe for best drama film and earned the ensemble-cast award at Sunday's Screen Actors Guild Awards, director Guillermo del Toro's "The Shape of Water" is a critic favorite that won the Critics Choice Award and the Producers Guild of America award for motion pictures on Saturday. It was snubbed, however, without a nomination in SAG’s best ensemble cast category.
Frances McDormand is the favorite in the best actress category, having swept the pre-Oscar awards so far this season for her role as the mother of a murdered daughter in "Three Billboards." Though it would be a clear upset if she didn't win, having dominated the awards season, she had stiff competition in perennial Oscar contender Meryl Streep, nominated for her role in "The Post." Also earning best actress nods are Sally Hawkins for "The Shape of Water," Saoirse Ronan for "Lady Bird" and Margot Robbie for "I, Tonya."
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Similarly, the pre-Oscar awards season's best actor category has been dominated by a single performance. Gary Oldman's uncanny portrayal of wartime British Prime Minister Winston Churchill has already earned him several awards, and now he is considered the favorite for the best actor Oscar. Also nominated were Timothee Chalamet for "Call Me By Your Name," Daniel Day-Lewis for "Phantom Thread," Daniel Kaluuya for "Get Out" and Denzel Washington for "Roman J. Israel, Esq."
Both McDormand and Oldman won Golden Globe, Critics' Choice and SAG awards this year. Supporting actors Allison Janney of "I, Tonya" and Sam Rockwell of "Three Billboards" also dominated these same award shows giving them the edge as Oscar front-runners.
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The other supporting actress nominees are Mary J. Blige for "Mudbound," Lesley Manville for "Phantom Thread," Laurie Metcalf for "Lady Bird" and Octavia Spencer for "The Shape of Water."
Rockwell competes in the supporting actor category with his costar Woody Harrelson along with Willem Dafoe for "The Florida Project," Richard Jenkins for "The Shape of Water" and Christopher Plummer for "All the Money in the World."
This year’s Oscars will be hosted for the second year in a row by Jimmy Kimmel on March 4. After last year’s historic Best Picture flub, Oscars officials took pains Monday to publicize new procedures put in place to ensure that the the wrong winner isn’t announced.
Paul Thomas Anderson "Phantom Thread"
Guillermo del Toro "The Shape of Water"
BEST ACTRESS
Sally Hawkins "The Shape of Water"
Frances McDormand "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
BEST ACTOR
Timothée 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."
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mary J. Blige ``Mudbound''
Allison Janney ``I, Tonya''
Lesley Manville ``Phantom Thread''
Laurie Metcalf ``Lady Bird''
Octavia Spencer ``The Shape of Water.''
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Willem Dafoe``The Florida Project''
Woody Harrelson ``Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri''
Sam Rockwell ``Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri''
Richard Jenkins``The Shape of Water''
Christopher Plummer ``All the Money in the World''
PRODUCTION DESIGN
"Beauty and the Beast"
"Blade Runner 2049"
"Darkest Hour"
"Dunkirk"
"The Shape of Water"
CINEMATOGRAPHY
"Blade Runner 2049"
"Darkest Hour"
"Dunkirk"
"Mudbound"
"The Shape of Water"
COSTUME DESIGN
"Beauty and the Beast"
"Darkest Hour"
"Phantom Thread"
"The Shape of Water"
"Victoria & 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”
Jonny Greenwood "Phantom Thread"
John Williams ““Star Wars: The Last Jedi”
Alexander Desplat “The Shape of Water”
Carter Burwell “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
VISUAL EFFECTS
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“The Shape of Water”
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
“The Big Sick”
“Get Out”
“Lady Bird"
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“Call me By Your Name"
“The Disaster Artist"
“Logan”
“Molly's Game"
“Mudbound"
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
"Boss Baby"
“The Breadwinner”
“Coco"
“Ferdinand"
“Loving Vincent"
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Mighty River” from the film “Mudbound”
"Remember Me" from the film "Coco"
“Mystery of Love” from the film "Call Me by Your Name"
“This Is Me" from the film "The Greatest Showman"
“Stand Up For Something” from the film "Marshall"
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
“The Eleven O'Clock”
“My Nephew Emmett"
“The Silent Child"
“Watu Wote/All of Us"
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“Traffic Stop ”
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City News Service contributed to this report. (Photo courtesy of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)
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