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Thursday, January 25, 2018
HOLLYWOOD, California -- The Academy Award nominations were announced Tuesday and Hollywood is finally buzzing about something other than "Which respected celebrity is gonna be accused of something horrible next?" or "What's Trump gonna tweet next?"
Here's the list of stuffy British costume dramas nobody's ever heard of that will be competing for the Oscar in its 90th year.
Best Picture[edit | edit source]
- Call Me By Your Name
- Darkest Hour
- Dunkirk
- Get Out
- Lady Bird
- The Pee Tape
- Star Wars Episode XXXVII: The Phantom Thread
- The Post
- The Shape of Water
- There Will Be Blood on Three Billboards Outside Blah, Blah, Blah, Missouri for Old Men
Best Lead Actor[edit | edit source]
- Timothee Chalamet - Call Me By Your Name
- Daniel Day-Lewis - Star Wars Episode XXXVII: The Phantom Thread
- Daniel Kaluuya - Get Out
- Gary Oldman - Darkest Hour
- Donald Trump - The Pee Tape
- Denzel Washington - Blah, Blah, Blah, Esq.
Best Lead Actress[edit | edit source]
- Stormy Daniels - The Pee Tape
- Sally Hawkins - The Shape of Water
- Frances McDormand - There Will Be Blood on Three Billboards Outside Blah, Blah, Blah, Missouri for Old Men
- Margot Robbie - Suicide Squad
- That Ronan girl - Lady Bird
- Meryl "Oscar Bait" Steep - The Post
Best Supporting Actor[edit | edit source]
- Willem Dafoe - The Florida Project
- Woody Harrelson - There Will Be Blood on Three Billboards Outside Blah, Blah, Blah, Missouri for Old Men
- Richard Jenkins - The Shape of Water
Kevin SpaceyChristopher Plummer - Mark Wahlberg Wanted All the Money in the World to Come Back for Reshoots After the Kevin Spacey Scandal- Vladimir Putin - The Pee Tape
- Sam Rockwell - There Will Be Blood on Three Billboards Outside Blah, Blah, Blah, Missouri for Old Men
Best Supporting Actress[edit | edit source]
- Mary J. Blige - Mudbound
- Allison Janney - I, Tonya
- Leslie Manville - Star Wars Episode XXXVII: The Phantom Thread
- Laurie Metcalf - Lady Bird
- Octavia Spencer - The Shape of Water
Best Animated Feature[edit | edit source]
- The Boss Baby: The Childhood of Bruce Springsteen
- The Breadwinner
- Coco
- Ferdinand
- Loving Vincent
Best Cinematography[edit | edit source]
- Sergei Blutarski - The Pee Tape
- Roger Deakins - Blade Runner 2049
- Bruno Delbonnel - Darkest Hour
- Hoyte Van Hoytema - Dunkirk
- Rachel Morrison - Mudbound
- Dan Loustsen - The Shape of Water
Costume Design[edit | edit source]
- Jacquelin Durran - Beauty and the Beast; Darkest Hour
- Mark Bridges - Star Wars Episode XXXVII: The Phantom Thread
- Ed Sheeran - The Shape of Water
- Consolata Boyle - Queen Victoria & Paula Abdul
Best Director[edit | edit source]
- Sergei Blutarski - The Pee Tape
- Christopher Nolan - Dunkirk
- Jordan Peele - Get Out
- Greta Gerwig - Lady Bird
- Paul Thomas Anderson (ghost directed by George Lucas) - Star Wars Episode XXXVII: The Phantom Thread
- Guillermo Del Toro & Ed Sheeran - The Shape of Water
Best Documentary Feature[edit | edit source]
- Abacus: Something, Something Jail
- Faces Places
- Icarus
- Last Men in Aleppo
- The Pee Tape
- Strong Island
Best Documentary (short subject)[edit | edit source]
Who cares?
Best Editing[edit | edit source]
- Baby Driver
- Dunkirk
- I, Tonya
- The Pee Tape
- The Shape of Water
- There Will Be Blood on Three Billboards Outside Blah, Blah, Blah, Missouri for Old Men
Best Film from a Shithole Country[edit | edit source]
- A Fantastic Woman - Chile
- The Insult - Lebanon
- On Body and Soul - Hungary
- The Pee Tape - Russia
- The Square - Sweden
Makeup & Hairstyling[edit | edit source]
- Darkest Hour
- The Pee Tape
- Queen Victoria & Paula Abdul
- Wonder (not Woman)
Original Score[edit | edit source]
- Hans Zimmer - Dunkirk
- John Williams - The Pee Tape; Star Wars Episode XXXVII: The Phantom Thread
- Ed Sheeran - The Shape of Water
- Carter Burwell - There Will Be Blood on Three Billboards Outside Blah, Blah, Blah, Missouri for Old Men
Original Song[edit | edit source]
- "Fake News" from The Pee Tape - Music by Elton John, lyrics by Tim Rice
- "Mighty River" from Mudbound - Music and lyrics by Mary J. Blige, Raphael Saadiq and Taura Stinson
- "Mystery of Love" from Call Me By Your Name - Music and lyrics by Sufjan Stevens
- "Redbone" from Get Out - Music and lyrics by Donald Glover
- "Remember Me" from Coco - Music and lyrics by whoever wrote "Let It Go"
- "Shape of You" from The Shape of Water - Music and lyrics by Ed Sheeran, Steve Mac, Johnny McDaid, Kandi Burruss, Tameka Cottle, and Kevin Briggs
- "Stand Up For Something" from Marshall - Music by Diane Warren, lyrics by Lonnie R. Lynn and Diane Warren
- "That Isn't Me" from The Pee Tape - Music by Elton John, lyrics by Tim Rice and Donald Trump
Production Design[edit | edit source]
- Beauty and the Beast
- Blade Runner 2049
- Darkest Hour
- Dunkirk
- The Pee Tape
- The Shape of Water
Animated Short Film[edit | edit source]
Who cares?
Best Live Action Short[edit | edit source]
Meh.
Sound Editing[edit | edit source]
- Baby Driver
- Blade Runner 2049
- Dunkirk
- The Pee Tape
- The Shape of Water
- Star Wars Episode XXXVII: The Phantom Thread
Sound Mixing (Don't ask me what the difference is)[edit | edit source]
- The exact same movies as Sound Editing
Visual Effects[edit | edit source]
- Blade Runner 2049
- Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2
- King Kong: Skull Island
- The Pee Tapes
- Planet of the Trumpanzees
- Star Wars Episode XXXVII: The Phantom Thread
Best Plagiarized Screenplay[edit | edit source]
- Call Me By Your Name
- The Disaster Artist
- Justice League
- Logan
- Molly's Game
- Mudbound
- Power Rangers
Best Original Screenplay[edit | edit source]
- The Big Sick That Mr. Winkler Got
- Get Out
- Lady Bird
- The Shape of Water
- There Will Be Blood on Three Billboards Outside Blah, Blah, Blah, Missouri for Old Men
Sources[edit | edit source]
- Reuters "Reactions from Oscar nominees: surprise, gratitude and pride" Yahoo!, January 23, 2018
- Jenna Amatulli "'Mudbound' Oscar Nominations Place Netflix In Big Leagues" Huffington Post, January 23, 2018
- Some right-wing nut job "Oscars 2018: The complete list of nominees" Fox News, January 23, 2018
- AFP "Oscars nominations: all the fun facts" Yahoo!, January 23, 2018
- Kevin Polowy "2018 Oscars: Our insta-predictions" Yahoo! Movies, January 23, 2018
- Patrick Hipes "The Oscar Best Picture Nominees: Deadline’s Reviews" Deadline, January 23, 2018
- Orlando Sentinel "Oscars: 'Shape of Water,' 'Lady Bird' have momentum" Yahoo!, January 23, 2018
- Entertainment Tonight "A History of Female Writers and Directors at the Oscars" Yahoo!, January 23, 2018
- Anthony Ha "Netflix's 'Mudbound' scores four Oscar nominations" TechCrunch, January 23, 2018
- Jordan Freiman "Oscars 2018: Mary J. Blige, Sufjan Stevens, Jonny Greenwood, and Common Earn Nominations" Spin, January 23, 2018
- Variety "Genre Movies Get Their Moment in the Oscar Spotlight" Yahoo!, January 23, 2018
- Michael Rothman & Emily Shapiro "Oscars 2018: The complete list of nominees" Good Morning America, January 23, 2018
- Editorial "Oscars 2018: All the snubs and surprises, from James Franco to Steven Spielberg to Kobe Bryant" Yahoo! Movies, January 23, 2018
- Kristopher Tapley "Oscar nominations are in, but who are the frontrunners?" Variety, January 23, 2018
- Christopher Rosen "The biggest snubs and surprises of the 2018 Oscar nominations" Entertainment Weekly, January 23, 2018
- Editors "2018 Academy Award Nominees -- See their reactions" Wonderwall, January 23, 2018
- Ale Russian "Allison Janney Reveals What Tonya Harding Texted Her After Oscar Nomination" People, January 23, 2018
- Jake Coyle "In Oscar nominations, fresh voices lead the way" Associated Press, January 23, 2018
- Kelcie Willis "Jordan Peele makes history with ‘Get Out’ Oscar nomination" Cox Media Group National Content Desk, January 23, 2018