Posted by Larry Gleeson
La La Land continues its strong showing on the awards circuit with a whopping 14 Oscar nominations tying the all-time nominations record 0f 14 set by All About Eve (1950) and tied first by Titanic (1997).
With over 336 feature films in contention for best picture, the list is now nine; Arrival, Fences, Hell or Highwater, Hidden Figures, Hacksaw Ridge, La La Land, Lion, Manchester By The Sea, and Moonlight. In addition,
Legendary Hollywood actress, Meryl Streep, received a record-breaking 20th Oscar nomination for her role as a deluded singer in Florence Foster Jenkins. Ms. Streep breaks her own record of 19 nominations.
In the acting categories, seven individuals are first-time nominees (Andrew Garfield, Mahershala Ali, Lucas Hedges, Dev Patel, Isabelle Huppert, Ruth Negga and Naomie Harris). Six of the nominees are previous acting winners (Denzel Washington, Jeff Bridges,Natalie Portman, Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman and Octavia Spencer).
A comprehensive 89th Oscars fact sheet is available, in addition to the brief history of the Oscars previously posted.