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The 2018 Academy Award nominations

The 2018 Academy Award nominations are out! This year, the clear leader is Guillermo del Toro's "The Shape of Water" being nominated for thirteen awards, including Auburn Alumna Octavia Spencer for Actress in a Supporting Role. 

Among the candidates for Best Picture, Jordan Peele's "Get Out" which was filmed in Mobile, Alabama, was nominated. Christopher Nolan's "Dunkirk" and Greta Gerwig's "Ladybird" are also among the nine nominees for Best Picture.

Best Picture

"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"

Actor in a Leading Role

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."

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Actress in a Leading Role

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"

Actor in a Supporting Role

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 Supporting Role

Mary J. Blige, "Mudbound"

Allison Janney, "I, Tonya" 

Lesley Manville, "Phantom Thread"

Laurie Metcalf, "Lady Bird"

Octavia Spencer, "The Shape of Water"

Directing

Christopher Nolan, "Dunkirk"

Jordan Peele, "Get Out"

Greta Gerwig, "Lady Bird"

 Paul Thomas Anderson, "Phantom Thread"

Guillermo del Toro, "The Shape of Water"

Adapted Screenplay

"Call Me By Your Name"

"The Disaster Artist"

"Logan"

"Molly's Game"

"Mudbound"

Original Screenplay

"The Big Sick"

"Get Out"

"Lady Bird"

"The Shape of Water"

"Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

Animated Feature Film

"The Boss Baby"

"The Breadwinner"

"Coco"

"Ferdinand"

"Loving Vincent"

Foreign Language Film

"A Fantastic Woman"

"The Insult"

"Loveless"

"On Body and Soul"

"The Square"

Original Song 

"Mighty River" from "Mudbound"

"Mystery of Love" from "Call Me By Your Name"

"Remember Me" from "Coco"

"Stand Up For Something" from "Marshall"

"This Is Me" from "The Greatest Showman"

Documentary Feature

"Abacus: Small Enough to Jail"

"Faces Places"

"Icarus"

"Last Men in Aleppo"

"Strong Island"

Documentary Short Subject

"Edith and Eddie"

"Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405"

"Heroin(e)"

"Knife Skills"

"Traffic Stop"

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"

Film Editing

"Baby Driver"

"Dunkirk"

"I, Tonya"

"The Shape of Water"

"Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

Makeup and Hairstyling

"Darkest Hour"

"Victoria & Abdul"

"Wonder"

Original Score

"Dunkirk"

"Phantom Thread"

"The Shape of Water"

"Star Wars: The Last Jedi"

"Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

Production Design

"Beauty and the Beast"

"Blade Runner 2049"

"Darkest Hour"

"Dunkirk"

"The Shape of Water"

Animated Short Film

"Dear Basketball"

'Garden Party" 

"Lou"

"Negative Space"

"Revolting Rhymes"

Live Action Short Film

"DeKalb Elementary"

"The Eleven O'Clock" 

"My Nephew Emmett"

"The Silent Child"

"Watu Wote/All of Us"

Sound Editing

"Baby Driver"

"Blade Runner 2049"

"Dunkirk"

Sound Mixing

"Baby Driver"

"Blade Runner 2049"

"Dunkirk"

Visual Effects

"Blade Runner 2049"

"Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2"

"Kong: Skull Island"

"Star Wars: The Last Jedi"

"War for the Planet of the Apes"


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