Here’s Everything You Need To Know About OSCARS 2017
The 89th Academy Awards aka Oscars were held successfully in Dolby Theatre, Los Angeles, California on 26th February 2017. Every movie fan anxiously watched the whole ceremony going from the nail-biting moment of wrongly announced Best Picture award to the eye-watering moment of Viola Davis’s speech while a constant cluster of laughter throughout the presentation by the host, Jimmy Kimmel. This year, it was a really tough competition between the pictures due to their varying genres and brilliant direction which made it quite interesting overall. Here we present a list of all the Oscar winners with respective nominations under the category.
Best original screenplay
Nominations:
- Hell or High Water
- La La Land
- The Lobster
- 20th Century women
- Manchester by the Sea
WINNER: Manchester by the Sea
Best adapted screenplay
Nominations:
- Arrival
- Fences
- Hidden Figures
- Moonlight
- Lion
WINNER: Moonlight
Best director
Nominations:
- Damien Chazelle (La La Land)
- Denis Villeneuve (Arrival)
- Mel Gibson (Hacksaw Ridge)
- Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea)
- Barry Jenkins (Moonlight)
WINNER: Damien Chazelle (La La Land)
Best actor
Nominations:
- Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)
- Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge)
- Ryan Gosling (La La Land)
- Viggo Mortensen (Captain Fantastic)
- Denzel Washington (Fences)
WINNER: Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)
Best actress
Nominations:
- Isabelle Huppert (Elle)
- Ruth Negga (Loving)
- Natalie Portman (Jackie)
- Meryl Streep (Florence Foster Jenkins)
- Emma Stone (La La Land)
WINNER: Emma Stone (La La Land)
Best picture
Nominations:
- Arrival
- Fences
- Hacksaw Ridge
- Hell or High Water
- La La Land
- Hidden Figures
- Lion
- Manchester by the Sea
WINNER: Moonlight
(NOTE- La La Land was wrongly announced as the best picture due to some misunderstanding)
Best supporting actor
Nominations:
- Mahershala Ali (Moonlight)
- Jeff Bridges (Hell or High Water)
- Lucas Hedges (Manchester by the Sea)
- Dev Patel (Lion)
- Michael Shannon (Nocturnal Animals)
WINNER: Mahershala Ali (Moonlight)
Best supporting actress
Nominations :
- Viola Davis (Fences)
- Naomie Harris (Moonlight)
- Nicole Kidman (Lion)
- Octavia Spencer (Hidden Figures)
- Michelle Williams (Manchester by the Sea)
WINNER: Viola Davis (Fences)
Best cinematography
Nominations:
- Arrival
- Lion
- La La Land
- Moonlight
- Silence
WINNER: La La Land
Best score
Nominations:
- Jackie
- Lion
- La La Land
- Moonlight
- Passengers
WINNER: La La Land