25 Jan – Yesterday we've taken a look at the nominees for the worst of the worst in Hollywood, today we switch gears and sing praises of the crème de la crème. And sing we will, for the leading nominee for this year is none other than Golden Globes-winning musical film, "La La Land". The Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone-starrer has garnered a total of 14 nominations, tying the record with 1950's "All About Eve" and James Cameron's 1997 "Titanic". Some of the awards it will be competing for are Best Picture, Best Actor for Ryan Gosling, Best Actress for Emma Stone, and Best Screenplay. Its music too gets a nod in the Best Original Score and Best Original Song categories. There are a total of 24 categories at this year's Oscars. Though none of the Southeast Asian submissions made it to the final list, the Best Foreign Language Film category this year does see the inclusion of Australia's "Tanna", giving the country its first foreign language nomination. While last year the trending phrase for the Oscars was "Oscars so white", this year the phrase seems to have been retired since there is decidedly more diversity in the nomination list. Here is the full list of nominations for the 2017 Oscars: Best Picture "Arrival" "Fences" "Hacksaw Ridge" "Hell or High Water" "Hidden Figures" "La La Land" "Lion" "Manchester by the Sea" "Moonlight" Best Director Denis Villeneuve, "Arrival" Mel Gibson, "Hacksaw Ridge" Damien Chazelle, "La La Land" Kenneth Lonergan, "Manchester by the Sea" Barry Jenkins, "Moonlight" Best Actor Casey Affleck, "Manchester by the Sea" Andrew Garfield, "Hacksaw Ridge" Ryan Gosling, "La La Land" Viggo Mortensen, "Captain Fantastic" Denzel Washington, "Fences" Best Actress Isabelle Huppert, "Elle" Ruth Negga, "Loving" Natalie Portman, "Jackie" Emma Stone, "La La Land" Meryl Streep, "Florence Foster Jenkins" Best Supporting Actor Mahershala Ali, "Moonlight" Jeff Bridges, "Hell or High Water" Lucas Hedges, "Manchester by the Sea" Dev Patel, "Lion" Michael Shannon, "Nocturnal Animals" Best Supporting Actress Viola Davis, "Fences" Naomie Harris, "Moonlight" Nicole Kidman, "Lion" Octavia Spencer, "Hidden Figures" Michelle Williams, "Manchester by the Sea" Best Original Screenplay "Hell or High Water" "La La Land" "The Lobster" "Manchester by the Sea" "20th Century Women" Best Adapted Screenplay "Arrival" "Fences" "Hidden Figures" "Lion" "Moonlight" Best Cinematography "Arrival" "La La Land" "Lion" "Moonlight" "Silence" Best Film Editing "Arrival" "Hacksaw Ridge" "Hell or High Water" "La La Land" "Moonlight" Best Visual Effects "Deepwater Horizon" "Doctor Strange" "The Jungle Book" "Kubo and the Two Strings" "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" Best Production Design "Arrival" "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" "Hail, Caesar!" "La La Land" "Passengers" Best Costume Design "Allied" "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" "Florence Foster Jenkins" "Jackie" "La La Land" Best Makeup & Hairstyling "A Man Called Ove" "Star Trek Beyond" "Suicide Squad" Best Original Score "Jackie" "La La Land" "Lion" "Moonlight" "Passengers" Best Original Song "Audition (The Fools Who Dream)," "La La Land" "Can't Stop the Feeling," "Trolls" "City of Stars," "La La Land" "The Empty Chair," "Jim: The James Foley Story" "How Far I'll Go," "Moana" Best Sound Editing "Arrival" "Deepwater Horizon" "Hacksaw Ridge" "La La Land" "Sully" Best Sound Mixing "Arrival" "Hacksaw Ridge" "La La Land" "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" "13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi" Best Animated Feature "Kubo and the Two Strings" "Moana" "My Life as a Zucchini" "The Red Turtle" "Zootopia" Best Documentary "Fire at Sea" "I Am Not Your Negro" "Life, Animated" "O.J.: Made in America" "13th" Best Foreign Language Film "Land of Mine" "A Man Called Ove" "The Salesman" "Tanna" "Toni Erdmann" Best Documentary Short Subject "Extremis" "4.1 Miles" "Joe's Violin" "Watani: My Homeland" "The White Helmets" Best Live Action Short "Ennemis Entreniers" "La Femme et le TGV" "Silent Nights" "Sing" "Timecode" Best Animated Short "Blind Vaysha" "Borrowed Time" "Pear Cider and Cigarettes" "Pearl" "Piper" The 89th Academy Awards will be held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on 26 February 2017.