2018 Oscar Nominations: ‘The Shape of Water’ Leads the Race (Only for those interested)

New York Times ^ | 01/23/2018 | Brooks Barnes

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“The Shape of Water” received 13 Oscar nominations on Tuesday morning. The 90th Academy Awards will be held on March 4.

• “Dunkirk,” which got eight nominations, and “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” which received seven, also emerged as strong contenders.

• Frances McDormand, Gary Oldman, Saoirse Ronan and Daniel Kaluuya were among the acting nominees.

• Greta Gerwig (“Lady Bird”) and Jordan Peele (“Get Out”) were each nominated for best director and best original screenplay.

Oscar voters tilted toward a new Hollywood era on Tuesday, giving first-time nominations to at least 35 people, inviting Netflix into the club, recognizing a woman in the cinematography category for the first time and bypassing actors and films tainted by sexual harassment allegations.

“The Shape of Water,” a modestly budgeted fantasy about a mute janitor who falls in love with an imprisoned sea creature, became the year’s most decorated movie, receiving 13 nominations, including for best picture and Guillermo del Toro’s directing.

But the contentious revenge drama “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” also emerged as a very strong contender, receiving seven Oscar nominations in a broad array of categories, including best picture. The war epic “Dunkirk” received eight nominations, many of them in technical categories, although it also will compete in the best picture race.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences allows the best picture category to have as many as 10 or as few as five nominees, depending on how the organization’s 8,400 members spread their support. This time around nine movies were nominated, the same as last year. Rounding out the category were “Call Me by Your Name,” “Darkest Hour,” “Get Out,” “Lady Bird,” “Phantom Thread” and “The Post.”

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What? No Best Performance by a Pansexual in a Non Binary Role catagory?

That's the MTV awards.

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Mr. Franco’s inclusion would have put the academy in an uncomfortable spot; at least five women have accused him of inappropriate or sexually exploitative behavior, allegations his lawyer has disputed.

The Academy had no problem honoring Roman Polanski, and it is without dispute that he raped and sodomized a 13-year old child.

Anyhow, with so many athletes taking a knee these days, I'm looking forward to seeing Tonya Harding in attendance as nominee Margot Robbie's guest.

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Drat, the Bruce Lee biopic didn’t get recognized. :-) That was the last DVD I bought - Birth of the Dragon. The Chinese film industry continues to put out enjoyable entertainment.

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2018 Oscar Nominations: ‘The Shape of Water’ Leads the Race (Only for those interested)

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