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Hidden Figures is up for Best Picture, and Octavia Spencer (right) earned a nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
While you were obsessing over the new
president's latest actions or
Gonzaga's big win last night and move up to No. 3 in the polls, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scientists released the
list of Academy Award nominees this morning.
As mandated by law whenever she makes a film, Meryl Streep is among the nominees up for Best Actress, and after the #OscarsSoWhite controversy last year over the lack of African-American nominees, this year there are a record six nominations for black actors in acting categories (Denzel Washington for
Fences, Mahershala Ali for
Moonlight, Ruth Negga for
Loving, Viola Davis for
Fences, Naomie Harris for
Moonlight, Octavia Spencer for
Hidden Figures). Nothing gets Hollywood moving, apparently, faster than some bad PR.
Among the Best Picture nominees are several still playing in Spokane, including
Moonlight,
Hidden Figures,
Fences,
La La Land,
Lion,
Hacksaw Ridge and
Manchester by the Sea; the other nominees in the category are movies that already played here and moved on, but keep an eye out for return engagements now that the nominations are out for
Hell or High Water and
Arrival.
Of local interest: Viggo Mortensen earned a Best Actor nomination for the Washington-shot
Captain Fantastic. And the Spokane NAACP is hosting a fundraiser screening of Best Documentary Feature film
I Am Not Your Negro as a
fundraiser for the Black Lens newspaper on Feb. 21 at the Magic Lantern.
For a full list of this year's Oscar nominations,
go right here.
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Viggo Mortensen (red suit) is nominated as Best Actor for his role in Washington-shot Captain Fantastic.