Will "La La Land vs. Moonlight" be the "Adele vs. Beyonce" of the Oscars? Maybe! Will the acceptance speeches veer into political diatribes about the president's policies, Streep-style? Probably! Will Hollywood look past Mel Gibson's drunken anti-Semetic rants and award him the Best Director trophy again? Doubtful!
No matter what happens at this year's Academy Awards, airing Sunday on ABC at 5:30 pm, the event remains a must-watch for movie geeks and celeb-obsessed fans around the globe. Here's a breakdown of the nominees in the major categories, to help you follow along during your Oscar party.
BEST PICTURE
▢ Arrival
▢ Fences
▢ Hacksaw Ridge
▢ Hell or High Water
▢ Hidden Figures
▢ La La Land
▢ Lion
▢ Manchester by the Sea
▢ Moonlight
DIRECTOR
▢ Denis Villeneuve | Arrival
▢ Mel Gibson | Hacksaw Ridge
▢ Damien Chazelle | La La Land
▢ Kenneth Lonergan | Manchester by the Sea
▢ Barry Jenkins | Moonlight
ACTOR
▢ Casey Affleck | Manchester by the Sea
▢ Andrew Garfield | Hacksaw Ridge
▢ Ryan Gosling | La La Land
▢ Viggo Mortensen | Captain Fantastic
▢ Denzel Washington | Fences
ACTRESS
▢ Isabelle Huppert | Elle
▢ Ruth Negga | Loving
▢ Natalie Portman | Jackie
▢ Emma Stone | La La Land
▢ Meryl Streep | Florence Foster Jenkins
SUPPORTING ACTOR
▢ Mahershala Ali | Moonlight
▢ Jeff Bridges | Hell or High Water
▢ Lucas Hedges | Manchester by the Sea
▢ Dev Patel | Lion
▢ Michael Shannon | Nocturnal Animals
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
▢ Viola Davis | Fences
▢ Naomie Harris | Moonlight
▢ Nicole Kidman | Lion
▢ Octavia Spencer | Hidden Figures
▢ Michelle Williams | Manchester by the Sea
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
▢ Hell or High Water | Taylor Sheridan
▢ La La Land | Damien Chazelle
▢ The Lobster | Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou
▢ Manchester by the Sea | Kenneth Lonergan
▢ 20th Century Women | Mike Mills
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
▢ Arrival | Eric Heisserer
▢ Fences | August Wilson
▢ Hidden Figures | Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi
▢ Lion | Luke Davies
▢ Moonlight | Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney
CINEMATOGRAPHY
▢ Arrival
▢ La La Land
▢ Lion
▢ Moonlight
▢ Silence
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
▢ Land of Mine | Denmark
▢ A Man Called Ove | Sweden
▢ The Salesman | Iran
▢ Tanna | Australia
▢ Toni Erdmann | Germany
ANIMATED FEATURE
▢ Kubo and the Two Strings
▢ Moana
▢ My Life as a Zucchini
▢ The Red Turtle
▢ Zootopia
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
▢ Blind Vaysha
▢ Borrowed Time
▢ Pear Cider and Cigarettes
▢ Pearl
▢ Piper
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
▢ Ennemis intérieurs
▢ La Femme et le TGV
▢ Silent Nights
▢ Sing
▢ Timecode
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
▢ Fire at Sea
▢ I Am Not Your Negro
▢ Life, Animated
▢ O.J.: Made in America
▢ 13th
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
▢ Extremis
▢ 4.1 Miles
▢ Joe's Violin
▢ Watani: My Homeland
▢ The White Helmets
ORIGINAL SCORE
▢ Jackie
▢ La La Land
▢ Lion
▢ Moonlight
▢ Passengers
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
