Snubs, surprises at Oscars 2018 nominations announced on Tuesday

Actors James Franco and Tom Hanks were snubbed by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which announced its nominations for the 2018 Oscars on Tuesday.

Both Hanks and Franco, who were in contention for Best Actor nomination, were left out by the Academy while Daniel Kaluuya earned his maiden nod for "Get Out".

While Margot Robbie earned her maiden Oscar nod in the Best Actress category, her film "I, Tonya" failed to get nomination in Best Picture category.

Patty Jenkins helmed "Wonder Woman" was entirely snubbed at the 90th Academy Awards nominations. However, the Best Director nod for Greta Gerwig was a win for women in Hollywood.

"Call Me By Your Name" bagged four nominations, including Best Actor nod for Timothee Chalamet making him the youngest actor at 22 to be receive the recognition. However, Luca Guadagnino lost on Best Director nod for the film.

While Christopher Nolan picked up his first Best Director nomination for "Dunkirk", veteran filmmaker Steven Spielberg was a notable exclusion from the Best Director list.

Franco was expected to be nominated in the Best Actor category for his portrayal of filmmaker Tommy Wiseau in "The Disaster Artist", which he directed. The allegations of sexual harassment which surfaced post his Best Actor Golden Globe win also cost him his maiden nod as the Best Director. [caption id="attachment_103295" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Oscars 2018 nominations announced[/caption]

Unlike his "The Post" co-star Meryl Streep, who bagged her 21st Oscar nomination, Hanks was overlooked in the Best Actor category.

In the wake of allegations of sexual misconduct against Kevin Spacey, Christopher Plummer replaced the "House of Cards" actor in the Ridley Scott's "All The Money In The World". The gamble seems to have paid off with Plummer receiving a nomination in the Supporting Actor category.

In a surprise nomination, Mary J Blige earned her maiden Oscar nod as she was nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category for "Mudbound".

She also became the first artiste to be nominated for a performance and an original song in the same year.

Octavia Spencer is now on par with Viola Davis as the most nominated African-American actress of all time.

She has been nominated for "The Shape of Water", becoming the only black actress to be nominated again following an Oscar win ("Hidden Figures").

Greta Gerwig has become the fifth woman to be recognised at the directors round table in the Oscars history. The debutante director has been nominated for "Lady Bird".

Jordan Peele achieved a rare feat after he became the first person of colour to be ever nominated for directing, writing, and producing in the same year.

Peele is only the fifth black person to be nominated for Best Director for his film "Get Out".

Oscar nominations 2018: The List

Best Picture

1. Call Me by Your Name
2. Darkest Hour
3. Dunkirk
4. Get Out
5. Lady Bird
6. Phantom Thread
7. The Post
8. The Shape of Water
9. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Director

1. Christopher Nolan – Dunkirk
2. Jordan Peele – Get Out
3. Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird
4. Paul Thomas Anderson – Phantom Thread
5. Guillermo del Toro – The Shape of Water

Best Actor

1. Timothee Chalamet – Call Me By Your Name
2. Daniel Day-Lewis – Phantom Thread
3. Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out
4. Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour
5. Denzel Washington – Roman J. Israel

Best Actress

1. Sally Hawkins – The Shape of Water
2. Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
3. Margot Robbie – I, Tonya
4. Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird
5. Meryl Streep – The Post

Best Supporting Actor

1. Willem Dafoe – The Florida Project
2. Woody Harrelson - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
3. Richard Jenkins - The Shape of Water
4. Christopher Plummer - All the Money in the World
5. Sam Rockwell - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Supporting Actress

1. Mary J Blige - Mudbound
2. Allison Janney - I, Tonya
3. Laurie Metcalf - Lady Bird
4. Lesley Manville - Phantom Thread
5. Octavia Spencer - The Shape of Water

Best Original Screenplay

1. Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V Gordon - The Big Sick
2. Jordan Peele - Get Out
3. Greta Gerwig - Lady Bird
4. Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor - The Shape of Water
5. Martin McDonagh - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Adapted Screenplay

1. James Ivory - Call Me By Your Name
2. Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber - The Disaster Artist
3. Scott Frank, James Mangold, Michael Green - Logan
4. Aaron Sorkin - Molly's Game
5. Virgil Williams and Dee Rees - Mudbound

Best Foreign Language Film

1. A Fantastic Woman - Chile
2. On Body and Soul - Hungary
3. The Insult - Lebanon
4. The Square - Sweden
5. Loveless - Russia

Best Cinematography

1. Roger Deakins- Blade Runner 2049
2. Bruno Delbonnel - Darkest Hour
3. Hoyte van Hoytema - Dunkirk
4. Rachel Morrison - Mudbound
5. Dan Laustsen - The Shape of Water

Best Costume Design

1. Jacqueline Durran - Beauty and the Beast
2. Ellen Mirojnick - The Greatest Showman
3. Alexandra Byrne - Murder on the Orient Express
4. Mark Bridges - Phantom Thread
5. Luis Sequeira - The Shape of Water

Film Editing

1. Jonathan Amos, Paul Machliss - Baby Driver
2. Lee Smith - Dunkirk
3. Tatiana S Riegel - I, Tonya
4. Sidney Wolinsky - The Shape of Water
5. Jon Gregory - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

1. Ivana Primorac, Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski, Lucy Sibbick - Darkest Hour
2. Deboray Lamia Denaver, Adruitha Lee - I,Tonya
3. Naomi Bakstad, Robert A. Pandini, Arjen Tuiten - Wonder

Best Music (Original Score)

1. Hans Zimmer - Dunkirk
2. Jonny Greenwood - Phantom Thread
3. John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi
4. Carter Burwell - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
5. Alexandre Desplat - The Shape of Water

Best Song

1. Evermore - Beauty and the Beast
2. Mystery of Love - Call Me by Your Name
3. Remember Me - Coco
4. This Is Me - The Greatest Showman
5. Stand Up for Something - Marshall

Best Sound Editing

1. Baby Driver
2. Blade Runner 2049
3. Dunkirk
4. The Shape of Water
5. Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Best Sound Mixing

1. Baby Driver
2. Blade Runner 2049
3. Dunkirk
4. The Shape of Water
5. Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Best Production Design

1. Beauty and the Beast
2. Blade Runner 2049
3. Darkest Hour
4. Dunkirk
5. The Shape of Water

Best Animated Short Film

1. Dear Basketball
2. Garden Party
3. Lou
4. Negative Space
5. Revolting Rhymes

Best Live-Action Short Film

1. DeKalb Elementary
2. The Eleven O'Clock
3. My Nephew Emmett
4. The Silent Child
5. Watu Wote/All of Us

Best Visual Effects

1. Blade Runner 2049
2. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2
3. Kong: Skull Island
4. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
5. War for the Planet of the Apes

Best Animated Feature Film

1. The Boss Baby
2. The Breadwinner
3. Coco
4. Ferdinand
5. Loving Vincent

Best Documentary

1. Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
2. Faces Places
3. Icarus
4. Last Man in Aleppo
5. Strong Island

Best Documentary Short Subject

1. Edith and Eddie
2. Heaven Is A Traffic Jam on the 405
3. Heroin(e)
4. Knife Skills
5. Traffic Stop

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