After two straight years of all-white acting nominees and an overhauling of the motion picture academy, the Oscars are poised to trend in a different direction.
Barry Jenkin's luminous coming-of-age tale "Moonlight," the crowd-pleasing African-American mathematician drama "Hidden Figures" and Denzel Washington's fiery August Wilson adaption "Fences" lead a notably more diverse group of contenders when nominations to the 89th Academy Awards were announced.
One of the big questions is just how many nominations "La La Land" will land. Damien Chazelle's exuberant love letter to musicals is expected to lead all films and could rival the record 14 nods received by "All About Eve" and "Titanic."
Jennifer Hudson and Brie Larson are among the previous Oscar winners who announced this year's slate of nominees.
Departing from a decades-old practice, the nominations weren't announced in front of a live audience of reporters, publicists and academy officials. Instead, they were revealed during a closed program fed live to Oscars.org and "Good Morning America."
Here are the list of 2017 Oscar nominations.
Best supporting actress in a motion picture:
Viola Davis, "Fences"; Naomie Harris, "Moonlight"; Nicole Kidman, "Lion"; Octavia Spencer, "Hidden Figures"; Michelle Williams, "Manchester by the Sea."
Best animated feature:
"Kubo and the Two Strings," ''Moana," ''My Life as a Zucchini," ''The Red Turtle," ''Zootopia."
Best supporting actress in a motion picture:
Viola Davis, "Fences"; Naomie Harris, "Moonlight"; Nicole Kidman, "Lion"; Octavia Spencer, "Hidden Figures"; Michelle Williams, "Manchester by the Sea."
Best documentary feature:
"Fire at Sea," ''I Am Not Your Negro," ''Life, Animated," ''O.J.: Made in America," ''13th."
Best original song in a motion picture:
"Audition (The Fools Who Dream)" from "La La Land," ''Can't Stop the Feeling!" from "Trolls," ''City of Stars" from "La La Land," ''The Empty Chair" from "Jim: The James Foley Story," ''How Far I'll Go" from "Moana."
Best actor in a motion picture:
Casey Affleck, "Manchester by the Sea"; Andrew Garfield, "Hacksaw Ridge"; Ryan Gosling, "La La Land;" Viggo Mortensen, "Captain Fantastic"; Denzel Washington, "Fences."
Best foreign language film:
"Land of Mine," Denmark; "A Man Called Ove," Sweden; "The Salesman," Iran; "Tanna," Australia; "Toni Erdmann," Germany.
Best supporting actor in a motion picture:
Mahershala Ali, "Moonlight"; Jeff Bridges, "Hell or High Water"; Lucas Hedges, "Manchester by the Sea"; Dev Patel, "Lion"; Michael Shannon, "Nocturnal Animals."