Baumbach faces an uphill climb for
his second screenplay nomination, not because he doesn't present a strong case — it's his best writing in years, since at least Greenberg, if not The Squid and the Whale.
Not exact matches
Benefiting from the unfortunate coincidence of the Three Mile Island accident shortly after its release, The China Syndrome became one of the year's biggest successes, and garnered Bridges his
second Oscar
nomination for
screenplay.
Dern has a shot for Best Supporting Actress depending on the field, and Hornby could find himself with his
second Best Adapted
Screenplay nomination.
This is the Greek director's
second English - language feature after The Lobster, which earned a much - deserved best -
screenplay nomination last year.
Golden Globe winners Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling each received their
second Oscar
nominations for Damien Chazelle's modern movie musical «La La Land,» which dominated in 14 categories total — tying the
nominations record set by «Titanic» and «All About Eve» — including directing and original
screenplay for Damien Chazelle.
This is Hong's seventh Original
Screenplay nomination and
second win (2010 for Oki's Movie).
«Call Me By Your Name» will likely win Adapted
Screenplay; «Darkest Hour» will win Best Actor and Makeup; «Dunkirk's» eight
nominations are the
second most this year; «Lady Bird» could ride the #MeToo movement to victory; «Phantom Thread» came out of nowhere the morning of the
nominations, and could do so again when it matters most; and «The Post» was made by Hollywood heavyweights (Spielberg, Streep, Hanks).
The film earned Kaufman his
second Academy Award
nomination for Best
Screenplay, two acting
nominations, and a win for Chris Cooper for Best Actor.
After those have been shared, the
nominations for actor in a leading role, actor in a supporting role, actress in a leading role, actress in a supporting role, animated feature film, directing, documentary feature, documentary short subject, foreign language film, original song, best picture, adapted
screenplay, and original
screenplay will be announced at 5:38:30 a.m. PT / 8: 38:30 a.m. ET (and not 30
seconds sooner).