Oscar Noms! 'La La' Leads; Amazon Arrives; All the Snubs, Surprises and Scorecards

Happy Oscar noms morning: Did your favorite make the cut? La La Land scored a record-tying 14 nominations, Amazon got its first best picture nom (for Manchester By the Sea) and the Academy retired (at least for this year) the #OscarsSoWhite curse. Also: Snubs (Amy Adams? Are you kidding me?), surprises and all the analysis. — Matthew Belloni, Erik Hayden and Jennifer Konerman. [The Hollywood Reporter - Today In Entertainment] January 24, 2017 Happy Oscar noms morning: Did your favorite make the cut? La La Land scored a record-tying 14 nominations, Amazon got its first best picture nom (for Manchester By the Sea) and the Academy retired (at least for this year) the #OscarsSoWhite curse. Also: Snubs (Amy Adams? Are you kidding me?), surprises and all the analysis. — Matthew Belloni, Erik Hayden and Jennifer Konerman. Oscars: Surprises! Snubs! Reactions! THE FRONTRUNNER Damien Chazelle's La La Land earned 14 nominations – a record for most nominations that it shares with 1950’s All About Eve and 1997’s Titanic. [Full nominees list.] BY THE NUMBERS La La Land (14 noms), Arrival (8), Moonlight (8), Hacksaw Ridge (6), Lion (6), Manchester by the Sea (6), Fences (4), Hell or High Water (4), Hidden Figures (3), Jackie (3), Deepwater Horizon (2), Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2), Florence Foster Jenkins (2), Kubo and the Two Strings (2), Moana (2), Passengers (2), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2). NO #OSCARSSOWHITE? Gregg Kilday writes: The Academy may have breathed [a big sigh of relief] over that fact that it retired, at least for this year, the hashtag. Seven people of color were among the 20 acting nominees, include best actor nominee Denzel Washington for Fences and best actress nominee Ruth Negga for Loving, and black directors dominated the documentary film category. NOTABLE SNUB Scott Feinberg writes: The most glaring acting omission was that of Arrival's Amy Adams from the best actress field — she had received SAG, Globes, BAFTA and Critics' Choice noms — passed over in favor of not only frontrunners Emma Stone (La La Land) and Natalie Portman (Jackie), but also Isabelle Huppert, the revered veteran who bagged her first-ever nom for French-language Elle; Ruth Negga, who had been regarded as a long-shot for her understated work in Loving; and Meryl Streep, who, with her nom for Florence Foster Jenkins, extends her all-time record for acting noms for an individual — male or female — from 19 to 20. [More snubs.] MEL GIBSON IS BACK Feinberg: The director, who won the best director Oscar 21 years ago, but then spent years in Hollywood's doghouse after he was recorded making anti-Semitic and misogynistic comments while inebriated, has been welcomed back to the party with a best director nom for his film Hacksaw Ridge, which also was nominated for best picture. Few, including me, would have imagined that this was even possible just a few short years ago, when Gibson was, to say the least, persona-non-grata around town. At the Oscars ceremony on Feb. 26, Gibson won't win — but simply by being invited, he has won. FIRST STREAMING BEST PICTURE NOM Natalie Jarvey writes: With the nom of Amazon Studios' Manchester by the Sea for best picture, the Academy has put streaming services in the Oscar features game. In the last year Amazon has spent aggressively to become [a serious player] in the prestige film world, buying up Manchester, Wiener-Dog, and Love & Friendship among other films at Sundance last year. This year, Amazon has already paid $12M for The Big Sick at the festival. FUN FACT Justin Timberlake is, for the first time, an Oscar nominee, in recognition of his Trolls hit "Can't Stop the Feeling!," and probably stands the best shot at benefiting from a potential La La vote-splitting. [The nominees] I [The reactions] I [The analysis] I [The stats.] Meanwhile, in Park City... ► FBI probing Sundance cyberattack. A Tatiana Siegel scoop: After a [mysterious cyberattack] crippled the Sundance Film Festival's box-office systems over the weekend, the FBI said it is investigating the hack and is working with Sundance officials to identify the culprit. ► Suburban rapper comedy Patti Cake$ sparks bidding war. Sources say the film, fronted by newcomer Danielle Macdonald, [has crossed the $10M mark] following its world premiere at the festival Monday. ► Netflix makes big Sundance deals. Netflix [has acquired] worldwide SVOD rights to Brian Knappenberger's Nobody Speak: Hulk Hogan, Gawker and Trials of a Free Press, as well as China doc [Joshua: Teenager Vs. Superpower]. Even more: Netflix also nabbed Jim Strouse's [The Incredible Jessica James], the closing night film at the Sundance Film Festival, starring The Daily Show's Jessica Williams as an aspiring New York playwright. Elsewhere in film... ► Roman Polanski quits as president of France's Cesar Awards. Feminist organization d’Osez le Feminisme was planning [to protest]the French equivalent of the Oscars following the director's appointment as president of the ceremony. ► Shane Black's Predator movie adds to star-studded cast. Thomas Jane [is in final negotiations] to join the cast of The Predator, Twentieth Century Fox’s reboot that is furiously casting up as it heads towards a production start in February in Vancouver. ► Jurassic World sequel adds new female lead. Daniella Pineda (TBS' Detour) [has joined the cast] of Universal's Jurassic World sequel. Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Pratt will return for the J.A. Bayona-directed follow-up. ► Ice Cube's company gets Chinese investment. Cube Vision [has inked a partnership]with Hong Kong-based media investment company AID Partners. As a part of the deal, AID Partners will become a significant shareholder and strategic advisor to Cube Vision. ► Hulu adds to film library with Magnolia Pictures deal. [A new deal] with Magnolia will give Hulu exclusive streaming rights to the distributor's movies after their theatrical run. The deal will bring new titles to Hulu in the second half of 2017. Who is the "Last Jedi" in the new Star Wars? The title for Episode VIII has been revealed. But who exactly is that referring to? Is "who is the last Jedi" even the right question to be asking? Now that the title is out, the next round of Star Wars [speculation can begin.] TV Pilot Season Logjam The lack of TV cancellations this season is starting to create a logjam for broadcast networks as Pilot Season 2017 gets firmly under way, Lesley Goldberg [reports]: As the ratings barometer to determine success continues to sink, none of the five broadcast networks pulled a show off the air and that has created a traffic jam for midseason with many shows still awaiting a slot on the schedule. With many pilot orders expected to come in this week, network and studio executives are expecting overall volume to be either [on par or down year-over-year] from last season's tally, which saw the broadcast networks collectively order 88 new dramas and comedies to pilot. That was up three year-over-year from 2015 when ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and The CW collectively picked up 85 — and down 10 from 2014 (which itself was down from 100 in 2013). "I think everyone is trying to be more disciplined in their approach to volume [with] pilot," Universal Television president Pearlena Igbokwe says. "I also find the restraint when it comes to cancellations to be refreshing." [Full TV pilots guide.] Elsewhere in TV... ↱ [Amazon's I Love Dick, reviewed]. Playwright Sarah Gubbins and Jill Soloway adapt Chris Kraus's much-debated 1997 book for Amazon's latest series, out yesterday. The bottom line: "You might want to commit to something/someone else." ↲ ► Stephen Colbert to host Emmy Awards. CBS has tapped its host to emcee the Primetime Emmy Awards, marking at least the [fourth marquee kudos] to be hosted by a late-night personality this year. The Emmys will air live on Sept. 1 ► NBC orders Seth Meyers-Lorne Michaels comedy. The untitled show hails from Meyers and SNL writer Mike O'Brien. Exec produced by Michaels, it [revolves] around an Ivy League professor who loses out on his dream job and goes to work as a high school biology teacher. ► CBS picks up Alan Cumming-James Patterson drama. The network's [latest pickups] include the Cumming-starrer Killer Instinct, an adaptation of James Patterson's forthcoming novel, and Perfect Citizen, which is about the former General counsel for the NSA. ► Amazon scraps Sacha Baron Cohen series. More than a year after it handed out a six-episode series order to Highston, the streaming service has [abandoned] the project that centered on a 19-year-old who has a number of celebrity friends that only he can see. ↱ [Trailer watch, Lifetime's Britney Ever After.]The pop star hits "rock bottom" in the first footage from the upcoming TV movie starring Natasha Bassett. ↲ ► SNL writer suspended after Barron Trump tweet. On Friday, [Katie Rich tweeted] that “Barron will be this country’s first home-school shooter,” leading to public outcry. Rich later deleted the tweet and issued an apology, calling her tweet "inexcusable." ► And Alec {NAME} returns as SNL host. The actor, who has been impersonating Trump this season, is [set to host] on Feb. 11, marking his record-breaking 17th turn as host. He was previously tied with Steve Martin. ► VR drama from Extant team ordered to pilot. Reverie, described as a grounded and dramatic thriller, is NBC's[third drama pilot pickup] of the season. Extant creator Mickey Fisher will pen the script and exec produce the Universal Television drama. ► R.I.P., Bonnie Tiegel. The beloved Entertainment Tonight producer died Monday following a battle with cancer. [Full obit.] Trump's Apprentice royalties targeted in lawsuit. On Monday, the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed suit against President Trump in New York federal court. The complaint puts a spotlight on the clause of the U.S. Constitution known as the "Foreign Emoluments Clause." [D][etails]. Visit the Sundance Lounge In Park City, THR photo and video producers have assembled a great collection of looks at the fest's notable attendees. Above is the cast of buzzy fest title The Big Sick, and there's many more images and fun cast interviews. [Sundance photo portfolio] I [Cast video interviews.] What else we're reading... — "Can the Michelin model fix fake news?" Clint Watts and Andrew Weisburd suggest: "Let’s start a Consumer Reports for news. People still buy the low-rated junk in Consumer Reports—but at least they know what they’re getting into." [[The Daily Beast]] — "PR people: Sean Spicer is not one of us." Shareen Pathak notes: "professionals in the PR industry called out Spicer on Monday for committing two cardinal professional sins: blatantly not telling the truth and then becoming part of the story itself." [[Digiday]] — "A run through the jungle." Katie Baker writes: "How three professional skiers and Hollywood novices wound up stunt doubling for Vin Diesel on xXx: Return of Xander Cage." [[The Ringer]] — "How Insecure creator Issa Rae is portraying the sexy side of South L.A." Angel Jennings writes: "The show brought a level of nuance to its portrayal of black life in a much-maligned neighborhood." Also: "No bullets or body counts." [[The Los Angeles Times]] Today's Birthdays: Mischa Barton, 31, Tatyana Ali, 38, Kristen Schaal, 39, Ed Helms, 43, Matthew Lillard, 47. Follow The News Is this e-mail not displaying correctly? [View it in your browser.] ©2017 The Hollywood Reporter. 5700 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036 All rights reserved. [Unsubscribe] | [Manage Preferences] | [Privacy Policy] | [Terms of Use] January 24, 2017