The inimitable Meryl Streep has broken her own record for most Oscar nominations ever, earning her 20th nomination for the 2016 Oscars for her role in Florence Foster Jenkins.
The next people to receive the most nominations aren’t even close with Katharine Hepburn and Jack Nicholson having 12 Oscar nominations respectively.
Meryl’s response to her amazing achievement is, well, amazing.
“Please find the following GIF as a statement on behalf of Meryl Streep,” a Paramount publicist wrote in an email following the nomination announcements, attaching this GIF of Meryl dancing in Paul McCartney music video for “Queenie Eye.”
Meryl’s achievement is certainly a proverbial middle finger to new President Donald Trump who called the actress “overrated” after she used her Golden Globes speech to protest
Trump’s supposed treatment of a disabled reporter.
Two Australian movies are nominated for Best Picture for the first time ever: Lion starring Dev Patel and Mel Gibson’s war movie Hacksaw Ridge.
Nicole Kidman is nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her part in Lion.
See who and what got nominated in the major categories below and check out the full list of 2017 Oscar nominees here.
Best picture:
*Arrival
Fences
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Hidden Figures
La La Land
Manchester by the Sea
Lion
Moonlight*
Lead actor:
*Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
Ryan Gosling, La La Land
Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington, Fences*
Lead 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*
Best director:
*Denis Villeneuve, Arrival
Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge
Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight*
