Video will play in Play now Don't auto playNever auto playThe candy-coloured love letter to musicals La La Land has landed a record-tying 14 nominations to the Academy Awards, which fielded a notably more diverse list of nominees following two straight years of "OscarsSoWhite" backlash. La La Land matched Titanic and All About Eve for most nominations ever, earning nods for best picture, stars Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, its jazz-infused songs and its 32-year-old writer-director, Damien Chazelle. Related Content Mansplaining, jazz and Priuses: all the reasons people hate La La Land Experience Los Angeles in 'La La Land'-style Video Watch: Oscars go gaga for 'La La Land' with record-tying 14 nodsThe biggest surprise of the morning was the strong boost of support for Mel Gibson, who had long been shunned in Hollywood since an anti-Semitic tirade while being arrested for drunk driving in 2006 and a 2011 conviction for domestic violence. Yet Amy Adams, the five-time nominated star of Arrival, was left out of the competitive best actress nominees. Her performance in Florence Foster Jenkins was among the best actress nominees that included Stone, Natalie Portman (Jackie), Ruth Negga (Loving) and Isabelle Huppert (Elle).

Source: New Zealand Herald January 24, 2017 07:05 UTC