The Shape of Water landed just shy of tying the record of 14 nominations by All About Eve, Titanic and La La Land. Also nominated for best director was Peele. He becomes the fifth black filmmaker nominated for best director, and the third to helm a best-picture nominee, following Barry Jenkins last year for Moonlight. Meryl Streep, who stars as Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham in The Post (opening Thursday in Thailand), notched her 21st Oscar nomination. Its speciality label, Fox Searchlight, is behind both "Three Billboards" and "The Shape of Water," and Fox released "The Post."

Source: Bangkok Post January 23, 2018 17:15 UTC