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Live Reporting

Lucy Todd and Emma Saunders

All times stated are UK

  1. That's all folks!

    Jimmy Kimmel

    So now we know all the nominations, we're well and truly excited about the 90th annual Academy Awards - which will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel on 4 March. This will be the second time the late-night talk show host will present the prestigious Hollywood event.

    But he's got some way to go yet to beat Bob Hope's record 19 appearances as host...

    Thanks for joining us and we look forward to your company again on Oscars night - see you then!

  2. Indy big hitters

    Eric Fellner, co-chairman of Working Title, which produced The Darkest Hour, also worked on two other nominated films, Baby Driver and Victoria & Abdul.

    He spoke to BBC Radio 5live.

    Quote Message: The biggest studio movies used to be the ones that got the most recognition; now you’re seeing an awful lot of independent cinema… It’s films like Darkest Hour and Shape of Water or some of these independent movies that tend to be the most vocal at awards ceremonies…
  3. Revolting rhymes producer: "We're over the moon"

    Revolting Rhymes
    Image caption: Oscars 2018: And they're off....

    British production company Magic Light has been nominated for best animated short film for its adaptation of Revolting Rhymes by Roald Dahl.

    Martin Pope told Radio 5live: "We're absolutely over the moon, it's thrilling...so exciting."

    Pope, who is also behind animations including The Gruffalo and Room on the Broom, is no stranger to the Oscars, having been nominated twice before.

    "It's amazing to see a film we've laboured over for many years recognised by the American academy - which is fantastic," he said.

    "It's a tough competition but, in the end, to be in amongst these other nominees is incredible and we're delighted to be there."

  4. Gary Oldman reacts

    Gary Oldman
    Image caption: Gary is a dead ringer for the wartime PM

    The Darkest Hour actor tells BBC News: "I don't want to count my chickens," following his best actor nomination. But having already picked up a Sag and Golden Globe for his efforts, here's hoping...

  5. All you need to know - best picture nominees

    Get the lowdown on all the best film contenders with our very own handy guide.

  6. Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood FINALLY joins Oscar nominees

    Mark Savage

    Music reporter, BBC News

    Jonny Greenwood

    Back in 2008, Jonny Greeenwood was disqualified from the Oscars' best soundtrack category.

    It turned out that the Radiohead star's stunning, spectral score for There Will Be Blood wasn't eligible, because the film contained 46 minutes of additional music that already existed.

    It didn't matter that this music, including pieces by Brahms and Estonian composer Arvo Part, wasn't on the official soundtrack CD. According to the Oscars, they were in the movie, and so Greenwood was booted out.

    Well, that oversight has been corrected in this year's nominations, with Greenwood's score for Phantom Thread officially making it into the shortlist.

    View more on youtube

    He's not the only indie hero to crop up in this year's nominees. Sufjan Stevens' beautiful, haunting love theme for Call Me By Your Name is up for best song.

    His competition in that category comes from hip-hop royalty Common and Mary J Blige - nominated for Marshall and Mudbound respectively.

    Common already has an Oscar to his name - for Glory, his song from the civil rights movie Selma - but he's not the only Oscar-winner in the category.

    Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, who won best original song for La La Land's City Of Stars last year, are nominated again for This Is Me from The Greatest Showman.

    And husband-and-wife team Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, who wrote Frozen's Let It Go, are recognised for Remember Me, from Pixar animation Coco.

    View more on youtube
  7. Meryl celebrates 21 (again)

    Meryl Streep in The Post
    Image caption: Streep plays a newspaper boss in The Post

    Streep has broken her own record - she now has 21 Oscar nominations! That's more than you've had hot dinners.

    And she's well chuffed.

  8. Jordan Peele's reaction to Get Out's 4 nominations is priceless

    Daniel Kaluuya
    Image caption: Peele posted a gif of Kaluuya with tears running down his face

    Get Out received four nominations: best film, best director, best original screenplay, and best actor for Daniel Kaluuya.

    Jordan Peele, who directed the film, responded with a gif from the film showing Kaluuya - wide-eyed and tears running down his face.

    He then tweeted: "I just spoke to Daniel. You know when you’re on the phone trying to disguise the sound of an ugly cry? I failed at that."

    He then thanked the fans attributing the film's success to them...

  9. 'We put so much love into it'

    Greta Gerwig
    Image caption: Gerwig has also acted in films including Jackie and 20th Century Women

    We recently had the honour of speaking to Greta Gerwig - nominated for best director for Lady Bird, only the fifth woman to be recognised in that category.

    Ahead of the Oscar nominations, she said: "I would be thrilled if - and I'm not just saying this - any women were nominated. And there's a slew of great female directors this year. There's a lot of women who contributed a lot to cinema this year, and I would like to see one of them on that list."

    Well, you are, Greta, you are! Congratulations!

  10. How can the Oscars avoid THAT moment from happening again?

    Warren Beatty and La La Land producer Jordan Horowitz
    Image caption: La La Land producer Jordan Horowitz announcing Moonlight as the rightful winner in 2017

    So, we've already seen one little hiccup: the full nomination list released early. Oh, and Tiffany Haddish tripping over her words announcing the nominations.

    C'mon guys, Missouri and Kaluuya ARE difficult words to pronounce.

    So how will the Academy avoid the fiasco from last year, which initially saw La La Land named as best film, instead of Moonlight?

    Well, you'll be glad to hear there are some new rules in town, including better co-ordination between the stage manager and the actors presenting the awards.

    A new person has also been added to the process to ensure tighter control measures.

    And the people responsible for 2017's gaffe will be nowhere near the ceremony.

    Read more about it in Newsround's handy guide.

  11. 14th time lucky for Roger Deakins...?

    Roger Deakins on set

    Roger Deakins has garnered his 14th nomination in the best cinematographer category for Blade Runner 2049. The British director of photography has been unlucky the other 13 times, but - you never know - perhaps 2018 will be his year..?

  12. Strong showing for Brit actors

    Daniel Kaluuya
    Image caption: Daniel Kaluuya stars in horror film Get Out

    Three out of the five best actor nominees are Brits - if you count Daniel Day-Lewis (The Phantom Thread), who holds dual citizenship (UK and Ireland).

    Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out) and Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour) are also in the running.

  13. 'Real Love' for Mary J Blige...

    ...since she's the first person EVER to be recognised in both the acting and music categories. The 47-year-old is nominated as the best supporting actress for her role as Florence Jackson in Mudbound and for the best original song, Mighty River, from the same film.

    Sure - no (more) drama.

    Mary J Blige in Mudbound
  14. Double nominees

    Beauty and the Beast
    Image caption: Emma Watson starred in Beauty and the Beast

    Britain's Jacqueline Durran is up against herself in the best costume design category - for both Beauty and the Beast and Darkest Hour.

    Fellow Brits Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer are also squaring up to each other for the same movies - but this time in the production design category.

  15. A nod for emergency Plummer...

    The only nod for Ridley Scott's All the Money in the World goes to Christopher Plummer, who replaced Kevin Spacey after allegations of sexual abuse.

    The role of Paul Getty had to be reshot after the film had already wrapped.

    Christopher Plummer
  16. Adapted screenplay

    Call Me By Your Name - James Ivory

    The Disaster Artist - Scott Neustadter and Michael H Weber

    Logan - Scott Frank, James Mangold and Michael Green

    Molly's Game - Aaron Sorkin

    Mudbound - Virgil Williams and Dee Rees

  17. Animated short

    Dear Basketball

    Garden Party

    Lou

    Negative Space

    Revolting Rhymes

  18. Original screenplay

    The Big Sick - Emily V Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani

    Get Out - Jordan Peele

    Lady Bird - Greta Gerwig

    The Shape of Water - Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor (story by Guillermo del Toro)

    Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - Martin McDonagh