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The nominees for the 90th Academy Awards included nods for women and minority filmmakers amid a movement concerning sexual harassment in the industry and reverberations of the #OscarsSoWhite controversy two years ago._  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jan 23, 2018 3:30 PM UTC The nominees for the 90th Academy Awards included nods for women and minority filmmakers amid a movement concerning sexual harassment in the industry and reverberations of the #OscarsSoWhite controversy two years ago.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jan 23, 2018 3:30 PM UTC On Tuesday morning, _Girls Trip_ actor [Tiffany Haddish](http://time.com/5048460/tiffany-haddish-taylor-swift-cooking/) and _Lord of the Rings_‘ [Andy Serkis](http://time.com/4854633/andy-serkis-reads-trump-tweets-video/)read out the list of nominations for the [2018 Oscars](http://time.com/5112407/oscar-nominations-2018/). As could be expected, the list was stacked with the year’s most-buzzed-about films — and some surprises. Because while favorites like _Lady Bird, Get Out_ and [_Dunkirk_](http://time.com/4864051/dunkirk-review/) naturally got nods — to the delight of many — so too did some out-of-left-field choices, like the animated feature [_Boss Baby._](http://time.com/4722269/boss-baby-beats-beauty-and-the-beast-box-office/) So of course internet commentators were quick to jump on the Academy Awards bandwagon, sharing the memes about this year’s notable films that everyone was thinking. Cue the iconic [Armie Hammer dancing.](http://time.com/4981857/armie-hammer-dancing/) > [](https://twitter.com/DanielleDASH/status/955798727960260610) > [](https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/955805161552863238) > [](https://twitter.com/MILEZDAS/status/955800984017448961) > [](https://twitter.com/90SClNEMA/status/955804002498703362) > [](https://twitter.com/annetdonahue/status/955799112145924096) > [](https://twitter.com/cmclymer/status/955801303531302913) > [](https://twitter.com/Caarmsssss/status/955803083728195585) > [](https://twitter.com/archivesaoirse/status/955803016422219776) > [](https://twitter.com/iWatchiAm/status/955810999755530240) > [](https://twitter.com/MatthewACherry/status/955799881712455680) > [](https://twitter.com/saoirsenews/status/955800087317409792) > [](https://twitter.com/ErikDavis/status/955803438935257088) Plus, some were not OK with the inevitable snubs. > [](https://twitter.com/starwarstuff/status/955803182084608001) > [](https://twitter.com/JurassicAust/status/955801155858087936) > [](https://twitter.com/kyndallrene/status/955801248120344577) > [](https://twitter.com/ira/status/955800738692608001) And some of the nominees themselves had something to say. > [](https://twitter.com/kumailn/status/955809505865998336) > [](https://twitter.com/kumailn/status/955811042587688960) > [](https://twitter.com/JordanPeele/status/955807529161801728) This year’s Oscars will take place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday, March 4, hosted by [Jimmy Kimmel.](http://time.com/5109607/jimmy-kimmel-barista-childrens-health-care/) ## Transcript [00:00] Here are the nine films selected as Best Picture [00:03] nominees. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] Call Me By [00:13] Your Name. [ APPLAUSE ] Peter Spears, Luca [00:18] Guadagnino, Emilie Georges and Marco Morabito. [00:22] [ APPLAUSE ] Producers. Darkest [00:30] Hour, Tim Bevin, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony [00:34] McCarten, and Douglas Urbanski produces Dunkirk. [00:36] Emma Thomas [00:43] and Christopher Nolan, Producers. [ APPLAUSE ] Get [00:51] out. Sean McKittrick, Jason Blum, Edward H. Ham Jr. [00:55] and Jordan Peel, producers. [ APPLAUSE ] [ APPLAUSE ] [00:56] Lady Bird, Scott [01:02] Ruden, Eli Bush and Evelyn O'neill. [01:06] Producers. [ APPLAUSE ] [ LAUGH ] Phantom [01:13] Thread. Joanne Seller, Paul Thomas Anderson, Megan [01:16] Ellison and Daniel Loopy, producers. [ APPLAUSE ] The [01:24] Post, Amy Pascale, Steven Spielberg, and [01:28] Kristie MacOsko Keurig, producers. [ LAUGH ] [01:30] [ APPLAUSE ] Or Krieger. [ LAUGH ] The [01:40] Shape of Water, Guillermo Del Toro. And J Miles Dale, [01:42] producers. [ APPLAUSE ] And [01:51] Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Graham [01:55] Broadbent, Peter Czernin [02:01] and Martin McDonagh, producers. [ APPLAUSE ] [02:08] [ APPLAUSE ] Here [02:19] are the nominees for achievement in directing. [02:22] [ BLANK_AUDIO ] [02:24] Dunkirk, Christopher Nolan. [ APPLAUSE ] Get Out, [02:30] Jordan Peele. [ APPLAUSE ] [ APPLAUSE ] [02:36] Lady Bird, Greta Gerwig. [ APPLAUSE ] Phantom [02:42] Thread, Paul Thomas Anderson. [ APPLAUSE ] And [02:48] The Shape of Water, Guillermo del Toro. [ LAUGH ] [02:50] [ APPLAUSE ] [ APPLAUSE ] And [02:56] for performance by an actress in a leading role, Sally [03:01] Hawkins in The Shape of Water. [ APPLAUSE ] [03:06] Frances McDormand in Three Billboards Outside [03:09] Ebbing, Missouri. [ APPLAUSE ] Margot [03:13] Robbie in I, Tonya. [ APPLAUSE ] [ APPLAUSE ] [03:19] Saorise Ronan in Lady Bird [ APPLAUSE ] And [03:24] Meryl Streep in The Post. [ APPLAUSE ] [03:31] For performance by an actor in a leading role. [03:34] Timothee Chalamet [03:38] [ APPLAUSE ] In Call Me by [03:44] Your Name. [ APPLAUSE ] Daniel Day- Lewis in [03:45] Phantom Thread. [ APPLAUSE ] Daniel Kaluuya. [03:45] [ APPLAUSE ] Hallelujah, hallelujah. [ APPLAUSE ] Daniel [03:50] Kaluuya. Kaluuya. You know it, he know his name [04:02] and Get Out. [ LAUGH ] Gary [04:07] Oldman in Darkest Hour. [ APPLAUSE ]. And [04:12] Denzel Washington in Roman J. Israel esq. [04:15] [ APPLAUSE ]. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5114291/oscar-memes-2018/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5114291/oscar-memes-2018/"},"headline":"The 2018 Oscar Nominations Are Here. 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