Sources: ABC
Nominations for the 2025 Academy Awards are released, with "Sinners" receiving 16 overall nominations, surpassing the record for most nominations for a film that was previously held by "All About Eve" (1950), "Titanic" (1997), and "La La Land" (2016). 2026-01-22
"Moonlight" wins Best Picture, moments after "La La Land" was mistakenly announced as the winner. It also won Best Adapted Screenplay. 2017-02-26
"La La Land" 's director Damien Chazelle wins the Oscar for Best Director and Emma Stone wins the Best Actress. 2017-02-26
"The Salesman" directed by Asghar Farhadi won Best Foreign Language Film. Farhadi and other film crew did not attend the ceremony in protest of Donald Trump's visa ban. First Iranian in space Anousheh Ansari and scienist Firouz Naderi attended in place of Farhadi. 2017-02-26
Mahershala Ali wins the Best Supporting Actor for his role in "Moonlight". He is the first Muslim American to win the award. 2017-02-26
The 89th Academy Awards are held in Los Angeles, California. 2017-02-26
Viola Davis wins the Best Supporting Actress for her role in "Fences". 2017-02-26
Nominations for the 2017 Academy Awards are announced, with "La La Land", "Moonlight" and "Hidden Figures" among the favorites. 2017-01-24
"Frozen" wins two Oscars, including the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. 2014-03-3