Film fanatics, critics and the film industry alike tuned in to the live streaming of this year’s Oscar nominations on Jan. 24. The 89th Annual Academy Awards – hosted by famed talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel – nears its TV telecast, as it is set to air on ABC Feb. 26.

It was a moment filled with surprises, snubs, and accurate predictions as the movies nominated varied, featuring small budget and blockbuster hits.

The already award-winning film “La La Land” is expected to dominate the Oscars after having won all of its 7 Golden Globes a few weeks ago. It is nominated for a whopping 14 awards, sharing that record with 1950’s “All About Eve” and 1997’s “Titanic.”

The other two award winning films, “Moonlight” and “Manchester by the Sea”, also garnered nominations in the main categories of best picture, acting, screenplay and directing. “Moonlight,” while not making a lot of money at the box office, could potentially take best picture away from “La La Land” and the other films, given its win for best dramatic picture at the Golden Globes, and countless wins during the awards season.

Among the other films nominated for best picture include war movie “Hacksaw Ridge,” human drama “Lion,” sci-fi drama “Arrival,” historical drama “Hidden Figures,” drama “Fences,” and modern western crime film “Hell or High Water.”

One of the highest grossing films of 2016, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” scored two nominations for best sound mixing and best visual effects. “The Jungle Book,” “Doctor Strange,” “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” “Passengers,” and “Star Trek Beyond” were among the other nominated blockbuster films you probably saw. Surprisingly, the mixed and mostly panned film “Suicide Squad” garnered a nomination for best makeup and hairstyle.

“Zootopia” and “Moana,” two of Disney’s biggest animated films of 2016, are nominated for best animated feature, showing that Disney still reigns supreme in animation.

What’s also diverse and interesting about the 2017 nominations is the people nominated, with newcomers and previous alumni.

People of color received nods, meaning that the #Oscarsowhite controversy that surrounded the previous two Academy Award nominations is not to be found in 2017, at least for this time around.

Among these 7 racially-diverse actors nominated is Mahershala Ali, whose performance as a drug-dealer and father figure to the protagonist in “Moonlight” earned him a nomination in the best supporting actor category. Co-star Naomie Harris, who plays the protagonist’s drug-addicted mother and nurse, also garnered a nomination for best supporting actress.

A front runner for best supporting actress is Viola Davis for her performance as a strong African American wife in “Fences,” directed by Denzel Washington, who also stars alongside Davis. Washington is nominated this year in the best actor category for his performance as a conflicted African American man living in 1950s America just on the cusp of the Civil Rights Movement. Washington has already won two awards for 1989’s “Glory” and 2001’s “Training Day,” but Davis has yet to win despite nominations for 2008’s “Doubt” and 2011’s “The Help.” Perhaps this may be her year to shine.

Dev Patel, best known for his role in 2008’s best picture winner “Slumdog Millionaire” is another actor of color nominated for his emotional portrayal of a grown orphan who must find his original family again the movie “Lion.” His first time best supporting actor nod is a defining moment in his career.

Octavia Spencer, winner of best supporting actress for 2011’s “The Help,” is nominated once again, this time for her portrayal of NASA employee, Dorothy Vaughan, in the film “Hidden Figures.”

The final actor of color nominated is Ruth Negga for her portrayal of Mildred Loving, the African American woman that fought for the right to marry her white husband in the known Supreme Court case of Loving v. Virginia, in the film “Loving.” Once on ABC’s hit show “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D,” Negga has reached a high point in her career with her best actress nomination.

Other instances of diversity in nominations include Lin-Manuel Miranda, a star in the Broadway theatre world for his musical “Hamilton,” gets a film nod for his music and lyrics in the best original song category for “How Far I’ll Go” from “Moana.” He’s won several Tony awards, a Pulitzer, an Emmy, 2 Grammy awards and now he has a chance to win an Oscar to add to his portfolio as an artist.

Other nominees include Casey Affleck for his performance in “Manchester by the Sea,” Justin Timberlake for his hit song “Can’t Stop the Feeling” from “Trolls,” Mel Gibson for directing “Hacksaw Ridge” and Natalie Portman for Best Actress in “Jackie.”

Meryl Streep receives her 20th Oscar nomination, the most for any actor in Academy Award history, for “Florence Foster Jenkins,” in which she plays the title character, an elderly woman with a passion for opera despite not having the voice to be an opera singer.

With all this talk about the films and people who scored Oscar nominations this year, there certainly were films and people that got left out. Here are the snubs:

Clint Eastwood’s commercially and critically successful film “Sully” didn’t get the love from Academy voters, as Tom Hanks intriguing title role as the pilot that safely landed a plane in the Hudson wasn’t nominated as was Eastwood’s direction. The film did, however, get nominated for Best Sound Editing.

People expected Amy Adams to get a nod for either “Arrival” or “Nocturnal Animals” in the Best Actress category, for her great performances in those two films, but she lucked out this year, though those two films themselves are nominated.

Shocking awards contender “Deadpool,” which had two Golden Globe nominations for best comedy and best actor in a comedy for Ryan Reynolds, didn’t make the cut in this year’s Oscars, showing the lack of attention Academy voters give to comic book films or superhero films or anti-superhero films for that matter.

Speaking of, “Captain America: Civil War,” a solidly made Marvel film didn’t make the cut, especially for Best Visual Effects. However, Marvel’s “Doctor Strange” takes its place.

For Disney Pixar, “Finding Dory,” the highest grossing animated film domestically, did not get nominated, which is unusual for a Pixar film, but the same can’t be said of Disney’s other animated films of 2016.

Martin Scorsese’s dream of adapting “Silence” to the silver screen came true, but he himself did not get any recognition for the film’s direction, despite having worked on the film when he first wanted to make it 3 decades ago. “Silence” has one nomination for Best Cinematography though.

Pharrell Williams is left in the dust when it was revealed that he wasn’t nominated for Best Original Song  in “Hidden Figures,” with his music combining hip-hop and the sound of the 1960s missing out. He is nominated as a producer for “Hidden Figures” in the best picture category.

Let’s see how these nominees fare at the Oscars.

For the full list of nominees, visit http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2017