The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced their nominations for the 2018 awards, commonly known as the Oscars, this week.
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouriseems to be the critics' frontrunner following recent awards wins, while Get Out, the Jordan Peele-helmed drama/horror, received nominations for Best Actor (Daniel Kaluuya), Best Director and Best Picture.
https://t.co/AfhT8aHJbN— Jordan Peele (@Jordan Peele) 1516715745
Tiffany Haddish, who shared the duties of hosting the nomination ceremony with Andy Serkis, was the fan favourite on Twitter despite not being nominated for any awards.
The comedian and actor who starred in Girls Tripand recently made history as the first black female comic to host Saturday Night Live captured Twitter's imagination with her exuberance, wit, and charisma.
People loved her delivery:
give tiffany haddish a fucking oscar for the way she says call me by your name— hunter harris (@hunter harris) 1516715120
Guys our girl Tiffany Haddish is slaughtering everyone’s names on this announcement. 😂#OscarNoms— Justin Mikita (he/him/his) (@Justin Mikita (he/him/his)) 1516715289
Her appraisals of films:
I'd pay serious money to hear Tiffany Haddish describe the plot of The Shape of Water. "They're gonna kill that fis… https://t.co/fw793uHMHa— Louis Virtel (@Louis Virtel) 1516716040
In fact just her, entirely her:
Just GIVE Tiffany Haddish all the #Oscars, nobody will mind.— Emily Andras (@Emily Andras) 1516714448
me talking to the academy after they snubbed Tiffany Haddish https://t.co/M4b2yoKk26— 𝚑𝚒𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚌 𝚙𝚒𝚡𝚒𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕 (@𝚑𝚒𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚌 𝚙𝚒𝚡𝚒𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕) 1516717522
Tiffany Haddish needed that best supporting actress nomination tho. #OscarNoms #GirlsTrip— Matthew A. Cherry (@Matthew A. Cherry) 1516718015
Tiffany Haddish is absolutely delightful. #OscarNoms— Rebecca Theodore-Vachon (@Rebecca Theodore-Vachon) 1516714539
But most of all, her wild love of Boss Baby:
They say the Academy Awards can make or break a career.
It may the first time a nominations ceremony has done that.