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.

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:

Her appraisals of films:

In fact just her, entirely her:

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.

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