La La leads Oscars pack

Romantic musical La La Land led the Oscar nominations yesterday with 14 nods, including the top prize of best picture.

It will contend with science fiction movie Arrival with eight nominations; family drama Manchester by the Sea; coming of age drama Moonlight; and war movie Hacksaw Ridge.

Also contending are Hidden Figures, about the US space programme; African-American drama Fences; modern western crime adventure Hell or High Water; and Indian adoption drama Lion for the best picture award at the Academy Awards ceremony in Hollywood on February 26.