'La La Land' Leads List Of Oscar Nominees

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Published January 24, 2017 at 1:52 PM EST

Oscars are displayed at "Meet the Oscars", an exhibit that featured the 50 Oscar statuettes presented at the 78th Academy Awards in 2006. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

The nominees for the 89th Academy Awards were announced Tuesday morning. The musical “La La Land” was the big winner, picking up 14 nominations, tying with “Titanic” and “All About Eve” for the most nominations ever.

Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson goes through some of the contenders with Claudia Puig ( @claudiapuig), president of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.

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