'La La Land' is top Oscars contender

La La Land will be the one to beat at this year's Oscars, having scored a record-equalling 14 nominations.
    
La La Land's 14 nominations puts it on the same footing as All About Eve and Titanic, which both received 14 nominations in 1951 and 1998 respectively.
    
Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone are up for best actor and actress for their roles in the modern musical romance.
    
It is also one of nine films up for the best picture award.
     
Sci-fi film Arrival and coming-of-age drama Moonlight have eight nominations each.
    
Meryl Streep gets her 20th Oscar nomination, in the best actress category, for her role in Florence Foster Jenkins.
    
This year's Oscar nominations have thrust the conversation about diversity back into the limelight, but this time in a more positive context.
    
Seven actors of color were nominated including Denzel Washington, Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer.
    
Davis is now a three-time Oscar nominee, a first for an African American woman.
    
US comedian and talk show host Jimmy Kimmel will host the Oscar Awards ceremony on February 26.