There will be a flood of Canadian nominees from The Shape of Water at tonight’s Academy Awards.The film, which was shot in Hamilton and Toronto, is nominated for a leading 13 Oscars. Toronto producer J. Miles Dale is co-nominated with director Guillermo del Toro for best picture.Canadians who worked on the film are also nominated in categories including costume design, film editing, sound editing, sound mixing, and production design.Other Canadian Oscar nominees this year include Toronto-born veteran actor Christopher Plummer for his supporting role in All the Money in the World.Vancouver-born production designer Dennis Gassner is nominated for Blade Runner 2049. Also nominated is the animated film The Breadwinner, which is a Canadian co-production.The Oscars will hope to live down their most infamous blunder at the 90th Academy Awards. The ceremony begins at 8 p.m. EST. But more than redemption is on the line Sunday. The ceremony promises to be rife with references to the #MeToo movement sparked by the Harvey Weinstein revelations.Host Jimmy Kimmel will be tasked with not just ensuring the correct winners are read Sunday, but also with confronting a traumatic year for Hollywood. While there may not be a blackout dress code like there was at the Golden Globes, Time’s Up has remained a hot topic on the Oscars red carpet.A few men flaunted their Time’s Up pins again, like The Greatest Showman songwriter Justin Paul, Bradley Whitford and best supporting actor nominees Richard Jenkins and Sam Rockwell. Get Out actor Lil Rel Howery says his pin is on his jean jacket, which he wears out more often than his Oscars tux.Eva Marie Saint, who is presenting Sunday night, says she thinks the movement will be good for men and women. Whitford says it’s time to focus on non-Hollywood Time’s Up situations too.Tarana Burke, the creator of the viral #MeToo movement, walked the carpet Sunday with her sister. Burke says that it is still a joyous occasio ...
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