Hugh Grant, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and the other Oscars 2017 snubs

Hugh Grant and Aaron Taylor-Johnson are among the British stars snubbed by the Oscars, despite scoring nods from Bafta and the Golden Globes.

Aaron was the surprise winner of the best supporting actor Globe, beating presumptive favourite and Moonlight star Mahershala Ali – but he failed to turn that triumph into recognition from the Academy.

Hugh was expected to pick up a nomination for his work in Florence Foster Jenkins, but missed out to surprise contender Michael Shannon for Nocturnal Animals.

Emily Blunt missed out on a best actress nomination for The Girl On The Train, as did Amy Adams for Arrival.Instead, Irish star Ruth Negga scored a slot in the category, alongside Isabelle Huppert for French-language film Elle.

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Ken Loach’s film about the British welfare state, I, Daniel Blake, was completely overlooked by the Academy, despite its success at the Bafta nominations, while Tom Hanks’ performance in Sully was also excluded from contention, as was Annette Bening’s performance in 20th Century Women and Taraji P Henson’s in Hidden Figures.

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Tom’s director Clint Eastwood was also overlooked, as was Denzel Washington for his directing work on Fences – he was nominated in the best actor category – and Martin Scorsese for Silence.

Crude superhero film Deadpool failed to earn any nominations despite some predicting it would score a best picture nod, and Finding Nemo sequel Finding Dory was a surprise omission from the animated film category.