The nominations for this year's Oscars were announced on Tuesday and but the official website Oscar.com made a bit of a boo-boo

Announced via live stream, the nominations for Best Actress in a Leading Role were announced as:

Best Actress

Isabelle Huppert, Elle

Ruth Negga, Loving

Natalie Portman, Jackie

Emma Stone, La La Land

Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins

BUT wily Twitter uses spotted that immediately after they were announced, the official Academy website listed Amy Adams as a nominee for Arrival, rather than Ruth Negga for Loving.

Checking back later, the list was amended to feature Negga's name, prompting some Twitterers to suggest something was amiss. Tom Hanks was also mistakenly listed as one of the Best Actor nominees, which was also later removed.

Now THR report that ABC Digital has issued an apology for the mistake:

"In an attempt to release breaking news as announced, ABC Digital briefly posted inaccurate nomination information on the Oscar.com website," reads a statement from ABC. "The nominees announced by the Academy on Twitter were accurate. ABC quickly identified and corrected the errors. We apologize to the Academy, press and fans for any confusion."

This will be the first nomination for Negga, who plays Mildred Loving - arrested for being in an interracial marriage. It's the only nomination that Jeff Nichols's film Loving got, which is something of a surprise after getting wide critical acclaim.

Adams has been nominated for five Oscars already, and her omission from the list also comes as a shock after stand-out performances in both Nocturnal Animals and Arrival.

So it sounds a clerical error by a journalist in a rush rather than any kind of conspiracy. We really hope it doesn't take the shine off Negga's much-deserved nomination.

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Elsewhere, La La Land swept the board bagging 14 nominations, and perennial awards magnet Meryl Streep racked up her 20th (TWENTIETH) nod for Florence Foster Jenkins.

The 89th Academy Awards will take place on Sunday, February 26.

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