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Northern California Talent Up for Oscar Nominations

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An Oscar statue at the Foreign Language Film Oscar nominees reception sponsored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP/Getty Images)

The 90th Academy Awards takes place tonight in Los Angeles and some Bay Area nominees will have a chance at taking home an award.

Berkeley-born James Ivory is up for Adapted Screenplay for "Call Me By Your Name."

Daly City's Sam Rockwell has a supporting actor nomination going for his role in “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.”

Oakland's Raphael Saadiq is nominated for Original Song for co-writing Mary J. Blige’s “Mighty River" featured in the movie "Mudbound."

Emeryville’s Pixar has a nomination for Animated Feature Film with “Coco.” The movie also earned a nomination for Original Song with “Remember Me,” which is performed by San Francisco native Benjamin Bratt.

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Another Bay Area company, Skywalker Sound, is up for a nomination for work on "Star Wars: The Last Jedi." Ren Klyce and Matt Wood were nominated for Sound Editing and Klyce, David Parker, and Michael Semanick were nominated for Sound Mixing.

Skywalker Sound’s Gary Rizzo was also nominated for Sound Mixing for "Dunkirk."

One last Bay Area connection to the awards show tonight won't be seen on stage. The Francis Ford Coppola Winery will be supplying the wine poured at the Oscars and Governors Ball. Custom wine blends and commemorative labels were made for the event.

Branching out to Northern California, "Lady Bird" is bringing a lot of attention to Sacramento. The movie is up for five nominations including Best Picture, Actress in a Supporting Role and Actress in a Leading Role. Greta Gerwig, born in Sacramento, is nominated for writing and directing work on the movie.

Check out a full list of nominees here.

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