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Atlanta's Oscar connections

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By Jennifer Brett
Feb 26, 2017

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Jimmy Kimmel hosts the 2017 Academy Awards, airing at 7 p.m. tonight on ABC. Given Georgia's booming film industry, we're naturally on the lookout for local ties among the winners.

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The AJC's Oscar Party team got some inside intel:

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In a quick red-carpet interview on Sunday, Oscar nominee Octavia Spencer said metro-Atlanta filmed "Hidden Figures" was a history lesson that offered hope and inspiration. It's up for best picture. Image: ABC

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Denzel Washington, seen here at the Atlanta screening of "Fences," is up for a best actor trophy tonight. Photo: Armani Martin

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