Upper Dublin High School graduate Josh Singer received an Oscar nomination for for Best Original Screenplay for Spotlight. The announcement was made Thursday morning.

From Philly.com

Reached Thursday midafternoon, Singer was understandably elated. He was up before dawn to watch the announcements live, with his wife, the novelist Laura Dave. “I said to my wife before we went to bed last night that if we got five nominations, I’d be really excited — and we got six. It’s thrilling.

Singer already has a Golden Globe nomination for the same film