HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — The biopic “Oppenheimer” led the 2024 Oscars field with 13 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director for Christopher Nolan, and acting awards for Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr. and Emily Blunt.
“Barbie,” Greta Gerwig's take on the iconic doll's story, earned eight nominations, including Best Picture, as well as acting for America Ferrera and Ryan Gosling. Gerwig and Margot Robbie were left out of the Best Director and Best Actress categories, respectively.
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Fact-based drama “Killers of the Flower Moon” also shined with 10 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director for Martin Scorsese, and nominations for Lily Gladstone and Robert De Niro. Gladstone is the the first Native American to be nominated for Best Actress in the history of the Oscars. Meanwhile, Leonardo DiCaprio was left out of the Best Actor slot.
The nominations for the 96th Academy Awards were revealed Tuesday morning by Zazie Beetz and Jack Quaid, ahead of a ceremony Sunday, March 10 at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles and a coast-to-coast telecast live on ABC at 4 p.m. PT (7 p.m. ET). Jimmy Kimmel will return as host for a fourth time after previous stints in 2017, 2018 and 2023.
For this year's Oscars, there were 321 feature films deemed eligible to compete, with 265 eligible films vying for the 2024 Best Picture award. ” and “Oppenheimer” – along with other good films from around the world, such as “The Holdovers”, “Poor Things”, “Killers of the Flower”. Moon', 'Maestro', 'American Fiction', 'Anatomy of a Fall', 'Past Lives' and 'Zone of Interest'.
96th Academy Awards nominations list
Better picture
- “American Fantasy”
- “Anatomy of a Fall”
- “Barbie”
- “The Holdovers”
- “Killers of the Flower Moon”
- “music teacher”
- “Oppenheimer”
- “Past Lives”
- “Poor things”
- “The Zone of Interest”
