The nominations for the 96th Academy Awards were announced on Tuesday morning, with “Oppenheimer” sweeping up 13 nods, surprising no one.
The atomic blockbuster was followed by “Poor Things” with 11 nominations, while “Killers of the Flower Moon” and “Barbie” also had good showings.
The award ceremony will be held on Sunday, March 10, at 7 p.m. Eastern at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood. It will be televised live on ABC.
13 nominations is 2nd most.
WIKI:
Most nominations received by a single film: 14
Three films have received 14 nominations: All About Eve (1950): won 6 awards out of 16 possible categories Titanic (1997): won 11 awards out of 17 possible categories La La Land (2016): won 6 awards out of 17 possible categories
Here’s the list of nominees:
Motion picture
“American Fiction”
“Anatomy of a Fall”
“Barbie”
“The Holdovers”
“Killers of the Flower Moon”
“Maestro”
“Oppenheimer”
“Past Lives”
“Poor Things”
“The Zone of Interest”
Directing
Justine Triet, “Anatomy of a Fall”
Martin Scorsese, “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Christopher Nolan, “Oppenheimer”
Yorgos Lanthimos, “Poor Things”
Jonathan Glazer, “The Zone of Interest”
Actor in a leading role
Bradley Cooper, “Maestro”
Colman Domingo, “Rustin”
Paul Giamatti, “The Holdovers”
Cillian Murphy, “Oppenheimer”
Jeffrey Wright, “American Fiction”
Actor in a supporting role
Sterling K. Brown, “American Fiction”
Robert De Niro, “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Robert Downey Jr., “Oppenheimer”
Ryan Gosling, “Barbie”
Mark Ruffalo, “Poor Things”
Actress in a leading role
Annette Bening, “Nyad”
Lily Gladstone, “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Sandra Hüller, “Anatomy of a Fall”
Carey Mulligan, “Maestro”
Emma Stone, “Poor Things”
Actress in a supporting role
Emily Blunt, “Oppenheimer”
Danielle Brooks, “The Color Purple”
America Ferrera, “Barbie”
Jodie Foster, “Nyad”
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, “The Holdovers”
Adapted screenplay
Cord Jefferson, “American Fiction”
Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, “Barbie”
Christopher Nolan, “Oppenheimer”
Tony McNamara, “Poor Things”
Jonathan Glazer, “The Zone of Interest”
Original screenplay
Justine Triet and Arthur Harari, “Anatomy of a Fall”
David Hemingson, “The Holdovers”
Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer, “Maestro”
Screenplay by Samy Burch, story by Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik, “May December”
Celine Song, “Past Lives”
Cinematography
“El Conde” Edward Lachman
“Killers of the Flower Moon” Rodrigo Prieto
“Maestro” Matthew Libatique
“Oppenheimer” Hoyte van Hoytema
“Poor Things” Robbie Ryan
Costume design
Jacqueline Durran, “Barbie”
Jacqueline West, “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Janty Yates and Dave Crossman, “Napoleon”
Ellen Mirojnick, “Oppenheimer”
Holly Waddington, “Poor Things”
Editing
Laurent Sénéchal, “Anatomy of a Fall”
Kevin Tent, “The Holdovers”
Thelma Schoonmaker, “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Jennifer Lame, “Oppenheimer”
Yorgos Mavropsaridis, “Poor Things”
Makeup and hairstyling
Karen Hartley Thomas, Suzi Battersby and Ashra Kelly-Blue, “Golda”
Kazu Hiro, Kay Georgiou and Lori McCoy-Bell, “Maestro”
Luisa Abel, “Oppenheimer”
Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston, “Poor Things”
Ana López-Puigcerver, David Martí and Montse Ribé, “Society of the Snow”
Original score
Laura Karpman, “American Fiction”
John Williams, “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”
Robbie Robertson, “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Ludwig Göransson, “Oppenheimer”
Jerskin Fendrix, “Poor Things”
Original song
“The Fire Inside” from “Flamin' Hot” by Diane Warren
“I'm Just Ken” from “Barbie” by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt
“It Never Went Away” from “American Symphony” by Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson
“Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)” from “Killers of the Flower Moon” by Scott George
“What Was I Made For?” from “Barbie” by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell
Wow, someone who still actually cares about the Oscars! It's a very rare breed these days.
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
Until they stop using awards shows for film/print/literature/genre fiction/etc. to virtue signal wokeness and hit diversity quota targets, this is all one sick farce.
I stopped caring about the Oscars even before all of the woke silliness started.
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
Skimmed the OP... the only thing mentioned that I have seen is “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3”
The only way i would watch the Oscars is if I needed something to help me get to sleep
"In the vast library of socialist books, there’s not a single volume on how to create wealth, only how to take and “redistribute” it.” - David Horowitz
The only way I'll ever watch an awards ceremony is if Ricky Gervais is hosting
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
Honestly I don't know what some of the others nominated films are or have heard of them:
Poor Things, Nyad, Holdovers, American Fiction, Rustin, Zone of Interest, Maestro, Past Lives, etc
Keep in mind that the Oscars is an industry awards show meaning that the determination of which films get nominated is made internally by the film industry. It has no bearing on what is popular with the general public. The Golden Globes serves that purpose.
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
Oppenheimer wins 7 Academy Awards out of 13 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Original Score.
Poor Things wins 4 Academy Awards including Best Actress, Best Costume Design, Best Production Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling.
The biggest surprise of the night is Barbie. The biggest box office hit of 2023 at over $1.4 billion worldwide, nominated for 8 Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role;
but it came away with only one win for Best Original Song.
Best Picture
American Fiction (Ben LeClair, Nikos Karamigios, Cord Jefferson and Jermaine Johnson, Producers) Anatomy of a Fall (Marie-Ange Luciani and David Thion, Producers) Barbie (David Heyman, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Robbie Brenner, Producers) The Holdovers (Mark Johnson, Producer) Killers of the Flower Moon (Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas, Martin Scorsese and Daniel Lupi, Producers) Maestro (Bradley Cooper, Steven Spielberg, Fred Berner, Amy Durning and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers) Oppenheimer (Emma Thomas, Charles Roven and Christopher Nolan, Producers) (WINNER) Past Lives (David Hinojosa, Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler, Producers) Poor Things (Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone, Producers) The Zone of Interest (James Wilson, Producer)
Best Directing
Justine Triet (Anatomy of a Fall) Martin Scorsese (Killers of the Flower Moon) Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer) (WINNER) Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things) Jonathan Glazer (The Zone of Interest)
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Bradley Cooper (Maestro) Colman Domingo (Rustin) Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers) Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer) (WINNER) Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction)
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Annette Bening (Nyad) Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon) Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall) Carey Mulligan (Maestro) Emma Stone (Poor Things) (WINNER)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Sterling K. Brown (American Fiction) Robert De Niro (Killers of the Flower Moon) Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer) (WINNER) Ryan Gosling (Barbie) Mark Ruffalo (Poor Things)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer) Danielle Brooks (The Color Purple) America Ferrera (Barbie) Jodie Foster (Nyad) Da’Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers) (WINNER)
Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
American Fiction (Written for the screen by Cord Jefferson) (WINNER) Barbie (Written by Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach) Oppenheimer (Written for the screen by Christopher Nolan) Poor Things (Screenplay by Tony McNamara) The Zone of Interest (Written by Jonathan Glazer)
Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
Anatomy of a Fall (Screenplay by Justine Triet and Arthur Harari) (WINNER) The Holdovers (Written by David Hemingson) Maestro (Written by Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer) May December (Screenplay by Samy Burch; Story by Samy Burch & Alex Mechanik) Past Lives (Written by Celine Song)
Best Animated Feature
The Boy and the Heron (Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki) (WINNER) Elemental (Peter Sohn and Denise Ream) Nimona (Nick Bruno, Troy Quane, Karen Ryan and Julie Zackary) Robot Dreams (Pablo Berger, Ibon Cormenzana, Ignasi Estapé and Sandra Tapia Díaz) Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Amy Pascal)
Best Documentary Feature Film
Bobi Wine: The People’s President (Moses Bwayo, Christopher Sharp and John Battsek) The Eternal Memory (Maite Alberdi) Four Daughters (Kaouther Ben Hania and Nadim Cheikhrouha) To Kill a Tiger (Nisha Pahuja, Cornelia Principe and David Oppenheim) 20 Days in Mariupol (Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner and Raney Aronson-Rath) (WINNER)
Best International Feature Film
Io Capitano (Italy) Perfect Days (Japan) Society of the Snow (Spain) The Teacher’s Lounge (Germany) The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom) (WINNER)
Best Animated Short Film
Letter to a Pig (Tal Kantor and Amit R. Gicelter) Ninety-Five Senses (Jerusha Hess and Jared Hess) Our Uniform (Yegane Moghaddam) Pachyderme (Stéphanie Clément and Marc Rius) War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko (Dave Mullins and Brad Booker) (WINNER)
Best Live-Action Short Film
The After (Misan Harriman and Nicky Bentham) Invincible (Vincent René-Lortie and Samuel Caron) Knight of Fortune (Lasse Lyskjaer Noer and Christian Norlyk) Red, White and Blue (Nazrin Choudhury and Sara McFarlane) The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (Wes Anderson and Steven Rales) (WINNER)
Best Documentary Short Film
The ABCs of Book Banning (Sheila Nevins and Trish Adlesic) The Barber of Little Rock (John Hoffman and Christine Turner) Island in Between (S. Leo Chiang and Jean Tsien) The Last Repair Shop (Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers) (WINNER) Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó (Sean Wang and Sam Davis)
Best Cinematography
El Conde (Edward Lachman) Killers of the Flower Moon (Rodrigo Prieto) Maestro (Matthew Libatique) Oppenheimer (Hoyte van Hoytema) (WINNER) Poor Things (Robbie Ryan)
Best Costume Design
Barbie (Jacqueline Durran) Killers of the Flower Moon (Jacqueline West) Napoleon (Janty Yates and Dave Crossman) Oppenheimer (Ellen Mirojnick) Poor Things (Holly Waddington) (WINNER)
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Golda (Karen Hartley Thomas, Suzi Battersby and Ashra Kelly-Blue) Maestro (Kazu Hiro, Kay Georgiou and Lori McCoy-Bell) Oppenheimer (Luisa Abel) Poor Things (Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston) (WINNER) Society of the Snow (Ana López-Puigcerver, David Martí and Montse Ribé)
Best Original Song
“The Fire Inside” from Flamin’ Hot (Music and Lyric by Diane Warren) “I’m Just Ken” from Barbie (Music and Lyric by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt) “It Never Went Away” from American Symphony (Music and Lyric by Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson) “Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)” from Killers of the Flower Moon (Music and Lyric by Scott George) “What Was I Made For?” from Barbie (Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell) (WINNER)
Best Original Score
American Fiction (Laura Karpman) Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (John Williams) Killers of the Flower Moon (Robbie Robertson) Oppenheimer (Ludwig Göransson) (WINNER) Poor Things (Jerskin Fendrix)
Best Production Design
Barbie (Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer) Killers of the Flower Moon (Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis) Napoleon (Production Design: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Elli Griff) Oppenheimer (Production Design: Ruth De Jong; Set Decoration: Claire Kaufman) Poor Things (Production Design: James Price and Shona Heath; Set Decoration: Zsuzsa Mihalek) (WINNER)
Best Film Editing
Anatomy of a Fall (Laurent Sénéchal) The Holdovers (Kevin Tent) Killers of the Flower Moon (Thelma Schoonmaker) Oppenheimer (Jennifer Lame) (WINNER) Poor Things (Yorgos Mavropsaridis)
Best Sound
The Creator (Ian Voigt, Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic) Maestro (Steven A. Morrow, Richard King, Jason Ruder, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic) Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One (Chris Munro, James H. Mather, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor) Oppenheimer (Willie Burton, Richard King, Gary A. Rizzo and Kevin O’Connell) The Zone of Interest (Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn) (WINNER)
Best Visual Effects
The Creator (Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, Andrew Roberts and Neil Corbould) Godzilla: Minus One (Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima) (WINNER) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams and Theo Bialek) Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning, Part One (Alex Wuttke, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland and Neil Corbould) Napoleon (Charley Henley, Luc-Ewen Martin-Fenouillet, Simone Coco and Neil Corbould)
The only thing I look at Oscar-wise are 'Red Carpet' images for a bit of a laugh. Disappointed this year as their was nothing particularly outrageous. In fact most of the outfits were rather stylish.
NFB should get a job in Hollywood as an advertisement marketer for the Oscars.
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
I didn't see "Oppenheimer" yet, but this has been a long time coming for Cillian Murphy. He's an incredibly talented dude, who has rocked in pretty much every role I have ever seen him in.
He's an incredibly talented dude, who has rocked in pretty much every role I have ever seen him in.
He elevates every film and show he is in. He's that good.
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”