Barbie creators snubbed in Oscar nominations
Barbie‘s director Greta Gerwig and lead actress Margot Robbie have been sensationally snubbed in this year’s Oscar nominations, as box office rival Oppenheimer scooped the pool.
Gerwig failed to get a nod for best director for the highest grossing film of 2023, while Australia’s Robbie missed out in the Best Actress category.
In another surprise, voters snubbed Leonardo DiCaprio, star of Killers of the Flower Moon.
However Robbie was still nominated as a producer in the best picture line-up and Gerwig was nominated for the adapted screenplay prize alongside her husband and fellow screenwriter Noah Baumbach.
Historical epic Oppenheimer, about the race to build the first atomic bomb, landed a leading 13 Oscar nominations and will compete for the prestigious best picture trophy.
Oppenheimer outpaced gothic comedy Poor Things, which received 11 nominations for the film industry’s highest honours.
Barbie landed eight nominations including a supporting actress nod for America Ferrera and best picture.
Also in the best picture race were Leonard Bernstein biopic Maestro and Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon about the murders of members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma in the 1920s.
Rounding out the field of 10 were American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, The Holdovers, Past Lives and The Zone of Interest.
Bradley Cooper also was left off the best director list for Maestro, although he was nominated for best actor for starring in the film as composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein.
His competitors include Cillian Murphy, who played scientist J Robert Oppenheimer.
For best original song, Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt were nominated for I’m Just Ken from Barbie, alongside sibling song-writing duo Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell for What Was I Made For? from the same film.
Nominations for the 96th Oscars were announced on Tuesday (US time) by Atlanta star Zazie Beetz and The Boys actor Jack Quaid.
Winners will be chosen by the roughly 11,000 actors, producers, directors and film craftspeople who make up the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
The golden statuettes will be handed out at a Hollywood ceremony broadcast live on Walt Disney’s ABC on March 10.
Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel will return as host.
Here are the Oscar nominations in full:
BEST 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
BEST ACTOR
Bradley Cooper for Maestro
Colman Domingo for Rustin
Paul Giamatti for The Holdovers
Cillian Murphy for Oppenheimer
Jeffrey Wright for American Fiction
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BEST ACTRESS
Annette Bening – Nyad
Lily Gladstone – Killers Of The Flower Moon
Sandra Huller – Anatomy Of A Fall
Carey Mulligan – Maestro
Emma Stone – Poor Things
BEST DIRECTOR
Justine Triet – Anatomy Of A Fall
Jonathan Glazer – The Zone Of Interest
Martin Scorsese – Killers Of The Flower Moon
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Sterling K Brown – American Fiction
Robert De Niro – Killers Of The Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr – Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling – Barbie
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
America Ferrera – Barbie
Jodie Foster – Nyad
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
ORIGINAL SONG
The Fire Inside from Flamin’ Hot – Diane Warren
I’m Just Ken from Barbie – Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt
It Never Went Away from American Symphony – Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson
Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People) from Killers Of The Flower Moon – Scott George
What Was I Made For? from Barbie – Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell
ORIGINAL SCORE
American Fiction
Indiana Jones And The Dial of Destiny
Killers Of The Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
American Fiction – Cord Jefferson
Barbie – Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach
Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan
Poor Things – Tony McNamara
The Zone Of Interest – Jonathan Glazer
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
Anatomy Of A Fall – Justine Triet and Arthur Harari
The Holdover – David Hemingson
Maestro – Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer
May December – screenplay by Samy Burch and story by Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik
Past Lives – Celine Song
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
The Boy And The Heron
Elemental
Nimona
Robot Dreams
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
Io Capitano (Italy)
Perfect Days (Japan)
Society Of The Snow (Spain)
The Teachers’ Lounge (Germany)
The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom)
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
Bobi Wine: The People’s President
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The Eternal Memory
Four Daughters
To Kill A Tiger
20 Days In Mariupol
DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
The ABCs Of Book Banning
The Barber Of Little Rock
Island In Between
The Last Repair Shop
Nai Nai & Wai Po
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Letter To A Pig
Ninety-Five Senses
Our Uniform
Pachyderme
War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
The After
Invincible
Kight Of Fortune
Red, White And Blue
The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar
SOUND
The Creator
Maestro
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Oppenheimer
The Zone Of Interest
COSTUME DESIGN
Barbie
Killers Of The Flower Moon
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
VISUAL EFFECTS
The Creator
Godzilla Minus One
Guardians Of The Galaxy: Vol 3
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Napoleon
CINEMATOGRAPHY
El Conde
Killers Of The Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
FILM EDITING
Anatomy Of A Fall
The Holdovers
Killers Of The Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Barbie
Killers Of The Flower Moon
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Golda
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Society Of The Snow
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