Barbie (c) Warner Brothers
Oscar nominations day is always full of highs and lows. While one tries to stay impartial, an interested bystander one might say, i do have my favorites, and there are invariably films everyone else loves that leave me baffled. This year, the top ten predicted to make it, made it, as did most of the actors. Oppenheimer got the most nominations with 13. The biggest surprise has to be America Ferrera, who received her first Oscar nomination for Barbie, while she didn’t get many nominations in other award bodies (but had a lot of fan support). It’s odd that Ferrera got in but Margot Robbie, who plays the titular Barbie, did not. And I guess Barbie directed itself. I was very happy to see the Nyad women get nominated as the acting got rave reviews, but the film did not. And of course, happy millionth nomination for Maestro himself, John Williams.
Congrats to all. The Oscars will be handed out on Sunday, March 10 on ABC.
2023-2024 Oscar Nominations
Past Lives (c) A24
Surprises for the Interested Bystander
BEST 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
DIRECTOR
Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest
Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall
Maestro (c) Netflix
ACTRESS
Annette Bening, Nyad
Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall
Carey Mulligan, Maestro
Emma Stone, Poor Things
ACTOR
Bradley Cooper, Maestro
Colman Domingo, Rustin
Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction
The Color Purple (c) Warner Bros.
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
America Ferrera, Barbie
Jodie Foster, Nyad
Da'vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
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
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Anatomy of a Fall, Justine Triet, Arthur Harari
The Holdovers, David Hemingson
Maestro, Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer
May December, Samy Burch & Alex Mechanik
Past Lives, Celine Song
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
American Fiction, Cord Jefferson
Barbie, Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach
Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan
Poor Things, Tony Mcnamara
The Zone of Interest, Jonathan Glazer
Society of the Snow (c) Netflix
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
Io Capitano, Italy
Perfect Days, Japan
Society Of the Snow, Spain
The Teachers' Lounge, Germany
The Zone of Interest, United Kingdom
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
The Boy and the Heron
Elemental
Namona
Robot Dreams
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
Bobi Wine: The People's President
The Eternal Memory
Four Daughters
To Kill a Tiger
20 Days in Mariupol
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (c) Paramount Pictures
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
Poor Things, Jerskin Fendrix
ORIGINAL SONG
The Fire Inside
from Flamin' Hot
I'm Just Ken
from Barbie
It Never Went Away
from American Symphony
Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People) from Killers of the Flower Moon
What Was I Made For? from Barbie
CINEMATOGRAPHY
El Conde, Edward Lachman
Killers of the Flower Moon, Rodrigo Prieto
Maestro, Matthew Libatique
Oppenheimer, Hoyte Van Hoytema
Poor Things, Robbie Ryan
Nsapoleon (c) Apple TV+
COSTUME DESIGN
Barbie, Jacqueline Durran
Killers Of the Flower Moon, Jacqueline West
Napoleon, Janty Yates, Dave Crossman
Oppenheimer, Ellen Mirojnick
Poor Things, Holly Waddington
FILM EDITING
Anatomy of a Fall, Laurent Sénéchal
The Holdovers, Kevin Tent
Killers Of the Flower Moon, Thelma Schoonmaker
Oppenheimer, Jennifer Lame
Poor Things, Yorgos Mavropsaridis
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
Society of the Snow, Ana López-Puigcerver, David Martí and Montse Ribé
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Barbie, Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
Killers of the Flower Moon, Jack Fisk, Adam Willis
Napoleon, Arthur Max, Elli Griff
Oppenheimer, Ruth De Jong, Claire Kaufman
Poor Things, James Price, Shona Heath, Zsuzsa Mihalek
The Zone of Interest (c) A24
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
VISUAL EFFECTS
The Creator
Godzilla Minus One
Guardians Of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Napoleon
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Letter to a Pig
Ninety-Five Senses
Our Uniform
Pachyderme
War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko
Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó (c) Walt Disney Studios
DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
The ABCs Of Book Banning
The Barber of Little Rock
Island In Between
The Last Repair Shop
Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
The After
Invincible
Knight of Fortune
Red, White and Blue
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
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