"Pleased," truly, in all probability doesn't even start to explain director Christopher Nolan's mood at this second. In a span of simply 23 minutes, his acclaimed summer time mega-blockbuster Oppenheimer was name-checked a minimum of 13 occasions. (Think about if Billie Eilish had crafted a track for it.) Martin Scorsese might be ecstatic, too. His latest opus, Killers of the Flower Moon, was honored 10 occasions … though not for Tailored Screenplay or for Greatest Actor candidate Leonardo DiCaprio.
Even two-time nominee Bradley Cooper can breathe a sigh of aid that the strange unfavorable buzz surrounding Maestro didn't seep into the Academy's minds and hearts. Let's assume he'll be OK with sitting in a chair on the large night time.
Might December's Charles Melton and The Shade Purple's Fantasia Barrino, meanwhile, in all probability remorse waking up so early.
In any case, the Oscar nominations perpetually give film fans causes to have fun, yell, gasp and shake their fists at the winter sky before they've even had their breakfast. The listing for the 96th annual Academy Awards — announced Tuesday, January 23 — proved to be no exception.
Let's break down 5 shocks and snubs:
5 Surprises and Snubs from the 2024 Oscar NominationsCourtesy of Warner Bros. Footage
A Combined Bag for Barbie
Look, Barbie is already a groundbreaking success. Make that a groundbreaking phenomenon. Director and cowriter Greta Gerwig owns an Oscar and may write her ticket. She just gained't be writing an Oscar speech for Greatest Director. In a light surprise, she didn't get tapped within the class and should settle for a Greatest Tailored screenplay quotation. In a positively stacked Greatest Actress race — critically, see Sandra Huller in Anatomy of a Fall should you haven't already — Margot Robbie was additionally shut out for her ebullient efficiency in the titular position. Still as a producer, she did get cited for Greatest Image. And she or he's Margot Robbie. She'll be effective. And she will root for America Ferrera!
Dua Puts her Dancing Footwear Away
Due to a new-ish Academy rule, only two tracks from one movie could be nominated within the Greatest Unique Track category. (Against this, songs from these 90s animated Disney films used to dominate it.) This yr, three songs from Barbie made the early nomination minimize — Dua Lipa's "Dance the Night time," Eilish's "What Was I Made For" and Ryan Gosling's "I'm Just Ken." Nevertheless it was Golden Globe nominee "Dance the Night time" that finally received squeezed out. On the plus, now the door is open for Gosling to carry out on the Oscars. Someone please make this occur.
No 'Might December' in March
A lot for those early crucial awards. For a scorching minute — proper round its early December launch date on Netflix — the dark high-brow comedy Might December was probably the most acclaimed film in all of the land. However come January, the film solely popped up in the Greatest Unique Screenplay category. Sorry, Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore. And double sorry to Melton, who played a delicate soul nonetheless making an attempt to shake a intercourse scandal and was tipped for a Greatest Supporting Actor. That is what comes of a movie only exploding inside the Film Twitter bubble.
Unhappiness for 'The Shade Purple'
On the floor, the musical adaptation of The Colour Purple had all the makings of Oscar gold. Worthwhile and inspirational material. A gifted forged. Present-stopping numbers. It even cleaned up through the Christmas box office. However then dangerous news concerning the production began to drip like a leaky faucet. (What's that concerning the forged having to drive themselves to the set?!). In consequence, Danielle Brooks — already a Tony nominee in the standout position of Sofia — is the lone Oscar nominee as she represents within the Supporting Actress category. Unusual fun reality: the original 1985 movie famously acquired zero awards regardless of 11 nominations.
5 Surprises and Snubs from the 2024 Oscar NominationsA24
'The Iron Claw' Moves Off the Mat
Alright Zac Efron followers, this one's for you. True, the actor showed impressive vary enjoying tortured wrestler Kevin Von Erich in The Iron Clawas he watches all his brothers die tragically and prematurely. Also true that his chiseled abs within the movie might sharpen glass. It nonetheless wasn't sufficient. With its late-in-the-game December release date and lack of sneak-peak fall pageant screenings, the film just couldn't snare the required traction before the ballots have been submitted and received shut out solely. As for Efron? He was competing towards a slew of formidable performances. He should take coronary heart that DiCaprio, who often gets nominated only for exhaling oxygen, was snubbed too.
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