The biggest surprises and snubs of the 2024 Oscar nominations
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Early this morning, the 2024 Oscar nominations were announced, and talk about a wake-up call. The Oscar race is usually the best part of winter, but Hollywood and fans alike are feeling like this might be the winter of our discontent with so many shocking snubs and surprises for the 2024 season.
Oppenheimer is leading the nominations with a whopping 13 nods across several categories, Poor Things followed with 11, Killers of the Flower Moon with 10, and mega-blockbuster hit Barbie earned 8.
However, there were some glaring snubs that fans are up in arms about. Barbie fans, we revolt at dawn!
Snubs
While Barbie was honoured with a Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Actor nod, fans cannot believe director Greta Gerwig was snubbed for Best Director and star and producer Margot Robbie was snubbed for Best Actress.
In fact, fans are angry that Canadian hunk Ryan Gosling received a nod for Best Actor, but not Margot, which is literally the undercurrent that runs through the film!
No nomination for Margot Robbie or Greta Gerwig for the #Oscars but Ryan Gosling gets one. Literally the whole point of the Barbie film 😳 pic.twitter.com/SVpX6diGJb
— Joe (@joeefoster) January 23, 2024
Fans were also shocked about Zac Efron's performance in The Iron Claw being overlooked by the Academy.
Another shocking snub goes to Leonardo DiCaprio for his role in Martin Scorsese’s epic Killers of the Flower Moon. Leo is used to the snub, it used to be a running gag, until he finally won in 2016 for The Revenant.
Keeping with acting, another huge snub goes to the cast of May December. Charles Melton, Natalie Portman, Julianne Moore were lauded for their work in this film that dovetails off of the Mary Kay Letourneau scandal, but alas, the Academy was not swayed.
Regarding Best Director and Best Picture, another high-profile woman director was edged out - Emerald Fennell did not land a nod for Saltburn, which in turn was ignored for Best Picture. There is only one woman director in the Best Director category, Justine Triet for directing the Cannes darling Anatomy of a Fall.
Another huge snub was The Color Purple which perhaps was released too late in the year for Academy members to really clock it. Although the film as a whole did not receive acknowledgment from the Academny, Danielle Brooks DID receive a nomination for Best Supporting Actress though for her work in the film.
Surprises
Can we get a HECK YEAH for Lily Gladstone nabbing a Best Actress nod for her role in Killers of the Flower Moon?! People reports she is the first Indigenous Best Actress nominee, and what’s more, it’s full circle. Because her high school yearbook named her the student most likely to win an Oscar! We’re rooting for you, Lily!
Another great surprise is America Ferrera’s nod for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Barbie. That monologue got us all shook.
Men of colour are also populating the nominations, and we love this. Colman Domingo nabbed a Best Actor nod for his role in Rustin, Jeffrey Wright is also in that category for his work in American Fiction, and Sterling K. Brown is in the Best Supporting Actor category, also for American Fiction. We’re so excited to see how this will play out.
The Oscars will air March 10 at 7:00 p.m. ET on CTV where Jimmy Kimmel returns as host. The full list of nominees is below!
Full list of nominations:
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
Best Actress
Annette Bening, Nyad
Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall
Carey Mulligan, Maestro
Emma Stone, Poor Things
Best Actor
Bradley Cooper, Maestro
Colman Domingo, Rustin
Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction
Best Supporting Actress
Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
America Ferrera, Barbie
Jodie Foster, Nyad
Da'Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
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 Director
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
Best Original Screenplay
Anatomy of a Fall
The Holdovers
Maestro
May December
Past Lives
Best Adapted Screenplay
American Fiction
Barbie
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
The Zone of Interest
Best Cinematography
El Conde
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Best Original Score
American Fiction
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Best Original Song
"The Fire Inside," Flamin' Hot
"I'm Just Ken," Barbie
"It Never Went Away," American Symphony
"Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)," Killers of the Flower Moon
"What Was I Made For?" Barbie
Best Editing
Anatomy of a Fall
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Best Production Design
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Best Costume Design
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Golda
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Society of the Snow
Best Sound
The Creator
Maestro
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Oppenheimer
The Zone of Interest
Best Visual Effects
The Creator
Godzilla Minus One
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Napoleon
Best International Feature
Io Capitano
Perfect Days
Society of the Snow
The Teachers' Lounge
The Zone of Interest
Zone of Interest; Sandra Huller
Best Animated Feature
The Boy and the Heron
Elemental
Nimona
Robot Dreams
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Best Animated Short
Letter to a Pig
Ninety-Five Senses
Our Uniform
Pachyderme
War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko
Best Live-Action Short
The After
Invincible
Knight of Fortune
Red, White and Blue
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Best Documentary Feature
Bobi Wine: The People's President
The Eternal Memory
Four Daughters
To Kill a Tiger
20 Days in Mariupol
Best Documentary Short
The ABCs of Book Banning
The Barber of Little Rock
Island in Between
The Last Repair Shop
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