'Variety Studio: Actors on Actors' Features 2024 Oscar Nominees; 'Oppenheimer' Leads in Academy Award Nominations
"Oppenheimer" continued its roll through the Hollywood awards season Tuesday, snagging a leading 13 Academy Award nominations, including for best picture, best actor, best director and best supporting actor and actress — while "Poor Things" was next with 11 nods, followed by "Killers of the Flower Moon" with 10 and "Barbie" with eight.
Joining "Oppenheimer" in the best picture category were "American Fiction"; "Anatomy of a Fall"; "Barbie"; "The Holdovers"; "Killers of the Flower Moon"; "Maestro"; "Past Lives"; "Poor Things" and "The Zone of Interest."
Best picture is the only one of the academy's 23 categories with 10 nominees. All the others have five apiece.
Cillian Murphy captured a best actor nomination for "Oppenheimer" — the story of atomic bomb mastermind J. Robert Oppenheimer — and was joined in that category by Bradley Cooper in "Maestro"; Colman Domingo in "Rustin"; Paul Giamatti in "The Holdovers" and Jeffrey Wright in "American Fiction."
Nominees for best actress were Annette Bening in "Nyad"; Lily Gladstone in "Killers of the Flower Moon"; Sandra Huller in "Anatomy of a Fall"; Carey Mulligan in "Maestro"; and Emma Stone in "Poor Things."
"Oppenheimer" director Christopher Nolan took a nod in that category, joining Justine Triet for "Anatomy of a Fall"; Martin Scorsese for "Killers of the Flower Moon"; Yorgos Lanthimos for "Poor Things" and Jonathan Glazer for "The Zone of Interest."
Scorsese's nomination was the 10th of his career, moving him past Steven Spielberg for most by a living director. (The late William Wyler had 12 nods, including three wins.) "Killers" also made history Tuesday as Gladstone became the first Native American to capture a nomination in an acting category.
"Oppenheimer" co-stars Robert Downey Jr. and Emily Blunt captured nominations for best supporting actor and actress.
In the best supporting actor category, Downey was joined by Sterling K. Brown in "American Fiction"; Robert De Niro in "Killers of the Flower Moon"; Ryan Gosling in "Barbie" and Mark Ruffalo in "Poor Things."
Joining Blunt in the best supporting actress competition were Danielle Brooks in "The Color Purple"; America Ferrera in "Barbie"; Jodie Foster in "Nyad" and Da'vine Joy Randolph in "The Holdovers."
"Barbie" director Greta Gerwig and star Margot Robbie were two of the most noteworthy snubs of Tuesday morning's announcements, failing to capture nods for best director and best actress, respectively — though Gerwig did take a nomination for best adapted screenplay along with her co-writer, Noah Baumbach.
Leonardo DiCaprio also missed out on a best actor nod for "Killers of the Flower Moon."
Besides its five nominations for picture, actor, director and supporting actor and actress, "Oppenheimer" drew nods for cinematography, costume design, film editing, makeup and hairstyling, original score, production design, sound and adapted screenplay.
In addition to its best picture, best actress and directing nominations, the Frankenstein-like tale "Poor Things" will compete for best supporting actor (Mark Ruffalo), cinematography, costume design, film editing, makeup and hairstyling, original score, production design and adapted screenplay
"Killers of the Flower Moon" also garnered nominations for cinematography, costume design, film editing, original score, original song and production design
Besides best picture, the acting nominations for Gosling and Ferrera and the adapted screenplay nod for Gerwig, "Barbie," drew recognition for costume design, original song, and production design.
Giamatti has already collected Golden Globe and Critics Choice awards for his leading-actor work in "The Holdovers." Stone won the Golden Globe for best actress in a musical/comedy for her work, along with the Critics Choice prize for best actress. Gladstone won the Globe for best actress in a drama film.
The announcements were made by actors Zazie Beetz and Jack Quaid from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
The 96th Oscars will be presented March 10 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood in a ceremony hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.
Here is a partial list of the nominees:
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"
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Bradley Cooper in "Maestro"
Colman Domingo in "Rustin"
Paul Giamatti in "The Holdovers"
Cillian Murphy in "Oppenheimer"
Jeffrey Wright in "American Fiction"
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Sterling K. Brown in "American Fiction"
Robert De Niro in "Killers of the Flower Moon"
Robert Downey Jr. in "Oppenheimer"
Ryan Gosling in "Barbie"
Mark Ruffalo in "Poor Things"
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Annette Bening in "Nyad"
Lily Gladstone in "Killers of the Flower Moon"
Sandra Hüller in "Anatomy of a Fall"
Carey Mulligan in "Maestro"
Emma Stone in "Poor Things"
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Emily Blunt in "Oppenheimer"
Danielle Brooks in "The Color Purple"
America Ferrera in "Barbie"
Jodie Foster in "Nyad"
Da'Vine Joy Randolph in "The Holdovers"
