The 96th annual Academy Awards will take place on Sunday, March 10th, and Jimmy Kimmel is doing the hosting thing again. Good for him? We shall see, but he is well accustomed to the scrutiny, and he’s already an ABC guy, so all good. Notably, this network will host the ceremony in an earlier time slot (at 7:00pm EST/4:00pm PST) because they had to make it weird somehow. And speaking of weird, man, the Oscars have been in a strange place for the past several years. First, there was the pandemic, then there was Chris Rock being smacked onstage by Will Smith, and now, there’s Barbenheimer.
Yes, that’s the name of the game this year. Barbie and Oppenheimer deserve that credit, too, by becoming an unofficial (yet amazing) double feature that propped up the summer box office. Expect plenty of representation for Killers Of The Flower Moon, Poor Things, The Holdovers (maybe even a nom for burger lover Paul Giamatti?), and Zone Of Interest. Perhaps Saltburn could grab some of the wealth, too. Let’s get this party started.
Here are your 2024 Oscar nominations:
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
Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
America Ferrera, Barbie
Jodie Foster, Nyad
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
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 Animated Short Film
Letter to a Pig
Ninety-Five Senses
Our Uniform
Pachyderme
War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko
Best Live-Action Short Film
The After
Invincible
Knight of Fortune
Red, White and Blue
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Best Adapted Screenplay
American Fiction
Barbie
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
The Zone of Interest
Best Original Screenplay
Anatomy of a Fall
The Holdovers
Maestro
May December
Past Lives
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 Original Score
American Fiction
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Best Documentary
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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