After a tumultuous movie year marred by strikes and work stoppages, the Academy Awards Tuesday on Christopher NolanB次元官网网址檚 blockbuster biopic, B次元官网网址淥ppenheimer,B次元官网网址� which came away with a leading 13 nominations.
, viewed as the best picture frontrunner, received nods for best picture; NolanB次元官网网址檚 direction; acting nominations for Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr. and Emily Blunt; and multiple honors for the sweeping craft of the J. Robert Oppenheimer drama. Though Nolan is regarded as the big-canvas auteur of his era, heB次元官网网址檚 never won an Academy Award, nor have any of his films won best picture. This, though, could be his year.
The yearB次元官网网址檚 biggest hit, B次元官网网址淏arbie,B次元官网网址� came away with a nominations haul slightly less than its partner in Barbenheimer mania. , with more than $1.4 billion in ticket sales, was nominated for eight awards, including best picture; Ryan Gosling for best supporting actor; and two best-song candidates in B次元官网网址淲hat Was I Made ForB次元官网网址� and B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 Just Ken.B次元官网网址�
Gerwig was surprisingly left out of the best director field. She was nominated for best director in 2018 for her solo directorial debut, B次元官网网址淟ady Bird.B次元官网网址� At the time, Gerwig was just the fifth woman nominated for the award. Since then, Chlo茅 Zhao (B次元官网网址淣omadlandB次元官网网址�) and Jane Campion (B次元官网网址淭he Power of the DogB次元官网网址�) have won best director. Before those wins, Kathryn Bigelow (B次元官网网址淭he Hurt Locker,B次元官网网址� in 2010) was the only woman to win the OscarB次元官网网址檚 top filmmaking honor.
Both Martin ScorseseB次元官网网址檚 Osage epic and Yorgos LanthimosB次元官网网址� Frankenstein riff B次元官网网址淧oor ThingsB次元官网网址� were also widely celebrated. B次元官网网址淧oor ThingsB次元官网网址� landed 11 nods, while B次元官网网址淜illers of the MoonB次元官网网址� was nominated for 10 Oscars.
, star of B次元官网网址淜illers of the Flower Moon,B次元官网网址� became the first Native American nominated for best actress. For the 10th time, Scorsese was nominated for best director. Leonardo DiCaprio, though, was left out of best actor. The late Robbie Robertson, , also became the first Indigenous person nominated for best score.
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The were: B次元官网网址淥ppenheimer,B次元官网网址� B次元官网网址淏arbie,B次元官网网址� B次元官网网址淧oor Things,B次元官网网址� B次元官网网址淜illers of the Flower Moon,B次元官网网址� B次元官网网址淭he Holdovers,B次元官网网址� B次元官网网址淢aestro,B次元官网网址� B次元官网网址淎merican Fiction,B次元官网网址� B次元官网网址淧ast Lives,B次元官网网址� B次元官网网址淎natomy of a FallB次元官网网址� and B次元官网网址淭he Zone of Interest.B次元官网网址�
That group, which mirrored the Producers Guild Awards nominees, went much as expected and, as critics noted, a remarkably strong collection of films. For the first time, three of the best picture nominees were directed by women: B次元官网网址淧ast LivesB次元官网网址� by Celine Song; B次元官网网址淎natomy of a FallB次元官网网址� by Justine Triet, who was also nominated for best director; and GerwigB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淏arbie.B次元官网网址�
But surprises abounded in other categories.
The best actor category had been seen one of the most competitive. In the end, the nominees were Murphy, , , Bradley Cooper (B次元官网网址淢aestroB次元官网网址�) and . DomingoB次元官网网址檚 nomination, for his performance as civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, made him just the second openly gay man to be nominated for playing a gay character, following Ian McKellen for the 1998 film B次元官网网址淕ods and Monsters.B次元官网网址�
B次元官网网址淎merican Fiction,B次元官网网址� about a frustrated novelist, had an especially good day, collecting five nominations. That included a nod for Sterling K. Brown for best supporting actor. Robert De Niro (B次元官网网址淜illers of the Flower MoonB次元官网网址�) rounded out that category with Downey Jr. and Gosling.
Best actress was also closely contested. Along with Gladstone and Stone, the nominees were Carey Mulligan (B次元官网网址淢aestroB次元官网网址�), Annette Bening (B次元官网网址淣yadB次元官网网址�) and Sandra H眉ller (B次元官网网址淎natomy of a FallB次元官网网址�). That left out Margot Robbie, the star of B次元官网网址淏arbie,B次元官网网址� and Fantasia Barrino from B次元官网网址淭he Color Purple.B次元官网网址�
In supporting actress, the frontrunner DaB次元官网网址橵ine Joy Randolph of B次元官网网址淭he HoldoversB次元官网网址� continued her march to her first Oscar. She was joined by Blunt, Danielle Brooks (B次元官网网址淭he Color PurpleB次元官网网址�), Jodie Foster (B次元官网网址淣yadB次元官网网址�) and America Ferrera (B次元官网网址淏arbieB次元官网网址�).
Lead nominees B次元官网网址淥ppenheimer,B次元官网网址� B次元官网网址淏arbie,B次元官网网址� B次元官网网址淧oor ThingsB次元官网网址� and B次元官网网址淜illers of the Flower MoonB次元官网网址� made for a maximalist quartet of Oscar heavyweights. NolanB次元官网网址檚 sprawling biopic. GerwigB次元官网网址檚 near-musical. ScorseseB次元官网网址檚 pitch-black Western. LanthimosB次元官网网址� sumptuously designed fantasy. Each utilized a wide spectrum of cinematic tools to tell big, often disturbing big-screen stories. And each B次元官网网址� even AppleB次元官网网址檚 biggest-budgeted movie yet, B次元官网网址淜illers of the Flower MoonB次元官网网址� B次元官网网址� had robust theatrical releases that saved streaming for months later.
The Associated Press in the news organizationB次元官网网址檚 178-year history with B次元官网网址�20 Days in Mariupol,B次元官网网址� of the besieged Ukrainian city and of the last international journalists left there after the Russia invasion. It was nominated for best documentary, along with B次元官网网址淔our Daughters,B次元官网网址� B次元官网网址淏obi Wine: The PeopleB次元官网网址檚 President,B次元官网网址� B次元官网网址淭he Eternal MemoryB次元官网网址� and B次元官网网址淭o Kill a Tiger.B次元官网网址�
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The nominees for best international film are: B次元官网网址淪ociety of the Snow,B次元官网网址� (Spain); B次元官网网址淭he Zone of Interest,B次元官网网址� (United Kingdom); B次元官网网址淭he TeachersB次元官网网址� LoungeB次元官网网址� (Germany); B次元官网网址淚o CapitanoB次元官网网址� (Italy) ; B次元官网网址淧erfect DaysB次元官网网址� (Japan).
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The best-picture collection of films B次元官网网址� all of which played in theaters for at least a month, including NetflixB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淢aestroB次元官网网址� B次元官网网址� reflected the industryB次元官网网址檚 rebalancing after years of experimentation during the pandemic. Netflix came away with the most nominations of any studio with 18, but industry consensus has, for now, turned back to believing cinemas play a vital role in the rollout of most movies. Apple and Amazon, which in 2022 acquired MGM, have each made theatrical a priority.
In heaping nominations on B次元官网网址淥ppenheimer,B次元官网网址� Oscar voters are poised to do something they havenB次元官网网址檛 done in a long time: Hand its top award to a big-budget blockbuster. Granted B次元官网网址淥ppenheimerB次元官网网址� isnB次元官网网址檛 your average big-screen spectacle, but the academy has for years favored smaller films for best picture, movies like B次元官网网址淐ODA,B次元官网网址� B次元官网网址淣omadlandB次元官网网址� and last yearB次元官网网址檚 winner, B次元官网网址淓verything Everywhere All at Once.B次元官网网址� Ben AffleckB次元官网网址檚 2012 film B次元官网网址淎rgoB次元官网网址� was the last best picture winner to surpass $100 million domestically. B次元官网网址淥ppenheimerB次元官网网址� grossed $326.8 million in the U.S. and Canada, and nearly $1 billion globally.
Historically, blockbusters have helped fueled Oscar ratings. Through the pile-up of award shows (an after-effect of last yearB次元官网网址檚 strikes) could be detrimental to the Academy Awards, the Barbenheimer presence could help lift the March 10 telecast on ABC. Jimmy Kimmel is returning as host, with the ceremony moved up an hour, to 7 p.m. EST.
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