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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