2024 OSCAR NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED

I managed to get up on time this year to hear the 2024 Oscar nominations during the live presentation. With Zazie Beets and Jack Quaid on board to make the announcement (great chemistry, get them a rom-com ASAP), "Oppenheimer" leads the pack with an impressive thirteen nominations, making this the eleventh film to receive this number. "Poor Things" was next with a total of eleven, followed by "Killers of a Flower Moon" with ten nominations while "American Fiction", "Anatomy of a Fall", "The Holdovers" and "The Zone of Interest" received five each. 

There were no real surprises of the "Andrea Risenborough" nature with most of the nominations largely followed course throughout this award season. The only real surprises to be had were the large number of films and performances that were overlooked, most notworthy were "May December" and the musical version of "The Color Purple" manageing to receive only one nomination each despite the immense attention both films received prior. 

For the first time in Oscar history, all five of the Documentary Feature Film nominees are international based and focused works.With her film, "Anatony of a Fall", Justine Triet becomes only the eighth female nominated for Best Director and the first from France. Lily Gladstone is the first Native American woman to receive an acting nomination for "Killer of a Flower Moon". And Diane Warren has gotten her fifteenth Best Original Song nomination for her contribution to the film, "Flamin' Hot" (and still without a competitive win)  while the ninety-one year old composer, John Williams has earned his fifty-fourth nomination for Best Original Score for his work on the fourth Indiana Jones film. 

Overall, this has shaped up to be a very diverse Oscars in regard to race and gender which is how it should be and represents true progress.

The 96th annual Academy Awards will be held on March 10, 2024 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Jimmy Kimmel will return as host for the fourth time.

Here is the complete list of the 2024 Oscar 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 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:

Arthur Harari and Justine Triet, "Anatomy of a Fall"
David Hemingson, "The Holdovers"
Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer, "Maestro"
Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik, "May December"
Celine Song, "Past Lives"

Best Adapted Screenplay:

Cord Jefferson, "American Fiction"
Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig, "Barbie"
Christopher Nolan, "Oppenheimer"
Tony McNamara, "Poor Things"
Jonathan Glazer, "The Zone of Interest"

Best Actress in a Leading Role:

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 in a Leading Role:

Bradley Cooper, "Maestro"
Colman Domingo, "Rustin"
Paul Giamatti, "The Holdovers"
Cillian Murphy, "Oppenheimer"
Jeffrey Wright, "American Fiction"

Best Actress in a Supporting Role:

Emily Blunt, "Oppenheimer"
Danielle Brooks, "The Color Purple"
America Ferrera, "Barbie"
Jodie Foster, "Nyad"
Da'Vine Joy Randolph, "The Holdovers"

Best Actor in a Supporting Role:

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 Cinematography:

Edward Lachman, "El Conde"
Rodrigo Prieto, "Killers of the Flower Moon"
Matthew Libatique, "Maestro"
Hoyte van Hoytema, "Oppenheimer"
Robbie Ryan, "Poor Things"

Best Editing:

Laurent Sénéchal, "Anatomy of a Fall"
Kevin Tent, "The Holdovers"
Thelma Schoonmaker, "Killers of the Flower Moon"
Jennifer Lame, "Oppenheimer"
Yorgos Mavropsaridis, "Poor Things"

Best Production Design:

"Barbie" Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
"Killers of the Flower Moon" Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis
"Napoleon" Production Design: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Elli Griff
"Oppenheimer" Production Design: Ruth De Jong; Set Decoration: Claire Kaufman
"Poor Things" Production Design: James Price and Shona Heath; Set Decoration: Zsuzsa Mihalek

Best International Feature:

"Io Capitano (Italy)
"Perfect Days" (Japan)
"Society of the Snow" (Spain)
"The Teacher’s Lounge" (Germany)
"The Zone of Interest" (United Kingdom)

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 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"
"Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó"

Best Live-Action Short:

"The After"
"Invincible"
"Night of Fortune"
"Red, White and Blue"
"The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar"

Best Original Score:

Laura Karpman, "American Fiction"
John Williams, "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny"
Robbie Robertson, "Killers of the Flower Moon"
Ludwig Göransson, "Oppenheimer"
Jerskin Fendrix, "Poor Things"

Best Original Song:

"The Fire Inside" from "Flamin' Hot" Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
"I'm Just Ken" from "Barbie" Music and Lyric by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt
"It Never Went Away" from "American Symphony" Music and Lyric by Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson
"Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)" from "Killers of the Flower Moon" Music and Lyric by Scott George
"What Was I Made For?" from "Barbie" Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell

Best Sound:

Ian Voigt, Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic, "The Creator"
Steven A. Morrow, Richard King, Jason Ruder, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic, "Maestro"
Chris Munro, James H. Mather, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor, "Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One"
Willie Burton, Richard King, Gary A. Rizzo and Kevin O'Connell, "Oppenheimer"
Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn, "The Zone of Interest"

Best Costume Design:

Jacqueline Durran, "Barbie"
Jacqueline West, "Killers of the Flower Moon"
David Crossman and Janty Yates, "Napoleon"
Ellen Mirojnick, "Oppenheimer"
Holly Waddington, "Poor Things"

Best Makeup and Hairstyling:

Karen Hartley Thomas, Suzi Battersby and Ashra Kelly-Blue, "Golda"
Kazu Hiro, Kay Georgiou and Lori McCoy-Bell, "Maestro"
Luisa Abel, "Oppenheimer"
Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston, "Poor Things"
Ana López-Puigcerver, David Martí and Montse Ribé, "Society of the Snow"

Best Visual Effects:

Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, Andrew Roberts and Neil Corbould, "The Creator"
Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima, "Godzilla Minus One"
Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams and Theo Bialek, "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3"
Alex Wuttke, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland and Neil Corbould, "Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One"
Charley Henley, Luc-Ewen Martin-Fenouillet, Simone Coco and Neil Corbould, "Napoleon"