Awards Season 2024: Academy Award Nominations

As announced earlier this afternoon, here are some of the official nominations for the 96th Academy Awards:

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

Jonathan Glazer (The Zone Of Interest)

Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things)

Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer)

Martin Scorsese (Killers Of The Flower Moon)

Justine Triet (Anatomy Of A Fall)

BEST ACTOR

Bradley Cooper (Maestro)

Colman Domingo (Rustin)

Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers)

Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer)

Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction)

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 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)

A full list of nominees can be found here.

With regards to my predictions, I got 29/35 (83%)

A couple of big surprises (dare I say... snubs?) with no love for Greta Gerwig or Margot Robbie. Given the cultural juggernaut that was Barbie, it seems like a bit of an oversight not to nominate its director or leading actress. Lovely to see Hayao Miyazaki get another nomination for The Boy And The Heron (and a nice surprise to see Nimona get a Best Animated Feature nomination). Jodie Foster gets an Oscar nomination, nearly 30 years since her last nod. Lily Gladstone becomes the first Indigenous actor to be nominated for Best Actress.    

Oppenheimer leads the field with a huge 13 nominations, with Poor Things taking 11 nods and Killers Of The Flower Moon with 10 nominations. 

Congratulations to all nominees!

The 96th Academy Awards will be held on Sunday 10th March 2024, at the Dolby Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center. Jimmy Kimmel will be returning to host for the fourth time.

There's now a little bit of a break in awards season insanity (inanity?) - we'll be picking it back up again on the weekend of 17th/18th February, with the DGA Awards and BAFTA Film Awards respectively.

Awards Season 2024: Critics' Choice Awards Nominations

This afternoon (Wednesday 13th December), the film nominations for the 29th Annual Critics Choice Awards were announced. 

Here are a selection of their nominees:

Best Picture

American Fiction

Barbie

The Color Purple

The Holdovers

Killers Of The Flower Moon

Maestro

Oppenheimer

Past Lives

Poor Things

Saltburn

Best Director

Bradley Cooper (Maestro)

Greta Gerwig (Barbie)

Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things)

Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer)

Alexander Payne (The Holdovers)

Martin Scorsese (Killers Of The Flower Moon)

Best Actor

Bradley Cooper (Maestro)

Leonardo DiCaprio (Killers Of The Flower Moon)

Colman Domingo (Rustin)

Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers)

Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer)

Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction)

Best Actress

Lily Gladstone (Killers Of The Flower Moon)

Sandra Hüller (Anatomy Of A Fall)

Greta Lee (Past Lives)

Carey Mulligan (Maestro)

Margot Robbie (Barbie)

Emma Stone (Poor Things)

Best Supporting Actor

Sterling K. Brown (American Fiction)

Robert De Niro (Killers Of The Flower Moon)

Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer)

Ryan Gosling (Barbie)

Charles Melton (May December)

Mark Ruffalo (Poor Things)

Best Supporting Actress

Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer)

Danielle Brooks (The Color Purple)

America Ferrera (Barbie)

Jodie Foster (Nyad)

Julianne Moore (May December)

Da'Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers)

A full list of nominees can be found here. 

Barbie leads the field with a record-breaking 18 nominations (surpassing last year's record-breaking haul of 14 by Everything Everywhere All At Once; Barbie received nominations in 16 of the 21 film categories and- as with the Golden Globes- snagged three Best Original Song nods). Oppenheimer and Poor Things are second, with 13 nods apiece, and Killers Of The Flower Moon in third with 12 nominations. 

The 29th Critics' Choice Awards will be handed out on Sunday 14th January 2024. Broadcast on The CW, Chelsea Handler will return for hosting duties for the second year running. 

Congratulations to all nominees!

Awards season takes a brief pause over the Christmas period, with the Golden Globes ceremony our next stop, on 7th January 2024.

Awards Season 2024: Golden Globes Nominations

Today (Monday 11th December 2023) saw the announcement of the nominees for the 81st Golden Globe Awards, awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). Actors Cedric The Entertainer (Barbershop, Madagascar, The Soul Man) and Wilmer Valderrama (That 70's Show, NCIS, Party Monster) made the nominations announcement.  

As longtime readers of the blog will be aware, the HFPA split their awards, giving certain categories for both Drama and Musical or Comedy, rather than just going for the out-and-out drama as most awards tend to do.

Below is a selection of the film nominees: 

Best Picture - Drama

Anatomy Of A Fall

Killers Of The Flower Moon

Maestro

Oppenheimer

Past Lives

The Zone Of Interest

Best Picture - Musical or Comedy

Air

American Fiction

Barbie

The Holdovers

May December

Poor Things

Best Director

Bradley Cooper (Maestro)

Greta Gerwig (Barbie)

Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things)

Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer)

Martin Scorsese (Killers Of The Flower Moon)

Celine Song (Past Lives)

Best Actor - Drama

Bradley Cooper (Maestro)

Leonardo DiCaprio (Killers Of The Flower Moon)

Colman Domingo (Rustin)

Barry Keoghan (Saltburn)

Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer)

Andrew Scott (All Of Us Strangers)

Best Actor - Musical or Comedy

Nicolas Cage (Dream Scenario)

Timothée Chalamet (Wonka)

Matt Damon (Air)

Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers)

Joaquin Phoenix (Beau Is Afraid)

Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction)

Best Actress - Drama

Annette Bening (Nyad)

Lily Gladstone (Killers Of The Flower Moon)

Sandra Hüller (Anatomy Of A Fall)

Greta Lee (Past Lives)

Carey Mulligan (Maestro)

Cailee Spaeny (Priscilla)

Best Actress - Musical or Comedy

Fantasia Barrino (The Color Purple)

Jennifer Lawrence (No Hard Feelings)

Natalie Portman (May December)

Alma Pöysti (Fallen Leaves)

Margot Robbie (Barbie)

Emma Stone (Poor Things)

Best Supporting Actor

Willem Dafoe (Poor Things)

Robert De Niro (Killers Of The Flower Moon)

Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer)

Ryan Gosling (Barbie)

Charles Melton (May December)

Mark Ruffalo (Poor Things)

Best Supporting Actress

Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer)

Danielle Brooks (The Color Purple)

Jodie Foster (Nyad)

Julianne Moore (May December)

Rosamund Pike (Saltburn)

Da'Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers)

A full list of nominees can be found here.

Barbie gets a whopping nine nominations (with three nods in the Best Original Song category) with Oppenheimer in second place with eight. Killers Of The Flower Moon and Poor Things have seven apiece.  

The HFPA have announced a couple of changes to the awards; whilst they aren't going down the route of gender-neutral categories, each acting category now has six nominees (instead of five, as has been in the past). They have also introduced two new awards- Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy or Television and Cinematic and Box Office Achievement (which has such diverse nominees as Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, and John Wick: Chapter 4)

The Golden Globes will be handed out in a ceremony on Sunday 7th January 2024, to be broadcast live on CBS (who have taken over from NBC as the Globes' network home). No host has been announced as yet.

Congratulations to all nominees!

So, next up on the awards season trail, and our last stop before the Christmas holidays, will be the Critics' Choice Awards who will announce their nominees this coming Wednesday (13th December 2024)