Patriarchy Rules as Oscar Nominations Announced: ‘Barbie’ Snubbed in Key Categories as ‘Oppenheimer’ Leads
Anticipation was thick just before dawn in Los Angeles as the announcement of the 2024 Oscar nominations was made. Oppenheimer led the list with 13 nominations, followed by Poor Things with 11 and Killers of the Flower Moon with 10. Then came the private celebrations of all those who were named as nominees. And soon thereafter, the backlash, particularly concerning the biggest box office smash of the year, Barbie, which brought in...
‘The Holdovers,’ ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ and ‘Oppenheimer’ Score Top BAFTA Noms
Across the pond, awards season favorites in the United States gained even more steam with the announcement of the nominees for BAFTA. So it was no surprise that Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer came away with a chart topping 13 nominations, followed by Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things.with 11. Both Killers of the Flower Moon and The Zone of Interest received nine BAFTA nods. All three of the main talent in The Holdovers – Paul Giamatti,...
‘Oppenheimer,’ ‘Barbie,’ ‘The Holdovers,’ ‘The Bear’ and ‘Succession’ Score at Critics Choice Awards
From the moment host Chelsea Handler’s first joke landed during her monologue, the Critics Choice Awards honoring the best in film and television was off and running. The ceremonies, televised live on the CW Sunday, January 14, came just one week after a massive awards show hosting fail at the Golden Globes by a former flame of Handler’s, Jo Koy. Isn’t it ironic. Huge and lengthy applause came when Handler lauded her writers, not only...
It’s Another ‘Barbenheimer’ Showdown at the SAG Awards
It’ll be the casts of “Barbie” against “Oppenheimer” at the Screen Actors Guild Awards After reviving the theatrical box office from the plagues that were the pandemic and then the writers and actors strikes, it’s no surprise that Barbenheimer also ruled the roost when the nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced today. “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” led all films with four...
Gerwig, Nolan, Scorsese, Lanthimos & Payne Land DGA Awards Film Nominations
Greta Gerwig and Christopher Nolan will compete for the DGA’s top film directing title Awards season came into clearer focus with today’s announcement of the DGA’s best theatrical feature film directing nominees announced by Directors Guild of America President Lesli Linka Glatter. As expected, only one woman, Barbie’s Greta Gerwig, was among the five contenders for the top feature film prize. “In a year full of so many...