It’s officially Oscars season.
Nominations for the 96th Academy Awards were announced Tuesday morning at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Los Angeles by Zazie Beetz, who starred in the Oscar-winning “Joker” (2019), and “Oppenheimer” star Jack Quaid.
The ceremony is once again being held at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, and Jimmy Kimmel will return as host for a fourth time. While that will feel familiar, the show could also bring with it some firsts: “Killers of the Flower Moon” star Lily Gladstone, who was nominated Tuesday for her performance in Martin Scorsese’s historical drama, could become the first Native American to ever earn a competitive acting Academy Award.
The award show has recently endured some difficult years, as the ceremony in 2021 was heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and 2022’s event was overshadowed by Will Smith’s slap.
This year’s ceremony, on March 10, will arrive after a jam-packed awards season that has already included the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards — and comes just months after an end to the writers and actors strikes that defined Hollywood in 2023.
Leading up to Tuesday’s announcements, meanwhile, Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” and Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” were among the most buzzed-about contenders. Their simultaneous release in July had spurred a passionate “Barbenheimer” fandom that saw moviegoers book back-to-back tickets — and caused “Barbie” to make history as the first-ever billion-dollar movie directed by a solo woman.
That buzz officially continued Tuesday, as “Oppenheimer” and “Barbie” received 13 and eight nominations, respectively. The former, whose lead performance by Cillian Murphy has now earned him his first-ever Oscar nod, could also result in Nolan’s first-ever Oscar win for Best Director.
Here is the complete list of nominees:
Actor in a Supporting Role
Sterling K. Brown (“American Fiction”)
Robert De Niro (“Killers of the…
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