Tag: 2024 Oscars

Sterling K. Brown endearingly predicted he’s going to lose the Oscar to Robert Downey Jr.

Sterling K. Brown is just awesome, even if he doesn’t think he’s going to win the Oscar.

Actor Sterling K. Brown did something incredibly rare after being nominated for an Academy Award. He predicted that he’s not going to win one.

The American Fiction co-star earned his first Oscar nomination Best Supporting Actor last month, but he recently admitted on The Graham Norton Show that he does not think he’s going to win in the category.

Brown readily predicted that Oppenheimer actor and screen veteran Robert Downey Jr. will ultimately take home the gold and that he’s just happy to be part of the process.

Downey Jr. is the heavy favorite to win Best Supporting Actor, but Brown’s incredibly classy humility and appreciation for the nomination in general will earn him plenty of respect from his peers.

“Robert Downey Jr.’s going to win, and he’s incredibly deserving,” Brown predicted on the show. “He’s an incredible actor. Like, you should give him love, and the fact that I get a chance to be nominated along with him, and Mr. [Robert] De Niro, and Ryan Gosling and [Mark] Ruffalo. I’m just happy to be in the room.”

Brown is one of the most reliable people in his profession, and it’s really endearing to hear him so gregariously talk about the awards race and his place in it.

While this might not be his year (at absolutely no fault of his own), we could see him hoisting the Oscar one of these days.

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Margot Robbie gave an incredibly classy response to Barbie’s Oscar snubs

Margot Robbie had the classiest response to Barbie’s Oscar snubs.

After Barbie lead Margot Robbie and filmmaker Greta Gerwig missed out on Oscar nominations in Best Actress and Best Director, respectively, Robbie has issued an incredibly thoughtful response to their exclusions in those categories.

Robbie and Gerwig did land Academy Awards recognition for the film in other categories, the former nominated for producing the film and the latter nominated for her work on the script along with husband Noah Baumbach.

However, that still left the two biggest contributions to the blockbuster film without nominations in a very competitive year for both categories.

Variety shared comments from Robbie at a recent SAG-AFTRA event where she talked about the omissions and why she’s still very thankful for how the entire process has gone for her with the movie.

“There’s no way to feel sad when you know you’re this blessed,” Robbie shared. “Obviously, I think Greta should be nominated as a director. What she did is a once-in-a-career, once-in-a-lifetime thing. What she pulled off, it really is. But it’s been an incredible year for all the films.”

Robbie also commended the work of her fellow collaborators and said that the film’s ultimate goal has already been achieved.

“Everyone getting the nods that they’ve had is just incredible, and the Best Picture nod.” Robbie said. “We set out to do something that would shift culture, affect culture, just make some sort of impact. And it’s already done that and some, way more than we ever dreamed it would. And that is truly the biggest reward that could come out of all of this.”

Barbie‘s astronomical box office success ($1.446 billion worldwide) and its clear impact on the zeitgeist made it the cinematic event of 2023. Earning eight Oscar nominations for a film based on an intellectual property also was an achievement in and of itself, even if it missed in key categories for Robbie and Gerwig.

However, it sounds like Robbie is more than content with how the process has played out with her incredibly classy comments how the Oscar nominations unfolded.

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8 Oscar nominations takeaways: Why Oppenheimer is the movie to beat in 2024

Here are our takeaways from Tuesday’s announcement of the 96th Oscar nominations.

The 96th edition of Oscar nominations came forth on Tuesday morning, and there was, of course, plenty to glean from the latest class of Academy Award nominees.

While Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster epic Oppenheimer scored a whopping 13 nominations, Greta Gerwig’s titanic comedy Barbie earned the biggest snubs of the morning in Best Director and Best Actress for Margot Robbie.

Of course, both films did get in Best Picture, as did plenty of other deserving titles. We’ve got takeaways from the full list of nominees, including some thoughts on why Oppenheimer is the favorite, why Barbie might’ve stumbled a bit and why you should pay attention to Poor Things.

Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig’s Oscar snubs for Barbie ironically prove the movie right

How could they not be nominated for Oscars?!

Let’s start off with something important here: Yes, Ryan Gosling deserved an Oscar nomination for playing Ken in Barbie. He was fantastic all around, especially when his job goes beyond “beach” later in the movie.

But I’m going to go ahead and say it: Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig were robbed. If not for Robbie’s incredible job navigating through Barbie’s struggles as she learns about the real world, and Gerwig’s expert directing to bring laughs, tears and everything in between, that movie wouldn’t be as instant-classic as it is.

And as some fans are pointing out, it kind of proves the point of the movie, doesn’t it? As one post on X (formerly Twitter) said: “Ryan Gosling, while deserving, got an Oscar nomination for Barbie while Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie didn’t? Completely proving the point of the movie in 20 [expletive] 24 you cannot make this up.”

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Oscars nominations 2024: A complete list of who’s nominated for every award

Here are all the nominees for the 96th Academy Awards.

The 96th Academy Awards announced the nominees for this year’s ceremony, with movies like Barbie, Oppenheimer and Killers of the Flower Moon garnering a lot of attention as expected. Zazie Beetz and Jack Quaid announced the Oscar nominees on Tuesday morning via livestream.

Emma Stone (Poor Things) and Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer) will likely look to add to their 2024 award collections, and the battle for Best Director and Best Picture will be tight.

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“I’m Just Ken” and “What Was I Made For” from Barbie are both expected to get nominations and will likely be the favorites in the Best Original Song category.

This year’s ceremony will take place on Sunday, March 10 at 7 p.m. ET. Here are the nominees for the 2024 Oscars:

How to watch the 2024 Oscar nominations on Tuesday, January 23

We’ll learn all the nominees on Tuesday, January 23.

The 96th Academy Awards are coming closer, and the nominees will be announced on Tuesday, January 23 at 8:30 a.m. ET.

Zazie Beetz (who was in Atlanta and Joker) will join Jack Quaid — who starred in The Boys and Oppenheimer — are announcing the potential 2024 Oscar winners, with will name the nominees for all 23 Academy Award categories, ranging from Production Design to Best Picture.

You can watch the nominations live as they stream on either Oscar.com or Oscars.org, or check out the Academy’s TikTok, YouTube or Facebook accounts for a live stream.

The 96th Academy Awards ceremony will take place Sunday, March 10 in Los Angeles and will air on ABC.

5 takeaways from the latest Oscars shortlists, including snubs for Super Mario Bros. and Barbie (?!)

The Oscar shortlists are out for 10 categories, and we’ve got thoughts.

The latest Oscars shortlists have been revealed, giving 10 of the latest Academy Award categories much more of an idea of how nominations will look next month.

Some films, like Oppenheimer and Barbie, did quite well in the categories they were eligible for in this unveiling, while some films didn’t necessarily register.

Some of these categories featured shortlists for short films, while seven other categories spanned across different competitions for feature films.

We’ve got five central takeaways for this latest shortlist reveal, including a notable snub and thoughts on how the Best Documentary Feature and Best International Feature categories are shaping up.