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Candidates should binge watch this year’s nominees, including American Fiction, Anatomy Of A Fall, Barbie, The Holdovers, Killers Of The Flower Moon, Maestro, Oppenheimer, Past Lives, Poor Things and The Zone of Interest.
Whoever wins will have to predict the Best Picture award and predict who will win Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress.
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‘Barbie’ starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as Ken is one of the Oscar-nominated films directed by Greta Gerwig
‘Oppenheimer’ is one of the Oscar-nominated films starring Cillian Murphy and directed by Christopher Nolan
The 96th Academy Awards will take place on March 10 at 7:00 PM ET and will air from the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, with returning host Jimmy Kimmel.
Interested candidates should check their applications no later than March 3. Applicants must be US residents and over 18 years of age.
When determining the best films and performances, candidates must follow the scoring criteria based on five factors: Emotion resonance, entertainment impact, memorability meter, creativity quotient and probability of social buzz.
This comes after DailyMail.com confirmed that Ryan Gosling will take to the stage to perform Barbie’s nominated hit at the awards ceremony next month.
Inside sources confirm that the Canadian-born actor, 43, who is himself nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Ken in the summer blockbuster, will sing ‘I’m Just Ken’ at the star-studded ceremony in Los Angeles in March . 10.
The idea for the live performance has been the subject of speculation since Gosling and the hit song were announced last month among this year’s Oscar nominations – while the film’s female lead Margot Robbie and director Greta Gerwig were snubbed.
And while it is customary for a Best Original Song nominee to be performed at the awards ceremony, the prospect of Gosling’s special performance was overshadowed by the controversy.
Barbie received a total of eight Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress for America Ferrera and Best Original Song for Ken’s existential song, I’m Just Ken.
Leonardo DiCaprio as Ernest Burkhart and Lily Gladstone as Mollie Burkhart in the Oscar-nominated film ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’, directed by Martin Scorsese
Da’Vine Joy Randolph was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Holdovers
Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo were both nominated for their roles in Poor Things
The Academy’s controversial decision sparked a wider debate about sexism in the industry among actors and fans alike on social media, and even prompted Gosling to make an extraordinary statement in support of his female colleagues.
Oppenheimer dominated the Academy Award nominations, receiving thirteen awards, including Best Picture and Best Star for Cillian Murphy.
The impressive total – which also includes best supporting actor and actress for Robert Downey Jr. and Emily Blunt, as well as Best Director for Christopher Nolan – is just one nomination short of the all-time record set by Titanic in 1998.
Barbie’s star Margot Robbie was not nominated for best actress, and Greta Gerwig was not nominated for best director.
In another surprise, America Ferrara was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Barbie, with experts saying her character’s impassioned speech about feminism sealed the deal.
Barbie’s other nominations include Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor for Ryan Gosling and two Best Song awards, including Gosling’s famous “I’m Just Ken.”
The second most nominated film was Poor Things, a graphic arthouse film starring Emma Stone that has wowed critics but so far failed to set the box office on fire.
Stone plays a sex-crazed young woman who wows the critics with her performance. She previously won the Best Actress award in 2017 for her performance in La La Land.
Bradley Cooper and Cillian Murphy will compete for the prize for best actor in the leading role. Colman Domingo, Paul Giamatti and Jeffrey Wright also received nominations.
Leonardo DiCaprio was not recognized for his acting in Killers Of The Flower Moon.
Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things received eleven Oscar nominations and Killers of the Flower Moon received ten.
Barbie’s What Was I Made For and I’m Just Ken received expected nominations for best original song
Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer was nominated for best director and numerous other awards
Annette Bening, Lily Gladstone, Sandra Huller, Carey Mulligan and Emma Stone are nominated for best actress in a leading role.
Gladstone is the first Native American to be nominated for best actress, for her role in Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon.
Barbie’s What Was I Made For and I’m Just Ken received expected nominations for best original song.
Sterling K. Brown, Robert De Niro, Robert Downey Jr., Ryan Gosling and Mark Ruffalo received nominations for best supporting actor.
Emily Blunt, Danielle Brooks, America Ferrera, Jodie Foster and Da’Vine Joy Randolph received nominations for best supporting actress.
Joy defies the Hollywood standard of what a leading lady should look like. She already has a Golden Globe and is favorite for a Bafta and an Oscar for her performance as the bereaved chef in The Holdovers.
Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer were nominated for best director, with Greta Gerwig’s Barbie snubbed.