96th Academy Awards

Broadcast Date: 11th March 2024 - Australia

Hi everyone, it's me, Rad Dingo. I haven't published a film review recently, as I'm still working on each of those that require completion. However, the 2024 nominations for the 96th Academy Awards were announced, with Oppenheimer leading up the categories. Unfortunately, those who saw the movie Barbie will be disappointed that Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig didn't even get nominations for Best Actress and Best Director, while it only scored eight. It is an outrage that these women don't deserve to get snubbed in both categories. Also, I never watched Oppenheimer, but it'd be good if the film did win Best Picture.

Best Visual Effects

The Creator - Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, Andrew Roberts and Neil Corbould

Godzilla Minus One - Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masako Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 - Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams and Theo Bialek

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One - Alex Wuttke, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland and Neil Corbould

Napoleon - Charley Henley, Luc-Ewen Martin-Fenouillet, Simone Coco and Neil Corbould

Best Film Editing

Anatomy of a Fall - Laurent Sénéchal

The Holdovers - Kevin Tent

Killers of the Flower Moon - Thelma Schoonmaker

Oppenheimer - Jennifer Lame

Poor Things - Yorgos Mavropsaridis

Best Costume Design

Barbie - Jacqueline Durran

Killers of the Flower Moon - Jacqueline West

Napoleon - Janty Yates and Dave Crossman

Oppenheimer - Ellen Mirojnick

Poor Things - Holly Waddington

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Golda - Karen Hartley Thomas, Suzi Battersby and Ashram Kelly-Blue

Maestro - Kazu Hiro, Kay Georgiou and Lori McCoy-Bell

Oppenheimer - Luisa Abel

Poor Things - Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston

Society of the Snow - Ana López-Puigcerver, David Martí and Montse Ribé

Best Cinematography

El Conde - Edward Lachman

Killers of the Flower Moon - Rodrigo Prieto

Maestro - Matthew Libatique

Oppenheimer - Hoyte van Hoytema

Poor Things - Robbie Ryan

Best Production Design

Barbie - Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer

Killers of the Flower Moon - Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis

Napoleon - Production Design: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Elli Griff

Oppenheimer - Production Design: Ruth De Jong; Set Decoration: Claire Kaufman

Poor Things - Production Design: James Price and Shona Heath; Set Decoration: Zsuzsa Mihalek

Best Sound

The Creator - Ian Voigt, Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryan, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic

Maestro - Richard King, Steven A. Morrow, Tom Ozanich, Jason Ruder and Dean Zupancic

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One - Chris Munro, James H. Mather, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor

Oppenheimer - Willie Burton, Richard King, Kevin O'Connell and Gary A. Rizzo

The Zone of Interest - Johnnie Burn and Tarn Willers

Best Original Song

"The Fire Inside" from Flamin' Hot - Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren

"I'm Just Ken" from Barbie - Music and Lyrics by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt

"It Never Went Away" from American Symphony - Music and Lyrics by Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson

"Naatu Naatu" from Killers of the Flower Moon - Music and Lyrics by Scott George

"What Was I Made For?" from Barbie - Music and Lyrics by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell

Best Original Score

American Fiction - Laura Karpman

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny - John Williams

Killers of the Flower Moon - Robbie Robertson (posthumous nomination)

Oppenheimer - Ludwig Göransson

Poor Things - Jerskin Fendrix

Best Animated Short Film

Letter to a Pig - Tai Kantor and Amit R. Gicelter

Ninety-Five Senses - Jerusha & Jared Hess

Our Uniform - Yegane Moghaddam

Pachyderme - Stéphanie Clément and Marc Rius

War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko - Dave Mullins and Brad Booker

Best Live-Action Short Film

The After - Misan Harriman and Nicky Bentham

Invincible - Vincent René-Lortie and Samuel Caron

Knight of Fortune - Lasse Lyskjaer Noer and Christian Norlyk

Red, White and Blue - Nazrin Choudhury and Sara McFarlane

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar - Wes Anderson and Steven Rales

Best Documentary Short Film

The ABCs of Book Banning - Sheila Nevins and Trish Adlesic

The Barber of Little Rock - John Hoffman and Christine Turner

Island in Between - S. Leo Chiang and Jean Tsien

The Last Repair Shop - Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers

Nai Nai & Wài Pó - Sean Wang and Sam Davis

Best Documentary Feature Film

Bob Wine: The People's President - Moses Bwayo, Christopher Sharp and John Battsek

The Eternal Memory - Maite Alberdi, Juan de Dios & Pablo Larraín and Rocio Jadue

Four Daughters - Kaouther Ben Hania and Nadim Cheikhrouha

To Kill a Tiger - Nisha Pahuja, Cornelia Principe and David Oppenheim

20 Days in Mariupol - Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner and Raney Aronson-Rath

Best International Feature Film

Io capitano (Italy) - Directed by Matteo Garrone

Perfect Days (Japan) - Directed by Wim Wenders

Society of the Snow (Spain) - Directed by J. A. Bayona

The Teachers' Lounge (Germany) - Directed by Īlker Çatak

The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom) - Directed by Jonathan Glazer

Best Animated Feature Film

The Boy and the Heron - Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki

Elemental - Peter Sohn and Denise Ream

Nimona - Nick Bruno, Troy Quane, Karen Ryan and Julie Zackary

Robot Dreams - Pablo Berger, Ibon Cormenzana, Ignasi Estapé and Sandra Tapia Diaz

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Amy Pascal

Best Adapted Screenplay

American Fiction - Cord Jefferson; based on the novel Erasure by Percival Everett

Barbie - Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach; based on characters created by Ruth Handler

Oppenheimer - Christopher Nolan; based on the biography American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin

Poor Things - Tony McNamara; based on the novel by Alasdair Gray

The Zone of Interest - Jonathan Glazer; based on the novel by Martin Amis

Best Original Screenplay

Anatomy of a Fall - Justine Triet and Arthur Harari

The Holdovers - David Hemingson

Maestro - Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer

May December - Screenplay by Samy Burch; Story by Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik

Past Lives - Celine Song

Best Supporting Actress

Emily Blunt - Oppenheimer as Kitty Oppenheimer

Danielle Brooks - The Color Purple as Sofia

America Ferrera - Barbie as Gloria

Jodie Foster - Nyad as Bonnie Stoll

Da'Vine Joy Randolph - The Holdovers as Mary Lamb

Best Supporting Actor

Sterling K. Brown - American Fiction as Clifford "Cliff" Ellison

Robert DeNiro - Killers of the Flower Moon as William King Hale

Robert Downey Jr. - Oppenheimer as Lewis Strauss

Ryan Gosling - Barbie as Ken

Mark Ruffalo - Poor Things as Duncan Wedderburn

Best Actress

Annette Bening - Nyad as Diane Nyad

Lily Gladstone - Killers of the Flower Moon as Mollie Burkhart

Sandra Hüller - Anatomy of a Fall as Sandra Voyter

Carey Mulligan - Maestro as Felicia Montealegre

Emma Stone - Poor Things as Bella Baxter

Best Actor

Bradley Cooper - Maestro as Leonard Bernstein

Colman Domingo - Rustin as Bayard Rustin

Paul Giamatti - The Holdovers as Paul Hunham

Cillian Murphy - Oppenheimer as J. Robert Oppenheimer

Jeffrey Wright - American Fiction as Thelonius "Monk"

Best Director

Justine Triet - Anatomy of a Fall

Martin Scorsese - Killers of the Flower Moon

Christopher Nolan - Oppenheimer

Yorgos Lanthimos - Poor Things

Jonathan Glazer - The Zone of Interest

Best Picture

American Fiction - Ben LeClair, Nikos Karamigios, Cord Jefferson and Jermaine Johnson, producers

Anatomy of a Fall - Marie-Ange Lucian and David Thion, producers

Barbie - David Heyman, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Robbie Brenner, producers

The Holdovers - Mark Johnson, producer

Killers of the Flower Moon - Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas, Martin Scorsese and Daniel Lupi, producers

Maestro - Bradley Cooper, Steven Spielberg, Fred Berner, Amy Durning and Kristie Macosko Krieger, producers

Oppenheimer - Emma Thomas, Charles Roven and Christopher Nolan, producers

Past Lives - David Hinojosa, Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler, producers

Poor Things - Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone, producers

The Zone of Interest - James Wilson, producer

Honorary Awards

Angela Bassett

Mel Brooks

Carol Littleton

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Michelle Satter

Make sure you let me know who the winners are. My predictions for the winners of the following categories are

Best Visual Effects - Godzilla Minus One

Best Production Design - Barbie

Best Costume Design - Barbie

Best Cinematography - Oppenheimer

Best Original Song "What Was I Made For?" - Barbie

Best Actor - Cillian Murphy for Oppenheimer

Best Director - Christopher Nolan for Oppenheimer

Best Picture - Oppenheimer

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