The nominations for the 96th Academy Awards have been announced today during a presentation hosted by Zazie Beetz and Jack Quaid at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.

Disney has had a successful haul of nominations, with  Pixar’s “Elemental” picking up a nomination for Best Animated Film and will go up against Sony’s Marvel film, “Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse” and former Disney movie, “Nimona”.

20th Century Studios “The Creator” was nominated for two awards for its special effects and sound.  Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3” also picked up a Best Visual Effects nomination.   “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” was nominated for its soundtrack. The upcoming Disney+ Original short, “Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó”, also picked up a nomination in the Best Short category. National Geographic’s “Bobi Wine For President” was nominated for Best Documentary.

Searchlight Pictures’ “Poor Things” dominated the nominations, with eleven nominations for “Poor Things, including Best Film, Best Actress and Best Director.    “Flamin Hot” also picked up a nomination for Best Song.  The documentary, “The Last Repair Shop”, was also nominated for Best Short Documentary, and that short was added onto Disney+ earlier today.  

Here’s the full nomination list:

Best Picture

• American Fiction
• Anatomy of a Fall
• Barbie
• The Holdovers
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Maestro
• Oppenheimer
• Past Lives
• Poor Things
• The Zone of Interest

Actor in a Leading Role

• Bradley Cooper
• Colman Domingo
• Paul Giamatti
• Cillian Murphy
• Jeffrey Wright

Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Annette Bening
• Lily Gladstone
• Sandra Huller
• Carey Mulligan
• Emma Stone

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Sterling K Brown
• Robert De Niro
• Robert Downey Jr
• Ryan Gosling
• Mark Ruffalo

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Emily Blunt
• Danielle Brooks
• America Ferrera
• Jodie Foster
• Da’Vine Joy Randolph

Best Director

• Justine Triet
• Martin Scorsese
• Christopher Nolan
• Yorgos Lanthimos
• Jonathan Glazer

Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• American Fiction
• Barbie
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things
• The Zone of Interest

Best Writing (Original Screenplay)

• Anatomy of a Fall
• The Holdovers
• Maestro
• May December
• Past Lives

Best International Feature Film

• Io Capitano
• Perfect Days
• Society of the Snow
• The Teachers’ Lounge
• The Zone of Interest

Best Animated Feature Film

• The Boy and the Heron
• Elemental
• Nimona
• Robot Dreams
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Documentary Feature Film

• Bobi Wine: The People’s President
• The Eternal Memory
• Four Daughters
• To Kill a Tiger
• 20 Days

Best Live Action Short Film

• The Actor
• Invincible
• Knight of Fortune
• Red, White and Blue
• The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

Best Documentary Short Film

• The ABCs of Book Banning
• The Baber of Little Rock
• The Island In Between
• The Last Repair Shop
• Nai Naia Wai Wo

Best Animated Short Film

• Letter to a Pig
• Ninety-Five Senses
• Our Uniform
• Pachyderm
• War Is Over!

Best Film Editing

• Anatomy of a Fall
• The Holdovers
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things

Best Cinematography

• El Conde
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Maestro
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things

Best Production Design

• Barbie
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Napoleon
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things

Best Costume Design

• Barbie
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Napoleon
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things

Best Music (Original Score)

• American Fiction
• Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things

Best Music (Original Song)

• The Fire Inside – Flamin’ Hot
• I’m Just Ken
• It Never Went Away
• Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)
• What Was I Made For?

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

• Golda
• Maestro
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things
• Society of the Snow

Best Sound

• The Creator
• Maestro
• Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
• Oppenheimer
• The Zone of Interest

Best Visual Effects

• The Creator
• Godzilla Minus One
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3
• Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
• Napoleon

The Oscar’s award show will air live on ABC on March 10th 2024 and it will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.   Members of the Academy are now going to be voting on who they want to win.

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Roger Palmer

Roger has been a Disney fan since he was a kid and this interest has grown over the years. He has visited Disney Parks around the globe and has a vast collection of Disney movies and collectibles. He is the owner of What's On Disney Plus & DisKingdom. Email: Roger@WhatsOnDisneyPlus.com Twitter: Twitter.com/RogPalmerUK Facebook: Facebook.com/rogpalmeruk

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