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.
Scorsese himself made history Tuesday with his 10th nod for directing — passing Steven Spielberg to become the most-Oscar-nominated living director. He trails behind only the late William Wyler, who died in 1981 with 12 nominations in the category.
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 Flower Moon”)
Robert Downey Jr. (“Oppenheimer”)
Ryan Gosling (“Barbie”)
Mark Ruffalo (“Poor Things”)
Actress in a Supporting Role
Emily Blunt (“Oppenheimer”)
Danielle Brooks (“The Color Purple”)
America Ferrera (“Barbie”)
Jodie Foster (“Nyad”)
Da’Vine Joy Randolph (“The Holdovers”)
Animated Short Film
“Letter to a Pig” (Tal Kantor and Amit R. Gicelter)
“Ninety-Five Senses” (Jerusha Hess and Jared Hess)
“Our Uniform” (Yegane Moghaddam)
“Pachyderme” (Stéphanie Clément and Marc Rius)
“WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko” (Dave Mullins and Brad Booker)
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)
Live Action Short Film
“The After” (Misan Harriman and Nicky Bentham)
“Invincible” (Vincent René-Lortie and Samuel Caron)
“Knight of Fortune” (Lasse Lyskjær Noer and Christian Norlyk)
“Red, White and Blue” (Nazrin Choudhury and Sara McFarlane)
“The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar” (Wes Anderson and Steven Rales)
Makeup and Hairstyling
“Golda” (Karen Hartley Thomas, Suzi Battersby and Ashra 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)
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
“American Fiction” (Written for the screen by Cord Jefferson)
“Barbie” (Written by Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach)
“Oppenheimer” (Written for the screen by Christopher Nolan)
“Poor Things” (Screenplay by Tony McNamara)
“The Zone of Interest” (Written by Jonathan Glazer)
Writing (Original Screenplay)
“Anatomy of a Fall” (Screenplay by Justine Triet and Arthur Harari)
“The Holdovers” (Written by David Hemingson)
“Maestro” (Written by Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer)
“May December” (Screenplay by Samy Burch; Story by Samy Burch & Alex Mechanik)
“Past Lives” (Written by Celine Song)
Music (Original Score)
“American Fiction” (Laura Karpman)
“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” (John Williams)
“Killers of the Flower Moon” (Robbie Robertson)
“Oppenheimer” (Ludwig Göransson)
“Poor Things” (Jerskin Fendrix)
Actor in a Leading Role
Bradley Cooper (“Maestro”)
Colman Domingo (“Rustin”)
Paul Giamatti (“The Holdovers”)
Cillian Murphy (“Oppenheimer”)
Jeffrey Wright (“American Fiction”)
Actress in a Leading Role
Anette Benning (“Nyad”)
Lily Gladstone (“Killers of the Flower Moon”)
Sandra Hüller (“Anatomy of a Fall”)
Carey Mulligan (“Maestro”)
Emma Stone (“Poor Things”)
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 Díaz)
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” (Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Amy Pascal)
Cinematography
“El Conde” (Edward Lachman)
“Killers of the Flower Moon” (Rodrigo Prieto)
“Maestro” (Matthew Libatique)
“Oppenheimer” (Hoyte van Hoytema)
“Poor Things” (Robbie Ryan)
Directing
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”)
Documentary Feature Film
“Bobi Wine: The People’s President” (Moses Bwayo, Christopher Sharp and John Battsek)
“The Eternal Memory” (Nominees to be determined)
“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)
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)
“Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó” (Sean Wang and Sam Davis)
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)
International Feature Film
“Io Capitano” (Italy)
“Perfect Days” (Japan)
“Society of the Snow” (Spain)
“The Teachers’ Lounge” (Germany)
“The Zone of Interest” (United Kingdom)
Music (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)
“Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)” 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 Picture
“American Fiction” (Ben LeClair, Nikos Karamigios, Cord Jefferson and Jermaine Johnson, Producers)
“Anatomy of a Fall” (Marie-Ange Luciani 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)
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)
Sound
“The Creator” (Ian Voigt, Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic)
“Maestro” (Steven A. Morrow, Richard King, Jason Ruder, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic)
“Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One” (Chris Munro, James H. Mather, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor)
“Oppenheimer” (Willie Burton, Richard King, Gary A. Rizzo and Kevin O’Connell)
“The Zone of Interest” (Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn)
Visual Effects
“The Creator” (Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, Andrew Roberts and Neil Corbould)
“Godzilla Minus One” (Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki 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)