Director Greta Gerwig and actress Margot Robbie, the ladies who helped make Barbie the runaway field workplace success of 2023, did not land directing and lead actress Oscar nominations.
Their omissions on Tuesday sparked a pointy response from Barbie actor Ryan Gosling, who earned a greatest supporting actor nomination and lauded Gerwig and Robbie’s “expertise, grit and genius”.
Leonardo DiCaprio, the lead actor in director Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, was additionally handed over by Hollywood’s movie academy in that class.
Barbie and Killers of the Flower Moon did snag two of the ten greatest image nominations, although they face formidable competitors from the awards season frontrunner, Oppenheimer, which led Tuesday’s Academy Awards nominations with 13 nods.
Gerwig landed a nomination for greatest tailored screenplay for Barbie, alongside together with her husband, Noah Baumbach.
The film, which earned greater than $US1.4 billion ($A2.1 billion) on the worldwide field workplace in 2023, snagged eight nominations in complete, and Robbie is credited as a producer for the most effective image nod.
Gosling, who performed Ken reverse Robbie’s Barbie, mentioned he was “extraordinarily honoured” by his nomination for greatest supporting actor, however added, “There is no such thing as a Ken with out Barbie.”
“And there’s no Barbie film with out Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie, the 2 individuals most answerable for this history-making, globally-celebrated movie,” Gosling mentioned in an announcement.
“No recognition could be attainable for anybody on the movie with out their expertise, grit and genius,” he mentioned.
“To say that I am disillusioned that they don’t seem to be nominated of their respective classes could be an understatement.”
Additionally not making the Oscar nomination minimize was Previous Lives star Greta Lee, who was vying for a greatest actress nod for her position within the romantic drama set in Seoul, South Korea, and New York.
Becoming a member of her, Ferrari actress Penelope Cruz didn’t obtain a nomination for her supporting position within the high-speed racing drama regardless of good evaluations for her efficiency.
Bradley Cooper was left off the most effective director checklist for Maestro, although he was nominated for greatest actor for starring within the movie as composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein.
Cooper additionally was snubbed within the directing class for 2018 greatest image nominee A Star is Born.
Among the many ignored movies, The Colour Purple, the musical adaptation of the 1982 e-book and the 1985 movie, was nearly utterly shut out of the 2024 Oscars race, receiving just one nomination.
Danielle Brooks acquired the film’s sole Oscars nod for greatest supporting actress, whereas American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino was snubbed for the most effective actress nomination.
The most recent The Colour Purple, which was impressed by the Broadway musical of the identical identify, might repeat the historical past of no Oscar wins just like the film it was primarily based on – each led by business giants Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg.
Whereas the unique film acquired 11 Academy Award nominations, together with greatest image, it didn’t win in any class.