Oscars 2024 nominations: Who are nominees for actress and actor in a leading role?

Oscars 2024 nominations for the 96th Academy Awards are out and categories for actress and actor in a "Leading Role" have been announced. Oscars nominees for actress in leading role features Annette Bening for 'NYAD', Lily Gladstone for "Killers of the Flower Moon", Sandra Huller for "Anatomy of a Fall", Carey Mulligan for 'Maestro', and Emma Stone for "Poor Things".

Oscars nominees for actor in a leading role include Bardley Copper for 'Maestro', Colman Domingo for 'Rustin', Paul Giamatti for "The Holdovers", Cillian Murphy for 'Oppenheimer', and Jeffrey Wright for "American Fiction".

"Oppenheimer" -- Christopher Nolan's masterly portrait of the father of the atomic bomb -- topped the Oscars nominations Tuesday, earning an impressive 13 nods including for best picture.

It was followed by "Poor Things," a female-focused take on the Frankenstein myth, on 11, and Martin Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon" on 10, in the race for Hollywood's most prestigious awards.

But it was a somewhat disappointing morning for "Barbie," the other half of last summer's "Barbenheimer" box office phenomenon and the year's highest-grossing film.

The comedy had to settle for eight nods -- not bad for a satire based on a popular line of plastic dolls, but lower than many had predicted, and missing out on key nominations for Greta Gerwig as director, and star Margot Robbie in best actress.

"Oppenheimer," which came out in theaters on the same day, and itself almost grossed $1 billion, led the way with nods for its director Nolan, and stars Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr. and Emily Blunt.

The film -- which is the clear favorite to win best picture, the industry's top prize, at the 96th Academy Awards on March 10 -- also racked up nods in an array of technical categories.

"Killers of the Flower Moon," Scorsese's three-and-a-half-hour true crime opus on murders ripping through the oil-rich Osage community in early 20th century Oklahoma, made history.

FAQs:

Q1. When is Oscars 2024?
A1. The Academy Awards will be held on March 10 at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles.

Q2. Who will host Oscars 2024?
A2. Jimmy Kimmel is returning to host the ceremony for the second consecutive year.