Barbie, Oppenheimer lead SAG nominations on highway to Oscars

Box workplace hits “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” landed 4 nominations every for Hollywood’s Screen Actors Guild awards on Wednesday, establishing a brand new battle between the blockbuster movies forward of the Academy Awards.

The films that squared off in a showdown dubbed “Barbenheimer” final summer time will vie for the highest SAG award – greatest film solid – alongside “The Color Purple,” “Killers of the Flower Moon” and “American Fiction.”

The SAG awards are intently watched as a result of actors kind the most important group of voters for the Oscars, the movie trade’s high prizes that shall be bestowed in March.

“Oppenheimer,” concerning the making of the atomic bomb, is coming off a dominating evening this week on the Golden Globes, the place the Christopher Nolan movie took dwelling 5 trophies, together with greatest film drama.

“Poor Things,” the shock Globe winner for greatest film musical or comedy, was ignored of SAG’s solid nominees, although star Emma Stone was nominated for greatest actress and Willem Dafoe for supporting actor.

Stone will compete towards “Barbie” star Margot Robbie, Golden Globe winner Lily Gladstone of “Killers of the Flower Moon,” Annette Bening of “Nyad” and Carey Mulligan of “Maestro.”

Cillian Murphy, who performed scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer, was nominated for greatest actor. His competitors shall be Bradley Cooper of “Maestro,” “The Holdovers” star Paul Giamatti, Jeffrey Wright for “American Fiction” and Colman Domingo for “Rustin.”

SAG voters handed over “Flower Moon” star Leonardo DiCaprio.

For “Oppenheimer,” Robert Downey Jr. and Emily Blunt had been nominated for his or her supporting roles. The different nods for “Barbie” got here for supporting actor Ryan Gosling, who performed Ken, and for the film’s stunt performers.

“Succession,” a couple of cutthroat media mogul and his household, led TV classes with 5 nominations, together with greatest drama collection solid. “Ted Lasso,” “The Bear” and “The Last of Us” every acquired 4 nods.

For its ultimate season, “Succession” gained the Golden Globe for greatest TV drama, whereas season two of restaurant dramedy “The Bear” prevailed within the TV comedy collection class.

Winners of the SAG awards shall be handed out at a red-carpet ceremony held in Los Angeles on February 24 and streamed stay on Netflix.

At the occasion, SAG will award a lifetime achievement honour to singer, actor and director Barbra Streisand, the star of “Funny Girl,” “A Star is Born” and different basic movies.