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walked back his comments slamming “Barbie” star Ryan Gosling “for doing that s – – t for money.”Stone, 77, said in a post on X (formerly Twitter) that he made those incendiary comments last year before seeing the box-office behemoth, which snared eight Oscar nominations Tuesday — including one for Gosling as Best Supporting Actor and America Ferrera as Best Supporting Actress and has grossed over $1.45 billion worldwide.“At the time, I was busy promoting my nuclear documentary in Europe [‘Nuclear Now’] and had little to no knowledge of the project beyond its title,” Stone wrote, regarding his nuking of Gosling and “Barbie.”He said he saw the film in July “and appreciated the film for its originality and its themes.”“I found the filmmaker’s approach certainly different than what I expected,” he said. “I apologize for speaking ignorantly.”He also praised “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig’s 2017 movie “Ladybird” as “one of my favorites of that year.”” ‘Barbie’s’ box office greatly boosted the morale of our business, which was welcome,” he said.

Killers of the Flower Moon confirmed today, Martin Scorsese has become the living director with the most Oscar nominations.The Academy included the 81-year-old on their Best Director shortlist, giving him his tenth nomination in total, and overtaking Steven Spielberg’s nine.Scorsese’s nominations go back to 1980’s Raging Bull, but he has only won the prize once, for 2006’s The Departed. His other recent nominations include The Irishman, The Wolf of Wall Street and Hugo.

have been announced and, as usual, there are also plenty of 2024 Oscar snubs that came with them. I'm disappointed but not surprised.

Variety breaks down the biggest snubs and surprises of the 2024 Oscar nominations. SNUB: Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig, “Barbie”The powerhouse duo responsible for the biggest movie of the year found love in other categories —Robbie is included in the film’s best picture nomination as a producer and Gerwig saw her screenplay (with co-writer Noah Baumbach) recognized. But Robbie ultimately missed on the competitive best actress lineup while Gerwig was shut out of director.SURPRISE: America Ferrera, “Barbie”Though its leading lady and director didn’t land nominations, “Barbie” co-star Ferrera was able to score a supporting actress nod for her role in the megahit, despite missing out at SAG Awards and Golden Globes.

Before making Past Lives, writer-director Celina Song says with a laugh, she didn’t even know how to read a call sheet. Flash forward a year, though, from the A24 romantic drama’s world premiere at Sundance, and she’s landed an Original Screenplay nom for her debut feature.

2024 Oscar nominations are here, and the snubs are brutal – including Margot Robbie, Leonardo DiCaprio and more. Many of the nominations were expected: “Oppenheimer” got a total of 13 nods – including “Best Actor” for Cillian Murphy, “Best Supporting Actor” for Robert Downey Jr. and “Best Director” for Christopher Nolan.

Barbie have been left fuming by the absence of Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig from the Oscar nominations.The film did receive a total of eight nods, announced earlier today (January 23), including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor for Ryan Gosling and Best Supporting Actress for America Ferrera.However, Gerwig missed out on the Director nominee list, with Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese, Yorgos Lanthimos, Justine Triet and Jonathan Glazer all getting in ahead of her.Similarly, Robbie was left without an acting nomination, with the spaces being filled by Emma Stone, Lily Gladstone, Annette Bening, Sandra Huller and Carey Mulligan. Margot does, however, receive a nomination for Best Picture for her role as a producer on the film.

A congested awards season rolled into the final stretch today with nominations unveiled for the 96th Academy Awards. A race for to the opening of those envelopes on stage at the Dolby Theatre in March for some, a non-starter for others.

96th Academy Awards have announced – scroll down to see the full list.This year’s ceremony is taking place on March 10 from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California, with talk show host Jimmy Kimmel returning to present the awards for the fourth time.The nominations were announced from the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills by Zazie Beetz (Atlanta, Joker) and Jack Quaid (The Boys, Oppenheimer).Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer leads the pack with a huge 13 nominations, including for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor for Cillian Murphy.Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things came in second place with 11 nods, ahead of Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon on 10. Barbie landed eight nominations, with Greta Gerwig missing out on Best Director.Take a look at the list of nominees for the 2024 Oscars below.American FictionAnatomy of a FallBarbieThe HoldoversKillers of the Flower MoonMaestroOppenheimerPast LivesPoor ThingsThe Zone of InterestJustine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of InterestBradley Cooper, Maestro Colman Domingo, Rustin Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer Jeffrey Wright, American FictionAnnette Bening, NYAD Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon Sandra Huller, Anatomy of a Fall Carey Mulligan, Maestro Emma Stone, Poor ThingsSterling K.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Women filmmakers hit a milestone with this year’s 2024 Oscar nominations. For the first time in history, three of the 10 movies nominated for best picture — Justine Triet’s “Anatomy of a Fall,” Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” and Celine Song’s “Past Lives” — were directed by a female auteur, the most recognized in the Academy Awards’ 96-year history. The other best picture nominees are: “American Fiction,” “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Maestro,” “Oppehneimer,” “The Holdovers,” “Poor Things,” and “The Zone of Interest.” Before this year’s best picture nominees, 591 movies were nominated by the Academy.

is upon us as the 2024 Oscar nominations will be announced at 8:30 a.m. ET by Zazie Beetz and Jack Quaid.

The Savages director said he made the remarks “before the film even came out” and while he was promoting his documentary Nuclear Now.

Netflix‘s film chief Scott Stuber is leaving the streamer to start a new production company. The exec will stay at Netflix through the middle of March, after which chief content officer Bela Bajaria will find his replacement, according to those familiar with the situation. Stuber has secured financing for this new endeavor, which will focus on making TV shows and movies, according to Bloomberg, which first reported the news of Stuber’s departure.

Angelique Jackson We’re living in the age of “Barbie,” and nowhere has that been more evident than the custom fashions Margot Robbie and stylist Andrew Mukamal curated for the billion-dollar grossing movie’s press tour. Since debuting the first look at “Barbie” at CinemaCon in April 2022, Robbie has rocked Barbiecore styles on nearly every red carpet and press appearance (most recently stunning in custom Armani inspired by 1977’s Superstar Barbie at the Golden Globes), all of which will now be commemorated in the fashion photo book “Barbie: The World Tour.” “This book was an idea I had in my living room when I started dreaming about Margot’s wardrobe for the ‘Barbie’ press tour in March 2023,” Mukamal wrote in an Instagram post revealing the book cover — which features a Barbie-fied Robbie clad in a pink Chanel suit.

Scott Stuber is leaving Netflix. The chairman of Netflix film since 2017, he will be leaving in March to start his own media company.  

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar nominations will be announced Tuesday morning, and expected to be strong contenders in the Screenplay categories are Golden Globe winner and BAFTA nominee Anatomy of a Fall in Originals and newly minted Adapted Screenplay BAFTA nominees Poor Things, The Zone of Interest and All of Us Strangers.

Oliver Stone has suggested that Ryan Gosling is “wasting his time” making films like Barbie.Gosling played the role of Ken in last year’s hit Greta Gerwig film, earning huge acclaim including a recent BAFTA nomination for Supporting Actor.However, Stone – who has helmed films such as Platoon and JFK – criticised the film in a resurfaced interview with City A.M. from last year, hitting out at a “ridiculous” joke suggestion from Mattel’s boss that he could direct a Barbie sequel.“Ryan Gosling is wasting his time if he’s doing that shit for money,” Stone added. “He should be doing more serious films. He shouldn’t be a part of this infantilization of Hollywood.“Now it’s all fantasy, fantasy, fantasy, including all the war pictures: fantasy, fantasy.

Barbie.The film adaptation of the iconic toy franchise was released last year to huge acclaim and box office success, becoming the highest-grossing movie of the year.Ronan has previously worked with Barbie director Greta Gerwig, leading her two previous films Little Women and Lady Bird.Speaking to Variety, the actress addressed Timothée Chalamet‘s recent claim that he and Ronan were set for cameos in Barbie that never came to fruition, revealing that she was set to play a Weird Barbie alongside Kate McKinnon.“I don’t know what he was going to be, but I was definitely going to be a Weird Barbie,” she said. “I don’t know how to take that.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic More actors than ever are now stepping behind the camera to take a shot at directing. To me, they always end up falling into one of three categories. There are the ones who simply aren’t very good at it.

EXCLUSIVE: Producers Peter Saraf and Eddie Rubin, who are in Park City to premiere the Sundance buzz titles Out of My Mind and Winner,  have joined forces to create Optimistic Pictures, to develop and produce film and TV properties with an independent sensibility.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Jodie Foster said at the Variety Studio presented by Audible while at the Sundance Film Festival that the $1.4 billion success of “Barbie” helps prove that Hollywood no longer views women directors as too much of a risk. That wasn’t always the case, as Foster often saw women filmmakers being marginalized during her career ascent in Hollywood. “I’ve had the beauty of being able to be in the business since the ’60s, ’70s, ’80s, ’90s and so on,” Foster said to Variety’s Rebecca Rubin.