The 2 blockbusters have been collectively dubbed ‘Barbenheimer’ after their theatrical releases occurred to fall on the identical date.
Barbie has topped the listing of nominees for Hollywood’s Golden Globe awards with 9 nods, outpacing the eight for the historic drama, Oppenheimer.
The Greta Gerwig-directed, pink-fuelled doll journey will compete for greatest comedy or musical movie alongside American Fiction, The Holdovers and others at a red-carpet ceremony in January that may kick off the Hollywood awards season.
Oppenheimer, starring Cillian Murphy as the person behind the creation of the atomic bomb, will face off with Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro and others for greatest drama movie.
Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon tells the story of the homicide of Native People in Oklahoma within the Nineteen Twenties. Bradley Cooper performs composer Leonard Bernstein in Maestro and in addition directed the movie.
Barbie, a vivid “feminist” satire in regards to the all-conquering line of plastic dolls, will compete for greatest musical or comedy image. Its actors, Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, and three of its unique songs have additionally been nominated.
Barbie tied for second-most nominations in Globes’ historical past with Cabaret (1972). Robert Altman’s Nashville stays the record-holder with 11 nominations.
Oppenheimer, a critically acclaimed drama in regards to the inventor of the nuclear bomb, has been nominated in the most effective drama image class. Its primary actors – Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr and Emily Blunt – have additionally been nominated.
The 2 blockbusters have been collectively dubbed “Barbenheimer” after their theatrical releases occurred to fall on the identical date.
In tv classes, cutthroat household drama Succession led all sequence with 9 nominations, together with for the sequence’s stars Brian Cox, Jeremy Robust, Sarah Snook and Kieran Culkin.
Winners will likely be introduced on January 7 at a ceremony broadcast stay on CBS and streamed on Paramount+.
‘Thrilling change’
The Golden Globes are one of many key contests that may present a lift to motion pictures on the highway to the Academy Awards in March.
However the awards have endured a tough few years after a Los Angeles Occasions expose in 2021 confirmed the Hollywood International Press Affiliation (HFPA) – which votes on the awards – had no Black members.
That revelation triggered the airing of a variety of different long-simmering criticisms in regards to the HFPA, together with allegations of amateurism and corruption. In June, HFPA was disbanded.
This 12 months, Globe winners will likely be chosen by a brand new organisation, Eldridge Industries and Dick Clark Productions, who’re working the awards as a for-profit enterprise. The voting physique now consists of 300 journalist members from 75 nations with 60 % racial and ethnic variety, organisers stated.
Hollywood-based former HFPA members have been banned from accepting items, and are actually paid a wage to vote for his or her favorite movies and reveals, whereas greater than 200 nonmember (and unpaid) voters from around the globe have been added to the Globes combine.
“This has been a 12 months of thrilling change for the Golden Globes,” stated the group’s president, Helen Hoehne, at Monday’s nominations announcement.
“Our voting physique has grown to 300 members from 75 nations, making the Golden Globes essentially the most culturally various main awards physique.”