Brits lead the way at the 2024 Oscars: Emily Blunt and Christopher Nolan nominated for gongs

The British are leading the race for this year’s Oscars, with atomic bomb thriller Oppenheimer dominating today’s shortlist with 13 nominations.

Christopher Nolan, 53, is up for best director and Emily Blunt, 40, best supporting actress, but there was shock when Margot Robbie received a best actress snub for blockbuster Barbie.

Meanwhile, Carey Mulligan, 38, kept the UK flag flying as a best actress nominee in Leonard Bernstein biopic Maestro.

Londoner Jonathan Glazer, 58, was named best director for the historical drama Zone of Interest.

Irish star Cillian Murphy, 47, landed first Oscar in the category “Best Actor” in the famous “Oppenheimer”, a three-hour epic.

Next The nominations were “Poor Things” with 11 and “Killers of the Flower Moon” with ten, but the fantasy doll Barbie was close behind with eight.

However, Ryan Gosling, 43, as Ken, and America Ferrera, 39, were nominated for best actor and supporting actress in the film. moviewhich grossed £1.1 billion and became the biggest box office hit of the year.

Ryan’s “I’m Just Ken” and Billie Eilish’s “What Was I Made For,” both recorded for the soundtrack, are nominated for best original song.

Eilish wrote online: “We are forever grateful for this honor and to be a part of Barbie.”

“Maestro,” which is produced by Netflix, received seven nodes in the competition, while “Anatomy of a Fall,” “Remnants,” “Zone of Interest” and “American Fantasy” received five each.

Tom Cruise, 61, was delighted when his Mission: Impossible franchise was nominated for the first time.

Mission: Impossible: Deadly Reckoning (Part One), the seventh film in the series, is up for Best Sound and Best Visual Effects.

Even though Black-ish is one of the most talked about films of awards season, comedy Saltburn was neglected, as was Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott’s All of Us Strangers.

The ceremony will take place at the Dolby Hollywood Cinema. Theater 10th of March.