Although It unites in 32 nominationsNetflix and Apple TV+ were almost shut out of the 2024 Oscars, with Netflix winning a single award for a Wes Anderson film. The Amazing Story of Henry Sugar (Best Live Action Short Film). The biggest surprise was Martin Scorsese Assassins of the Flower Moon (Apple TV+) didn’t win any statues, notably missing out on Best Actress for Lily Gladstone. Poor ThingsEmma Stone.
It was universal big winner With Oppenheimer (Best Picture, Best Director, Editing, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay, Cinematography) Poor Things (Disney’s Searchlight Pictures) won four awards. The other half of “Barbenheimer”, (Barbieofc) received only one award for best song with Billy Eilish What was I created for? (and no I’m just Kensung live at the ceremony by supporting actor nominee Ryan Gosling).
The castle was unsuccessful for Netflix, which scored six awards last year. Netflix has won 23 Oscars since 2017, but has yet to win in the best picture or best actor/actress categories. That’s despite four nominations this year for Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan (Maestro), for Colman Domingo Rustin and for Annette Bening Nyad.
Lily Gladstone was perhaps slightly favored to win over Stone Assassins of the Flower Moon and he would also be the first Native American to win an Academy Award for best actor or actress. The studio was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor along with nominees Robert De Niro and Best Director for Scorsese. Apart from Gladstone’s loss, awards were largely distributed as expected.
It cannot be said that the judges were swayed this year lack of theater presence from streamers. Assassins of the Flower Moon It was widely shown in cinemas Maestro It stayed in theaters for a month before its Netflix release. Both chalked up decent box office numbers.
The ceremony itself seems to be worthy Deadline announcing that the producers had “finally put together an Academy Awards ceremony for the 21st century” and The Hollywood Reporter calling it “busy and eclectic.” USA Today described it as “boring,” but every Oscar in the last 20 years has taken the same hit.
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