DiCaprio, Robbie, Cruz, Melton, Dafoe and Gerwig Among the Big Names Snubbed at Academy Award Nominations

Leonardo DiCaprio and Other Big Stars Get Snubbed by Oscar

The Academy Award nominations were unveiled today and Leonardo DiCaprio was one of the biggest omissions found in the names revealed of those who made the final cut.

Leonardo DiCaprio failed to get a Best Actor nomination for his work in Killers of the Flower Moon this morning. DiCaprio was a favorite of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for years so it came as a shock when his name was not revealed as one of the year’s Best Actor contenders. His co-star, Robert De Niro, did make the cut for Best Supporting Actor, however. There were several other snubs this morning as well which shocked movie fans who expected a lot of names to be revealed which never were.

Barbie got nominated for Best Picture just like Killers of the Flower Moon did. However, Barbie‘s leading actress, Margot Robbie, didn’t show up on the list of contenders for Best Actress. Movie fans found out that the lead actress from Killers of the Flower Moon, Lily Gladstone, and Emma Stone of Poor Things did, indeed, get their predicted nods and Carey Mulligan (Maestro) was another sure thing which ultimately made Robbie a long shot to get a nomination. Sandra Hüller was also pretty much guaranteed a spot for her work in Anatomy of a Fall. It was between Annette Bening (Nyad) and Robbie for that fifth coveted spot on the Best Actress list and Bening ultimately got the nod over Robbie.

Greta Gerwig, the director of Barbie, did not get a Best Director nomination though America Ferrera did get a Best Supporting Actress nod for her work in Gerwig’s box-office hit movie. A female who was curiously missing from the Best Supporting Actress category was Penelope Cruz (Ferrari). It seems Cruz’s nod went to Ferrera instead.

In the Best Supporting Actor category, Willem Dafoe and Charles Melton were snubbed for their work in Poor Things and May December proving what a great year it was for male supporting performances. Melton had so much support but his lack of a SAG nod ultimately probably helped keep him out of the Oscar race.

Several huge surprises included Robot Dreams for Best Animated Feature which wasn’t really a shock considering how good a film it truly was. Also, the Juliette Binoche picture, The Taste of Things, didn’t make the cut for Best International Feature. Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie also didn’t get a Best Documentary Feature nomination as was expected.

In terms of what did get in, Oppenheimer is currently leading the race to win Best Picture and Best Director (Christopher Nolan). That film could also take home the gold for Best Actor (Cillian Murphy) and Best Supporting Actor (Robert Downey Jr.). Barbie may have to settle for Best Original Song (“I’m Just Ken”) and technical Oscars.  While Ben Affleck’s great film, Air, was snubbed for everything, the most disappointing omissions may have been for all the cast members of Best Picture nominee Past Lives. None of the stars of that great picture got in.

In terms of the most deserving nods mentioned today, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One got two nominations, one for Best Visual Effects and another for Best Sound. Barbenheimer may have stolen that Tom Cruise film’s box-office glory but the fact that Oscar recognized Cruise’s picture technically was a well deserved achievement for the action sequel.

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