BEVERLY HILLS, California – The historical epic “Oppenheimer”, about the race to build the first atomic bomb, landed a leading 13 Oscar nominations on Tuesday and will compete for the prestigious best picture trophy.
Oppenheimer outpaced the gothic comedy Poor Things, which received 11 nominations for the film industry’s highest honors.
Also in the best picture race were feminist doll adventure Barbie, the Leonard Bernstein biopic Maestro, and Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, about the murders of members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma in the 1920s.
Rounding out the field of 10 were American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, The Holdovers, Past Lives and The Zone of Interest. The full list of all nominees in every category can be found here.
Barbie, last year’s highest-grossing movie, landed eight nominations, including a supporting actress nod for America…
