Following the release of the 2024 Oscar nominations, which famously left “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig and star Margot Robbie out of the best director and actress races, the debate about Oscar snubs erupted. In a recent interview on “Today,” Michelle Yeoh, who won the Oscar for best actress last year for “Everything, Everywhere, All at Once,” was asked what she thought about the situation.
“It looks like happiness and sadness go together,” Yeoh said. “There are not enough ideas to go around.” The only catch is that it’s very competitive, and there’s no guarantee since you’re not the only voter. It happens a lot. “Thank God the movie got a best picture nomination!”
“Why are you up for best picture but not best director?” “But it does happen,” Yeoh said. “I feel bad for them because it’s one of the most popular and well-liked movies.” Take a look at the ticket sales.
Two of the film’s acting Oscar nominees, Ryan Gosling and America Ferrara, spoke out against the “Barbie” skips. The actress told Variety that it was “incredibly disappointing” that Gerwig and Robbie’s names were not in the categories for best director and actress.
“Greta has done everything a director could do to deserve it,” Ferrera said. “Building this world and making something that most people didn’t think was valuable a worldwide phenomenon.” The fact that she’s not on that list makes me sad.
For his part, Gosling said, “It would be an understatement to say that I’m disappointed that they are not nominated in their respective categories.” Even though they only had a couple of lifeless, sexy, and thankfully crotchless dolls, they made us laugh, broke our hearts, pushed the limits of culture, and made history. They should get credit for their work and the other nominees who deserve it.
Hillary Clinton sent Gerwig and Robbie a message over X: “Your millions of fans love you, even though it hurts to win the box office but not the gold.” “You are both so much more than Kenough.”
As the online debate about the Oscar snubs heated up, EGOT winner Whoopi Goldberg tried to calm things down by telling moviegoers that “snubs” don’t exist. “Nobody wins” and “You don’t get everything you want” were some of the things she said on “The View.”
She said, “There are no snubs.” It’s important to remember that not everyone wins, and it’s up to the judges. Feelings about movies vary. A lot of people may like different films than you do.
“Barbie” got eight nominations, including one for best picture. Gerwig is up for screenwriting, and Robbie is up as one of the film’s producers. The two weren’t the only ones who didn’t get Oscars that made people talk. Lily Gladstone and Robert De Niro both got acting nominations for their roles in Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon.” Leonel DiCaprio, who won an Oscar, didn’t win best actor.
Scorsese told Variety about DiCaprio’s rejection, “He went so far into the complexities and contradictions of a man who was so weak, so malleable, who did such unspeakable things, but who also truly loved his wife.” “Leo created a real Everyman without fear… an Everyman that people don’t want to see.” That will last, then.”