‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’ Lead Hollywood Creative Alliance (HCA) Astra Awards Nominations

This morning, the Hollywood Creative Alliance (formerly known as the Hollywood Critics Association) announced their also newly named Astra Film & Creative Arts Awards nominations this morning where Barbie and Oppenheimer led the list. The announcement was made by Vice Chair Yong Chavez, Head of Member Engagement Jeandra LeBeauf, and Secretary Morgan Rojas, who were joined by Ms. Marvel star Anjali Bhimani and Melora Hardin from Golden Vanity to reveal the HCA nominations on the official HCA YouTube Channel. Chavez also revealed that comedian Jimmy O. Yang would serve as the host for the upcoming event on January 6, 2024 in Los Angeles.

Greta Gerwig’s blockbuster Barbie led the Astra Awards nominations with 15, while Christopher Nolan’s smash-hit Oppenheimer was directly behind with 14. The dynamic duo dominated the box office this summer by bringing in over 2 billion dollars worldwide between the two films. Barbie and Oppenheimer each received a nomination for Best Picture, Director, and Cast Ensemble.

In addition, both films several individual acting nominations. Margot Robbie received a Best Actress nomination while her co-stars Ryan Gosling and America Ferrara received Best Supporting Actor and Actress nods. Cillian Murphy received a Best Actor nomination alongside his co-star Robert Downey Jr. for Best Supporting Actor.

Sony Pictures’ Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse came in third place with 10 nominations. The animated feature film received a nomination for Best Animated Feature while also being nominated for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay. Daniel Kaluuya, Hailee Steinfeld, and Shameik Moore all received nominations for their performances in the film.

Apple Original Films’ Killers of the Flower Moon earned 10 nominations. The Martin Scorsese-directed film was nominated for Best Picture, Director, and Cast Ensemble. Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things was next with 9, receiving nominations for Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and several Creative Arts nominations including Production Design and Score. The stars of each film, Lily Gladstone and Emma Stone also received a Best Actress nomination.

Focus Features’ The Holdovers also came in with a total of 9 nominations. The Alexander Payne-directed film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival this summer. Stars Paul Giamatti, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, and Dominic Sessa all received nominations for their performances in their perspective categories. The film was also nominated for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Cast Ensemble.

Other titles with five or more nominations include Bradley Cooper’s Maestro, Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction, Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn, Blitz Bazawule’s The Color Purple, Celine Song’s Past Lives, Chad Stahelski’s John Wick: Chapter 4, and Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall.

Winners of the 2024 Astra Film Awards will be revealed during the live-streamed event, which will be broadcast globally from the historic Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, CA on Saturday, January 6 beginning at 6:30 pm PDT /9:30 pm EDT. The Astra Creative Arts Awards winners will be revealed on Monday, February 26, 2024, at City Market Social House in Los Angeles.

The full list of nominees for the 2024 Astra Film and Creative Arts Awards can be found below:

Best Picture

• “Air” (Amazon MGM Studios)
• “American Fiction” (Orion Pictures / Amazon MGM Studios)
• “Barbie” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• “The Color Purple” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• “The Holdovers” (Focus Features)
• “Killers of the Flower Moon” (Apple Original Films)
• “Maestro” (Netflix)
• “Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)
• “Past Lives” (A24)
• “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” (Sony Pictures)

Best First Feature

• A.V. Rockwell, “A Thousand and One” (Focus Features)
• Adele Lim, “Joy Ride” (Lionsgate)
• Celine Song, “Past Lives” (A24)
• Chloe Domont, “Fair Play” (Netflix)
• Cord Jefferson, “American Fiction” (Orion Pictures / Amazon MGM Studios)
• Michael B. Jordan, “Creed III” (Amazon MGM Studios)

Best Director

• Alexander Payne – “The Holdovers” (Focus Features)
• Ben Affleck – “Air” (Amazon MGM Studios)
• Bradley Cooper – “Maestro” (Netflix)
• Celine Song – “Past Lives” (A24)
• Christopher Nolan – “Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)
• Cord Jefferson – “American Fiction” (Orion Pictures / Amazon MGM Studios)
• Emerald Fennell – “Saltburn” (Amazon MGM Studios)
• Greta Gerwig – “Barbie” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Martin Scorsese – “Killers of the Flower Moon” (Apple Original Films)
• Yorgos Lanthimos – “Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures)

Best Actress

• Carey Mulligan – “Maestro” (Netflix)
• Emma Stone – “Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures)
• Fantasia Barrino – “The Color Purple” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Greta Lee – “Past Lives” (A24)
• Lily Gladstone – “Killers of the Flower Moon” (Apple Original Films)
• Margot Robbie – “Barbie” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Best Actor

• Barry Keoghan – “Saltburn”  (Amazon MGM Studios)
• Bradley Cooper – “Maestro” (Netflix)
• Cillian Murphy – “Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)
• Colman Domingo – “Rustin” (Netflix)
• Jeffrey Wright – “American Fiction” (Orion Pictures / Amazon MGM Studios)
• Paul Giamatti – “The Holdovers” (Focus Features)

Best Supporting Actress

• America Ferrera – “Barbie” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Danielle Brooks – “The Color Purple” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Da’Vine Joy Randolph – “The Holdovers” (Focus Features)
• Julianne Moore – “May December” (Netflix)
• Rachel McAdams – “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” (Lionsgate)
• Viola Davis – “Air” (Amazon MGM Studios)

Best Supporting Actor

• Charles Melton – “May December” (Netflix)
• Colman Domingo – “The Color Purple” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Dominic Sessa – “The Holdovers” (Focus Features)
• Glenn Howerton – “BlackBerry” (IFC Films)
• Robert Downey Jr. – “Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures) 
• Ryan Gosling – “Barbie” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Best Cast Ensemble

• “Air” (Amazon MGM Studios)
• “Barbie” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• “Killers of the Flower Moon” (Apple Original Films)
• “Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)
• “The Color Purple” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• “The Holdovers” (Focus Features)

Best Voice-Over Performance

• Ariana DeBose – “Wish” (Walt Disney Studios)
• Bradley Cooper – “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” (Disney/Marvel)
• Daniel Kaluuya – “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” (Sony Pictures)
• Hailee Steinfeld – “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” (Sony Pictures)
• Jack Black – “The Super Mario Bros Movie” (Universal Pictures)
• Shameik Moore – “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” (Sony Pictures)

Best Original Screenplay

• “Air,” Written by Alex Convery (Amazon MGM Studios)
• “Anatomy of a Fall,” Written by Justine Triet & Arthur Harari (NEON)
• “Barbie,” Written by Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• “Past Lives,” Written by Celine Song (A24)
• “Saltburn,” Written by Emerald Fennell (Amazon/MGM Studios)
• “The Holdovers,” Written by David Hemingson (Focus Features)

Best Adapted Screenplay

• “American Fiction,” Screenplay by Cord Jefferson (Orion Pictures / Amazon MGM Studios)
• “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret,“ Screenplay by Kelly Fremon Craig (Lionsgate)
• “Killers of the Flower Moon,” Screenplay by Eric Roth & Martin Scorsese (Apple Original Films)
• “Oppenheimer,” Screenplay by Christopher Nolan (Universal Pictures)
• “Poor Things,” Screenplay by Tony McNamara (Searchlight Pictures)
• “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” Screenplay by Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Dave Callaham (Sony Pictures)

Best Casting

• Mary Vernieu & Lindsay Graham Ahanonu, “Air” (Amazon/MGM Studios)
• Jennifer Euston, “American Fiction” (Orion Pictures / Amazon MGM Studios)
• Allison Jones & Lucy Bevan, “Barbie” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• John Papsidera, “Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)
• Bernard Telsey, Tiffany Little Canfield, and Destiny Lilly, “The Color Purple” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Susan Shopmaker, “The Holdovers” (Focus Features)

Best Cinematography

• Dan Laustsen, “John Wick: Chapter 4” (Lionsgate)
• Rodrigo Prieto, “Killers of the Flower Moon” (Apple Original Films)
• Matthew Libatique, “Maestro” (Netflix)
• Hoyte van Hoytema, “Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures) 
• Robbie Ryan, “Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures)
• Linus Sandgren, “Saltburn” (Amazon MGM Studios)

Best Costume Design

• Jacqueline Durran, “Barbie” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Oliver García, “Chevalier” (Searchlight Pictures)
• Judianna Makovsky, “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” (Disney/Marvel)
• Jacqueline West, “Killers of the Flower Moon” (Apple Original Films)
• Holly Waddington, “Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures)
• Francine Jamison-Tanchuck, “The Color Purple” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Best Production Design

• Adam Stockhausen, “Asteroid City” (Focus Features)
• Sarah Greenwood & Katie Spencer, “Barbie” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Jack Fisk & Adam Willis, “Killers of the Flower Moon” (Apple Original Films)
• Ruth De Jong, “Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)
• James Price & Shona Heath, “Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures)
• Suzie Davies & Charlotte Dirickx, “Saltburn” (Amazon MGM Studios)

Best Editing

• Laurent Sénéchal, “Anatomy of a Fall” (NEON)
• Nathan Orloff, “John Wick: Chapter 4” (Lionsgate)
• Thelma Schoonmaker, “Killers of the Flower Moon” (Apple Original Films)
• Jennifer Lame, “Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)
• Michael Andrews, “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” (Sony Pictures)
• Kevin Tent, “The Holdovers” (Focus Features)

Best Hair and Make-Up

• Ivana Primorac, “Barbie” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Ryo Murakawa, “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” (Paramount Pictures)
• Cassie Russek and Alexei Dmitriew, “Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3” (Disney/Marvel)
• Kazu Hiro, Sian Grigg, Kay Georgiou, and Lori McCoy-Bell, “Maestro” (Netflix)
• Nadia Stacey, “Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures)
• Carol Rasheed, Saisha Beecham, Lawrence Davis, and Tym Wallace, “The Color Purple” – (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Best Original Song

• “Camp Isn’t Home” from “Theater Camp,” Written by Ben Platt, Noah Galvin, Molly Gordon, Nick Lieberman, and Mark Sonnenblick – Performed by Ben Platt, Molly Gordon, Noah Galvin, Alexander Bello, Bailee Bonick, Donovan Colan, Jack Sobolewski, Kyndra Sanchez, Luke Islam, Madisen Lora and Quinn Titcomb (Searchlight Pictures)
• “Dance the Night” from “Barbie,” Written by Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt, Dua Lipa, and Caroline Ailin – Performed By Dua Lipa (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• “I’m Just Ken” from “Barbie,” Written by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt – Performed by Ryan Gosling (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• “Peaches” from “The Super Mario Bros Movie,” Written by Jack Black, Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Eric Osmond, and John Spiker – Performed by Jack Black (Universal Pictures)
• “This Wish” from “Wish,” ​​Written by Julia Michaels, Benjamin Rice, and JP Saxe – Performed by Ariana DeBose (Disney)
• “What Was I Made For?” from “Barbie,” Written By Billie Eilish O’Connell and Finneas O’Connell – Performed by Billie Eilish (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Best Score

• Thomas Newman, “Elemental” (Disney/Pixar)
• Robbie Robertson, “Killers of the Flower Moon” (Apple Original Films)
• Ludwig Göransson, “Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)
• Jerskin Fendrix, “Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures)
• Anthony Willis, “Saltburn” (Amazon MGM Studios)
• Daniel Pemberton, “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” (Sony Pictures)

Best Sound

• “Ferrari” (NEON)
• “John Wick: Chapter 4” (Lionsgate)
• “Maestro” (Netflix)
• “Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures) 
• “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” (Sony Pictures)
• “The Killer” (Netflix)

Best International Feature

• “Anatomy of a Fall” (France)
• ”Concrete Utopia” (South Korea)
• ”Fallen Leaves” (Finland)
• ”Jawan” (India)
• ”Perfect Days” (Japan)
• ”Radical” (Mexico)
• ”Society of the Snow” (Spain)
• ”The Taste of Things” (France)
• ”The Teacher’s Lounge” (Germany)
• ”The Zone of Interest” (United Kingdom)

Best International Actor

• Christian Friedel – “The Zone of Interest” (A24)
• Enzo Vogrincic – “Society of the Snow” (Netflix)
• Eugenio Derbez – “Radical” (Pantelion Films)
• Gael García Bernal – “Cassandro” (Amazon MGM Studios)
• Kǒji Yakusho – “Perfect Days” (NEON)
• Mads Mikkelsen – “The Promised Land” (Magnolia Pictures)

Best International Actress

• Alma Pöysti – “Fallen Leaves” (MUBI)
• Juliette Binoche – “The Taste of Things” (IFC Films)
• Layla Mohammadi – “The Persian Version” (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Leonie Benesch -“ The Teacher’s Lounge” (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Sandra Hüller – “Anatomy of a Fall” (NEON)
• Roberta Colindrez – “Cassandro” (Amazon MGM Studios)

Best International Filmmaker

• Hayao Miyazaki – “The Boy and The Heron” (GKids)
• J.A Bayona – “Society of the Snow” (Netflix)
• Jonathan Glazer – “The Zone of Interest” (A24)
• Justine Triet – “Anatomy of a Fall” (NEON)
• Trần Anh Hùng – “The Taste of Things” (IFC Films)
• Wim Wenders – “Perfect Days” (NEON)

Best Animated Feature

• “The Boy and The Heron” (GKids)
• “Elemental” (Disney/Pixar)
• “Nimona” (Netflix)
• “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” (Sony Pictures)
• “Suzume” (Sony Pictures/Crunchyroll)
• “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (Paramount Pictures)

Best Documentary Feature

• “20 Days in Mariupol” (PBS Distribution)
• “American Symphony” (Netflix)
• “Beyond Utopia” (Roadside Attractions)
• “Little Richard: I Am Everything” (Magnolia Pictures)
• “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie” (Apple Original Films)
• “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” (AMC Theatres Distribution)

Best Stunts

• “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” (Paramount Pictures)
• “Fast X” (Universal Pictures)
• “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” (Disney/Marvel)
• “John Wick: Chapter 4” (Lionsgate)
• “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” (Paramount Pictures)
• “Polite Society” (Focus Features)

Best Visual Effects

• “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” (Disney/Marvel)
• “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” (Paramount Pictures)
• “Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures) 
• “Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures)
• “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” (Sony Pictures)
• “The Creator” (20th Century Studios

Best Comedy Feature

• “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” (Lionsgate)
• “BlackBerry” (IFC Films)
• “Bottoms” (Orion Pictures / Amazon MGM Studios)
• “Joy Ride” (Lionsgate)
• “No Hard Feelings” (20th Century Fox)
• “Theater Camp” (Searchlight Pictures)

Best Action Feature

• “Creed III” (Amazon/MGM Studios)
• “Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” (Paramount Pictures)
• “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” (Disney/Marvel)
• “John Wick: Chapter 4” (Lionsgate)
• “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” (Paramount Pictures)
• “The Killer” (Netflix)

Best Horror Feature

• “Evil Dead Rise” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• “Knock at the Cabin” (Universal Pictures)
• “M3GAN” (Universal Pictures)
• “No One Will Save You” (20th Century Studios / Hulu)
• “Scream VI” (Paramount Pictures)
• “Talk To Me” (A24)

Best Short Film 

• “The ABCs of Book Banning” (MTV Documentary Films)
• “The After” (Netflix)
• “The Last Repair Shop” (Searchlight Pictures and LA Times Studios)
• “Once Upon A Studio” (Disney)
• “Strange Way of Life” (Sony Pictures Classics)
• “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar” (Netflix)

Best Publicity Campaign

• “Barbie” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• “John Wick: Chapter 4” (Lionsgate)
• “M3GAN” (Universal Pictures)
• “Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)
• “The Super Mario Bros Movie” (Universal Pictures)
• “Wonka” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Number of nominations by film:

• 20 Days in Mariupol – 1
• The ABCs of Book Banning – 1
• The After – 1
• Air – 5
• American Fiction – 6
• American Symphony – 1
• Anatomy of a Fall – 5
• Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret – 2
• Asteroid City – 1
• Barbie – 15
• Beyond Utopia – 1
• BlackBerry – 2 
• Bottoms – 1
• The Boy and The Heron – 2
• Cassandro – 2
• Chevalier – 1
• The Color Purple – 8
• Concrete Utopia – 1
• The Creator – 1
• Creed III – 2
• Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves- 3
• Elemental – 2
• Evil Dead Rise – 1
• Fair Play – 1
• Fallen Leaves – 2
• Fast X – 1
• Ferrari – 1
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 – 6
• The Holdovers – 8
• Jawan – 1
• John Wick: Chapter 4 – 6
• Joy Ride – 2
• The Killer – 2
• Killers of the Flower Moon – 10
• Knock at the Cabin – 1
• The Last Repair Shop – 1
• Little Richard: I Am Everything – 1
• M3GAN – 2
• Maestro – 7
• May December – 2
• Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One – 3
• Nimona – 1
• No Hard Feelings – 1
• No One Will Save You – 1
• Once Upon A Studio – 1
• Oppenheimer – 14
• Past Lives – 5
• Perfect Days – 3
• The Persian Version – 1
• Polite Society – 1
• Poor Things – 9
• The Promised Land – 1
• Radical – 2
• Rustin – 1
• Saltburn – 6 
• Scream VI – 1
• Society of the Snow – 3
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – 10
• Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie – 1
• A Strange Way of Life – 1
• The Super Mario Bros Movie – 3
• Suzume – 1
• Talk to Me – 1
• The Taste of Things – 3
• Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour – 1
• The Teacher’s Lounge – 2
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem – 1
• Theater Camp – 2
• A Thousand and One – 1
• Wish – 2
• The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar – 1
• Wonka – 1
• The Zone of Interest – 3

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