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, andJustine 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:
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)
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Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013. He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.