How ‘Barbie’s’ Existential Crisis Is Reflected by Deflating Her Hair and Changing Her Silhouette

Nominations are out for the 21st Irish Film & Television Awards with Lisa Mulcahy’s thriller Lies We Tell leading the pack on the feature side at 13, and crime drama Kin heading up the TV fields with 11 (scroll down for the ful list of nominees). The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) will hand out its prizes on April 20 in Dublin.

While largely overlooked at the Oscars, “Barbie” was still the highest-grossing film of 2023 and credited for getting a horde of moviegoers back into theaters, leading to the phenomenon of #Barbenheimer. This obviously also helped to amplify the Christopher Nolan atomic bomb biopic “Oppenheimer” and make it a huge box office hit in its own right.

2024 Oscars were hosted by Jimmy Kimmel on Sunday, March 10, airing on ABC (in the new earlier time slot of 7 p.m.). The Christopher Nolan flick starring Cillian Murphy was this year’s frontrunner, with a staggering 13 nominations — including for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor for Murphy and Robert Downey Jr., respectively. The Best Actor race was a battle between Murphy, Bradley Cooper (“Maestro”), Paul Giamatti (“The Holdovers”), Colman Domingo (“Rustin”) and Jeffrey Wright (“American Fiction”).Murphy took home the expected win, and Nolan and Downey Jr.

Oscars for snubbing Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie’s work on Barbie during his opening monologue.For the fourth year, the presenter is hosting the annual awards ceremony in Los Angeles tonight (March 10).As Kimmel opened the show at the Dolby Theatre, he referenced some of the biggest movies of the year. “Barbie was a monster hit,” he said.

2024 Oscars to present a segment that had a tribute to stunts. Onstage during the 96th Academy Awards, Gosling and Blunt – who both got nominated for “best supporting actor” for their respective roles as Ken in “Barbie,” and Katherine Oppenheimer in “Oppenheimer” – got into a faux “argument,” delightfully roasting each other over their rivalry.

competed for the coveted Best Picture award.Hollywood’s elite were in good hands as late-night host Jimmy Kimmel returned as the show’s emcee for the fourth time, having hosted the event in 2017, 2018 and 2023. Kimmel, 56, joked that he “always dreamed of hosting the Oscars exactly four times.”Of course, no award ceremony would be complete without controversy.

So many celebrities were in attendance at the Chanel and Charles Finch Pre-Oscar Dinner ahead of the 2024 Academy Awards!

The 2024 Oscars may be this weekend, but there are still plenty of ways to stream all of the Best Picture nominees from Hollywood’s biggest night right from the comfort of your own home. This year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominated 10 films — including Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie,” the Christopher Nolan epic “Oppenheimer” and the Emma Stone-led “Poor Things.”Other nominees for the award include “American Fiction,” “The Zone of Interest,” “Anatomy of the Fall,” the Bradley Cooper-led “Maestro,” “Past Lives,” “Killers of the Flower Moon” and “The Holdovers.” The official ceremony, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, will be held at the Dolby Theatre in LA on Sunday, March 10.

massive contract with Netflix, which he originally signed in 2014 for $250 million and renewed in 2020.Last year, three of Sandler’s movies had enormous success: “Murder Mystery 2” with Jennifer Aniston; “You’re So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah,” featuring his wife and two daughters; and the animated flick “Leo.”According to Forbes, Netflix users streamed over 500 million hours of Sandler content last year.When you’re the star and producer of the year’s most successful movie, you’re bound to see monetary success of your own. Margot Robbie not only landed herself at No.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor As a proud Brooklynite, composer Tamar-kali will often walk around her neighborhood and see a mural of America’s first Black congresswoman Shirley Chisholm. Other times, she’ll take a walk around the Shirley Chisholm State Park and be reminded of an incredible legacy. Chisholm’s story is the subject of “Shirley,” a new film produced by and starring Regina King, directed by John Ridley and coming to Netflix on March 22.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor “Desert power.” That’s how Denis Villeneuve teases what’s to come at the end of 2021’s “Dune,” as Timothée Chalamet’s Paul Atriedes looks out across the desert in awe as he sees a Fremen person riding a sandworm. And Villeneuve does not disappoint.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Hoyte Van Hoytema has taken top honors at the 38th annual American Society of Cinematographers Awards for his work on “Oppenheimer.” Van Hoytema topped a field that included Edward Lachman for “El Conde, Matthew Libatique for “Maestro,” Rodrigo Prieto for “Killers of the Flower Moon” and Robbie Ryan for “Poor Things.” The awards were handed out Sunday night at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. All five theatrical feature film nominees are also nominated for best cinematography at the Oscars.

Academy Awards are right around the corner. The event will be hosted on March 10th, with the first round of presenters being announced. The line up has a mixture of actors that include Zendaya and Lupita Nyong’o.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Randy Spendlove, president of worldwide music and publishing at Paramount Pictures, is no stranger to musical biopics. His roster includes “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Rocketman” and “Walk the Line.” When it came time to bring reggae icon Bob Marley’s story to the big screen, his challenge remained the same as always: “How do you tell the story about a legendary figure? How do you accomplish it? And how do we make sure we utilize Bob?” Early meetings took place during the pandemic with Marley’s sons Ziggy and Stephen as well as director Reinaldo Marcus Green over Zoom. The answer would be in authentically preserving Bob Marley’s live recordings and enhancing them – with actor Kingsley Ben-Adir’s vocals layered in.

SAG Awards, which celebrates the incredible talent of actors and actresses in film and television, went down Saturday night at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall in LA.Summer blockbusters such as Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” and Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” led the film division with a whopping four nominations, while HBO’s “Succession” dominated the television side with a massive five nominations.Barbra Streisand is also set to be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s show.The award show, which has not had a solo host since 2021, had “Ted Lasso” star Phil Dunster and “Red, White and Royal Blue” actor Taylor Zakhar Perez tapped to serve as “ambassadors.” According to a press release obtained by People, Dunster, 31, and Perez, 32, will “provide viewers with exclusive behind-the-scenes access to the ceremony and participate in various SAG Awards pre-show events.”Scroll below for the winners of the Screen Actors Guild Awards. This story will be updated as the night goes on.“American Fiction” “Barbie” “The Color Purple”“Killers of the Flower Moon”“Oppenheimer” Annette Bening — “Nyad” Lily Gladstone — “Killers of the Flower Moon” Carey Mulligan — “Maestro” Margot Robbie — “Barbie” Emma Stone — “Poor Things”Bradley Cooper — “Maestro” Colman Domingo — “Rustin” Paul Giamatti — “The Holdovers” Cillian Murphy — “Oppenheimer” Jeffrey Wright — “American FictionEmily Blunt — “Oppenheimer” Danielle Brooks — “The Color Purple” Penelope Cruz — “Ferrari” Jodi Foster — “Nyad” WINNER: Da’vine Joy Randolph — “The Holdovers” Sterling K.

Michaela Zee Hollywood’s biggest stars hit the red carpet for the 30th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Saturday night in Los Angeles. The star-studded list of attendees includes Margot Robbie, Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr., Lily Gladstone, Oprah, Jodie Foster and Ryan Gosling and so many more. “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” lead the film nominations with four nods apiece; both features will compete for outstanding performance by a cast alongside “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “American Fiction” and “The Color Purple.” On the television front, “Succession” has a leading five nominations, while “Ted Lasso,” “The Bear” and “The Last of Us” each have four nominations.

John Cena knows how to wrestle. And he put that skill to good use when he decided to take a role in Barbie despite his agency saying the role of a mermaid was “beneath” him.

By her own admission, America Ferrera was not a Barbie girl growing up. But now, two decades into her career, Ferrera will be forever bathed in the warm pink glow of the Mattel brand thanks to her role in Greta Gerwig’s Barbie. Ferrera plays a central role as Gloria, a Mattel employee dealing with an existential crisis in the real world, that sends a ripple into Barbie Land and awakens Margot Robbie’s stereotypical Barbie. After Barbie’s female utopia falls prey to a patriarchal coup spearheaded by Ryan Gosling’s Ken, Gloria steps in to set things right. Here, Ferrera reflects on womanhood, her career and making her directorial debut.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Oscar-nominated artisans in the race landed historical firsts in numerous categories. After decades in the industry, costume designer Ellen Mirojnick earned her first nod for “Oppenheimer.” Scott George became the first Osage Nation songwriter to be nominated for his song in “Killers of the Flower Moon,” while Diane Warren scored a record 15th nod. John Williams bested his record-breaking achievement when he was recognized for original score.

Oscars snub for Best Director.“Of course I wanted it for Margot [Robbie],” Gerwig, 40, told Time for its Women of the Year profile. “But I’m just happy we all get to be there together.”Gerwig became the first female director to have their movie hit $1 billion at the global box office in August. “Barbie” is up for eight Oscars, including Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture.