Oscar 2024 Nominations - When and where to watch the unveiling of the 96th Academy Awards contenders

The Oscar 2024 Shortlist was announced on December 21, 2023. Today, the names of the official contenders for the Oscar glory will be released at 7 pm IST.

Barbenheimer for Oscar 2024

Since the release of the shortlisted nominations for Oscar 2024 on December 21, 2023, the 2024 editions of the Golden Globes and Emmys have come and gone by, with certain films claiming victories in multiple categories, like Barbie and Poor Things.

The time has come for the release of the official nominations of the Oscar 2024 categories. At 7pm today IST (January 23, 2024), the Academy will announce the nominations of 23 categories. In two batches, actors Zazie Beetz and Jack Quaid will announce the nominations from the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Los Angeles.

The first batch will announce the categories like Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress, while the second batch will declare the contenders for Best Picture and Best Director. The nominations will be available to stream on the Academy’s Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube handles. They will also stream live on the Oscar website. Watch it here

After squaring off at the box office, Barbie and Oppenheimer, often called Barbenheimer, are among the top contenders for most the Oscar 2024 nominations and victories. Following their footsteps are Poor Things, Maestro, Killers of The Flower Moon, Society of the Snow, and The Color Purple.

Also read: Oscars 2024 shortlists disclosed- Oppenheimer is left in the dust by Underdogs Society of the Snow and Across the Spider-Verse

As for the top contenders in the acting category, Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr. Paul Giamatti, Margot Robbie, Lily Gladstone, and Emily Blunt are expected to be among the final nominations and the eventual victors.

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India at the Oscars this year

Last year had been an iconic year for Indian Cinema at the Oscars with three nominations and two victories earned by The Elephant Whisperers in Best Documentary Short Film and RRR’s Naatu Naatu for Best Original Song. Sadly, this year, India’s only Oscar entry, 2018-Everyone is a Hero, for the category of International Feature Film did not make it to the Oscar 2024 Shortlist.

Also read: '2018' is India's official entry to Oscars 2024: All you need to know

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