Oscar Predictions Highlight 'Poor Things', 'Barbie', and 'Oppenheimer'

Frontrunners for Best Actress and Best Director categories emerge as the 96th Oscars approach.

The 96th Oscars telecast will be broadcast on Sunday, March 10, 2024, with nominations voting from January 11-16, 2024, and final voting from February 22-27, 2024.
In the Best Actress category, frontrunners include Lily Gladstone for 'Killers of the Flower Moon', Sandra Hüller for 'Anatomy of a Fall', Carey Mulligan for 'Maestro', Margot Robbie for 'Barbie', and Emma Stone for 'Poor Things'.
For the Best Director category, frontrunners are Greta Gerwig for 'Barbie', Jonathan Glazer for 'The Zone of Interest', Yorgos Lanthimos for 'Poor Things', Christopher Nolan for 'Oppenheimer', and Martin Scorsese for 'Killers of the Flower Moon'.
The films 'Poor Things', 'Barbie', and 'Oppenheimer' are among the most talked about in the Oscar race.
Several directors, including Ridley Scott for 'Napoleon' and Alexander Payne for 'The Holdovers', are in contention for a directing win after multiple previous nominations.