Ryan Gosling Calls Out Margot Robbie ‘Barbie’ Oscars Snubs
RYAN GOSLING as Ken and MARGOT ROBBIE as Barbie in Warner Bros. Pictures’ “BARBIE,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release.
Ryan Gosling may be “Just Ken.” But, as he points out, “there is no Ken without Barbie.” While the Barbie actor was nominated for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor on Tuesday (January 23) for his work on the Greta Gerwig-directed film, his thoughts were with Gerwig and his co-star, Margot Robbie. The two women weren’t nominated in their respective Best Director and Best Actress categories. Gosling, 43, told People in a statement, “There is no Barbie movie without Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie, the two people most responsible for this history-making, globally-celebrated film. No recognition would be possible for anyone on the film without their talent, grit and genius.”
Ken Really Loves Barbie
Calling Gerwig and Robbie’s Oscars snubs a disappointment, the Canadian actor added that “against all odds with nothing but a couple of soulless, scantily clad, and thankfully crotchless dolls, they made us laugh, they broke our hearts, they pushed the culture, and they made history. Their work should be recognized along with the other very deserving nominees.”
Though Gerwig wasn’t nominated for Best Director, she and her husband, Noah Baumbach, were nominated in the Best Adapted Screenplay category. Barbie also received nominations for Best Costume Design and Best Production Design categories. Robbie didn’t get nominated for her acting in Barbie, but she and her husband Tom Ackerly, Robbie Brenner, and David Hyman were nominated for Best Picture as producers. For Best Original Song, Barbie was nominated twice in the category. Additionally, America Ferrera received her first Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actress for her work in Barbie. Simu Liu, who played a Ken who rivaled Ryan’s Ken also addressed the snub. He talked about “just how hard Greta and Margot had to fight to get Barbie made, and how flawlessly they executed. Together they started a movement, touched the world and reinvigorated the cinema. They deserve everything. They ARE everything.”
Just because the Oscars failed to recognize Barbie, this doesn’t mean the film hasn’t been getting its flowers. Barbie has already won six awards so far: Cinematic and Box Office Achievement at the Golden Globes, Critics Choice Awards for Best Comedy, Best Original Screenplay, Best Costume Design, Best Production Design, and Best Makeup.
2024 Oscar Nominations
With the 96th annual Academy Awards taking place on March 10, nominations for the coveted awards show have been announced Tuesday morning (January 23).
Jack Quaid and Zazie Beetz announced the nominees live from the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. In addition to the Oscars airing live on March 10 from the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles, the ceremony will start an hour earlier at 7 p.m. ET. Jimmy Kimmel is returning as the host for the second year in a row, his fourth time hosting the event overall. Watch the show on ABC, streaming on Hulu Live TV, YouTubeTV, AT&T TV and FuboTV, or on ABC.com and the ABC app by authenticating with your provider.
About This Year’s Films
Fantastic films are nominated for this year’s Oscars, with Oppenheimer, Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon, Poor Things, The Holdovers, The Color Purple, Maestro, American Fiction, and Past Lives taking a lot of nominations in the major categories. This year, 321 feature films were eligible for the Oscars, and 265 of those qualified for the Best Picture category. For the first time in history, three of the ten movies nominated for best picture were directed by a female, the most in Oscars history. Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall, Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, and Celine Song’s Past Lives are battling it out against directors Martin Scorsese, Christopher Nolan, and Bradley Cooper. Only four years have included films directed by women for best picture: Lone Scherfig’s An Education, Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker, Lisa Cholodenko’s The Kids Are All Right, Debra Granik’s Winter’s Bone, Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland, Emerald Fennell’s Promising Young Woman, Siân Heder’s CODA, and Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog. Three of these women-directed films won best picture in their respective Oscar-nominated years: The Hurt Locker, Nomadland, and CODA.
Take a look below at this year’s Oscar nominations:
Laila Abuelhawa is the Top 40 and Hip-Hop pop culture writer for Beasley Media Group. Being with the company for over three years, Laila's fierce and fabulous red-carpet rankings have earned her a feature on 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert!' Her favorite stories are those surrounding the latest in celebrity fashion, television and film rankings, and how the world reacts to major celebrity news. With a background in journalism, Laila's stories ensure accuracy and offer background information on stars that you wouldn't have otherwise known. She prides herself in covering stories that inform the public about what is currently happening and what is to come in the ever-changing, ever-evolving media landscape.
