'Oppenheimer' tops Oscar nominations with 13

$(FILES) Recipient of the Desert Palm achievement Award - Actor for \"Oppenheimer\" Irish actor Cillian Murphy (R) and US actor Robert Downey Jr. arrive for the 35th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala at the Convention Center in Palm Springs, California, on January 4, 2024. Nominations for this year\\'s Oscars will be unveiled on January 23, 2024, with the \"Barbenheimer\" juggernaut expected to roll on to the climax of Hollywood\\'s awards season with multiple chances at glory. After a combined $2.4 billion global box office take, \"Barbie\" and \"Oppenheimer\" -- two films linked only by their simultaneous release last July -- are seen as locks for a suite of nods for the 96th Academy Awards, which take place on March 10. (Photo by VALERIE MACON / AFP) , Agence France-Presse (AFP)/AFP$

(FILES) Recipient of the Desert Palm achievement Award - Actor for "Oppenheimer" Irish actor Cillian Murphy (R) and US actor Robert Downey Jr. arrive for the 35th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala at the Convention Center in Palm Springs, California, on January 4, 2024. Nominations for this year's Oscars will be unveiled on January 23, 2024, with the "Barbenheimer" juggernaut expected to roll on to the climax of Hollywood's awards season with multiple chances at glory. After a combined $2.4 billion global box office take, "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" -- two films linked only by their simultaneous release last July -- are seen as locks for a suite of nods for the 96th Academy Awards, which take place on March 10. (Photo by VALERIE MACON / AFP)
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It was followed by "Poor Things," a female-focused take on the Frankenstein myth, with 11, and Martin Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon" on 10

Staff Writer, Agence France-Presse (AFP)

January 23, 2024

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(FILES) Recipient of the Desert Palm achievement Award - Actor for "Oppenheimer" Irish actor Cillian Murphy (R) and US actor Robert Downey Jr. arrive for the 35th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala at the Convention Center in Palm Springs, California, on January 4, 2024. Nominations for this year's Oscars will be unveiled on January 23, 2024, with the "Barbenheimer" juggernaut expected to roll on to the climax of Hollywood's awards season with multiple chances at glory. After a combined $2.4 billion global box office take, "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" -- two films linked only by their simultaneous release last July -- are seen as locks for a suite of nods for the 96th Academy Awards, which take place on March 10. (Photo by VALERIE MACON / AFP)

"Oppenheimer" -- Christopher Nolan's masterly portrait of the father of the atomic bomb -- topped the Oscars nominations Tuesday, earning an impressive 13 nods including for best picture.

It was followed by "Poor Things," a female-focused take on the Frankenstein myth, with 11, and Martin Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon" on 10.