The nominations for the 96th Academy Awards were announced on 23rd Jan. Oppenheimer leads the list with 13 nominations, but more than that, the conversation since the announcement has been about another movie. Barbie, the billion dollar movie, was snubbed from nominations in the Best Actress and Best Director category. Greta Gerwig missed out on a Best Director nod, while Margot Robbie, the lead actress, missed out on a Best Actress nod.
On the other hand, Ryan Gosling was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and America Ferrera for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Barbie. With the lead actress and director out of the race, fans have been sharing their astonishment at this turn of events. Recently, last years Best Actress Oscar winner, Michelle Yeoh, was at The Today Show, where the host asked what the veteran actress thought about the Barbie snubs.
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The Today Show Asks Michelle Yeoh About Barbie Oscar Snubs
The Today Show had actress Michelle Yeoh appear for their morning show recently, where the actress talked about her own win last year and how it felt being recognized by the Academy after being in the industry for so long. Yeoh was also asked about the recent nomination announcements for the 2024 Oscars, more specifically about Barbie director Greta Gerwig and lead actress Margot Robbie missing out on Oscar nods.
Speaking to Hoda Kotb, Michelle Yeoh said,
“For us, it’s like, it’s not enough nominations to go around. The only take is that it’s so competitive out there and there’s no guarantee because you’re not the only voter. It’s widespread.”
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Being the first Asian woman to win an Oscar in the Best Actress category last year, that too at the age of 60, Yeoh managed to break all the bars set before her and show the world that she is indomitable.
Fans React to The Today Show Asking “Weird” Questions
Though this conversation has been happening since the announcement, asking Yeoh about her views on the Oscars snubbing Barbie was probably not the best way to go. Audiences from all over criticized the show for asking the actress such a weird question.
this is such a weird thing to ask her
— bo naylor’s cheekbones (@HelluvaBttmCrtr) January 25, 2024
Y'all asked the first Asian best actress winner about some random white women who got 8 nominations fo their movie when you could have asked about Celine Song, Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, and Charles Melton? Can y'all do your damn jobs?
— Katurah Defense Squad | Free Palestine | Busy Bi♌ (@biguyreacts) January 25, 2024
Why would you ask the first Asian woman to win an Oscar in the leading category about 2 white women not getting noms???
— Michelle Yeoh's Oscar (@Jaqssssss) January 25, 2024
What is going on with the mainstream's obsession over Barbie? why was it so incredible it deserved every nomination?
— ludite (@sdludite) January 25, 2024
why would you ask her this?
— fancy little boy (@elephanteric) January 25, 2024
Waste of a question.
— Erix Arocha (@erixfilming) January 25, 2024
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Many fans believe that although Barbie was a blockbuster, it was not worthy of Oscars. But most viewers were just unhappy with Yeoh being asked about why the movie was not nominated for specific categories when it has actually gotten nominated for eight Oscars.
The 96th Academy Awards will be held on 10th March, 2024, and will be live streamed on ABC.
