Barbie and Oppenheimer score SAG award nominations

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Barbie and Oppenheimer have landed nominations for the Screen Actors Guild awards.
Barbie and Oppenheimer have landed nominations for the Screen Actors Guild awards. Credit: AP

Barbie and Oppenheimer have landed nominations for the Screen Actors Guild awards, setting up a new battle between the box office blockbusters ahead of the Academy Awards.

The two films that squared off in a showdown dubbed “Barbenheimer” last northern summer will vie for the best movie cast award alongside The Color Purple, Killers of the Flower Moon and American Fiction.

FILE - This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Margot Robbie in a scene from "Barbie." With the Friday, July 21, 2023, release of the "Barbie movie" starring Robbie, the color "Barbie Pink" has been thrown into the spotlight on social media and the world of fashion. (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP, File)
Barbie star Margot Robbie was nominated for best movie actress. Credit: AP

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Barbie star Margot Robbie was nominated for best movie actress and will compete with Poor Things star Emma Stone and Lily Gladstone of Killers of the Flower Moon, among others.

Cillian Murphy, who played atomic bomb scientist J Robert Oppenheimer, was nominated for best actor.

Cillian Murphy
Cillian Murphy, who played scientist J Robert Oppenheimer, has been nominated for best actor. (AP PHOTO) Credit: AP

The SAG awards are closely watched because actors form the largest group of voters for the Oscars, the film industry’s top prizes that will be bestowed in March.

Winners of the SAG awards will be handed out at a red-carpet ceremony held in Los Angeles on February 24 and streamed live on Netflix.

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