Updated On: 24 January, 2024 07:27 AM IST | Los Angeles | IANS
`Barbie` was not chosen for the Best Director and Best Actress in a Leading Role categories at the 96th Academy Awards, which were announced on Tuesday

John Williams. Pic/AFP
The race to the 96th annual Academy Awards has picked up the momentum. On Tuesday, the nominations for the upcoming edition of the Oscars were announced. The biggest disappointment comes in the form of the Greta Gerwig directorial ‘Barbie’ as it failed to get nominated in the Best Director and Actress in a Leading Role category.
Actors Zazie Beetz and Jack Quaid were on hand to announce the nominees live from the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater, reports ‘Variety’. Acclaimed music composer John Williams, scored his 54th Oscar nomination for the Harrison Ford-starrer ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’.` With this he has become the most nominated person in the Oscars.