Oppenheimer
ACE Eddie Awards: ‘The Holdovers,’ ‘Oppenheimer’ and ‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour’ Among Winners
Universal’s Oppenheimer and Focus Features’ The Holdovers won the top theatrical prizes Sunday at the 74th Annual ACE Eddie Awards, presented by the American Cinema Editors at UCLA’s Royce Hall. ACE president Kevin Tent, who presided over the event, won best edited feature film, comedy, for The Holdovers, while the drama feature award went to […]
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CAS Awards: ‘Oppenheimer,’ ‘The Last of Us,’ ‘The Bear’ Among Winners
The Cinema Audio Society Awards took place on Saturday, honoring Oppenheimer, The Last of Us and The Bear with winning trophies this year. The sound mixing team behind Oppenheimer took home the award in the live-action competition, beating the teams behind Barbie, Ferrari, Killers of the Flower Moon and Maestro. Cinema Audio Society, which honors outstanding sound mixing in […]
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‘Oppenheimer’ Producer Emma Thomas on Making the Historical Epic a Summer Blockbuster: “That’s the Genius of Chris Nolan”
Emma Thomas has been producing Christopher Nolan’s films since Nolan’s 1997 short feature Doodlebug. 30 years and 12 feature films later, she most recently served as the producer on Oppenheimer, a historical epic about nuclear physicist and father of the atomic bomb J. Robert Oppenheimer, now nominated for 13 Academy Awards including best picture. “What’s […]
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‘Oppenheimer’ Sound Editor Richard King on Going “Down the Rabbit Hole With Quantum Physics” In His Research
For sound editor Richard King, it wasn’t the explosion scene in Universal’s Oppenheimer — nominated for 13 Oscars, including best sound — that was most challenging to work on. Instead, it was the smaller quantum particle and wave sequence scenes inside J. Robert Oppenheimer’s head that were most demanding. “They couldn’t sound small, even though […]
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Cillian Murphy Credits ‘Oppenheimer’ Actress Olivia Thirlby for ‘Oppenhomies’ Nickname, Encourages Her to “Immediately Trademark That”
A catchy nickname for Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer crew has emerged during awards season: the Oppenhomies. During his acceptance speech for best actor at Saturday’s SAG Awards, Cillian Murphy made sure to give credit where it’s due by revealing the specific Oppenhomie who came up with it. “Just an FYI on that exquisite moniker, Oppenhomies, that […]
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‘Oppenheimer’ Team Praises Solidarity for Actors Strike During SAG Drama Ensemble Award Win
Oppenheimer performer Kenneth Branagh reminisced about his cast showing their support for last summer’s actors strike while accepting the prize for outstanding cast performance in a motion picture at the 2024 SAG Awards on Saturday. “Thank you for every SAG-AFTRA member whose support and whose sacrifice allows us to be standing here, better than we […]
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SAG Awards: ‘Oppenheimer’ and ‘The Bear’ Score Three Wins Apiece
Universal’s Oppenheimer took took the top prize at the 2024 Screen Actors Guild Awards, winning best cast in a film — while also taking the prizes for lead and supporting actor. Cillian Murphy won best actor for his role as in the eponymous scientist who led the Manhattan Project’s creation of the atomic bomb. He […]
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SAG Awards: Robert Downey Jr. Jokes He’ll “Never Grow Tired” of His Own Voice After Supporting Actor Win
Robert Downey Jr. won the best supporting actor in a movie award at the 2024 Screen Actors Guild Awards on Saturday night. Following an awards season full of comedic acceptance speeches by the actor, he took a moment to list off actors (and his wife) that inspired him throughout the years. “This is actually incredibly […]
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‘Barbie,’ ‘Poor Things’ and More Costume Designers on How They Created Vibrant Looks and Used History Books as Inspiration
Barbie Costume design by Jacqueline Durran Jacqueline Durran had her work cut out for her, depicting the culture shock of Barbie (Margot Robbie) and Ken (Ryan Gosling) Rollerblading into the vibrant chaos of Venice Beach after leaving their idyllic pink Dream House realm. “It was the first moment of the clash between the unreal world of […]
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Cillian Murphy Broke His Head While Filming ‘Oppenheimer’
A pillow Emily Blunt gave Cillian Murphy on the set of Oppenheimer led to the actor having to get his head glued shut. Blunt, Murphy and Robert Downey Jr., who are all nominated for Oscars for their roles in the biopic, stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! to discuss the film. During their conversation, Murphy opened […]
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How David Bowie Inspired ‘Oppenheimer’ Cinematic Silhouette
Oppenheimer costume designer Ellen Mirojnick took audiences back to the 1940s with her two- and three-piece suits worn by Cillian Murphy’s J. Robert Oppenheimer and the other scientists on the Manhattan Project. But the fashion in Christopher Nolan’s historical epic also stayed impressively timeless, which Mirojnick reveals was one of the director’s early requests. “One of Chris’ […]
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‘Awards Chatter’ Podcast: Cillian Murphy on ‘Oppenheimer,’ Potential ‘Peaky Blinders’ Movie and Making a Musical
Cillian Murphy, the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, is a terrific Irish actor who The New York Times has said is “known for his electrifying, typecast-defying turns in a range of movies, big and small.” Backstage has called him “a chameleonic performer, a character actor trapped in a leading […]
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