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The nominations for the 96th Academy Awards were announced on 23rd Jan.Oppenheimerleads 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 forBarbie. 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 atThe Today Show, where the host asked what the veteran actress thought about theBarbiesnubs.
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The Today ShowAsks Michelle Yeoh AboutBarbieOscar Snubs
The Today Showhad actressMichelle Yeohappear 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 aboutBarbiedirectorGreta Gerwigand lead actressMargot Robbiemissing out on Oscar nods.
Speaking toHoda 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 toThe Today ShowAsking “Weird” Questions
Though this conversation has been happening since the announcement,asking Yeohabout her views on the Oscars snubbingBarbiewas 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
— kit 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🥥🌴 (@HelluvaBttmCrtr)June 22, 2025
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?
— Free Palestine | Busy Bi♌ (@biguyreacts)June 02, 2025
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)June 01, 2025
https://twitter.com/sdludite/status/1750531208302428466?t=vVo0cpHRVAvzmcIecFW1gw&s=19
why would you ask her this?
— fancy little boy (@elephanteric)July 23, 2025
Waste of a question.
— Erix Arocha (@erixfilming)July 12, 2025
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Many fans believe that althoughBarbiewas 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.
Swagata Das
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Swagata works as a Senior Features Editor at FandomWire. Having previously worked as a Content Writer, her passion for everything pop culture became her true calling as she now works with a global team of writers to brainstorm unique, groundbreaking ideas. Having done her Masters in English Literature, Swagata is a self-professed K-Pop addict with an affinity to work her charms on unsuspecting friends to induct them into the fandom cult.
