Can Anyone Stop ‘Oppenheimer’ at the Oscars?

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( Oscar futures [Can Anyone Stop Oppenheimer at the Oscars?]( The season’s slumbering colossus finally woke up. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photo: Universal Pictures The season’s slumbering colossus finally woke up. The Golden Globes thought Oppenheimer was da bomb, [handing the film five trophies](, second only to La La Land. Now, with Oscar voting underway, the industry precursors are clearing the decks for Christopher Nolan’s movie. Not only did the nuclear-physics drama score every nod it could have expected from the pivotal guild nominations, rivals like Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Poor Things all missed a trick this week. Every Oscar pundit will tell you that you never want to be on top this early, but unlike, say, Power of the Dog, I don’t get the sense the industry is scrambling for alternatives. (At Tuesday’s Governors Awards, the Oppenheimer table was reportedly mobbed by well-wishers.) Rare for a film that’s been the front-runner since July, Oppenheimer has so far avoided a major backlash — can Nolan and company keep it rolling? [read more]( Devour pop culture with us. [Subscribe now]( to save over 60% on unlimited access to Vulture and everything New York. The Latest TV Recaps • For All Mankind: [Deus Ex Margo and Aleida]( • The Curse: [The Gravitron]( • Reacher: [Cop Killer]( • Monarch: Legacy of Monsters: [Godzilla Raids Again]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Stories We Think You’ll Like [A Guide to the Blue-Collar Killing-Machine Movies of January From bee movies to B movies, here’s what you need to know about whether to watch The Beekeeper, The Bricklayer, or The Painter.]( By Alison Willmore [A Thesis on Cord Jefferson The American Fiction writer-director talked with pal and past collaborator Mike Schur, who had some hunches about his career.]( [The Ruthless New Mean Girls Knows Better Than to Try and Make Fetch Happen A pretty good remake proves the Plastics will never die.]( [Ariana Grande Came Back Cold-Hearted in ‘Yes, And?’ People are so lost, they’re in her business.]( [Oppenheimer Is Set to Blow on Peacock Next Month The countdown is on.]( By Savannah Salazar [Every Marvel TV Show of the MCU Era, Ranked There have been 23 TV shows since the dawn of the Marvel Cinematic Universe — and some of them are even pretty good.]( By Nola Pfau [The 12 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This Weekend Including — drumroll — more Bluey!]( By James Grebey and Savannah Salazar [In the Moving Bye Bye Tiberias, Hiam Abbass Considers the Cost of War Palestinian-born actress Hiam Abbass will break your heart in this documentary portrait of her family, filmed by her daughter Lina Soualem.]( By Roxana Hadadi [Yes, Ariana Grande Is Back and She’s Unbothered Winning over the critics in the “yes, and?” music video.]( By Jennifer Zhan [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Today’s Crossword]( 4-Down, Three Letters: Peele’s co-star from 2012-2015 Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Santiago Felipe/Getty Images, Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for 2023 Tribeca Festival, ©20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett Collection Vulture Recommends We consume it all so you don’t have to. Art: Courtesy of Ulrik, New York; Photo: Stephen Faught The [best exhibition in New York]( consists of 50-year-old works that have hardly ever been seen by anyone: sculpture and photography by the mysterious, and glamorously mononymous Bettina. [“New York: 1965–86,”]( now on view at the Canal Street gallery Ulrik, is the first solo presentation of the late artist’s work in this city since 1980. [Read more from Vulture]( A newsletter of TV and movie recommendations. [Sign up]( to get it every week. [Get the Newsletter]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2024, All rights reserved