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Oscars best picture winner "Oppenheimer" was finally released on Friday in Japan, where its subject — the man who masterminded the creation of the atomic bomb — is a highly sensitive and emotional topic.

The U.S. blockbuster hit screens in the United States and many other countries in July at the same time as "Barbie", inspiring a viral phenomenon dubbed "Barbenheimer" by moviegoers.

The chain reaction set off by the fusion of "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" will come to a head on March 10 at the Oscars, where one is expected to own the red carpet, and the other to dominate the awards.

It has, by the account of many pundits, been a remarkably strong year for "Oppenheimer" with 2023 easily offering the most packed lineup of commercial and critical hits since before the pandemic.

That strength makes the seemingly unstoppable awards success of Nolan's "Oppenheimer" all the more impressive.

After a tumultuous movie year marred by strikes and work stoppages, the Academy Awards showered nominations yesterday on Christopher Nolan's blockbuster biopic, "Oppenheimer," which came away with a leading 13 nominations.

The nominations for this year's Oscars will be announced on Tuesday, January 23. The list of nominees is expected to include films such as "Oppenheimer" and "Barbie." With a total revenue of about 2 billion dollars, they are likely to be contenders for several statuettes, including the "Oscar" for Best Picture.

"Oppenheimer," Christopher Nolan's drama about the inventor of the atomic bomb, topped the Golden Globes on Sunday.

"Oppenheimer" took five prizes including best drama, best director for Nolan, best score, as well as acting wins for Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr.

As 2023 draws to a close, no one is sounding the death knell of the superhero movie. The Walt Disney Co.'s "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" made $845.6 million worldwide and Sony's "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" ($691 million) was one of the most acclaimed films of the year. Marvel is still mightier than any other brand in the business.

The "Barbie" power ballad "I'm Just Ken" and AP and Frontline's documentary "20 Days in Mariupol" just got one step closer to an Oscar nomination.

"Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" - the unlikely pair of films that dominated the box office and spawned countless internet memes this summer - topped the newly revamped Golden Globes nominations on Dec. 11.

Generic ghosts and vague vampires haunted the Hollywood picket lines this Halloween, as striking actors tried to scare studio bosses by refusing to dress up as any of their famous characters.