Oscars 2024: Netflix Wins Just One Award and Apple Shut Out After Streamers Combine for 32 Nominations

Streamers narrowly avoided getting shut out at the 2024 Oscars: Netflix came away with just one trophy and Apple left empty-handed, after they garnered a total of 32 nominations. From a report: Netflix collected its one win for Wes Anderson's 'The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar,' an adaptation of a Roald Dahl story, in the live action short film category. The 40-minute film, with a cast that includes Benedict Cumberbatch, Dev Patel, Ben Kingsley, and Ralph Fiennes, is the first Oscar for Anderson (who wasn't in attendance to receive the award). Heading into Sunday's 96th Academy Awards, Netflix led all studios and platforms with 19 nominations across 11 films, including seven for Bradley Cooper's 'Maestro' -- which was shut out. Apple had picked up 13 nods, including 10 for Martin Scorsese's 'Killers of the Flower Moon,' which also drew a goose egg.

Since 2017, Netflix has now won 23 Oscars in all. But the best picture prize continues to elude the streamer as 'Maestro' lost out to this year's awards powerhouse, 'Oppenheimer.' Nor has Netflix won in the lead actor or actress categories, coming up empty this year after four noms (Cooper and Carey Mulligan for 'Maestro'; Colman Domingo for 'Rustin'; and Annette Bening for 'Nyad'). 'Killers of the Flower Moon's' nominations included one for Scorsese in the best director category. His only Oscar to date came in 2007 for 'The Departed' (for director). In 2020, his mafioso pic 'The Irishman' for Netflix was shut out at the Oscars after receiving 10 nominations.

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