Grammys, other awards, and Oscar nominations for 'Barbie' on Barbie Day

Happy National Barbie Day! "On March 9th, National Barbie Day celebrates an iconic toy that premiered on this day in 1959. Barbie debuted at the American International Toy Fair in New York." Happy 65th birthday, Barbie!

As I wrote yesterday I plan on celebrating by examining Barbie's Oscar nominations and awards show wins, including at the Grammys. Follow over the jump.


As the image above shows, Barbie won three Grammys, Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media for Barbie The Album and Song Of The Year and Best Song Written For Visual Media for Billie Eilish's "What Was I Made For?" The big surprise is Song Of The Year, as none of the Gold Derby editors had picked it to win in December.

Six editors have also selected Swift to win Song of the Year. Four picked Cyrus for "Flowers" and one has SZA's "Kill Bill" as her choice. That editor is Joyce Eng, which means I have to take the possibility seriously.

Their latest predictions show that three changed their top choice to "What Was I Made For?" Six stayed on Swift, while one each switched to Jon Batiste's "Butterfly" and Olivia Rodrigo's "Vampire." Congratulations to the three editors who made the correct choice, to say nothing of Billie Eilish and Mark Ronson! Speaking of whom, watch BILLIE EILISH Wins Song Of The Year For "WHAT WAS I MADE FOR?" | 2024 GRAMMYs Acceptance Speech from the Recording Academy.

Watch BILLIE EILISH's acceptance speech as they accept the GRAMMY for Song Of The Year for "WHAT WAS I MADE FOR?" at the 2024 GRAMMYs.

I hope her Oscar acceptance speech is this fun.

Also watch Barbie The Album Wins Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media | 2024 GRAMMYs Acceptance Speech.

Watch George Drakoulias and Brandon Davis' acceptance speech as they accept the GRAMMY for Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media for Barbie The Album at the 2024 GRAMMYs.

Once again, congratulations! Now to move on to the movie awards, beginning with the Golden Globes.


Barbie won the two categories where there was no significant dispute among Gold Derby editors and experts, Cinematic and Box Office Achievement and Best Original Song, Motion Picture. Again, congratulations to Margot Robbie, Greta Gerwig, and the rest of the movie's producers and to Billie Eilish and her brother Fineas. Watch both of their acceptance speeches, beginning with Barbie" Wins Cinematic and Box Office Achievement I 81st Annual Golden Globes.


Well said, Margot and Greta!

Next, “What Was I Made For” - Barbie Wins Best Song – Motion Picture I 81st Annual Golden Globes.

"What Was I Made For" by Billie Eilish O'Connell and Finneas O'Connell wins the Best Original Song - Motion Picture award for "Barbie" at the 81st Annual Golden Globe Awards.

That's more what I expect from Billie at the Oscars tomorrow night, a bit more restrained than she was at the Grammys, but still a fun speech.


Barbie had its best awards performance at the Critics' Choice Awards, winning the seven awards listed in the graphic above. I found three acceptance speeches at the Critics Choice YouTube channel and I begin with Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig Barbie Acceptance Speech at The 29th Annual Critics Choice Awards.

Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig give a surprise Barbie acceptance speech at The 29th Annual Critics Choice Awards

The speech may have been a surprise, but most of the awards were not. Seven of the editors selected Barbie to win Best Comedy Film, while six of the eleven Best Costume Design and Best Production Design. All of the editors expected that one of the three nominees from Barbie would win Best Song, but they still got a big surprise because they unanimously chose "What Was I Made For?" Instead, "I'm Just Ken" wins Best Song at the 29th annual Critics Choice Awards. Surprise!


Feel the Kenergy!

An award that was known in advance was America Ferrera receives the SeeHer Award at the 29th Annual Critics Choice Awards.


Congratulations, America!

I mentioned that Barbie won the Hollywood Creative Association (HCA) Award for most anticipated film of the year. Since then, the HCA renamed its awards the Astra Awards, and Barbie won eight of them, Best Picture, Best Actress for Margot Robbie, Best Supporting Actor for Ryan Gosling, and Best Original Screenplay for Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach at the main ceremony and Best Publicity Campaign, Best Production Design, Best Original Song for "I'm Just Ken," and Best Casting at the Creative Arts ceremony. Congratulations! I'm sharing Greta Gerwig | Best Picture | Astra Film Awards Acceptance Speech to celebrate these wins at the newly renamed awards.

Great speech thanking all of the creative people involved in the making of the film! Too bad she's unlikely to give one like it at the Oscars.

Watching this reminds me that Barbie also won three Saturn Awards, but I'm going to have to make my own image for that, so I'm saving it for the first retrospective post of the thirteenth year of this blog the last week of this month.


BAFTA completely shut Barbie out, but the People's Choice Awards gave the movie and one of its songs six awards the same night, The Movie of the Year, The Comedy Movie of the Year, The Male Movie Star of the Year for Ryan Gosling, The Female Movie Star of the Year for Margot Robbie, The Movie Performance of the Year for America Ferrera, and The Collaboration Song of the Year for "Barbie World" – Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice with Aqua. Robbie, Gerwig, and Gosling were all in London losing, but Ferrera and Ice Spice were at the People's Choice Awards to accept. Watch their acceptance speeches starting with America Ferrera Wins the People's Movie Performance | People's Choice Awards 2024 | NBC with Billie Eilish presenting on NBC.


Notice Ice Spice and Nicki Minaj playing in the background as Ferrera ascends the stage. Theirs was the only song from Barbie to win a People's Choice Award, although it wasn't the only one nominated. "Dance The Night" by Dua Lipa earned a nomination for The Song of the Year, which she lost to Olivia Rodrigo's "Vampire." "What Was I Made For?" Not even nominated. As I wrote in November, "I know which one is more likely to win the People's Choice Award!" Don't feel sorry for Eilish, though. In addition to presenting, she won The TV Performance of the Year for Swarm. Congratulations!


Enough of the past. Now for the future, namely tomorrow night's Oscar ceremony, with the Gold Derby editors' predictions.

Best Picture: Oppenheimer (12).
Best Director: Christopher Nolan for Oppenheimer (12).
Best Actress: Lily Gladstone for Killers of the Flower Moon (8), Emma Stone for Poor Things (3), or Sandra Huller for Anatomy of a Fall (1).
Best Actor: Cillian Murphy for Oppenheimer (10) or Paul Giamatti for The Holdovers (2).
Best Supporting Actress: Da'Vine Joy Randolph for The Holdovers (12).
Best Supporting Actor: Robert Downey, Jr. for Oppenheimer (12).
Best Adapted Screenplay: American Fiction (9) or Oppenheimer (3).
Best Original Screenplay: Anatomy of a Fall (10) or The Holdovers (2).
Best Cinematography Oppenheimer (12).
Best Costume Design: Poor Things (8) or Barbie (4).
Best Film Editing: Oppenheimer (12).
Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Maestro (7) or Poor Things (5).
Best Production Design: Poor Things (9) or Barbie (3).
Best Score: Oppenheimer (12).
Best Song: Barbie for "What Was I Made For?" (11) or "I'm Just Ken" (1).
Best Sound: Oppenheimer (11) or Zone of Interest (1).
Best Visual Effects: Godzilla Minus One (7), The Creator (4), or Napoleon (1).
Best Animated Feature: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (7) or The Boy and the Heron (5).
Best Documentary Feature: 20 Days in Mariupol (12).
Best International Film: Zone of Interest (12).
Best Animated Short: WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko (10), Letter to a Pig (1), or Ninety-Five Senses (1).
Best Documentary Short: The ABCs of Book Banning (8) or The Last Repair Shop (4).
Best Live Action Short: Red, White and Blue (8) or The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (4).

Looks like Barbie is guaranteed to win only one Oscar for Best Song, while it has outside chances of winning Best Costume Design and Best Production Design. Sigh. That's sad, and enough to make me close by sharing the likely Oscar winner and a song that always makes me cry, Watch BILLIE EILISH AND FINNEAS Perform "WHAT WAS I MADE FOR?” at the 2024 GRAMMYs.


I'll return with the Oscar winners next week after a highlights post of tonight's Saturday Night Live. Stay tuned.

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