Oscar Nominations announced: Here are the Main Contenders

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Nominations for the 96th Academy Awards were announced on Tuesday.

Christopher Nolan's biopic on the father of atomic bomb, Robert Oppenheimer led the list with 13 nominations.

Oppenheimer was nominated for Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor categories.

'Poor Things' got 11 nominations while Martin Scorceses' Killers of the Flower Moon' received 19.

Along with Oppenheimer, Poor Things, Killers of the Flower Moon and Barbie will vie for the Best Picture award.

American Fiction, Past Lives, The Holdovers, Maestro and Anatomy of a Fall are also in the race for the Best Picture award.

For the first time three women directors have made it to the category of the Best Picture- Greta Gerwig, Justin Triet and Celine Song.

Along with Cillian Murphy, Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers), Bradley Cooper (Maestro, Colman Domingo (Rustin), Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction) nominated in the best actor category.

Lily Gladstone is the first native American to be nominated for the Best Actress award.

Emma Stone (Poor Things), Carey Mulligan (Maestro), Sandra Huller (Anatomy of a Fall) and Annette Bening (Nyad) also made it to the list.

Robert Downey Jr (Oppenheimer), Ryan Gosling (Barbie, Robert De Niro (Killers of the Flower Moon), Sterling K Brown (American Fiction)…

…and Mark Ruffalo (Poor Things) are in the race for Best Supporting Actor award.

The Oscar Award ceremony will be aired live on ABC on March 10.