Ryan Gosling and Celine Song, along with other Canadians, are competing for Oscars tonight at a glamorous event in Los Angeles.
Gosling's performance as Ken in the popular film 'Barbie' is in the running for a best supporting actor award, while writer-director Celine Song's first movie 'Past Lives' is nominated for best picture and best original screenplay.
Gosling's song 'I'm Just Ken,' which he sings in the movie and will perform live at the Oscars, is also up for the best original song award.
The late Toronto-born musician Robbie Robertson received a nomination for his original score for Martin Scorsese's 'Killers of the Flower Moon,' and the National Film Board of Canada's 'To Kill a Tiger,' directed by Nisha Pahuja, is nominated for best documentary feature.
Also nominated are Nova Scotia filmmaker Ben Proudfoot, co-director of 'The Last Repair Shop,' for best short documentary, and Quebec director-screenwriter Vincent René-Lortie, whose film 'Invincible' is up for the live action short category.
The 96th Academy Awards show, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. EDT— an hour earlier than usual— and will be shown live on ABC and CTV.
Christopher Nolan's popular biographical movie, 'Oppenheimer,' leads the nominations with 13 nods, including for best picture, director, and acting nominations for Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr., and Emily Blunt.
Other strong contenders in various categories include 'Barbie,' 'Killers of the Flower Moon,' and 'Poor Things.'
— With reports from The Associated Press
