<p>Los Angeles: <em>Barbie </em>and <em>Oppenheimer </em>landed nominations on Wednesday for the Screen Actors Guild awards, setting up a new battle between the box office blockbusters ahead of the Academy Awards. </p><p>The two films that squared off in a showdown dubbed "Barbenheimer" last summer will vie for the best movie cast award alongside <em>The Color Purple</em>, <em>Killers of the Flower Moon </em>and <em>American Fiction</em>.</p>.Judd Apatow says it's 'insulting' to classify 'Barbie' as adapted screenplay in Oscars race.<p><em>Barbie </em>star Margot Robbie was nominated for best movie actress and will compete with <em>Poor Things </em>star Emma Stone and Lily Gladstone of <em>Killers of the Flower Moon</em>, among others. Cillian Murphy, who played atomic bomb scientist J Robert Oppenheimer, was nominated for best actor.</p><p>The SAG awards are closely watched because actors form the largest group of voters for the Oscars, the film industry's top prizes that will be bestowed in March.</p><p>Winners of the SAG awards will be handed out at a red-carpet ceremony held in Los Angeles on February 24 and streamed live on Netflix.</p>
<p>Los Angeles: <em>Barbie </em>and <em>Oppenheimer </em>landed nominations on Wednesday for the Screen Actors Guild awards, setting up a new battle between the box office blockbusters ahead of the Academy Awards. </p><p>The two films that squared off in a showdown dubbed "Barbenheimer" last summer will vie for the best movie cast award alongside <em>The Color Purple</em>, <em>Killers of the Flower Moon </em>and <em>American Fiction</em>.</p>.Judd Apatow says it's 'insulting' to classify 'Barbie' as adapted screenplay in Oscars race.<p><em>Barbie </em>star Margot Robbie was nominated for best movie actress and will compete with <em>Poor Things </em>star Emma Stone and Lily Gladstone of <em>Killers of the Flower Moon</em>, among others. Cillian Murphy, who played atomic bomb scientist J Robert Oppenheimer, was nominated for best actor.</p><p>The SAG awards are closely watched because actors form the largest group of voters for the Oscars, the film industry's top prizes that will be bestowed in March.</p><p>Winners of the SAG awards will be handed out at a red-carpet ceremony held in Los Angeles on February 24 and streamed live on Netflix.</p>