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Why Leonardo DiCaprio didn't attend the Oscars despite his movie being nominated

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Published 08:53 11 Mar 2024 GMT

Why Leonardo DiCaprio didn't attend the Oscars despite his movie being nominated

DiCaprio's movie Killers of the Flower Moon earned 10 nominations at the Oscars

Emily Brown

Emily Brown

Featured Image Credit: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Netflix/Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images

Topics: Leonardo DiCaprio, Oscars, Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese, Film and TV, Celebrity

Emily Brown
Emily Brown

Emily Brown is UNILAD Editorial Lead at LADbible Group. She first began delivering news when she was just 11 years old - with a paper route - before graduating with a BA Hons in English Language in the Media from Lancaster University. Emily joined UNILAD in 2018 to cover breaking news, trending stories and longer form features. She went on to become Community Desk Lead, commissioning and writing human interest stories from across the globe, before moving to the role of Editorial Lead. Emily now works alongside the UNILAD Editor to ensure the page delivers accurate, interesting and high quality content.

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Leonardo DiCaprio's movie Killers of the Flower Moon earned multiple nominations at the Oscars, but the man himself didn't attend to find out the results.

DiCaprio starred alongside Robert De Niro and Lily Gladstone in the Martin Scorsese movie, which earned an impressive 10 nominations at the 96th Academy Awards last night (10 March).

The historical drama, which details the investigation into the murders of the Osage people, even landed a nomination in the coveted Best Picture category, but still leading man DiCaprio was nowhere to be seen.

The 49-year-old star is no stranger to the Oscars, having previously been nominated multiple times for Best Actor and securing a win in the category for his role in The Revenant.

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As a result, DiCaprio has attended the event multiple times in the past, but viewers at home were left wondering about his whereabouts when he failed to make an appearance last night.

"Is Leonardo DiCaprio not at the #Oscars?," one viewer wrote on X.

DiCaprio's absence comes after he was left out of the nominees for Best Actor for his role in Killers of the Flower Moon, with many fans claiming he had been 'snubbed'.

Leonardo DiCaprio was not nominated for Best Actor.
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One fan posted: "Leonardo DiCaprio in Killers of the Flower Moon is the best actor at the Oscars. Not being nominated is a joke. No one comes close to his performance. It’s not even close."

However, while some viewers speculated it was this 'snub' that prompted DiCaprio to avoid the Oscars last night, Entertainment Tonight has reported that he actually had a scheduling conflict.

The Oscars might be one of the biggest nights in Hollywood, but DiCaprio was busy doing what he does best last night as he was working on his upcoming Paul Thomas Anderson movie.

In January, Deadline reported that the movie would star DiCaprio alongside Sean Penn and Regina Hall, and has been given the working title BC Project.

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DiCaprio was working on another project during the Oscars.
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Netflix

Though DiCaprio wasn't at the Oscars to support Killers of the Flower Moon last night, the actor has previously praised the title and its stars.

In a post on Instagram last month, DiCaprio described the movie as a 'powerful film that combats the erasure of Native peoples, culture, and communities'.

"It is one that everyone should have the chance to see," he added.

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The movie's 10 nominations indicate that people agree the movie is one to watch, but unfortunately Killers of the Flower Moon failed to take home a single award last night, meaning DiCaprio wouldn't have appeared on stage even if he did attend.

Here are all of this year's Oscar winners in full:

Best director

Anatomy of a Fall - Justine Triet

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Killers of the Flower Moon - Martin Scorsese

Oppenheimer - Christopher Nolan - WINNER

Poor Things - Yorgos Lanthimos

The Zone of Interest - Jonathan Glazer

Best actor

Bradley Cooper - Maestro

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Colman Domingo - Rustin

Paul Giamatti - The Holdovers

Cillian Murphy - Oppenheimer - WINNER

Jeffrey Wright - American Fiction

Best actress

Annette Bening - Nyad

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Lily Gladstone - Killers of the Flower Moon

Sandra Huller - Anatomy of a Fall

Carey Mulligan - Maestro

Emma Stone - Poor Things - WINNER

Best picture

American Fiction

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Anatomy of a Fall

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The Holdovers

Killers of the Flower Moon

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Maestro

Oppenheimer - WINNER

Past Lives

Poor Things

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The Zone of Interest

Best supporting actress

Emily Blunt - Oppenheimer

Danielle Brooks - The Color Purple

America Ferrera - Barbie

Jodie Foster - Nyad

Da'Vine Joy Randolph - The Holdovers - WINNER

Best animated short

Letter to a Pig

Ninety-Five Senses

Our Uniform

Pachyderme

War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko - WINNER

Best animated feature

The Boy and the Heron - WINNER

Elemental

Nimona

Robot Dreams

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best original screenplay

Anatomy of a Fall - WINNER

The Holdovers

Maestro

May December

Past Lives

Best adapted screenplay

American Fiction - WINNER

Barbie

Oppenheimer

Poor Things

The Zone of Interest

Best make-up and hairstyling

Golda

Maestro

Oppenheimer

Poor Things - WINNER

Society of the Snow

Best production design

Barbie

Killers of the Flower Moon

Napoleon

Oppenheimer

Poor Things - WINNER

Best costume design

Barbie

Killers of the Flower Moon

Napoleon

Oppenheimer

Poor Things - WINNER

Best international feature

Io Capitano

Perfect Days

Society of the Snow

The Teachers' Lounge

The Zone of Interest - WINNER

Best supporting actor

Sterling K Brown - American Fiction

Robert De Niro - Killers of the Flower Moon

Robert Downey Jr - Oppenheimer - WINNER

Ryan Gosling - Barbie

Mark Ruffalo - Poor Things

Best visual effects

The Creator

Godzilla Minus One - WINNER

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Napoleon

Best film editing

Anatomy of a Fall

The Holdovers

Killers of the Flower Moon

Oppenheimer - WINNER

Poor Things

Best documentary short

The ABCs of Book Banning

The Barber of Little Rock

Island In Between

The Last Repair Shop - WINNER

Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó

Best documentary feature

Bobi Wine: The People's President

The Eternal Memory

Four Daughters

To Kill a Tiger

20 Days in Mariupol - WINNER

Best live-action short

The After

Invincible

Knight of Fortune

Red, White and Blue

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar - WINNER

Best cinematography

El Conde

Killers of the Flower Moon

Maestro

Oppenheimer

Poor Things

Best sound

The Creator

Maestro

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Oppenheimer - WINNER

The Zone of Interest

Best original score

American Fiction

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Killers of the Flower Moon

Oppenheimer - WINNER

Poor Things

Best original song

'The Fire Inside' - Flamin' Hot (Diane Warren)

'I'm Just Ken' - Barbie (Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt)

'It Never Went Away' - American Symphony (Jon Batiste, Dan Wilson)

'Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)' - Killers of the Flower Moon (Scott George)

'What Was I Made For?' - Barbie (Billie Eilish, Finneas O'Connell) - WINNER

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