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Eight months ago, on an otherwise quiet July weekend, two films — Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” and Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” — shared a release date and together, as Barbenheimer, became the cinematic event and cultural phenomenon of the summer. They seemingly set the stage for a pink-filled, explosive awards season.But the recognition for the unlikely twins was hardly identical. While “Oppenheimer” pulled in 13 Oscar nominations, “Barbie” earned just eight.While saluting the stunt community at Sunday’s ceremony,…

Natalie Portman stars as the Mighty Thor, aka Dr. Jane Foster, alongside Chris Hemsworth, who plays Thor Odinson, in Marvel's "Thor: Love and Thunder."DisneyThe summer box office started with a bang, but as the season shifts into fall, ticket sales have fizzled. Paramount and Skydance's "Top Gun: Maverick," alongside Disney and Marvel Studio's "Doctor Strange in the Mulitverse of Madness," reignited the movie theater business, driving million to theaters and racking up hundreds of million in ticket sales. The two films…