Oscars 2024: ‘Alpha female’ actresses nominated, front and center at 96th Academy Awards [Video]

NEW YORK — The Oscars will be given out one week from Sunday in Hollywood after what’s being called a great year for movies.

The biggest hit of last year, “Barbie,” is up for eight awards and another blockbuster, “Oppenheimer,” leads the field with 13 nominations. “Poor Things” goes in with 11 nominations, while “Killers of the Flower Moon” has 10.

All of these movies earned recognition for the powerful women who star in them.

One definition of an “alpha female” is a strong and successful woman who embraces her leadership skills, and those words can be used to describe the roles played by this year’s female nominees.

To think pink is to feel empowered thanks to “Barbie,” the first movie directed by a woman to earn more than a billion dollars.

“When I first read the script, I was just so giddy with how it subverted anyone’s expectations of what a ‘Barbie’ …