Oppenheimer Sweeps The Oscars 2024 (& All The Winners To Know)

It’s been another huge year for the film world, with mega hits like Barbie and Oppenheimer stealing the show alongside a flurry of buzzy new independents. Yet Hollywood has also been affected by the actors’ and writers’ strikes, which have caused delays and cancellations within the industry, plus many movies have been underperforming due to lack of promotion. Luckily, the Oscars was able to go ahead as planned on 10 March 2024, with plenty of viral moments to get us talking, from pregnancy announcements to award-winning blunders to breakout performances. But which films struck gold? Here’s all of the top line info from the 96th Academy Awards, including the full list of winners and the nominees that missed out.

The Oscars 2024

What Happened At The Oscars 2024?

It was another jam-packed ceremony at the 2024 Oscars, featuring a slew of awards for Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer (including Best Director and the biggest award of the evening, Best Picture), a naked John Cena and a wardrobe malfunction from Emma Stone as she humbly accepted her career second Academy Award: Best Actress for Poor Things.

American talk show host Jimmy Kimmel hosted the event, making headline grabbing jibes towards the likes of Robert Downey Jr (who bagged his first ever Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in Oppenheimer) and Donald Trump. Various stars like Jamie Lee Curtis, Mahershala Ali and Jennifer Lawrence presented awards throughout the night, but it was Al Pacino who was tasked with announcing the winner of the night’s most prestigious award, Best Picture – only to muck it up. What went wrong? He forgot to list the 10 nominees, skipping straight to announcing the winner: Oppenheimer. It caused a bit of a panicked fumble amid production, but dare we say we liked the conciseness?

TAG Heuer Brand Ambassador Ryan Gosling wore the TAG Heuer Carrera Date Plasma Diamant d’Avant-Garde in Pink throughout the night, from the red carpet and through his performance of Oscar-nominated song ‘I’m Just Ken’ from Barbie. (© Frank Micelotta/Disney via Getty Images)

Elsewhere, the battle of Barbenheimer continued, but was Barbie even a worthy opponent? Clearly not: Oppenheimer bagged a whopping seven Oscars, with Barbie only snagging Best Original Song for Billie Eilish’s ‘What Was I Made For?’. That said, Ryan Gosling’s Ken certainly stole the show with an all-singing all-dancing performance of his hit comedy song, ‘I’m Just Ken’. A whopping 65 suited and booted Kens joined Gosling on stage, including Barbie co-stars Simu Liu, Kingsley Ben-Adir and Ncuti Gatwa and emulating Marilyn Monroe’s iconic performance of ‘Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend’ in Gentleman Prefer Blondes (1953), with Gosling in a pink suit surrounded by black-suited men.

Meanwhile, Eilish performed ‘What Was I Made For?’ with brother FINNEAS to a standing ovation. She is the youngest artist ever to win both the Grammy for Song of the Year and the Oscar for Best Original Song in the same year; she is the first artist to do it since Celine Dion won both prizes in 1998 with her Titanic song, ‘My Heart Will Go On’.

Last but not least, naked John Cena. The former WWE wrestler waddled onto the stage with nothing but the Costume Designer award envelope covering his lower half. Why? It was a meta reference to the 1974 Academy Awards, when a streaker darted across the stage. But most important of all was, of course, the winners of these very prestigious awards. Here they are in full.

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All The Winners At The Oscars 2024

Best Picture

• American Fiction
• Anatomy of a Fall
• Barbie
• The Holdovers
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Maestro
• Oppenheimer – WINNER
• Past Lives
• Poor Things
• The Zone of Interest

Best Actress

• Annette Bening, Nyad
• Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
• Sandra Huller, Anatomy of a Fall
• Carey Mulligan, Maestro
• Emma Stone, Poor Things – WINNER

Best Actor

• Bradley Cooper, Maestro
• Colman Domingo, Rustin
• Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
• Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer – WINNER
• Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction

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 Supporting Actress

• Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer
• Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
• America Ferrera, Barbie
• Jodie Foster, Nyad
• Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers – WINNER

Best Writing (Original Screenplay)

• Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall – WINNER
• Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
• Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
• Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things
• Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest

Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• American Fiction – WINNER
• Barbie
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things
• The Zone of Interest

Best Animated Feature

• The Boy and the Heron – WINNER
• Elemental
• Nimona
• Robot Dreams
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best International Feature

• Io Capitano
• Perfect Days
• Society of the Snow
• The Teachers’ Lounge
• The Zone of Interest – WINNER

Best Documentary Short Film

• The ABCs of Book Banning
• The Barber of Little Rock
• Island in Between
• The Last Repair Shop – WINNER
• Nai Nai and Wai Po

Best Documentary Feature Film

• Bobi Wine: The People’s President
• The Eternal Memory
• Four Daughters
• To Kill a Tiger
• 28 Days in Mariupol – WINNER

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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
• ‘I’m Just Ken’, Barbie (Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt)
• ‘It Never Went Away’, American Symphony
• ‘Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)’, Killers of the Flower Moon
• ‘What Was I Made For?’, Barbie, (Billie Eilish O’Connell, Finneas O’Connell) – WINNER

Best Live-Action Short

• The After
• Invincible
• Night of Fortune
• Red, White and Blue
• The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar – WINNER

Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Film Editing

• Anatomy of a Fall
• The Holdovers
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Oppenheimer – WINNER
• Poor Things

Best Cinematography

• El Conde
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Maestro
• Oppenheimer – WINNER
• Poor Things

Best Sound

• The Creator
• Maestro
• Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning
• Oppenheimer
• The Zone of Interest – WINNER

Best Visual Effects

• The Creator
• Godzilla Minus One – WINNER
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3
• Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning
• Napoleon

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 Makeup and Hairstyling

• Golda
• Maestro
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things – WINNER
• Society of the Snow

Best Animated Short Film

• Letter to a Pig
• Ninety-Five Senses
• Our Uniform
• Pachyderme
• War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko – WINNER

When Were The 2024 Oscars?

The Oscars took place on 10 March 2024.

Where Was The 2024 Oscars Ceremony Held?

The ceremony was held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, where it has taken place since 2002 – though back then the Hollywood location was known as the Kodak Theatre. Throughout history, a number of historic LA locations have hosted the awards, such as The Roosevelt Hotel, the Shrine Auditorium, and the Marquis Theatre.

 

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Who Was The Host?

Jimmy Kimmel returned as the host of the 2024 Oscars. It was his fourth time fronting the show, so he’s already well-versed in managing unforeseen situations, such as the chaotic sequence of events in 2017 which saw La La Land wrongly named best picture over the actual winner, Moonlight.

‘I always dreamed of hosting the Oscars exactly four times,’ Kimmel said in a statement by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science.

Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone in “Killers of the Flower Moon,” coming soon to Apple TV+.

WATCH

Catch up with the full ceremony with Jonathan Ross’ coverage on ITVX.