Oppenheimer dominated the 2024 Oscars Sunday night, nabbing eight wins, including the awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor.
Christopher Nolan, who directed Oppenheimer, Robert Downey Jr. and Cillian Murphy all won their first Oscars for their work on the film. Emma Stone won Best Actress for her role in Poor Things. She was in a tight race with Lily Gladstone, who starred in Killers of the Flower Moon. She would have been the first Native American to win a competitive Oscar. DaVine Joy Randolph continued her winning streak in her win for Best Supporting Actress, for her role in The Holdovers.
The ceremony brought back an old format to present some of the awards: past winners of the acting categories introduced the nominees and then announced the winner together. The Oscars last used the format in 2009.
Jimmy Kimmel hosted the ceremony for the fourth time and even drew the ire of former President Donald Trump , who wrote, Has there EVER been a WORSE HOST than Jimmy Kimmel at The Oscars? on his social media platform Truth Social . His opening was that of a less than average person trying too hard to be something which he is not, and can never be.
Kimmel read the message onstage and replied with a quip: Isnt it past your jail time?
HuffPost reporters and editors chatted about the ceremony. Read below to catch up on what you might have missed.
Oppenheimer Wins Oscar For Best Picture
Yes, that was a weird way to announce that win. Begging folks to not be weird about announcing the Best Picture win (still recovering from the Moonlight debacle in 2017). But hey, Oppenheimer YAY!
Also: Did Killers of the Flower Moon win anything tonight? What a massively discussed movie filled with a lot of major stars and backed by a major director, going home empty. Same for Maestro. I have nothing else to add there, but I thought that was interesting. Candice
Al Pacino gonna Al Pacino, I guess.
Whew, Im still kind of in a daze. Marina
Emma Stone Wins Oscar For Best Actress
I just screamed! Im surprised and happy! I thought Emma Stone was really incredible in Poor Things. I also felt so satisfied with the end of the film. I just knew Lily Gladstone who I thought was great in Killers of the Flower Moon was going to win. I cant even think. Wow. Wow. Erin
My stream is behind, so I found out this news through everyone going WHOA. Marina
I was over here prewriting my little live blog about my complicated feelings around Lily Gladstone winning and then she doesnt even win. Its fine. I hope that means white people watch her in films that show off her talent even more. Okay, with that said, Emma Stone is fabulous in Poor Things and Im happy for her. But I also feel like Sandra Hller was equally deserving here. Anyway, happy to see things shaken up a bit at the 11th hour, no less! Candice
Same, I had a whole spiel ready to go. Emma Stone seems as stunned as we all are.
I can only hope people will check out Gladstones body of work, including her breakout role in Certain Women in 2016, and Fancy Dance, which finally got distribution from Apple a whole year after it premiered at Sundance.
Its hard to deny the technical precision and level of difficulty in Stones performance, so Im happy for her, while also bummed for Gladstone. This was such a competitive category this year. I mean, weve all discussed how brilliant Sandra Hller is in Anatomy of a Fall. And many deserving women didnt even get nominated (ahem, Greta Lee, for one). Marina
Christopher Nolan Wins Oscar For Best Director
Christopher Nolan has given us such wild, technically fantastic and deeply challenging movies, many of which manage to be blockbusters and/or modern classics in their own right. Thats a lot for a moviegoing culture that too often desires art that is simple and that reaffirms audiences' own sensibilities. Im truly in awe of his talent. Happy to see him finally win. Candice
I remember seeing Inception twice in the theater, once on opening night a formative moviegoing experience for me. And the reason we have 10 best picture nominees is basically because of The Dark Knight. I didnt love Oppenheimer as much, but Nolans technical genius and ability to melt the artistic with the commercial is pretty astonishing. Marina
Inception was the first movie I saw in theaters when I moved to New York City! Erin
Cillian Murphy Wins Oscar For Best Actor
No surprise here. I find Cillian Murphy so charming. Id like to dedicate this to the peacemakers everywhere, Murphy said in his acceptance speech. Erin
Yeah, definitely no surprise at all. I dont think Ive ever seen Cillian Murphy deliver a bad performance. Good for him. Candice
Finally, an acknowledgment of the present-day relevance of Oppenheimer. Its something Ive thought about all awards season, and its among several big awards contenders this year that are about war or genocide and how history chooses to selectively memorialize those atrocities. Marina
Billie Eilish And Finneas OConnell Win Oscar For Best Original Song
My perhaps unpopular opinion is that I think Im Just Ken is the better song from this film. It surprised me more. But I get why this one won. Marina
Definitely not an unpopular opinion! Candice
I actually was reading a piece on Slate earlier today about why Im Just Ken should win instead. And it unpacks the long history of these less fun songs winning the award. Erin
'Oppenheimer' Wins Oscar For Best Original Score
Oppenheimer is really sweeping up tonight. I like seeing talent winning. But I would like to see them spread the wealth around. Candice
Im Just Ken' Performance Just Woke Us Up
That was fun and elaborate and Ryan Gosling is so game. I really think Barbie is going to win Best Picture. They want it to so bad. And while they billed this as the Ryan Gosling performance, it looks like every single actor that performed it in the movie, including Simu Liu, Ncuti Gatwa and Kingsley Ben-Adir, were all here, too. Candice
Oppenheimer Wins Oscar For Best Cinematography
Yeah, this feels very well-deserved! Erin
20 Days In Mariupol Wins Oscar For Best Documentary Feature
I have not seen this movie, and really wanted Four Daughters to win. But I appreciate that director Mstyslav Chernov took this winning moment to discuss the war in Ukraine, on which this film centers. Candice
It's neat to see PBS and Associated Press journalists recognized on a glitzy night like tonight, given how grim things are in the nonprofit journalism world right now. Rigorous, fact-based war reporting is a difficult and often thankless job. Graph
The Last Repair Shop Wins Oscar For Best Short Documentary
This was my favorite of the documentary shorts, with Ni Nai & Wi P as a close second. It follows the incredible life stories of the various people who work at the instrument repair shop for the Los Angeles school district. Its one of the few public school districts in the country where music students can still get free instruments. The film begins with great interstitial interviews with a bunch of wonderful students who talk about how meaningful it is to be able to have these instruments and what music means to them. But then, it becomes about the music technicians, each of whom has an incredible and unique story about how they came to this job and how it became their passion. I was really blown away by it, and the ending will really get you. Marina
Oppenheimer Wins Oscar For Best Film Editing
'Twins' Stars Kick Off The First Oscars Reunion This Year
Godzilla: Minus One Wins Oscar For Best Visual Effects
I still havent seen this and really want to!
I love that the team behind the film brought up little Godzilla statues onstage! Marina
Robert Downey Jr. Wins Oscar For Best Supporting Actor
Probably the best performance Ive seen from Robert Downey Jr., though Ive seen a number of terrific performances from him in the last several decades. As always, Im most interested in seeing the academy shake things up with unexpected wins i.e., Ryan Gosling or Mark Ruffalo. But hey, happy to see a deserving performance win. Candice
The Zone Of Interest Wins Oscar For Best International Feature Film
Happy to see director Jonathan Glazer talk about Gaza, which Id been anticipating. The team behind the film has been virtually the only award winners this season to explicitly talk about Gaza on stage and point out the present-day parallels to the themes of their film. Marina
Poor Things Wins Oscar For Best Costume Design
I now have a feeling that Poor Things is going to sweep these more technical, behind-the-camera awards, and not win any acting or directing awards. Thats not to take away from any of these achievements, which are deserving and just as important, but I just get that feeling. Candice
Poor Things Wins Oscar For Best Production Design
Yes, and capturing all of the period details and the location shifts as the movie goes on: very impressive work. Marina
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