Sunday Night saw the Oscars’ 2024 Academy Awards return to our screens for their 96th Anniversary.
Hosted for a second year by Jimmy Kimmel, film fans took to their seats to find out the big winners for 2024.
“Oppenheimer” was the favourite to win this year, with 13 nominations and seven awards. Fans were not surprised the film took home the must-have awards, including Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Picture.
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In close second, “Barbie” earned itself eight nominations, but secured just one win for Best Song – “What Was I Made For?” performed earlier in the evening by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell.
The song beat out the infamous “I’m Just Ken”, comically performed by Ryan Gosling and fellow ‘Kens’ from the Barbie movie. The stage was lit with pink contrasts and screened lyrics for the celeb-audience to sing along.
Another big winner of the night was “Poor Things”, winning Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Production Design, Costume Design, and of course, Emma Stone’s win for Best Actress.
With seven nominations, “Maestro” sadly missed out on an award this year. Despite Cooper’s dedicated performance, drawing on his experience as a conductor, he missed out on the award to Cillian Murphy for “Oppenheimer”.
There were some surprises throughout the evening, the most shocking being John Cena’s ‘streaker’ moment in a hilarious homage to the unexpected nude stage-runner in the 46th Oscar’s ceremony. This clever presentation for the Best Costume Design award certainly did not go amiss.
The Academy also announced a new category for film-fanatics to watch out for in coming years – an Achievement in Casting. The awards have increasingly celebrated diverse and inclusive categories and nominations over the years, with three foreign language films being up for Oscars this year. Lily Gladstone also became the first native-American to be nominated for Best Actress for Killers of the Flower Moon.
In-case you missed out on the action, here is the full list of winners and nominees:
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
WINNER: Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Nominations
Jodie Foster – Nyad
Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
America Ferrera – Barbie
Danielle Brooks – The Colour Purple
Best Animated Short Film
WINNER: WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko – Dave Mullins, Brad Booker
Nominations:
Letter To A Pig
Ninety-Five Senses
Our Uniform
Pachyderme
Best Animated Feature Film
WINNER: The Boy and The Heron – Hayao Miyazaki
Nominations:
Elemental
Nimona
Robot Dreams
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Best Original Screen Play
WINNER: Anatomy of a Fall – Justine Triet, Arthur Harari
Nominations:
The Holdovers
Maestro
May December
Past Lives
Best Adapted Screen Play
WINNER: American Fiction – Cord Jefferson
Nominations:
The Zone of Interest
Oppenheimer
Barbie
Poor things
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
WINNER: Poor Things – Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier, Josh Weston
Nominations:
Golda
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Society of the Snow
Best Production Design
WINNER: Poor Things – Production Design by James Price and Sheona Heath; Set Decoration by Zsuzsa Mihalek
Nominations:
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Best Costume Design
WINNER: Poor Things – Holly Waddington
Nominations:
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Best International Feature Film
WINNER: The Zone Of Interest – UK
Nominations:
Io Capitano – Italy
Perfect Days- Japan
Society of the Snow – Spain
The Teacher’s Lounge – Germany
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
WINNER: Robert Downey JR – Oppenheimer
Nominations:
Robert Di Nero – Killers of the Flower Moon
Ryan Gosling – Barbie
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things
Sterling K Brown – American Fiction
Achievement in Visual Effects
WINNER: Godzilla Minus One – Takashia Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masakia Takahashia, Tatsjui Nojima
Nominations:
The Creator
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Napoleon
Achievement in Film Editing
WINNER: Oppenheimer – Jennifer Lame
Nominations:
Anatomy of a Fall
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Poor Things
Best Documentary Short
WINNER: The Last Repair Shop – Ben Proudfoot, Kris Bowers
Nominations:
The ABCs of Book Banning
The Barber of Little Rock
Island in Between
Na Nai & Wai Po
Best Documentary Feature
WINNER: 20 Days in Mariupol – Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner
Raney Aronson-Rath
Nominations:
Bobi Wine; The People’s President
The Eternal Memory
Four Daughters
To Kill A Tiger
Achievement in Cinematography
WINNER: Oppenheimer – Hoyte Van Hoytema
Nominations:
El Conde
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Poor Things
Best Live Action Short
WINNER: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar – Wes Anderson
Nominations:
The After
Invincible
Knight of Fortune
Red, White and Blue
Achievement in Sound
WINNER: The Zone of Interest – Tarn Willers, Johnnie Burn
Nominations:
The Creator
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Oppenheimer
Maestro
Best Original Song
WINNER: Barbie – Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell – What Was I Made For?
Nominations:
I’m Just Ken – Barbie
The Fire Inside – Flamin’ Hot
It Never Went Away – American Symphony
Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People) – Killers of the Flower Moon
Best Original Score
WINNER: Oppenheimer – Ludwig Goransson
Nominations:
American Fiction
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Killers of the Flower Moon
Poor Things
Best Actor in a Leading Role
WINNER: Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Nominations:
Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Colman Domingo – Rustin
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
Best Directing
WINNER: Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Nominations:
Justine Triet – Anatomy of a Fall
Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon
Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things
Jonathan Glazer – The Zone of Interest
Best Actress in a Leading Role
WINNER: Emma Stone – Poor Things
Nominations:
Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall
Lily Gladstone– Killers of the Flower Moon
Annette Bening – Nyad
Carey Mulligan – Maestro
Best Picture
WINNER: Oppenheimer – Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, Christopher Nolan
Nominations:
American Fiction
Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Past Lives
Poor Things
The Zone of Interest
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