Oscars 2024: Oppenheimer wins Best Picture, Best Director, Cinematography and more at Academy Awards

The red carpet was an eventful affair with Vanessa Hudgens debuting her baby bump months after marrying baseball player Cole Tucker. Elsewhere, actress Liza Koshy was caught falling over on the carpet and after having a chuckle, got back up and continued her carpet appearance.

Emily Blunt and John Krasinski arrived at the Academy Awards, putting on a united front with their red-carpet appearance after divorce rumours began swirling in January.

Seen at the Golden Globes earlier this year, fans speculated Krasinski told Blunt: “I can’t wait to divorce.” However, a source told US Weekly shortly after: “There are no issues with Emily and John. They are absolutely not talking about divorce.”

The couple appeared loved-up on the Oscars carpet, giggling and joking with one another.

Kicking off the award ceremony, Da’Vine Joy Randolph was presented with the Best Supporting Actress award for The Holdovers.

Giving an emotional speech, the star told her peers: “To every actor out there still waiting in the wings for their chance, let me tell you: Your life can change in a day,” the first-time Oscar winner said. “It’s not a question of if but when. Keep going.”

Elsewhere, War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko, took home the award for Best Animated Short. New Zealand’s Wētā FX worked on the film behind the scenes.

A memorable moment in the show came as host Jimmy Kimmel mentioned the historic 1974 show when Robert Opal, an LGBT activist and teacher managed to enter the annual ceremony after posing as a journalist. Once side stage, he stripped down and ran across the stage naked making a peace sign with his fingers as Niven was introducing Elizabeth Taylor to present the Best Picture nominees.

Joking “wouldn’t it be crazy if a nude man ran across the stage today”, a naked John Cena poked his head out from behind a stage prop.

Approaching the actor, Kimmel asked him, “What’s going on?” and said he should be running across the stage naked right now. Cena noted he had changed his mind, “You should be ashamed right now for making such a tasteless joke”, he told Kimmel.

The star did ultimately walk across the stage naked to present the Best Costume Design to Poor Things.

Following the shock moment, Best Supporting Actor was presented to Robert Downey Jr. for his role as Lewis Strauss in Oppenheimer. It marks the first time the actor has won an Oscar. He has been previously been nominated in 1993 for Best Actor in Chaplin, and in 2009 for Best Supporting Actor in Tropic Thunder.

Paying tribute to his wife, Susan Downey in his acceptance speech, the star said, “She found me a snarling refuge pet and loved me back to life. That’s why I’m here,” before telling his peers “I needed this job more than it needed me. I stand here before you a better man because of it.”

One of the most highly anticipated performances took place at this year’s Oscars with Ryan Gosling and Mark Ronson performing the hit Barbie song, I’m Just Ken.

Emerging from behind his Barbie co-star Margot Robbie in the audience, Gosling embodied “Kenergy” wearing a dazzling hot pink suit and made his way onto the stage where he was joined by an array of stars including Slash and Simu Liu.

He then made his way into the crowd where he passed the mic to his peers including Barbie director Greta Gerwig, Robbie and former co-star Emma Stone then returned to the stage bringing a cameraman with him.

Fans have already taken to X sharing their thoughts with one person saying “Ryan Gosling kinda an icon for life”, another said “bravo Ryan Gosling”.

Returning to a presenting model last used 15 years ago in which five previous winners in each acting category announce this year’s nominees and present the winner, Cillian Murphy was awarded Best Actor for his role as J. Robert Oppenheimer in Oppenheimer.

It marks the first time he has both been nominated and won an Oscar.

Murphy won out against Colman Domingo for Rustin, Bradley Cooper for Maestro, Paul Giamatti for The Holdovers, and Jeffrey Wright for American Fiction.

Moments later, the film’sdirector Christopher Nolan was awarded Best Director by Steven Spielberg, accepting his first-ever Oscar - despite being nominated eight times. He thanked the academy and the audience for his win.

Nolan’s film has proven a frontrunner this award season, winning large at the Golden Globes, SAG Awards and the Bafta Film Awards.

Taking home Best Actress, the second-last award of the night, was Emma Stone for Poor Things. It marks the second time she has won an Oscar after taking home the same award in 2017 for La La Land.

Stone won out against Annette Bening for Nyad, Lily Gladstone for Killers of the Flower Moon, Sandra Hüller for Anatomy of a Fall andCarey Mulligan for Maestro.

Walking on stage, the star suffered a wardrobe malfunction with the zip on the back of her dress breaking and jokingly told the audience, “Don’t look at the back of my dress” after a teary speech in which she told Poor Things director Yorgos Lanthimos: “Thank you for the gift of a lifetime in Bella Baxter”.

Presenting Best Picture was Al Pacino, who announced Oppenheimer had taken out the biggest award of the night.

The movie was the most nominated film this year with 13 nods. It took home seven awards overall including Best Cinematography, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Original Score.

Best picture

American Fiction

Anatomy of a Fall

Barbie

The Holdovers

Killers of the Flower Moon

Maestro

WINNER: Oppenheimer

Past Lives

Poor Things

The Zone of Interest

Best actor

Bradley Cooper, Maestro

Colman Domingo, Rustin

Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers

WINNER: Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer

Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction

Best actress

Annette Bening, Nyad

Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon

Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall

Carey Mulligan, Maestro

WINNER: Emma Stone, Poor Things

Best director

Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest

Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things

WINNER: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer

Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon

Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall

Original score

American Fiction

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Killers of the Flower Moon

WINNER: Oppenheimer

Poor Things

Sound

The Creator

Maestro

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Oppenheimer

WINNER: The Zone of Interest

Original song

It Never Went Away from American Symphony

I’m Just Ken from Barbie

WINNER: What Was I Made For? from Barbie

The Fire Inside from Flamin’ Hot

Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People) from Killers of the Flower Moon

Live action short film

The After

Invincible

Knight of Fortune

Red, White and Blue

WINNER: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

Cinematography

El Conde

Killers of the Flower Moon

Maestro

WINNER: Oppenheimer

Poor Things

Best supporting actor

Sterling K. Brown, American Fiction

Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon

WINNER: Robert Downey Jr, Oppenheimer

Ryan Gosling, Barbie

Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things

Best supporting actress

Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer

Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple

America Ferrera, Barbie

Jodie Foster, Nyad

WINNER: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers

International feature film

Io Capitano, Italy

Perfect Days, Japan

Society of the Snow, Spain

The Teachers’ Lounge, Germany

WINNER: The Zone of Interest, United Kingdom

Animated feature film

WINNER: The Boy and the Heron

Elemental

Nimona

Robot Dreams

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Adapted screenplay

WINNER: American Fiction

Barbie

Oppenheimer

Poor Things

The Zone of Interest

Original screenplay

WINNER: Anatomy of a Fall

The Holdovers

Maestro

May December

Past Lives

Visual effects

The Creator

WINNER: Godzilla Minus One

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Napoleon

Documentary feature film

WINNER: 20 Days in Mariupol

Bobi Wine: The People’s President

The Eternal Memory

Four Daughters

To Kill a Tiger

Costume design

Barbie

Killers of the Flower Moon

Napoleon

Oppenheimer

WINNER: Poor Things

Animated short film

Letter to a Pig

Ninety-Five Senses

Our Uniform

Pachyderme

WINNER: War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko

Documentary short film

The ABCs of Book Banning

The Barber of Little Rock

Island in Between

WINNER: The Last Repair Shop

Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó

Film editing

Anatomy of a Fall

The Holdovers

Killers of the Flower Moon

WINNER: Oppenheimer

Poor Things

Production design

Barbie

Killers of the Flower Moon

Napoleon

Oppenheimer

WINNER: Poor Things

Makeup and hairstyling

Golda

Maestro

Oppenheimer

WINNER: Poor Things

Society of the Snow