Oscar 2024: ‘Oppenheimer’ is the night’s big winner with seven statuettes

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On a night with few surprises, the most nominated production of the edition won important categories such as best film, direction, actor and supporting actor. Director Christopher Nolan and producers Emma Thomas and Charles Roven speak after winning the 2024 Oscar in the Best Film category with “Oppenheimer” REUTERS/Mike Blake “Oppenheimer” was the big winner at the 2024 Oscar, which took place this Sunday (10), in Los Angeles, winning seven statuettes in a night without any major surprises. The most nominated of this edition, the production won important categories such as best film, direction (Christopher Nolan), actor (Cillian Murphy) and supporting actor (Robert Downey Jr.) Oscar 2024: see photos After a brief delay, the award ceremony had few setbacks or scare and, justice to be done, also surprises. The vast majority of favorites won. In the best actress category, the only one among the main ones that many considered open, Emma Stone (“Poor Creatures”) ended up as the winner. As a result, her film ended up as the second biggest winner, with four trophies. Without any major surprises, the emotion was filled with passionate speeches and changes to old award traditions. In 2024, the Academy expanded on an old custom and put five past winners from each of the acting categories to present them. ‘Oppenheimer’ confirms favoritism Cillian Murphy and Emily Blunt celebrate winning “Oppenheimer” as Best Picture at the 2024 Oscars REUTERS/Mike Blake When Al Pacino somewhat confusedly read the envelope to announce “Oppenheimer” as the winner of best picture, few they were surprised. The film had already won six other categories, including Nolan’s first as director. The film’s wins about the “father of the atomic bomb” were also firsts for Murphy (also in his first nomination) and Downey Jr (in his third). In his speech, the actor said he “would like to thank my terrible childhood” and paid tribute to his wife, Susan. The biggest nominee of the night, the production also confirmed favoritism in the soundtrack, photography and editing. How the award went Emma Stone wins the Oscar for Best Actress for her work in “Poor Creatures” AP Photo/Chris Pizzello But for a long time, it seemed that the night would not be so favorable for “Oppenheimer”. The first category announced, for best supporting actress, was the production’s first loss as it went to Da’Vine Joy Randolph, from “The Rejected”. Shortly afterwards, the unpredictable animation category went to the Japanese “The Boy and the Crane”, from studio Ghibli, directed by master Miyazaki Hayao. Then, script awards for “Anatomy of a Fall” (original) and “American Fiction” (adapted) — together with “The Rejected” and “Barbie”, nominated for best film that only took home one statuette. “Poor Creatures” then amended three technical categories in a row (makeup and hair, art direction and costumes) and took the lead. The film still won the trophy for Stone in the most divided category of the night. It was only with the supporting actor victory that the gate was opened for “Oppenheimer”. Actors and emotional speeches Director Jonathan Glazer receives Oscar for Best International Film for ‘Zone of Interest’ REUTERS/Mike Blake In the first category, the Academy showed that it would adopt — in a more restrained way — the nostalgic tone of the January Emmy. To this end, it called on five former winners of the acting categories (including those from 2023) to present each of them. Regina King (“If Beale Street Could Talk”), Rita Moreno (“Love, Sublime Love”), Jamie Lee Curtis (“Everything Everywhere at Once”), Mary Steenburgen (“Melvin and Howard”) and Lupita Nyong’o (“12 Years a Slave”) gave beautiful introductions to each of the supporting actress nominees. Supporting actors were introduced by Sam Rockwell (“Three Billboards”), Tim Robbins (“Of Boys and Wolves”), Ke Huy Quan (“Everything in All the Places at Once”), Christoph Waltz (“Bastadas Inglorious” and “Django Unchained”), Mahershala Ali (“Moonlight”). Among the main actors, Nicolas Cage (“Adaptation”), Matthew McConaughey (“Dallas Buyers Club”), Brendan Fraser (“The Whale”), Ben Kingsley (“Gandhi”) and Forest Whitaker (“The Last King of Scotland”). Aware of the expectation for the result, the Academy pushed the best actress category to the penultimate position. To introduce her, he invited Michelle Yeoh (“Everything in Every Place at Once”), Sally Fields, Jennifer Lawrence (“Norma Rae” and “A Place in the Heart”), Charlize Theron (“Monster”) and Jessica Lange (“Blue Sky”). In addition to the excitement of the presence of the winning presenters, the awards ceremony also featured passionate speeches. Few exceeded the time and demanded the dreaded closing song, but some brought tears and shouts of support from those present. Da’Vine Joy Randolph gets emotional during speech after winning Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her work in ‘The Rejected’ REUTERS/Mike Blake Joy Randolph cried on stage and moved Paul Giamatti, her co-star in the film. Jonathan Glazer, director of “Zone of Interest”, took advantage of his gratitude for the Oscar for best international film to draw a parallel between his production on the Holocaust in World War II and the deaths in Gaza in recent years. The Ukrainian director of the night’s winning documentary, “20 Days in Mariupol,” also used his speech to talk about the war against Russia. “This is the first Oscar in the history of Ukraine,” he said. “But I will probably be the first director on this stage to say that I wish I had never made this film. I wish I could trade that for Russia never invading Ukraine, never occupying our cities.” Ken has the last laugh Ryan Gosling performs Barbie’s “I’m Just Ken” during the 2024 Oscar ceremony REUTERS/Mike Blake Such impressive victories for “Oppenheimer” and “Poor Creatures” left little room for other competitors. “Killers of the Flower Moon,” for example, didn’t win any of its 11 nominations. Lily Gladstone, the best actress favorite after winning the Screen Actors Guild award, did not become the first Native American person to win an acting Oscar. “Maestro” and “Vidas Past” were the other two nominees for best film to leave the awards ceremony empty-handed. “Barbie” was saved thanks to the original song by brothers Billie Eilish and Finneas, “What was I made for?” — even though Ryan Gosling’s performance with “I’m just Ken”, another nominee for the same film, was one of the highlights of the night. Perhaps because of the still-fresh memory of Jo Koy’s disastrous Golden Globes performance in January, Jimmy Kimmel began his fourth Oscars appearance on an insecure note. As a result, he struggled to connect most of the jokes in his opening monologue. Time and good presenters in specific categories favored the comedian, who at one point had a naked John Cena on stage to announce the winner of best costume. It may seem like a joke too, but it’s not. Celebrated director Wes Anderson has been nominated on seven other occasions for direction, writing and animation in films such as “The Eccentric Tenenbaums” (2001), “The Eccentric Mr. Fox” (2009), “Moonrise Kingdom” (2012), “The Great Budapest Hotel” (2014) and “Isle of Dogs” (2018) won his first Oscar for the short film “The Amazing Story of Henry Sugar”. The Academy also has a certain humor. See the full list of winners: Best Film ‘Oppenheimer’ (WINNER) ‘American Fiction’ ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ ‘Barbie’ ‘The Rejects’ ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ ‘Maestro’ ‘Past Lives’ ‘Poor Creatures’ ‘Zone of Interest’ Best Actress Lily Gladstone – ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Sandra Hüller – ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ Carey Mulligan – ‘Maestro’ Emma Stone – ‘Poor Creatures’ (WINNER) Annette Bening – ‘Nyad’ Christopher Nolan receives Best Director award at the 2024 Oscars for ‘Oppenheimer’ AP Photo/Chris Pizzello Best direction Yorgos Lanthimos – ‘Poor Creatures’ Jonathan Glazer – ‘Zone of Interest’ Christopher Nolan – ‘Oppenheimer’ (WINNER) Martin Scorsese – ‘Killers of the Moon das Flores’ Justine Triet – ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ Best Actor Bradley Cooper – ‘Maestro’ Colman Domingo – ‘Rustin’ Paul Giamatti – ‘The Rejected’ Cillian Murphy – ‘Oppenheimer’ (WINNER) Jeffrey Wright – ‘American Fiction’ Cillian Murphy receives Oscar for Best Actor for his work in “Oppenheimer” AP Photo/Chris Pizzello Best original song ‘It Never Went Away’, Jon Batiste – ‘American Symphony’ ‘I’m Just Ken’, Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt – ‘ Barbie’ ‘What Was I Made For?’, Billie Eilish and Finneas – ‘Barbie’ (WINNER) ‘The Fire Inside’, Diane Warren – ‘Flamin’ Hot’ ‘Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)’, Osage Tribal Singers – ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Best Soundtrack Laura Karpman – ‘American Fiction’ John Williams – ‘Indiana Jones and the Relic of Destiny’ Robbie Robertson – ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Ludwig Göransson – ‘Oppenheimer’ (WINNER) Jerskin Fendrix – ‘Poor Creatures’ Best Sound ‘Resistance’ ‘Maestro’ ‘Mission: Impossible – Reckoning Part One’ ‘Oppenheimer’ ‘Zone of Interest’ (WINNER) Best Short Film ‘The After’ ‘Invincible’ ‘Knight of Fortune’ ‘Red, White and Blue’ ‘The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar’ (WINNER) Best Cinematography Hoyte van Hoytema – ‘Oppenheimer’ (WINNER) Matthew Libatique – ‘Maestro’ Rodrigo Prieto – ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Robbie Ryan – ‘Poor Creatures’ Edward Lachman – ‘The Count’ Best Documentary ‘Bobi Wine: The People’s President ‘The Infinite Memory’ ‘Four Daughters’ ‘To Kill a Tiger’ ’20 Days in Mariupol’ (WINNER) Best Documentary Short- film ‘The ABCs of Book Banning’ ‘The Barber of Little Rock’ ‘Island in Between’ ‘The Last Repair Shop’ (WINNER) ‘Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó’ Best Editing ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ ‘The Rejected’ ‘Assassins Flower Moon’ ‘Oppenheimer’ (WINNER) ‘Poor Creatures’ Best Visual Effects ‘Resistance’ ‘Godzilla Minus One’ (WINNER) ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ ‘Mission: Impossible – Reckoning Part One’ ‘Napoleon ‘Robert Downey Jr. receives Best Supporting Actor award at the 2024 Oscars for his work in “Oppenheimer”. Kevin Winter/Getty Images/AFP Best Supporting Actor Sterling K. Brown – ‘American Fiction’ Robert Downey Jr. – ‘Oppenheimer’ (WINNER) Mark Ruffalo – ‘Poor Creatures’ Robert De Niro – ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Ryan Gosling – ‘Barbie’ Best International Film ‘The Staff Room’ – Germany ‘I, Captain’ – Italy ‘Perfect Days’ – Japan ‘Snow Society’ – Spain ‘Zone of Interest’ – United Kingdom (WINNER) Director Jonathan Glazer receives Oscar for Best International Film for ‘Zone of Interest’ REUTERS/Mike Blake Best Costume Design Jacqueline Durran – ‘Barbie’ Jacqueline West – ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Holly Waddington – ‘Poor Creatures’ (WINNER) Janty Yates and Dave Crossman – ‘Napoleon’ Ellen Mirojnick – ‘Oppenheimer’ Best Art Direction ‘Barbie’ ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ ‘Oppenheimer’ ‘Poor Creatures’ (WINNER) ‘Napoleon’ Best Makeup and Hair ‘Golda’ ‘Maestro’ ‘Oppenheimer’ ‘ Poor Creatures’ (WINNER) ‘Snow Society’ Best Adapted Screenplay ‘American Fiction’ (WINNER) ‘Barbie’ ‘Oppenheimer’ ‘Poor Creatures’ ‘Zone of Interest’ Justine Triet and Arthur Harari win Best Original Screenplay for ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ at the Oscars 2024 REUTERS/Mike Blake Best Original Screenplay ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ (WINNER) ‘The Rejected’ ‘Maestro’ ‘Secrets of a Scandal’ ‘Past Lives’ Best Animation ‘The Boy and the Crane’ ( WINNER) ‘Elements’ ‘Nimona’ ‘Spider-Man: Through the Spider-Verse’ ‘My Robot Friend’ Best Animated Short ‘Letter to a Pig’ ‘Ninety-Five Senses’ ‘Our Uniform’ ‘Pachyderme’ ‘War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko’ (WINNER) Da’Vine Joy Randolph gets emotional during speech after winning Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her work in ‘The Rejected’ REUTERS/Mike Blake Best Supporting Actress Emily Blunt – ‘Oppenheimer’ Danielle Brooks – ‘The Color Purple’ America Ferrera – Barbie Jodie Foster – ‘Nyad’ Da’Vine Joy Randolph – ‘The Rejects’ (WINNER)

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