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Oscars 2024 winners: Cillian Murphy, Emma Stone and Oppenheimer take big wins of the night

Oppenheimer and Poor Things stormed the 2024 Oscars

Robert Downey Jr., winner of the Best Actor in a Supporting Role award for “Oppenheimer”, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, winner of the Best Supporting Actress award for “The Holdovers”, Emma Stone, winner of the Best Actress in a Leading Role award for “Poor Things”, and Cillian Murphy, winner of the Best Actor in a Leading Role award for “Oppenheimer”, pose in the press room during the 96th Annual Academy Awards at Ovation Hollywood on March 10, 2024 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by John Shearer/WireImage)
Rebecca Lewis
Rebecca Lewis - Los Angeles
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Oppenheimer and Poor Things stormed the 2024 Oscars, marking the end of what had become a predictable awards season.

Oppenheimer picked up Best Picture, and director Christopher Nolan took home Best Directing, while Poor Things scooped three below-the-line awards and a Best Actress statue for Emma Stone.

Robert Downey Jr., Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Emma Stone and Cillian Murphy in the deadline room at the 96th Annual Academy Awards © Dania Maxwell
Robert Downey Jr., Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Emma Stone and Cillian Murphy in the deadline room at the 96th Annual Academy Awards

Da'Vine Joy Randolph picked up the first award of the night, Best Supporting Actress, while The Boy and the Heron, and War Is Over, took home the animated awards, and American Fiction and Anatomy of the Fall won the writing categories. 

Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr both won the Actor and Supporting Actor categories for their work in Oppenheimer, while Bille Eilish won her second Oscar at the age of 22 for her song 'What Was I Made For?' from Barbie.

This awards season has felt sewn up for weeks, with Cord Jefferson's win for Adapted Screenplay, and Emma's win over Lily, the only real surprises; Cillian, Robert, Da'Vine, Christopher, Billie and Justine were all well-deserved winners but when the same names win the same awards every other weekend, it's hard to feel like anything will change by the time this weekend rolls around. 

Host Jimmy Kimmel's jokes mostly fell flat (incest, drug addiction, and Trump... ) although the John Cena bit brought some much-needed levity - and halfway through it felt like even Jimmy was wondering how to save the show from itself. His saving grace, thankfully, came from Ryan Gosling and his furiously fantastic performance of 'I'm Just Ken' with Slash, Simu Liu, Ncuti Gatwa and Kingsley Ben-Adir. 

2024 Oscar winners: 

Actress in a Supporting Role 

Emily Blunt - Oppenheimer

Danielle Brooks - The Colour Purple

America Ferrera - Barbie

Jodie Foster - Nyad 

Da'Vine Joy Randolph - The Holdovers - WINNER

US actress Da'Vine Joy Randolph accepts the award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role "The Holdovers" onstage © PATRICK T. FALLON
Da'Vine Joy Randolph accepts the award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

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

Actor in a Leading Role 

Bradley Cooper - Maestro

Colman Domingo - Rustin

Paul Giamatti - The Holdovers

Cillian Murphy - Oppenheimer - WINNER

Jeffrey Wright - American Fiction

Actress in a Leading Role 

Annette Benning - Nyad

Lily Gladstone - Killers of the Flower Moon

Sandra Hüller - Anatomy of a Fall

Carey Mulligan - Maestro

Emma Stone - Poor Things - WINNER

Actor in a Supporting Role 

Sterling K. Brown - American Fiction

Robert De Niro - Killers of the Flower Moon

Robert Downey Jr. - Oppenheimer  - WINNER

Ryan Gosling - Barbie 

Mark Ruffalo - Poor Thing

Robert Downey Jr. accepts the Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Oppenheimer© Kevin Winter
Robert Downey Jr. accepts the Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Oppenheimer

Directing 

Justine Triet - Anatomy of a Fall

Martin Scorsese - Killers of the Flower Moon

Oppenheimer - Christopher Nolan - WINNER

Poor Things - Yorgos Lanthimos

The Zone of Interest - Jonathan Glazer

Writing (Adapted Screenplay) 

American Fiction - WINNER

Barbie

Oppenheimer

Poor Things

The Zone of Interest

Writing (Original Screenplay) 

Anatomy of a Fall - WINNER

The Holdovers

Maestro

May December

Past Lives

Animated Feature Film 

The Boy and the Heron - WINNER

Elemental

Nimona

Robot Dreams

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Documentary Feature Film 

Bobi Wine: The People's President 

The Eternal Memory

Four Daughters

To Kill A Tiger

20 Days in Mariupol - WINNER

International Feature Film 

Io Capitano - Italy

Perfect Days - Japan

Society of the Snow - Spain

The Teachers' Lounge - Germany

The Zone of Interest - UK - WINNER

US singer-songwriter Billie Eilish (R) and US singer-songwriter Finneas O'Connell accept the award for Best Original Song © PATRICK T. FALLON
US singer-songwriter Billie Eilish (R) and US singer-songwriter Finneas O'Connell accept the award for Best Original Song

Music (Original Song) 

The Fire Inside - Flamin' Hot

I'm Just Ken - Barbie

It Never Went Away - American Symphony

Wahzhazhe - Killers of the Flower Moon

What Was I Made For - Barbie - WINNER

Costume Design 

Barbie

Killers of the Flower Moon

Napoleon

Oppenheimer

Poor Things - WINNER

Makeup and Hairstyling 

Golda

Maestro

Oppenheimer

Poor Things - WINNER

Society of the Snow

Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo in Poor Things
Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo in Poor Things

Music (Original Score) 

American Fiction 

Indiana Jones and the Dials of Destiny

Killers of the Flower Moon 

Oppenheimer - WINNER

Poor Things

Cinematography 

El Conde

Killers of the Flower Moon

Maestro

Oppenheimer - WINNER

Poor Things

Live Action Short Film 

The After 

Invincible 

Knight of Fortune

Red, White and Blue 

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar  - WINNER

Animated Short Film 

Letters to a Pig

Ninety-five Senses

Our Uniform'

Pachyderme

WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko - WINNER

Documentary Short Film 

The ABC's of Book Banning

The Barber of Little Rock

Island In Between 

The Last Repair Shop - WINNER

Nai Nai & Wài Pó

Editing 

Anatomy of a Fall

The Holdovers

Killers of the Flower Moon

Oppenheimer - WNNER

Poor Things 

Robert Downey Jr in Oppenheimer© Universal
Robert Downey Jr in Oppenheimer

Production Design 

Barbie

Killers of the Flower Moon

Napoleon

Oppenheimer

Poor Things  - WINNER

Sound 

The Creator

Maestro

Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One

Oppenheimer 

The Zone of Interest - WINNER

Visual Effects

The Creator

Godzilla Minus One - WINNER

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Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One

Napoleon

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