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Oscars 2024 recap: Biggest moments from the 96th Academy Awards

PHOTO: Director Christopher Nolan and Producers Emma Thomas and Charles Roven win the Oscar for Best Picture for "Oppenheimer" during the 96th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Mar. 10, 2024.
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Oscars 2024: Showstopping looks from the Oscars red carpet
By Hayley FitzPatrick, Carson Blackwelder, Angeline Jane Bernabe, Shafiq Najib, Mason Leib
Last Updated: March 10, 2024, 10:05 PM

The 2024 Oscars have come and gone, and "Oppenheimer" was the big winner of the night.

Jimmy Kimmel hosted the 96th Academy Awards, a ceremony which honored excellence in cinematic achievements for some of the past year's biggest films.

MORE: Oscars 2024: Complete winners list for the 96th Academy Awards

"Oppenheimer" earned seven Oscars from its 13 total nominations, including the top prize of the night, best picture, as well as best director for Christopher Nolan.

In the lead acting categories, "Poor Things" star Emma Stone took home the award for best actress while "Oppenheimer" star Cillian Murphy took home best actor.

MORE: Oscars 2024: Must-see red carpet looks on Hollywood's biggest night

"The Holdovers" star Da'Vine Joy Randolph and "Oppenheimer" star Robert Downey Jr. snagged wins in the supporting acting categories.

For all the biggest moments from the 2024 Oscars, keep reading below.

Latest headlines:

  • Cillian Murphy dedicates best actor win to 'peacemakers everywhere'
  • Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell's 'What Was I Made For?' wins best original song
  • Robert Downey Jr. wins best supporting actor
  • Da'Vine Joy Randolph wins best supporting actress
Here's how the night unfolded.

Mar 10, 2024 10:05 PM

America Ferrera, Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell pose for photos on red carpet

Academy Award nominees America Ferrera, Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell were all smiles as they posed for photos together on the red carpet.

PHOTO: (L-R) Billie Eilish, America Ferrera and FINNEAS attend the 96th Annual Academy Awards on March 10, 2024 in Hollywood.
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(L-R) Billie Eilish, America Ferrera and FINNEAS attend the 96th Annual Academy Awards on March 10, 2024 in Hollywood.
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Ferrera, who is nominated for best supporting actress for her performance in "Barbie," stepped out in a pink gown, while Eilish wore a black blazer with a white button down shirt and a black and white skirt with a matching houndstooth purse. O'Connell wore a classic suit with a black bowtie.

PHOTO: Billie Eilish, left, and America Ferrera arrive at the Oscars on March 10, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
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Billie Eilish, left, and America Ferrera arrive at the Oscars on March 10, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP

Eilish and O'Connell's song "What Was I Made For?" from "Barbie" is nominated tonight for best original song.


Mar 10, 2024 10:01 PM

'Anatomy of a Fall' actors wear Palestinian flag pins on red carpet

Amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, "Anatomy of a Fall" actors Milo Machado-Graner and Swann Arlaud wore Palestinian flag pins on the Oscars red carpet.

PHOTO: French actor Milo Machado-Graner (2nd L) and French actor Swann Arlaud (2nd R), wearing a Palestinian flag pin, attend the 96th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood, Mar. 10, 2024.
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French actor Milo Machado-Graner (2nd L) and French actor Swann Arlaud (2nd R), wearing a Palestinian flag pin, attend the 96th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood, Mar. 10, 2024.
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Mar 10, 2024 9:52 PM

Who is up for the best director Oscar?

The five filmmakers nominated in the best director category include Martin Scorsese, Justine Triet, Christopher Nolan, Yorgos Lanthimos and Jonathan Glazer.

Scorsese's nomination for the crime drama "Killers of the Flower Moon" is his 10th best director nomination. He won best director in 2007 for "The Departed."

Nolan, who directed and wrote "Oppenheimer," and Lanthimos, who directed "Poor Things," are up for best director at the Oscars for the second time in their careers.

Triet, who directed and co-wrote "Anatomy of a Fall," and Glazer, who directed and wrote "The Zone of Interest," are first-time Oscar nominees.



Mar 10, 2024 9:40 PM

Who is presenting at the 2024 Oscars?

Some of this year's presenters at the Oscars include Matthew McConaughey, Zendaya, Dwayne Johnson, Jennifer Lawrence, "Wicked" co-stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, and more.

Last year's quartet of Oscar winners for acting -- Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis of "Everything Everywhere All at Once" and Brendan Fraser of "The Whale" -- will also take the stage.

Check out a full list of this year's presenters here.


Mar 11, 2024 1:49 AM

Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell's 'What Was I Made For?' wins best original song

Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell won the Oscar for best original song.

The sister and brother duo's hit song, "What Was I Made For?" from "Barbie," marked the duo's second Oscar win for best original song. They previously won the award in 2022 for their song "No Time To Die" from the James Bond film of the same name.

During their acceptance speech, Eilish said she felt "so incredibly lucky" and "honored" to take home the award.

"Thank you for this," she said. "I'm so grateful for this song and for this movie and the way that it made me feel, and -- this goes out to everyone who was affected by the movie and how incredible it is."

Other nominees in the category included "The Fire Inside" by Diane Warren from "Flamin' Hot," "I'm Just Ken" by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt from "Barbie," "It Never Went Away" by Jon Batiste from "American Symphony" and "Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)" by Scott George from "Killers of the Flower Moon."

PHOTO: Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell accept the award for Best Original Song for "What Was I Made For" from "Barbie" onstage during the 96th Annual Academy Awards, in Hollywood, Mar. 10, 2024.
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Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell accept the award for Best Original Song for "What Was I Made For" from "Barbie" onstage during the 96th Annual Academy Awards, in Hollywood, Mar. 10, 2024.
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