‘Oppenheimer,’ ‘Poor Things’ Are Big Oscar Winners In Trouble-Free Show
‘Oppenheimer’ wins seven, including Best Picture, ‘Poor Things’ wins four, while Ryan Gosling and Messi the dog steal show at entertaining Oscars.
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- ‘Oppenheimer’ dominated the 96th annual Academy Awards with wins for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor, while ‘Poor Things’ landed four Oscars, including Best Actress for Emma Stone.
- ‘Barbie,’ ‘The Zone of Interest,’ and ‘The Holdovers’ all nabbed awards as well, while ‘Killers of the Flower Moon,’ ‘Past Lives,’ and ‘Maestro’ were shut out.
- Jimmy Kimmel hosted a smooth, mostly well-paced show, with a naked John Cena and Messi the dog pulling off the most entertaining bits.
‘Oppenheimer’ hauled in seven Oscars at the 96th annual Academy Awards on Sunday night (March 10), including wins for Best Picture, Best Director (Christopher Nolan), Best Actor (Cillian Murphy), and Best Supporting Actor (Robert Downey Jr.), while ‘Poor Things’ waltzed away with four trophies, including Emma Stone’s second statuette for Best Actress.
Jimmy Kimmel once again hosted the broadcast, which began for the first time at 7:00 p.m. ET/4:00 p.m. PT – an hour earlier than usual – a shift that became grist for a handful of one-liners from the late-night comedian, who at point joked that so many viewers missed the first hour that the producers were going to restart the show.
If they had, viewers tuning in late would have gotten a chance to see an emotional acceptance speech from Da’Vine Joy Randolph, who notched the first prize of the evening, Best Supporting Actress, for her work in ‘The Holdovers.’ Randolph was one of several first-time nominees and winners, a list that included Cillian Murphy and ‘American Fiction’ screenwriter/director Cord Jefferson (winner for Best Adapted Screenplay), who admonished Hollywood, “Instead of making one $200 million movie, why not make 20 $10 million movies?”
Although Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas O’Connell won Best Song for the 'Barbie' tune “What Was I Made For?” – making them the youngest two-time Oscar winners ever after triumphing in 2022 for their James Bond theme song 'No Time to Die' – 'Barbie' itself was shut out the rest of the night, along with other high-profile contenders like 'Killers of the Flower Moon,' 'Maestro,' and 'Past Lives.' Perhaps the biggest shockers of the night were Stone’s win – since she was locked in a tight race with 'Killers' star Lily Gladstone – and the stunning Best Visual Effects win for 'Godzilla Minus One,' the surprise hit that notched the big green lizard’s first-ever Oscar.
In two of the evening’s more somber moments, a visibly nervous Jonathan Glazer – director of Best International Feature winner ‘The Zone of Interest’ – accepted his Oscar by noting that his film’s accounting of the Nazi horrors of the past was very much a reflection of the “dehumanization” of people in the present. The night’s other powerful moment came when ’20 Days at Mariupol’ – made in Ukraine literally as Russia’s horrific war against that country was underway – landed Best Documentary Feature. Director Mstyslav Chernov, almost overcome with emotion, said that while he was honored to accept Ukraine’s first Oscar, he “[wished] I would never make this film. I wish to be able to exchange this [for] Russia never attacking Ukraine, never occupying our cities.”
Among the evening’s other highlights were the testimonials by five previous winners in each of the acting categories for each one of the night’s nominees, featuring a star-studded roster than ranged from Nicolas Cage to Jessica Lange; Ryan Gosling’s anthemic performance of ‘I’m Just Ken,’ featuring Slash on lead guitar; Messi the dog (from ‘Anatomy of a Fall’) “clapping” for Robert Downey Jr.’s long-anticipated win; John Cena coming out naked to present Best Costume Design in a nod to an infamous 1974 incident in which a streaker ran onstage; and one of Kimmel’s closing bits, in which he read an apparently real social media post lambasting his performance from a certain former president. “Isn’t it past your jail time?” the host quipped, one of just two politically-tinged jokes in an otherwise placid and (much to the producers’ relief) scandal-free ceremony.
Here Are The Winners:
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’
BEST DIRECTOR
- Justine Triet, ‘Anatomy of a Fall’
- Martin Scorsese, ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
- Christopher Nolan, ‘Oppenheimer’ - WINNER
- Yorgos Lanthimos, ‘Poor Things’
- Jonathan Glazer, ‘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 Bening, ‘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 Things’
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
- Emily Blunt, ‘Oppenheimer’
- Danielle Brooks, ‘The Color Purple’
- America Ferrera, ‘Barbie’
- Jodie Foster, ‘Nyad’
- Da’Vine Joy Randolph, ‘The Holdovers’ - WINNER
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- ‘American Fiction’, Cord Jefferson - WINNER
- ‘Barbie’, Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach
- ‘Oppenheimer’, Christopher Nolan
- ‘Poor Things’, Tony McNamara
- ‘The Zone of Interest’, Jonathan Glazer
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- ‘Anatomy of a Fall’, Justine Triet and Arthur Harari - WINNER
- ‘The Holdovers’, David Hemingson
- ‘Maestro’, Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer
- ‘May December’, Samy Burch; story by Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik
- ‘Past Lives’, Celine Song
CINEMATOGRAPHY
- ‘El Conde’, Edward Lachman
- ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’, Rodrigo Prieto
- ‘Maestro’, Matthew Libatique
- ‘Oppenheimer’, Hoyte van Hoytema - WINNER
- ‘Poor Things’, Robbie Ryan
ORIGINAL SONG
- ‘The Fire Inside’ from ‘Flamin’ Hot’, Diane Warren
- ‘I’m Just Ken’ from ‘Barbie’, Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt
- ‘It Never Went Away’, ‘American Symphony’, Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson
- ‘Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)’, ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’, Scott George
- ‘What Was I Made For?’, ‘Barbie’, Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell - WINNER
COSTUME DESIGN
- ‘Barbie’, Jacqueline Durran
- ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’, Jacqueline West
- ‘Napoleon’, Janty Yates and Dave Crossman
- ‘Oppenheimer’, Ellen Mirojnick
- ‘Poor Things’, Holly Waddington - WINNER
SOUND
- ‘The Creator’, Ian Voigt, Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic
- ‘Maestro’, Steven A. Morrow, Richard King, Jason Ruder, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic
- ‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’, Chris Munro, James H. Mather, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor
- ‘Oppenheimer’, Willie Burton, Richard King, Gary A. Rizzo and Kevin O’Connell
- ‘The Zone of Interest’, Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn - WINNER
ORIGINAL SCORE
- ‘American Fiction’, Laura Karpman
- ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’, John Williams
- ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’, Robbie Robertson
- ‘Oppenheimer’, Ludwig Göransson - WINNER
- ‘Poor Things’, Jerskin Fendrix
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
- ‘The After’, Misan Harriman and Nicky Bentham
- ‘Invincible’, Vincent René-Lortie and Samuel Caron
- ‘Knight of Fortune’, Lasse Lyskjær Noer and Christian Norlyk
- ‘Red, White and Blue’, Nazrin Choudhury and Sara McFarlane
- ‘The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar’, Wes Anderson and Steven Rales - WINNER
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
- ‘Letter to a Pig’, Tal Kantor and Amit R. Gicelter
- ‘Ninety-Five Senses’, Jerusha Hess and Jared Hess
- ‘Our Uniform’, Yegane Moghaddam
- ‘Pachyderme’, Stéphanie Clément and Marc Rius
- ‘War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko’, Dave Mullins and Brad Booker - WINNER
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
- ‘Bobi Wine: The People’s President’, Moses Bwayo, Christopher Sharp and John Battsek
- ‘The Eternal Memory’
- ‘Four Daughters’, Kaouther Ben Hania and Nadim Cheikhrouha
- ‘To Kill a Tiger’, Nisha Pahuja, Cornelia Principe and David Oppenheim
- ‘20 Days in Mariupol’, Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner and Raney Aronson-Rath - WINNER
DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
- ‘The ABCs of Book Banning’, Sheila Nevins and Trish Adlesic
- ‘The Barber of Little Rock’, John Hoffman and Christine Turner
- ‘Island in Between’, S. Leo Chiang and Jean Tsien
- ‘The Last Repair Shop’, Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers - WINNER
- ‘Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó’, Sean Wang and Sam Davis
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
- ‘Io Capitano’ (Italy)
- ‘Perfect Days’ (Japan)
- ‘Society of the Snow’ (Spain)
- ‘The Teachers’ Lounge’ (Germany)
- ‘The Zone of Interest’ (United Kingdom) - WINNER
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
- ‘The Boy and the Heron’, Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki - WINNER
- ‘Elemental’, Peter Sohn and Denise Ream
- ‘Nimona’, Nick Bruno, Troy Quane, Karen Ryan and Julie Zackary
- ‘Robot Dreams’, Pablo Berger, Ibon Cormenzana, Ignasi Estapé and Sandra Tapia Díaz
- ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Amy Pascal
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
- ‘Golda’, Karen Hartley Thomas, Suzi Battersby and Ashra Kelly-Blue
- ‘Maestro’, Kazu Hiro, Kay Georgiou and Lori McCoy-Bell
- ‘Oppenheimer’, Luisa Abel
- ‘Poor Things’, Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston - WINNER
- ‘Society of the Snow’, Ana López-Puigcerver, David Martí and Montse Ribé
PRODUCTION DESIGN
- ‘Barbie’, production design: Sarah Greenwood; set decoration: Katie Spencer
- ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’, production design: Jack Fisk; set decoration: Adam Willis
- ‘Napoleon’, production design: Arthur Max; set decoration: Elli Griff
- ‘Oppenheimer’, production design: Ruth De Jong; set decoration: Claire Kaufman
- ‘Poor Things’, production design: James Price and Shona Heath; set decoration: Zsuzsa Mihalek - WINNER
Film Editing
- ‘Anatomy of a Fall’, Laurent Sénéchal
- ‘The Holdovers’, Kevin Tent
- ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’, Thelma Schoonmaker
- ‘Oppenheimer’, Jennifer Lame - WINNER
- ‘Poor Things’, Yorgos Mavropsaridis
VISUAL EFFECTS
- ‘The Creator’, Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, Andrew Roberts and Neil Corbould
- ‘Godzilla Minus One’, Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima - WINNER
- ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’, Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams and Theo Bialek
- ‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’, Alex Wuttke, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland and Neil Corbould
- ‘Napoleon’, Charley Henley, Luc-Ewen Martin-Fenouillet, Simone Coco and Neil Corbould
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