Oscar Winners and Nominees 2024

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Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre hosted the 96th Annual Academy Awards. The glitzy celebration of the movies saw a few surprises among the awards. The biggest winner at the Oscars was the film “Oppenheimer,” directed by Christopher Nolan. It won seven Oscars out of 13 nominations, where the main awards were Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor for Cillian Murphy.

The ceremony was momentarily paused by some protests advocating for peace in the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, highlighting the event’s connection to broader global issues. Nonetheless, the night continued, showcasing the film industry’s finest works.

There were some moments of fun during the awards mixed with celebrating the best works in the movie industry.

“BarBarDa,” another blockbuster, received eight nominations and won only Best Song. It just goes to show how unpredictable the Oscars are.

Maybe the shocker of the evening was Emma Stone, who won best actress for “Poor Things,” beating Lily Gladstone, who could have become the first-ever Native American nominee in that category for “Killers of the Flower Moon.”

And Cillian Murphy—having had quite a winning year with Golden Globes, BAFTAs, and Screen Actors Guild Awards—takes on the title role in Oppenheimer.

Besides “Oppenheimer,” it is also very interesting to note that “Poor Things” has nominations for its excellent camera work and designing skills through the nominations in the categories of Hair and Makeup, Production Design, and Costume Design.

Another one of the evening’s victors was Da’Vine Joy Randolph, named Best Supporting Actress for her role in “The Holdovers,” while “The Last Repair Shop” took home the Best Documentary Short.

Jimmy offered Oscars to pull together serious moments with this tribute: “What a nice language to help us remember the importance of good storytelling in movies and how they bring us together.

So as the Oscars close for another year, we are reminded that this is exactly the kind of invention and resilience that typifies the movie industry; and it’s been quite a year for film.

Major Category Winners:

• Best Picture: “Oppenheimer”
• Best Director: Christopher Nolan, “Oppenheimer”
• Best Actor: Cillian Murphy, “Oppenheimer”
• Best Actress: Emma Stone, “Poor Things”
• Best Supporting Actor: Robert Downey Jr., “Oppenheimer”
• Best Supporting Actress: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, “The Holdovers”
• Best Original Screenplay: “Anatomy of a Fall”
• Best Adapted Screenplay: “American Fiction”

Craft and Technical Categories:

• Best Cinematography: “Oppenheimer”
• Best Film Editing: “Oppenheimer”
• Best Production Design: “Poor Things”
• Best Costume Design: “Poor Things”
• Best Makeup and Hairstyling: “Poor Things”
• Best Visual Effects: “Godzilla Minus One”
• Best Sound: “The Zone of Interest”
• Best Original Score: “Oppenheimer”
• Best Original Song: “What Was I Made For?” from “Barbie”
• Best Animated Feature Film: “The Boy and the Heron”
• Best International Feature Film: “The Zone of Interest,” United Kingdom
• Best Documentary Feature: “20 Days in Mariupol”
• Best Documentary Short: “The Last Repair Shop”
• Best Animated Short Film: “War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko”
• Best Live Action Short Film: “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar”

Oscar Winners and Nominees List 2024

Best picture

• “Oppenheimer” — Winner
• “American Fiction”
• “Anatomy of a Fall”
• “Barbie”
• “The Holdovers”
• “Killers of the Flower Moon”
• “Maestro”
• “Past Lives”
• “Poor Things”
• “The Zone of Interest”

Best supporting actress

• Da’Vine Joy Randolph, “The Holdovers” — Winner
• Emily Blunt, “Oppenheimer”
• Danielle Brooks, “The Color Purple”
• America Ferrera, “Barbie”
• Jodie Foster, “Nyad”

Best animated short film

• “War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko” — Winner
• “Letter to a Pig”
• “Ninety-Five Senses”
• “Our Uniform”
• “Pachyderm”

Best animated feature film

• “The Boy and the Heron” — Winner
• “Elemental”
• “Nimona”
• “Robot Dreams”
• “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”

Best original screenplay

• “Anatomy of a Fall” — Winner
• “The Holdovers”
• “Maestro”
• “May December”
• “Past Lives”

Best adapted screenplay

• “American Fiction” — Winner
• “Barbie”
• “Oppenheimer”
• “Poor Things”
• “The Zone of Interest”

Best makeup and hairstyling

• “Poor Things” — Winner
• “Golda”
• “Maestro”
• “Oppenheimer”
• “Society of the Snow”

Best production design

• “Poor Things” — Winner
• “Barbie”
• “Killers of the Flower Moon”
• “Napoleon”
• “Oppenheimer”

Best costume design

• “Poor Things” — Winner
• “Barbie”
• “Killers of the Flower Moon”
• “Napoleon”
• “Oppenheimer”

Best international feature film

• “The Zone of Interest,” United Kingdom — Winner
• “Io Capitano,” Italy
• “Perfect Days,” Japan
• “Society of the Snow,” Spain
• “The Teachers’ Lounge,” Germany

Best supporting actor

• Robert Downey Jr., “Oppenheimer” — Winner
• Sterling K. Brown, “American Fiction”
• Robert De Niro, “Killers of the Flower Moon”
• Ryan Gosling, “Barbie”
• Mark Ruffalo, “Poor Things”

Best visual effects

• “Godzilla Minus One” — Winner
• “The Creator”
• “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3”
• “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One”
• “Napoleon”

Best film editing

• “Oppenheimer” — Winner
• “Anatomy of a Fall”
• “The Holdovers”
• “Killers of the Flower Moon”
• “Poor Things”

Best documentary short film

• “The Last Repair Shop” — Winner
• “The ABCs of Book Banning”
• “The Barber of Little Rock”
• “Island in Between”
• “Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó”

Best documentary feature film

• “20 Days in Mariupol” — Winner
• “Bobi Wine: The People’s President”
• “The Eternal Memory”
• “Four Daughters”
• “To Kill a Tiger”

Best Cinematography

• “Oppenheimer” — Winner
• “El Conde”
• “Killers of the Flower Moon”
• “Maestro”
• “Poor Things”

Best live-action short film

• “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar” — Winner
• “The After”
• “Invincible”
• “Knight of Fortune”
• “Red, White and Blue”

Best sound

• “The Zone of Interest” — Winner
• “The Creator”
• “Maestro”
• “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One”
• “Oppenheimer”

Best original score

• “Oppenheimer” — Winner
• “American Fiction”
• “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”
• “Killers of the Flower Moon”
• “Poor Things”

Best original song

• “What Was I Made For?” from “Barbie” — Winner
• “It Never Went Away” from “American Symphony”
• “I’m Just Ken” from “Barbie”
• “The Fire Inside” from “Flamin’ Hot”
• “Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)” from “Killers of the Flower Moon”

Best actor

• Cillian Murphy, “Oppenheimer” — Winner
• Bradley Cooper, “Maestro”
• Colman Domingo, “Rustin”
• Paul Giamatti, “The Holdovers”
• Jeffrey Wright, “American Fiction”

Best director

• Christopher Nolan, “Oppenheimer” — Winner
• Jonathan Glazer, “The Zone of Interest”
• Yorgos Lanthimos, “Poor Things”
• Martin Scorsese, “Killers of the Flower Moon”
• Justine Triet, “Anatomy of a Fall”

Best Actress

• Emma Stone, “Poor Things” — Winner
• Annette Bening, “Nyad”
• Lily Gladstone, “Killers of the Flower Moon”
• Sandra Hüller, “Anatomy of a Fall”
• Carey Mulligan, “Maestro”

 

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