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

Everything that happened on Hollywood's biggest night.

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.

"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.

"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.


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'20 Days in Mariupol' wins best documentary feature film

"20 Days in Mariupol" won the Oscar for best documentary feature film.

Filmmakers Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner and Raney Aronson-Rath accepted the award, which was presented by Kate McKinnon and America Ferrera.

"Probably I will be the first director on this stage who will say I wish I had never made this film," Chernov said about his film, which offers a harrowing account of the Russia-Ukraine war. "I wish to be able to exchange this [for] Russia never attacking Ukraine, never occupying our cities. I wish to give all the recognition to Russia for killing tens of thousands of my fellow Ukrainians."

"I wish for them to release all the hostages, all the soldiers who are protecting their lands, all the civilians who are now in their jails, but I cannot change the history," he continued. "I cannot change the past. But we, all together, you ... some of the most talented people in the world, we can make sure that the history record is set straight, and that the truth will prevail -- and that the people of Mariupol and those who have given their lives will never be forgotten. Because cinema forms memories and memories form history."

Other nominees in the category included "Bobi Wine: The People's President," "The Eternal Memory," "Four Daughters" and "To Kill a Tiger."


'The Last Repair Shop' wins best documentary short film

The Oscar for best documentary short film went to "The Last Repair Shop."

Kris Bowers, who took to the stage with his co-director Ben Proudfoot, called the film a project "about the heroes in our schools who often go unsung, unthanked and unseen."

"Tonight, you are sung, you are thanked and you are seen," he said.

Other nominees in the category included "The ABCs of Book Banning," "The Barber of Little Rock," "Island In Between" and "Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó."


‘Oppenheimer’ wins best film editing

“Oppenheimer” won the Oscar for best film editing.

Film editor Jennifer Lame accepted the award from presenters Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito, thanking director Christopher Nolan for taking a chance on her during her speech.

Other nominees in the category included “Anatomy of a Fall,” “The Holdovers,” “Killers of the Flower Moon” and “Poor Things.”


Jon Batiste performs 'It Never Went Away'

Jon Batiste took the Oscars stage and performed "It Never Went Away" from "American Symphony," the moving documentary about Batiste and his wife Suleika Jaouad navigating her cancer battle.

Batiste could win his second Oscar tonight for "It Never Went Away," which is nominated for best original song. In 2020, the musician won an Academy Award for best original score for "Soul."