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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How Lily Gladstone could make history tonight

All eyes are on Lily Gladstone, as she could become the first Native American woman to win the Oscar for best actress.

The "Killers of the Flower Moon" actress, who is of Siksikaitsitapi and NiMíiPuu heritage, would also become the first person of Native American heritage to win an acting Oscar.

Leading up to the Oscars, Gladstone won several awards including a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Critics believe Gladstone or Emma Stone from "Poor Things" will win the award.


Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos have date night on Oscars red carpet

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos brought the glamour to the red carpet at the 2024 Oscars.

The "LIVE with Kelly and Mark" co-hosts stepped out in classic attire, with Ripa wearing a black dress and Consuelos donning a tux.


Dwayne Johnson steps out on red carpet

Dwayne Johnson stepped out on the red carpet Sunday evening in an dark gray suit with deep red trim at the chest. He posed for photos, briefly wearing a pair of sunglasses.

Johnson is a presenter at this year's Academy Awards.


Marvel actress and 'DWTS' winner Xochitl Gomez stuns on red carpet

Xochitl Gomez stepped out on the Oscars 2024 red carpet to celebrate Hollywood's biggest night.

Gomez, who starred in 2022's "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" as America Chavez and won "Dancing with the Stars" season 32 with pro partner Val Chmerkovskiy in December, wore a flowy wine-colored dress for the occasion.


'American Fiction' wins best adapted screenplay

Octavia Spencer and Melissa McCarthy presented the Oscar for best adapted screenplay to "American Fiction" director and screenwriter Cord Jefferson.

The film was based on the 2001 novel "Erasure" by Percival Everett.

"This means the world to me, thank you so much to the academy," Jefferson said. "There are so many people. I feel so much joy being here, I felt so much joy making this movie, and I want other people to experience that joy, and they are out there, I promise you."

"The next Martin Scorsese is out there, the next Greta's out there, the next Christopher Nolan's out there, I promise you. They just want a shot and we can give them one," he continued. "And this has changed my life. Thank you all who worked on this movie, for trusting a 40-year-old Black guy who had never directed anything before. It has changed my life."

Other nominees in the category included Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig for "Barbie," Christopher Nolan for "Oppenheimer," Tony McNamara for "Poor Things" and Jonathan Glazer for "The Zone of Interest."