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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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.

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.

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


'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.


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.


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.


Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell perform ‘What Was I Made For?’

Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas O’Connell delivered a moving performance of their Oscar-nominated song “What Was I Made For?” from “Barbie.”

Eilish sang while O’Connell accompanied her on the piano. The duo received a standing ovation from the audience after their performance.

“What Was I Made For?” may earn Eilish and O’Connell their second Oscar tonight. They previously won the Oscar for best original song in 2022 for “No Time To Die” from the James Bond film of the same name.