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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'Poor Things' wins best costume design
"Poor Things" won the Oscar for best costume design.
After doing a bit with Jimmy Kimmel about the Oscars streaker at the 46th Oscars in 1974, John Cena presented the award to "Poor Things" costume designer Holly Waddington.
"Thank you to the academy, thank you to my fellow nominees," Waddington began. "It's an amazing privilege to be in the same room as you all. You're the people who inspired me to be a costume designer in the first place."
"'Poor Things' was a very rare opportunity to be really free and artistic in a creative process as a costume designer," she continued. "Thank you, Yorgos [Lanthimos], for that and for making such bold and brave work."
Other nominees in the category included "Barbie," "Killers of the Flower Moon," "Napoleon," "Oppenheimer."
'Poor Things' wins best production design
"Poor Things" won the Oscar for best production design, with James Price and Shona Heath taking to the stage to accept the award.
Other films nominated in the category included "Barbie," "Killers of the Flower Moon," "Napoleon" and "Oppenheimer."
'Poor Things' wins best makeup and hairstyling
"Poor Things" won the Oscar for best makeup and hairstyling.
Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston accepted the award. Read more about the team's process while working on the film here.
Other nominees in the category included "Golda," "Maestro," "Oppenheimer" and "Society of the Snow."
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.
‘Oppenheimer’ wins best cinematography.
“Oppenheimer” won the Oscar for best cinematography. Cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema accepted the award from presenter Zendaya.
Expressing his gratitude to director Christopher Nolan and producer Emma Thomas, he said, “You are by far the best thing that could have happened to my career, obviously. This wouldn’t have existed without you.”
Other nominees in the category included “El Conde,” “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Maestro” and “Poor Things.”