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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'Godzilla Minus One' filmmakers wear matching Godzilla-themed shoes
While walking the red carpet, the filmmakers behind "Godzilla Minus One" showed off their Godzilla-themed shoes and miniature Godzilla figurines.
Writer, director and visual effects supervisor Takashi Yamazaki, along with 3D CG director Masaki Takahashi, visual effects director Kiyoko Shibuya, and effects artist and compositor Tatsuji Nojima were all smiles as they posed for photos with the Godzilla figurines in their hands.
"Godzilla Minus One" is nominated for best visual effects tonight.
Who is nominated for best original song?
There are five songs nominated for best original song tonight and they will all be performed during the ceremony.
"Barbie" has two songs from the film battling it out for the Oscar: Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt's power ballad "I'm Just Ken" and Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell's "What Was I Made For?"
"Wazhazhe (A Song for My People)" by Scott George from "Killers of the Flower Moon" is also nominated, as well as Diane Warren's "The Fire Inside" from the film "Flamin' Hot" and "It Never Went Away" by Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson from the documentary "American Symphony."
Read more about each song here.
Rita Moreno arrives on the red carpet with daughter: See her look
Rita Moreno arrived at the 2024 Oscars in a stunning black gown, sporting a short black wig.
Speaking to ABC News, the EGOT winner said her wig was a tribute to the late Broadway star Chita Rivera, who died in January at age 91. Moreno paired her dress, which featured an elaborate design on top, with silver earrings.
Moreno, who is a presenter tonight, was all smiles as she walked the red carpet with her daughter Fernanda Luisa Gordon, whom she shares with late husband Leonard Gordon.
Valerie Bertinelli steps out with son Wolfgang and daughter-in-law
Valerie Bertinelli stepped out on the Oscars red carpet with her son Wolfgang Van Halen and his wife Andraia Allsop.
The "One Day at a Time" and "Touched by an Angel" actress wore a cream suit while Van Halen and Allsop, who married in October 2023, wore all-black looks for the star-studded evening.
‘The Boy and the Heron’ wins best animated feature film
“The Boy and the Heron” won the Oscar for best animated feature film. Presenters Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth accepted the award on behalf of director and writer Hayao Miyazaki and producer Toshio Suzuki.
Other nominees in the category included “Elemental,” “Nimona,” “Robot Dreams” and “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.”