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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'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."
'Godzilla Minus One' wins best visual effects
"Godzilla Minus One" won the Oscar for best visual effects, with the award going to Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima.
The team behind the fan-favorite Japanese film took to the stage to accept the trophy from "Twins" co-stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito and paid tribute to one of the film's producers, Shūji Abe, who died in December, and who they said was "lost too soon."
Other nominees in the category included "The Creator," "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3," "Mission Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One" and "Napoleon."
'War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko' wins best animated short film
Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth presented the Oscar for best animated short film to "War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko."
Dave Mullins and Brad Booker accepted the award onstage. "John Lennon and Yoko Ono wrote a song that inspired us, that is an anti-war message that we tried to honor with this film," Mullins said.
Other nominees in the category included "Letter to a Pig," "Ninety-Five Senses," "Our Uniform" and "Pachyderme."