Oscars 2024 recap: Biggest moments from the 96th Academy Awards

Everything that happened on Hollywood's biggest night.

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Last Updated: March 10, 2024, 4:08 PM EDT

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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Here's how the night unfolded.
Mar 10, 2024, 5:52 PM EDT

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.

Mar 10, 2024, 5:41 PM EDT

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.

Mar 10, 2024, 5:49 PM EDT

'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.

(L-R) Masaki Takahashi, Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, and Tatsuji Nojima, shoe detail, attend the 96th Annual Academy Awards on March 10, 2024 in Hollywood.
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(From L) Masaki Takahashi, Japanese film director Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya and Tatsuji Nojima attend the 96th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on March 10, 2024.
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"Godzilla Minus One" is nominated for best visual effects tonight.

Mar 10, 2024, 5:34 PM EDT

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.

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