"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.
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.”
Finneas O'Connell and Billie Eilish perform during the 96th Annual Academy Awards, Mar. 10, 2024, in Hollywood.
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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.
Mar 10, 2024, 8:04 PM EDT
'American Fiction' wins best adapted screenplay
Octavia Spencer and Melissa McCarthy presented the Oscar for best adapted screenplay to "American Fiction" director and screenwriter Cord Jefferson.
The film was based on the 2001 novel "Erasure" by Percival Everett.
"This means the world to me, thank you so much to the academy," Jefferson said. "There are so many people. I feel so much joy being here, I felt so much joy making this movie, and I want other people to experience that joy, and they are out there, I promise you."
Cord Jefferson accepts the award for Best Adapted Screenplay for "American Fiction" during the 96th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood, CA, March 10, 2024.
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"The next Martin Scorsese is out there, the next Greta's out there, the next Christopher Nolan's out there, I promise you. They just want a shot and we can give them one," he continued. "And this has changed my life. Thank you all who worked on this movie, for trusting a 40-year-old Black guy who had never directed anything before. It has changed my life."
Other nominees in the category included Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig for "Barbie," Christopher Nolan for "Oppenheimer," Tony McNamara for "Poor Things" and Jonathan Glazer for "The Zone of Interest."
Mar 10, 2024, 7:56 PM EDT
'Anatomy of a Fall' wins best original screenplay
Justine Triet and Arthur Harari won the Oscar for best original screenplay for the film "Anatomy of a Fall," accepting the award from Octavia Spencer and Melissa McCarthy.
In her opening remarks, Triet joked that winning an Oscar will "help me through my mid-life crisis, I think."
Justine Triet and Arthur Harari accept the award for Best Original Screenplay for "Anatomy of a Fall" during the 96th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood, CA, March 10, 2024.
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She recalled beginning to write "Anatomy of a Fall" with Harari, her husband, when they were stuck at home with their two kids during the COVID-19 lockdown, saying, "There was no line, I think, between work and diapers."
Triet also gave a shoutout to the film's star, Sandra Hüller, and the rest of the cast.
Other nominees in the category included David Hemingson for "The Holdovers," Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer for "Maestro," Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik for "May December" and Celine Song for "Past Lives."
Mar 10, 2024, 7:48 PM EDT
‘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.”
