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

Everything that happened on Hollywood's biggest night.

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.

Mar 10, 2024, 8:49 PM EDT

‘The Zone of Interest’ wins best international feature film

“The Zone of Interest” won the Oscar for best international feature film. Dwayne Johnson and Bad Bunny presented the award to the film’s director, Jonathan Glazer.

Dwayne Johnson and Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny present the award for Best International Feature Film, during the 96th Annual Academy Awards, in Hollywood, Mar. 10, 2024.
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“El arte de cine es una lengua universal que habla a los hilos que nos unan juntos,” Bad Bunny said, which translates to, “Cinema is a universal language that speaks to the common threads that bind us together.”

Glazer took the stage to accept the award and said, “All our choices were made to reflect and confront us in the present, not to say, ‘Look what they did then,’ rather, ‘Look, what we do now.’ Our film shows where dehumanization leads at its worst. It shaped all of our past and present.”

Jonathan Glazer accepts the award for Best International Feature Film for "The Zone of Interest" onstage during the 96th Annual Academy Awards, March 10, 2024, in Hollywood.
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“Right now, we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflicts for so many innocent people,” he continued. “Whether the victims of Oct. 7 in Israel or the ongoing attack on Gaza, all the victims of this dehumanization -- how do we resist?”

Other nominees in the category included “Io Capitano” (Italy), “Perfect Days” (Japan), “Society of the Snow” (Spain) and “The Teachers’ Lounge” (Germany).

Mar 10, 2024, 8:33 PM EDT

Scott George performs 'Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)' with Osage Singers, dancers

Scott George took the Oscars stage with the Osage Singers and dancers to perform "Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)."

Scott George performs alongside other Osage singers and dancers onstage during the 96th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood, CA, March 10, 2024.
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The song, which is from "Killers of the Flower Moon," is nominated for best original song.

"Killers of the Flower Moon," directed by Martin Scorsese, chronicles the series of real-life murders of members of the Osage Nation in 1920s Oklahoma, a period known as the Reign of Terror.

Mar 10, 2024, 8:24 PM EDT

'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.

Holly Waddington wins the Oscar for Best Costume Design for "Poor Things" during the Oscars show at the 96th Academy Awards, March 10, 2024, in Hollywood.
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"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."

Mar 10, 2024, 8:11 PM EDT

'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.

British production designers James Price and Shona Heath accept the award for Best Production Design onstage for "Poor Things" during the 96th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood, CA, March 10, 2024.
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Other films nominated in the category included "Barbie," "Killers of the Flower Moon," "Napoleon" and "Oppenheimer."

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