Oppenheimer wins big (again) at the 2024 Oscars
A naked John Cena, Jimmy Kimmel gags and a village of figures for Oppenheimer...
The 2024 Oscars awards took place in Los Angeles on March 10. Just as the gambling odds predicted, it was a massive night for Oppenheimer. The film took seven Academy Award wins including best picture and best director.
There was just the one win for Barbie, for Billy Eilish's What Was I Made For? song. It once again shows that while the lighter side of 2023's Barbenheimer phenomenon won at the box office, Oppenheimer still got most of the critical adulation.
But what happened at the actual awards? There were no Will Smith slap-size upsets this time, and the talk of the town is mostly about the planned shenanigans of the evening.
We had a super-buff John Cena turn up in the buff to give out the best costume award, won by Holly Waddington and Poor Things.
Many say Ryan Gosling stole the show with his performance of I’m Just Ken, featuring a guitar solo by Slash, and quite probably a touch of live Autotune.
Jimmy Kimmel hosted the 2024 Academy Awards, making light-hearted jibes about Robert Downey Jr.’s famous drug-fuelled past and skewering Donald Trump’s “review” of his performance posted on far-right social network Truth Social.
A highlight for ShortList, though, was seeing Godzilla: Minus One pick up a gong for Best Visual Effects and Hayao Miyazaki picking up his second-ever Oscar for The Boy and The Heron (his first was for Spirited Away).
Don’t care about the Hollywood gossip? You’ll find all of the Oscars 2024 winners below.
Best picture
Oppenheimer
Best director
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Best lead actor
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Best lead actress
Emma Stone, Poor Things
Best supporting actor
Robert Downey Jr, Oppenheimer
Best supporting actress
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Adapted screenplay
Cord Jefferson, American Fiction
Original screenplay
Justine Triet and Arthur Harari, Anatomy of a Fall
Best cinematography
Hoyte van Hoytema, Oppenheimer
Original song
What Was I Made For? From Barbie by Billy Eilish and Finneas O’Connell
Costume Design
Poor Things, Holly Waddington
Sound
Zone of Interest, Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn
Original Score
Oppenheimer, Ludwig Göransson
Best live action short film
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Wes Anderson and Steven Rales
Animated Short Film
War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko, Dave Mullins and Brad Booker
Documentary Feature Film
20 Days in Mariupol, Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner and Raney Aronson-Rath
Documentary Short Film
The Last Repair Shop, Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers
International Feature Film
The Zone of Interest
Animated Feature Film
The Boy and the Heron
Makeup and Hairstyling
Poor Things, Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston
Production Design
Poor Things, James Price, Shona Heath and Zsuzsa Mihalek
Film Editing
Oppenheimer, Jennifer Lame
Visual Effects
Godzilla Minus One, Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima
