On Sunday, Mar. 10, 2024 the Academy Awards Ceremony hosted by talk show host Jimmy Kimmel, who presented awards to 23 categories, with Oppenheimer being the primary recipient. Artists such as Ryan Gosling, Billie Eilish with FINNEAS, Becky G, Jon Batiste and Scott George and the Osage Singers gave wonderful performances each in their own way. Singer and songwriters Eilish and Finneas’s song, “What Was I Made For?” from the “Barbie” movie, was nominated for and won Best Original Song.
Actress Emma Stone won the award Best Actress for her role in Poor Things as the character Bella Baxtard. Her acceptance speech then consisted mainly of thanking several of the other impressive women on and off stage, as well as the director of Poor Things, Yorgos Lanthimos, who she gave credit to in helping her see that it is all about the group effort and memories and not a single person.
Director Christopher Nolan won Best Director for Oppenheimer and thanked Universal Studios and the cast members, Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon and Cilian Murphy, as well as his wife. He was also nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay which instead went to Cord Jefferson for American Fiction. Steven Spielberg announced Christopher Nolan as the Best Director.
Cillian Murphy was nominated for and won Best Actor for his role in Oppenheimer as the character J. Robert Oppenheimer.
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo presented the award to Oppenheimer for Best Original Score, whom composer Ludwig Göransson accepted on its behalf. Other nominees in that category included:
American Fiction
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Poor Things
Killers of the Flower Moon
Ryan Gosling performed his song, “I’m Just Ken”
Becky G sang, “The Fire Inside”
Scott George performed, “Wahzhazhe”
Jon Batiste played, “It Never Went Away”
Billie Eilish and FINNEAS sang, “What Was I Made For?”
Oppenheimer wins yet again another award, this time being for Best Cinematography which Hoyte van Hoytema accepted from presenter Zendaya.
Jamie Lee Curtis announced Da’Vine Joy Randolph as Best Supporting Actress.
Other nominees include:
Emily Blunt
Jodie Foster
America Ferrera
Danielle Brooks
Many found that Jimmy Kimmel’s hosting experience did not pan out as expected and was found rather irritating, especially nominee and award winner Robert Downey Jr. When Kimmel had made a comment on Downey’s past substance abuse allegations, Downey signaled for him to “wrap it up”.
And let’s not forget to mention when John Cena walked on stage naked and the audience’s shocked and amused reactions.
John Krasinski and Emily Blunt showed up and slayed as this year’s power couple on the red carpet.
The red pins you may have seen various artists and celebrities wearing throughout the night were to represent their support towards the Israel-Hamas ceasefire. Celebrities such as Billie Eilish, FINNEAS, Ramy Youssef, and Mark Ruffalo wore the pins.
Oscars Awards Ceremony 2024
Best Picture: Oppenheimer
Best Actor: Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Best Actress: Emma Stone – Poor Things
Best International Feature Film: The Zone of Interest – Jonathan Glazer
Best Supporting Actress: Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Best Original Song: What Was I Made For? – Billie Eilish, Finneas – Barbie
Best Supporting Actor: Robert Downey Jr.
Best Director: Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Best Original Score: Oppenheimer
Best Cinematography: Oppenheimer
Best Makeup and Hair: Poor Things
Best Costume Design: Poor Things
Best Production Design: Poor Things
Best Film Editing: Oppenheimer
The Occidentalist’s Top 3 Outfits
- Ryan Gosling
- Zendaya
- Sydney Sweeney
