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Hollywood stars from Margot Robbie to Robert Downey Jr gathered to honour the best in cinema, at a ceremony led by late-night veteran and four-time Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel
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The 2024 Oscars was a glittering night that saw Oppenheimer and Poor Things win big while Killers of the Flower Moon went home empty-handed.
You can find a list of all the winners here.
The Academy Awards, which aired in the UK on ITV, were once again hosted by late-night titan Jimmy Kimmel. In his opening monologue, the host took aim at Sony’s Madame Web, disgraced French actor Gerard Depardieu and Oppenheimer nominee Robert Downey Jr.
Among the performers was Ryan Gosling who stunned the audience with his typically vibrant rendition of “I’m Just Ken” from Barbie.
One of the most talked-about moments of the night came when John Cena took to the stage totally naked in a streaking skit gone awry with Kimmel.
Then, after the ceremony, the celebrities headed to the Vanity Fair Oscar Party to let their hair down and bask in the end of another glitzy awards season.
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Watch: 20 Days in Mariupol director gives moving speech as he wins Oscar
Best Film Editing winner Jennifer Lame tells The Independent that Oppenheimer’s pacing was a ‘struggle'
Backstage at the Oscars, The Independent asked Jennifer Lame whether she struggled to keep up with the pace of Oppenheimer, which viewers will know moves rapidly through the atomic bomb creator’s life.
She confirmed: “Yes, it was a struggle! And I never wanted it to feel too quick, so I hope it didn’t feel too quick!
“All the performances were incredible, everything Chris shot, his script was incredible and I wanted it all to be in there. And I wanted everyone to enjoy it as much as I enjoyed it when I read that script.
“I didn’t want it to feel too rushed so that was obviously an incredible challenge that Chris and I worked together on so hard every day. It means so much to me that so many people came out and watched this film and told me they didn’t think it was too long even though I know it’s almost three hours!”
Olivia Munn can’t sit down in Fendi dress at 2024 Oscars
In an Instagram video filmed in the backseat of a car on the way to the event, the 43-year-old actor showed her followers a bit of her and her boyfriend John Mulaney‘s Fendi looks. She joked that the chrome Fendi gown she was wearing was a “standing-up dress.”
The clip then panned to Mulaney, 41, sitting comfortably in his all-black bow tuxedo as the “sitting down guy”.
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Olivia Munn reveals she can’t sit down in Fendi dress at 2024 Oscars
The actor says she was wearing a ‘standing-up dress’
Robert Downey Jr appears to make subtle dig at Marvel in Oscars speech
Viewers of the 2024 Oscars ceremony claim to have spotted a coded dig at Marvel in Robert Downey Jr’s acceptance speech.
In his speech, Downey said: “Here’s my little secret: I needed this job more than it needed me. Chris [Nolan] knew it, [producer Emma Thomas] made sure the she surrounded me with one of the greatest cast and crews of all time.”
Downey Jr previously appeared to aim a slight at his Marvel past while accepting an award at the Baftas last month.
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Robert Downey Jr fans think he made coded dig at Marvel in Oscars speech
Iron Man star won the award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in ‘Oppenheimer’
The Zone of Interest director Jonathan Glazer brings crowd to tears with powerful speech
Oscar nominee Sandra Hüller was one of multiple stars brought to tears by Jonathan Glazer’s emotional Oscars acceptance speech.
Glazer’s harrowing drama, The Zone of Interest, about Auschwitz’s commandant, won Best International Film, becoming the first UK movie to win in that category. Accepting his prize on stage, Glazer spoke about Israel’s ongoing military campaign in Gaza.
“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,” he said.
“Our film shows where dehumanisation leads at its worst.”
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The Zone of Interest director brings crowd to tears with powerful speech
Oscar nominee Sandra Hüller was one of multiple stars brought to tears by Jonathan Glazer's emotional Oscars acceptance speech. Glazer's harrowing drama, The Zone of Interest, about Auschwitz's commandant, won Best International Film, becoming the first UK movie to win in that category. Accepting his prize on stage, Glazer spoke about Israel's ongoing military campaign in Gaza. "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," he said. "Our film shows where dehumanisation leads at its worst.”
Watch: The moment John Cena took to the stage totally naked
John Cena stuns viewers as he presents Best Costume Design while completely naked
The Blockers actor and former wrestler was introduced by ceremony host Jimmy Kimmel in a skit that preceded the award presentation. Kimmel began by mentioning the fact that it had been 50 years since a streaker invaded the stage at the 46th Academy Awards ceremony in 1974.
“Can you imagine if a nude man ran across the stage today? Wouldn’t that be crazy?” Kimmel asked, while behind him, Cena peeked out from behind the set dressing.
The pair then bickered over whether or not they were going to go through with “the streaker bit”, as Cena feigned reluctance.
Eventually, however, he emerged from the wings of the stage, with only the winner’s envelope covering his privates from view. “Costumes are…so important,” he said.
John Cena stuns Oscars viewers as he presents award while completely naked
‘It might be the greatest Oscar bit of all time,’ one person wrote
Robert Downey Jr wins Best Supporting Actor
Downey Jr has now won the Oscar, Golden Globe, Critics Choice, SAG and BAFTA for his performance as Lewis Strauss in Oppenheimer.
“My big secret is: I needed this job more than it needed me,” he told the Dolby Theater audience.
Need a recap? Follow along with all the winners live below:
Oscars 2024 full winners list (updating live)
Robert Downey Jr has earned his first ever Oscar thanks to his supporting role in ‘Oppenheimer’
The Zone of Interest wins Best International Film
Jonathan Glazer’s film about Rudolf Höss, the commandant of Auschwitz who lived next to the camp with his family, has picked up its first award of the night.
For The Independent, author Thomas Harding met Höss’s daughter and discovered the terrifying truth about what really happened in that family home.
I met those who lived next door to Auschwitz – it wasn’t like The Zone of Interest
The multiple Oscar nominated film by Jonathan Glazer tells the chilling story of Rudolf Höss who by day oversees the gassing of 10,000 people and by night goes home to his villa next door for dinner with his wife and children. Author Thomas Harding met Höss’s daughter and discovered the terrifying truth about what really happened in that family home...
Paul Giamatti moved to tears at Oscars by co-star Da’Vine Joy Randolph’s powerful acceptance speech
The actor, who appeared alongside Randolph in the boarding school-set drama The Holdovers, was seen growing visibly emotional as his co-star accepted the prize for Best Supporting Actress.
Randolph won the award for her role in the film as a grieving mother, while Giamatti was nominated for Best Actor for playing a curmudgeonly professor.
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Paul Giamatti moved to tears by Da’Vine Joy Randolph’s powerful acceptance speech
Randolph took home the Best Supporting Actress trophy for her work alongside Giamatti in ‘The Holdovers’
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