The Oscars red carpet has begun, with red carpet host Vanessa Hudgens revealing that she's expecting her first baby with husband Cole Tucker. She and co-host Julianne Hough were at ease as interviewers, already knowing many of the attendees through their work in Hollywood.
Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel welcomed everyone to the 96th Oscars. Although the show started an hour earlier than in other years, he joked that it will still end late. He pointed out that 48 years ago Jodie Foster and Robert De Niro were nominated for Oscars and amazingly, this year, both are nominated again.
The first Oscar to be given out was for Best Actress in a Supporting role, given out by five former winners, each of whom honored one of the nominees. The trophy went to Da’Vine Joy Randolph for her work in The Holdovers.
To give out the award for Costume Design, Jimmy Kimmel called on John Cena to recreate what he called the craziest moment in the history of the Academy Awards, when a man streaked across the stage behind presenter David Niven 50 years ago in 1974. John pretended to have lost his nerve, but then walked out naked holding the nominees card in front of his private parts. The Oscar went to Poor Things, which also had just won the award for Production Design.
A performance by Osage tribe members to honor the film Killers of the Flower Moon received a standing ovation -- a highlight of the evening. Soon after, the award for Best International Film went to the British film The Zone of Interest, which features a Nazi family that lives next door to Auschwitz during WWII.
Robert Downey Jr. received a standing ovation for Actor in a Supporting Role for Oppenheimer, with John Krasinski, who was sitting directly behind him, being one of the first to get to his feet. Next to John was a seat filler in place of his wife, nominee Emily Blunt, who may have still been backstage after appearing with fellow nominee and The Fall Guy co-star Ryan Gosling to honor stunt people. After the commercial break, Emily was back in her seat as the audience gave a standing ovation to presenters Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito, who co-starred in the 1988 movie Twins.
Speaking of Ryan Gosling, he gave a show-stopping performance of "I'm Just Ken" from the movie Barbie that included many of his co-stars -- and received a standing ovation. However, it was another song from Barbie that won -- "What Was I Made For," which was performed and written by Billie Eilish and her brother, Finneas O'Connell.
Just prior to the Best Picture being awarded, Jimmy Kimmel read out loud an early review of his performance as an Oscar host written by Donald Trump on his social media platform. It began: "Has there EVER been a WORSE HOST than Jimmy Kimmel at The Oscars. His opening was that of a less than average person trying too hard to be something which he is not, and never can be. Get rid of Kimmel and perhaps replace him with another washed up, but cheap, ABC ‘talent,’ George Slopanopoulos." Jimmy thanked him, adding, "Isn't it past your jail time?"
Scroll down to see the full list of nominees and winners, including Best Picture, Director, Actor and Actress. ~Alexandra Heilbron
Full list of nominees:
BEST PICTURE
American Fiction
Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer - WINNER
Past Lives
Poor Things
The Zone of Interest
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Bradley Cooper, Maestro
Colman Domingo, Rustin
Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer - WINNER
Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Annette Bening, Nyad
Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall
Carey Mulligan, Maestro
Emma Stone, Poor Things - WINNER
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Sterling K. Brown, American Fiction
Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer - WINNER
Ryan Gosling, Barbie
Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
America Ferrera, Barbie
Jodie Foster, Nyad
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers - WINNER
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
The Boy and the Heron - WINNER
Elemental
Nimona
Robot Dreams
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Edward Lachman, El Conde
Rodrigo Prieto, Killers of the Flower Moon
Matthew Libatique, Maestro
Hoyte van Hoytema, Oppenheimer - WINNER
Robbie Ryan, Poor Things
COSTUME DESIGN
Jacqueline Durran, Barbie
Jacqueline West, Killers of the Flower Moon
Janty Yates, David Crossman, Napoleon
Ellen Mirojnick, Oppenheimer
Holly Waddington, Poor Things - WINNER
DIRECTING
Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall
Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer - WINNER
Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things
Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
Bobi Wine: The People’s President
The Eternal Memory
Four Daughters
To Kill a Tiger
20 Days in Mariupol - WINNER
DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
The ABCs of Book Banning
The Barber of Little Rock
Island In Between
The Last Repair Shop - WINNER
Nai Nai & Wài Pó
FILM EDITING
Anatomy of a Fall
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer - WINNER
Poor Things
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
Io Capitano, Italy
Perfect Days, Japan
Society of the Snow, Spain
The Teacher’s Lounge, Germany
The Zone of Interest, United Kingdom - WINNER
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Golda
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things - WINNER
Society of the Snow
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
American Fiction
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer - WINNER
Poor Things
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
“The Fire Inside” – Flamin’ Hot
“I’m Just Ken” – Barbie
“It Never Went Away” – American Symphony
“Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)” – Killers of the Flower Moon
“What Was I Made For” – Barbie - WINNER
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things - WINNER
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Letter to a Pig
Ninety-Five Senses
Our Uniform
Pachyderme
War is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko - WINNER
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
The After
Invincible
Knight of Fortune
Red, White and Blue
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar - WINNER
SOUND
The Creator
Maestro
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Oppenheimer
The Zone of Interest - WINNER
VISUAL EFFECTS
The Creator
Godzilla Minus One - WINNER
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Napoleon
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
Cord Jefferson, American Fiction - WINNER
Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, Barbie
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Tony McNamara, Poor Things
Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
Justine Triet and Arthur Harari, Anatomy of a Fall - WINNER
David Hemingson, The Holdovers
Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer, Maestro
Samy Burch, May December
Celine Song, Past Lives
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