Academy Awards 2024: Oppenheimer Dominates With 7 Oscars, Including Best Picture
The 2024 Academy Awards have now wrapped up, with Oppenheimer dominating with seven massive Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Director.
The biopic about the man behind the atomic bomb racked up some of the biggest prizes of the night, ending with that Best Picture win against some very tough competition, including American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon, Poor Things, and many more.
Oppenheimer lead Cillian Murphy took home Best Actor while Robert Downey Jr. received his very first Oscar for the film, winning Best Supporting Actor.
Meanwhile, the film's director, Christopher Nolan, won his very first Oscar, in what many said was a long time coming. He defeated Martin Scorsese, Justine Triet, Yorgos Lanthimos, and Jonathan Glazer to win his first Oscar ever, according to the Academy's official website.
"It's been the wildest, most exhilarating, most creative journey we've been on," Cillian Murphy told the audience. "All my fellow nominees, I remain in awe of you, truly. I'm a very proud Irish man standing here tonight. We made a film about the man who created the atomic bomb, and for better or for worse, we're all living in Oppenheimer's world - so I'd like to dedicate this to the peacemakers everywhere."
Speaking of Oppenheimer, the other half of Barbenheimer, Barbie, stole the show at this year's Oscars when Ryan Gosling performed "I'm Just Ken." According to The Independent, Barbie herself, Margot Robbie, was seen laughing hysterically during the performance.
Academy Awards 2024 Winners
While Oppenheimer won big, other works also won that night, and they include:
Emma Stone Wins Best Actress for 'Poor Things'
CNBC noted that this was a tight race between Lily Gladstone and Emma Stone, with the two actresses trading wins across various awards shows. However, the 2024 Academy Awards was Emma's night,
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'20 Days in Mariupol' Wins Best Documentary Feature
Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner, and Raney Aronson-Rath won the Oscar for the Ukraine War documentary, "20 Days in Mariupol." Afterward, the people behind it went on a stunning speech about the ongoing war.
'The Boy and the Heron' Wins Best Animated Feature Film
This would be the third Oscar for Japanese anime legend Hayao Miyazaki as the film that could be his last snags an Oscar. This is now the second Japanese animated work to receive an Oscar after Miyazaki's Spirited Away.
Da'Vine Joy Randolph Wins Best Supporting Actress for 'The Holdovers'
Da'Vine Joy Randolph was one of the reasons why Oppenheimer did not sweep as she won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, beating Emily Blunt for Oppenheimer, among others.
'Barbie' Wins Best Original Song
No, it was not "I'm Just Ken," but the other half of Barbenheimer did win an Oscar, and that is for Billie Eilish's "What Was I Made For?" OST for the film.
'Godzilla' Wins Best Visual Effects
Meanwhile, everybody's favorite radioactive monster has finally won an Oscar, with the Japanese-made Godzilla Minus One winning Best Visual Effects, beating out Napoleon, Mission Impossible, and Guardians of the Galaxy.
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Written by: Rick Martin
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