Unveiling the Oscars 2024: A Night of Glamour, Surprises, and Cinematic Excellence
Da’Vine Joy Randolph
photo cred: CONRAD CAPTURES
By: Joshua Martin
The world’s biggest names in entertainment once again descended upon La La Land for the 96th annual Academy Awards. Per usual, the Oscars were filled with exciting moments and performances as stars from around the globe celebrated the past year of big screen releases. Dramedies like “American Fiction” and “the Holdovers”, to Timepieces like “Rustin” and “Oppenheimer”, the glamorous night served to acknowledge the best films of 2023.
The Oscars were chock full of exciting moments and performances as Jimmy Kimmel returned as host for the fourth time. Let's highlight one of the night's key moments and the complete list of award winners.
Actor Da’Vine Joy Randolph received the first award of the night for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mary Lamb in Alexander Payne’s “The Holdovers”.
“My mother said to me—go across that street to that theater department, there’s something for you there. I thank my mother for doing that. I thank all the people who have stepped in my path and have been there for me and ushered me and guided me. I am so grateful for all you beautiful people out there. I prayed for so long...I always wanted to be different, but now I realize that I just need to be myself. I thank you for seeing me.”
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
BRADLEY COOPER in Maestro
COLMAN DOMINGO in Rustin
PAUL GIAMATTI in The Holdovers
Winner: CILLIAN MURPHY in Oppenheimer
JEFFREY WRIGHT in American Fiction
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
STERLING K. BROWN in American Fiction
ROBERT DE NIRO in Killers of the Flower Moon
Winner: ROBERT DOWNEY JR. in Oppenheimer
RYAN GOSLING in Barbie
MARK RUFFALO in Poor Things
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
ANNETTE BENING in Nyad
LILY GLADSTONE in Killers of the Flower Moon
SANDRA HÜLLER in Anatomy of a Fall
CAREY MULLIGAN in Maestro
Winner: EMMA STONE in Poor Things
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
EMILY BLUNT in Oppenheimer
DANIELLE BROOKS in The Color Purple
AMERICA FERRERA in Barbie
JODIE FOSTER in Nyad
Winner: DA’VINE JOY RANDOLPH in The Holdovers
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Winner: THE BOY AND THE HERON — Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki
ELEMENTAL — Peter Sohn and Denise Ream
NIMONA — Nick Bruno, Troy Quane, Karen Ryan and Julie Zackary
ROBOT DREAMS — Pablo Berger, Ibon Cormenzana, Ignasi Estapé and Sandra Tapia Díaz
SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE — Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Amy Pascal
CINEMATOGRAPHY
EL CONDE — Edward Lachman
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON — Rodrigo Prieto
MAESTRO — Matthew Libatique
Winner: OPPENHEIMER — Hoyte van Hoytema
POOR THINGS — Robbie Ryan
COSTUME DESIGN
BARBIE — Jacqueline Durran
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON — Jacqueline West
NAPOLEON — Janty Yates and Dave Crossman
OPPENHEIMER — Ellen Mirojnick
Winner: POOR THINGS — Holly Waddington
DIRECTING
ANATOMY OF A FALL — Justine Triet
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON — Martin Scorsese
Winner: OPPENHEIMER — Christopher Nolan
POOR THINGS — Yorgos Lanthimos
THE ZONE OF INTEREST — Jonathan Glazer
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
BOBI WINE: THE PEOPLE’S PRESIDENT — Moses Bwayo, Christopher Sharp and John Battsek
THE ETERNAL MEMORY — Maite Alberdi
FOUR DAUGHTERS — Kaouther Ben Hania and Nadim Cheikhrouha
TO KILL A TIGER — Nisha Pahuja, Cornelia Principe and David Oppenheim
Winner: 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL — Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner and Raney Aronson-Rath
DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
THE ABCS OF BOOK BANNING — Sheila Nevins and Trish Adlesic
THE BARBER OF LITTLE ROCK — John Hoffman and Christine Turner
ISLAND IN BETWEEN — S. Leo Chiang and Jean Tsien
Winner: THE LAST REPAIR SHOP —Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers
NǍI NAI & WÀI PÓ — Sean Wang and Sam Davis
FILM EDITING
ANATOMY OF A FALL — Laurent Sénéchal
THE HOLDOVERS — Kevin Tent
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON — Thelma Schoonmaker
Winner: OPPENHEIMER — Jennifer Lame
POOR THINGS — Yorgos Mavropsaridis
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
IO CAPITANO — Italy
PERFECT DAYS — Japan
SOCIETY OF THE SNOW — Spain
THE TEACHERS’ LOUNGE — Germany
Winner: THE ZONE OF INTEREST — United Kingdom
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
GOLDA — Karen Hartley Thomas, Suzi Battersby and Ashra Kelly-Blue
MAESTRO — Kazu Hiro, Kay Georgiou and Lori McCoy-Bell
OPPENHEIMER — Luisa Abel
Winner: POOR THINGS — Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston
SOCIETY OF THE SNOW — Ana López-Puigcerver, David Martí and Montse Ribé
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
AMERICAN FICTION — Laura Karpman
INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY — John Williams
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON — Robbie Robertson
Winner: OPPENHEIMER — Ludwig Göransson
POOR THINGS — Jerskin Fendrix
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
THE FIRE INSIDE from Flamin’ Hot; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
I’M JUST KEN from Barbie; Music and Lyric by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt
IT NEVER WENT AWAY from American Symphony; Music and Lyric by Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson
WAHZHAZHE (A SONG FOR MY PEOPLE) from Killers of the Flower Moon; Music and Lyric by Scott George
Winner: WHAT WAS I MADE FOR? from Barbie; Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell
BEST PICTURE
AMERICAN FICTION — Ben LeClair, Nikos Karamigios, Cord Jefferson and Jermaine Johnson, Producers
ANATOMY OF A FALL — Marie-Ange Luciani and David Thion, Producers
BARBIE — David Heyman, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Robbie Brenner, Producers
THE HOLDOVERS — Mark Johnson, Producer
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON — Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas, Martin Scorsese and Daniel Lupi, Producers
MAESTRO — Bradley Cooper, Steven Spielberg, Fred Berner, Amy Durning and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers
Winner: OPPENHEIMER — Emma Thomas, Charles Roven and Christopher Nolan, Producers
PAST LIVES — David Hinojosa, Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler, Producers
POOR THINGS — Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone, Producers
THE ZONE OF INTEREST — James Wilson, Producer
PRODUCTION DESIGN
BARBIE — Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON — Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis
NAPOLEON — Production Design: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Elli Griff
OPPENHEIMER — Production Design: Ruth De Jong; Set Decoration: Claire Kaufman
Winner: POOR THINGS — Production Design: James Price and Shona Heath; Set Decoration: Zsuzsa Mihalek
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
LETTER TO A PIG — Tal Kantor and Amit R. Gicelter
NINETY-FIVE SENSES — Jerusha Hess and Jared Hess
OUR UNIFORM — Yegane Moghaddam
PACHYDERME — Stéphanie Clément and Marc Rius
Winner: WAR IS OVER! INSPIRED BY THE MUSIC OF JOHN & YOKO — Dave Mullins and Brad Booker
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
THE AFTER — Misan Harriman and Nicky Bentham
INVINCIBLE — Vincent René-Lortie and Samuel Caron
KNIGHT OF FORTUNE — Lasse Lyskjær Noer and Christian Norlyk
RED, WHITE AND BLUE — Nazrin Choudhury and Sara McFarlane
Winner: THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR — Wes Anderson and Steven Rales
SOUND
THE CREATOR — Ian Voigt, Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic
MAESTRO — Steven A. Morrow, Richard King, Jason Ruder, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE — Chris Munro, James H. Mather, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor
OPPENHEIMER — Willie Burton, Richard King, Gary A. Rizzo and Kevin O’Connell
Winner: THE ZONE OF INTEREST — Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn
VISUAL EFFECTS
THE CREATOR — Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, Andrew Roberts and Neil Corbould
Winner: GODZILLA MINUS ONE — Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3 — Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams and Theo Bialek
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE — Alex Wuttke, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland and Neil Corbould
NAPOLEON — Charley Henley, Luc-Ewen Martin-Fenouillet, Simone Coco and Neil Corbould
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
Winner: AMERICAN FICTION — Written for the screen by Cord Jefferson
BARBIE — Written by Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach
OPPENHEIMER — Written for the screen by Christopher Nolan
POOR THINGS — Screenplay by Tony McNamara
THE ZONE OF INTEREST — Written by Jonathan Glazer
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
Winner: ANATOMY OF A FALL — Screenplay – Justine Triet and Arthur Harari
THE HOLDOVERS — Written by David Hemingson
MAESTRO — Written by Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer
MAY DECEMBER — Screenplay by Samy Burch; Story by Samy Burch & Alex Mechanik
PAST LIVES — Written by Celine Song
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