Summary

  • Oppenheimer is the big winner of the 96th Oscars after scooping seven awards including best picture and best actor for Cillian Murphy

  • The film, which had 13 nominations, also wins best supporting actor for Robert Downey Jr, as well as best director for Christopher Nolan, plus film editing, cinematography and original score

  • Emma Stone is awarded best actress for her role in Poor things, which also wins best production design, make-up and costume design

  • The best supporting actress award goes to The Holdovers' star Da'Vine Joy Randolph

  • Barbie - last year's highest grossing film - receives just one award for best original song written by Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas. The pair performed live, as did actor Ryan Gosling

  • It's a historic night for some, as Ukraine wins its first ever Oscar with best documentary 20 Days in Mariupol, and the UK wins best international film for The Zone of Interest

  • We'll be bringing you more reaction from the night and our team in Los Angeles is catching up with the winners from the Vanity Fair red carpet

  1. What Was I Made For? wins best original songpublished at 01:43 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March

    Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell celebrate with presenter Ariana Grande as they win the Oscar for Best Original Song for "What Was I Made For?" from "Barbie" during the Oscars show at the 96th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 10, 2024Image source, Reuters

    What Was I Made For from Barbie, written by Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas O'Connell, wins best original song.

    The nominees were:

    • “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
  2. Oppenheimer editor is first female to win in nearly a decadepublished at 01:41 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March

    Emma Saunders
    Reporting from the winners' room

    Jennifer Lame holds her award in the air, smilingImage source, Getty Images

    As predicted by many, Jennifer Lame picked up best editing for Oppenheimer.

    She says backstage: “Working with Chris (Nolan), when he hired me – I was in shock. I was so out of my comfort zone… and I did things I never thought would be able to do.”

    The last female to win was in 2015 so Lame says this win “means so much. I have so many female editor heroes and to have a leader like Emma Thomas (producer) and Donna Langley (head of Universal)… So many badass women leading the charge on this film. It feels great.”

    She also pokes fun at the film’s long running time, which was of course, in her hands.

    “Lots of people told me it wasn’t too long even though it was nearly three hours!” she laughs.

  3. Oppenheimer wins original scorepublished at 01:40 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March

    Yasmin Rufo
    Culture reporter

    Ludwig Goransson wins the Oscar for Best Original Score for "Oppenheimer" during the Oscars show at the 96th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 10, 2024Image source, Reuters

    Oppenheimer wins the Oscar for best original score.

    Ludwig Göransson, who picks up the award for Oppenheimer's sound, says he wants to thank his parents "for giving me drums instead of video games" growing up.

    This is Göransson's second Oscar win, he previously won the award for Black Panther sound.

    In his acceptance speech he also thanks his wife who is a violinist and worked on the film sound with him.

  4. Original scorepublished at 01:39 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March

    It's time to turn musically, with the original score category. The nominees are:

    • American Fiction
    • Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
    • Killers of the Flower Moon
    • Oppenheimer
    • Poor Things
  5. Kenergy has well and truly been brought to the ceremonypublished at 01:38 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March

    Yasmin Rufo
    Culture reporter

    Ryan GoslingImage source, Getty Images

    In a dazzling pink sequined suit and black shades, Ryan Gosling pops up behind co-star Margot Robbie singing: "Doesn't seem to matter what I do, I'm always number two".

    Gosling is belting out his Oscar nominated song from Barbie with every ounce of emotion her can muster.

    Carried aloft, covered with Barbie masks he enlists the help of Slash, the lead guitarist of rock group Guns 'N Roses as well as passing the mic to America Ferrera, Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie to sing along.

    Let's not forget that both Margot and Greta have been snubbed from best actress and best director, but ironically Ryan Gosling received nominations for best song and supporting actor.

    For this performance we think Gosling really is a ten.

    Ryan Gosling and SlashImage source, Getty Images
    Image caption,

    Slash joined Ryan Gosling on stage

  6. The Zone of Interest's win recognises a difficult job well donepublished at 01:32 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March

    Helen Bushby
    Culture reporter

    Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn won the Oscar for best sound and thanked the academy for "listening" to Zone of Interest.

    Burn told me recently he did "months of meticulous research".

    The most difficult sound to reproduce was "the omnipresent, mechanical hum of the camp's machinery - a harrowing reminder of the workshops and the crematorium's furnace" he said.

    He also had the unenviable task of recreating how the camp's prisoners might have sounded.

    "Believably capturing the sound of a life-ending scream is inherently challenging."

  7. What’s The Zone of Interest about?published at 01:29 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March

    Helen Bushby
    Culture reporter

    A family enjoys a swimming pool in a backyard sharing a fence with AuschwitzImage source, A24

    Jonathan Glazer’s film, which has five nominations, focuses on the banality of evil, exploring the lives of the family living next door to Auschwitz concentration camp during World War Two.

    Christian Friedel’s camp commandant Rudolf Höss ran Auschwitz while living with his wife Hedwig (Sandra Hüller) and their five children in their spacious house with plentiful food - just metres from mass murder.

  8. The Zone of Interest wins best soundpublished at 01:28 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March

    Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn win the Oscar for Best Sound for "The Zone of Interest" during the Oscars show at the 96th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 10, 2024.Image source, Reuters

    The Oscar for best sound goes to The Zone of Interest.

  9. Becky G has young helpers to perform The Fire Insidepublished at 01:26 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March

    Helen Bushby
    Culture reporter

    Becky GImage source, Getty Images

    With a choir of children dressed in red and white, Becky G is singing The Fire Inside, by Diane Warren, from Flamin' Hot, a film directed by Eva Longoria in her feature-length directorial debut.

    The film is about Richard Montañez, a Mexican janitor who created a $1bn snack brand.

  10. The Oscar for best soundpublished at 01:25 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March

    The films up for the sound category are:

    • The Creator
    • Maestro
    • Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One
    • Oppenheimer
    • The Zone of Interest
  11. Celebs love a selfie, toopublished at 01:24 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March

    Earlier we spotted a cute moment between America Ferrera and Da'Vine Joy Randolph in the audience, with the Barbie star leaning in for a selfie with tonight's best supporting actress.

    America Ferrera and Da'Vine Joy Randolph take a selfie in the audienceImage source, Getty Images
  12. Hoyte van Hoytema's first Oscar for Oppenheimerpublished at 01:21 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March

    Helen Bushby
    Culture reporter

    Christopher Nolan's film was shot in both black and white and colour, and had a mix of huge, sweeping landscapes and vistas combined with close-ups and a lot of dialogue in the latter part of the film.

    Van Hoytema, who has won for cinematography, was previously nominated for Christopher Nolan's war epic Dunkirk in 2018.

    Cillian Murphy applauds as Hoyte van Hoytema wins the Oscar for Best Cinematography for "Oppenheimer" during the Oscars show at the 96th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 10, 2024Image source, Reuters
    Image caption,

    Cillian Murphy clapped as Hoyte van Hoytema accepted his award

  13. Poor Things cast have 'one hell of a party' lined uppublished at 01:18 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March

    Emma Saunders
    Reporting from the winners' room

    Coulier, Stacey, and Weston smile with their awardsImage source, Getty Images
    Image caption,

    Winners of makeup and hairstyle awards, Mark Coulier, Nadia Stacey, and Josh Weston

    It’s another win for Poor Things and the Brits, this time for hair and make-up. I spoke to Josh Weston earlier this week, who was responsible for the prosthetic work on Willem Dafoe. It took the team 12 weeks to just design the Frankenstein-like face.

    He joked that he had been working for 20 years plus and never been nominated – well now he’s not only been nominated but he’s won! And his next project? Sonic the Hedgehog 3 – quite the contrast.

    But the big question is, how are they going to celebrate tonight?

    Nadia Stacey told the winners’ room: “Robbie Ryan (Poor Things cinematographer) has one hell of a party lined up, he knows how to party.” They also said they’d probably pop into Vanity Fair. Obviously.

  14. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar wins live action short filmpublished at 01:17 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March

    Yasmin Rufo
    Culture reporter

    The winner for live action short film is The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar.

    Wes Anderson's short film on Netflix was adapted from Roald Dahl's short story with the same name.

    Anderson was unable to collect his award in person.

    He is well accustomed to award nominations - in 2014 his film The Grand Budapest Hotel received nine Oscar nominations, but this is his first Oscar win.

  15. Live action short filmpublished at 01:16 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March

    It's time for the award for live action short film.

    The nominees are:

    • The After
    • Invincible
    • Knight of Fortune
    • Red, White and Blue
    • The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
  16. Oppenheimer wins best cinematographypublished at 01:15 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March

    Oppenheimer wins the award in the cinematography category.

    The films nominated in this category were:

    • El Conde
    • Killers of the Flower Moon
    • Maestro
    • Oppenheimer
    • Poor Things
  17. 'I wish I never made this film,' says Ukrainian documentary winnerpublished at 01:13 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March

    Yasmin Rufo
    Culture reporter

    Description Director Mstyslav Chernov and producers Michelle Mizner and Raney Aronson-Rath win the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature Film for "20 Days in Mariupol" during the Oscars show at the 96th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 10, 2024.Image source, Reuters

    "I will be the first director on this stage who will say I wish I had never made this film," says Pulitzer Prize-winning Ukrainian journalist Mstyslav Cherno who has just won the award for best documentary feature film with 20 Days in Mariupol.

    The documentary sees Chernov spend 20 days in Mariupol, Ukraine, in March 2022, while it is besieged after Russia’s invasion.

    I wish to be able to exchange this for Russia never attacking Ukraine, never occupying our cities," Chernov said as he collected his award.

    "Cinema forms memories and memories form history," he concluded.

    It is the first Oscar in Ukrainian history.

  18. Oscars had brief delay to start time over Gaza protestpublished at 01:10 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March

    A large crowd of people holding Palestinian flags and holding anti-war placardsImage source, Reuters

    Around a thousand protesters against the US's support for Israel in its war with Gaza gathered at the perimeter of the venue hosting the Oscars tonight, delaying the start of the show by a few minutes.

    They chanted "end the siege on Gaza now," as Hollywood's A-Listers arrived at the red carpet.

    Among them was filmmaker Vivien Weisman, who told Reuters: "I'm here to protest and say there's no business as usual, including Oscars, when a genocide is going on.

    "And we wanted to denounce the Academy for their silence and for allowing some of the actors to have the agencies fire them, like Susan Sarandon, who spoke up against the genocide."

  19. Poor Things director was a maestro - production designerpublished at 01:08 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March

    Emma Saunders
    Reporting from the winners' room

    Price and Heath smile with their OscarsImage source, Getty Images
    Image caption,

    James Price and Shona Heath won the Oscar for Poor Things production

    Poor Things production designer James Price jokes that it’s like a bingo hall with journalists sticking up numbers on paper with their questions.

    “It’s a fairytale, the world is a construction of Baxter (Dafoe) and Bella’s (Stone’s) imagination," Price says.

    "Yorgos was the conductor the maestro, guiding us on this journey.”

  20. 20 Days in Mariupol wins documentary feature filmpublished at 01:06 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March

    The award for documentary feature film goes to 20 Days in Mariupol.