’Oppenheimer‘ dominates the 96th Academy Awards, sweeps seven categories.
Oppenheimer, the blockbuster biopic about the race to build the first atomic bomb, won the coveted Best Picture trophy at the 96th Academy Awards held at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, California on March 10 (March 11 in the Philippines).
But that is only the cherry on top as the Christopher Nolan-helmed film took home six other awards, including Best Picture, Best Director for Nolan, Best Actor for Cillian Murphy, and Best Supporting Actor for Robert Downey Jr., to name a few.
The three-hour historical drama was a box office hit, grossing US$953.8 million (S$1.27 billion), and also received near-universal acclaim.
It is the first of Nolan’s films to win an Academy Award for Best Picture. The director is known for his highly acclaimed films such as The Dark Knight trilogy (2005-2012), Inception (2010), and Memento (2000).
Murphy and Downey Jr. also received their first Oscars.
Meanwhile, American actress Emma Stone won in the Best Actress category for Poor Things, with the win making her only the eighth actress to win two Oscars by the age of 35. She first won for the musical romance film La La Land (2017).
Poor Things, a film by Yorgos Lanthimos and written by Tony McNamara, also won awards for Best Production Design, Makeup and Hairstyling, and Costume Design.
It wasn’t a very stellar night for last year’s biggest blockbuster hit Barbie, which won only one of its eight nominations—siblings Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell won the trophy for Best Song for their What Was I Made For?
At 22, Eilish is the youngest person ever to have won two Oscars, having won for the same category in 2022 for No Time to Die for the James Bond movie of the same title.
Legendary Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki won his second Best Animated Film award for The Boy and the Heron, 21 years after Spirited Away won him his first Oscar.
In 2014, Miyazaki received an honorary Oscar in recognition of his storytelling.
Some nominated films went home empty-handed, including Killers of the Flower Moon, Past Lives, Maestro, Nyad, and Society of the Snow.
Preceding the annual “in memoriam” segment, which honored stars such as Tom Wilkinson, Tina Turner, Matthew Perry, and Glenda Jackson, a clip was played of the late Alexei Navalny from the Oscar-winning documentary Navalny, where he said: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.
This year’s Oscars was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, who was observed to have steered clear of politics in his spiels.
This is the fourth time Kimmel hosted Hollywood’s biggest night. He previously hosted in 2017, 2018, and 2022.
We’ve listed down this year’s Oscar winners, as chosen by about 11,000 members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.
Best Picture: Oppenheimer
Best Actor: Cilian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Best Actress: Emma Stone, Poor Things
Best Director: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Best Supporting Actor: Robert Downey Jr, Oppenheimer
Best Supporting Actress: Da’vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Best Adapted Screenplay: American Fiction
Best Original Screenplay: Anatomy of a Fall
Best Animated Feature Film: The Boy and the Heron
Best Animated Short: War Is Over! Inspired By The Music Of John & Yoko
Best International Feature: The Zone of Interest, United Kingdom
Best Documentary Feature: 20 Days In Mariupol
Best Documentary Short: The Last Repair Shop
Best Original Score: Oppenheimer
Best Original Song: “What Was I Made For?”, Barbie
Best Sound: The Zone of Interest
Best Production Design: Poor Things
Best Live Action Short: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Best Cinematography: Oppenheimer
Best Makeup And Hairstyling: Poor Things
Best Costume Design: Poor Things
Best Visual Effects: Godzilla Minus One
Best Film Editing: Oppenheimer
