Oscars 2024 Winners: Cillian Murphy Is Best Actor; Robert Downey Jr Takes Home Best Supporting Actor
March 11, 2024The 96th Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, were a big night in Hollywood! Jimmy Kimmel hosted the event this year.
Many people were excited to see how Christopher Nolan’s movie “Oppenheimer” would do. It was nominated for 13 awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. The movie stars Cillian Murphy and tells the true story of an important person. It was expected to win a lot of awards. Other big movies nominated were “Barbie”, “Poor Things”, and “Killers of the Flower Moon”.
There were awards given out for 23 different things in movies, like acting, directing, and music. Famous actors and actresses from last year’s Oscars even came back to give out the awards this year!
Best Actor – Cillian Murphy for ‘Oppenheimer’
Best Actress – Emma Stone for ‘Poor Things’
Best Picture – Oppenheimer
Best Director – Christopher Nolan for ‘Oppenheimer’
Best Supporting Actor – Robert Downey Jr for ‘Oppenheimer’
Best Supporting Actress – Da’Vine Joy Randolph for ‘The Holdovers’
Best Original Song – What Was I Made For from ‘Barbie’
Best Animated Feature Film – The Boy and the Heron
Best Animated Short Film – War is Over! Inspired by the music of John and Yoko
Best Original Screenplay – Anatomy of a Fall
Best Adapted Screenplay – American Fiction
Best Cinematography – Oppenheimer
Best Costume Design – Poor Things
Best Live Action Short – The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Best Makeup and Hairstyling – Poor Things
Best Sound – The Zone of Interest
Best Documentary Feature Film – 20 Days in Mariupol
Best Documentary Short Film – The Last Repair Shop
Best Film Editing – Oppenheimer
Best International Feature Film – The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom)
Best Production Design – Poor Things
Best Visual Effects – Godzilla Minus One
