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Published on 2024-03-11 07:51:26
The 96th edition of the Oscars awards was filled with intrigue and excitement. Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer stole the show by winning seven awards, including Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Picture. The 2023 film, written, directed, and produced by Nolan, starred Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer, the famed American theoretical physicist known as the “father of the atomic bomb” for his involvement in the Manhattan Project during World War II.
Oppenheimer stood out among the nominees for the prestigious awards. Here is a comprehensive list of all the winners and nominees in various categories:
Best Picture:
Winner: Oppenheimer
Nominees: American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, Past Lives, Poor Things, The Zone of Interest
Best Actress:
Winner: Emma Stone – Poor Things
Nominees: Annette Bening – Nyad, Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon, Sandra Huller – Anatomy of a Fall, Carey Mulligan – Maestro
Best Actor:
Winner: Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Nominees: Bradley Cooper – Maestro, Colman Domingo – Rustin, Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers, Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction
Best Supporting Actress:
Winner: Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Nominees: Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer, Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple, America Ferrera – Barbie, Jodie Foster – Nyad
Best Supporting Actor:
Winner: Robert Downey Jr – Oppenheimer
Nominees: Sterling K Brown – American Fiction, Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon, Ryan Gosling – Barbie, Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things
Best Director:
Winner: Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan
Nominees: Anatomy of a Fall – Justine Triet, Killers of the Flower Moon – Martin Scorsese, Poor Things – Yorgos Lanthimos, The Zone of Interest – Jonathan Glazer
And many more categories covering various aspects of filmmaking such as Best Original Song, Best Original Score, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Screenplay, Best International Feature, Best Animated Feature, Best Documentary Feature, Best Cinematography, Best Sound, Best Film Editing, Best Visual Effects, Best Costume Design, Best Production Design, Best Make-Up and Hairstyling, Best Animated Short, Best Documentary Short, and Best Live Action Short.
Overall, the 96th Oscars awards ceremony was a night to remember, celebrating the best in the film industry and honoring outstanding achievements in filmmaking.
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