The 96th edition of the Oscars – showbiz’s biggest night awards, came along with some intrigues and fun.
One such laughable moment was when legendary actor, Alfred Pacino, aka Al Pacino, announced the winner of the Best Picture award early Monday.
The 83-year-old, also called ‘The Godfather,’ jumped protocol when he quickly announced the Oscars award winner for the Best Picture award before listing the nominees in the category, as against the tradition at the Oscars.
“I see Oppenheimer,” he said.
Oppenheimer was the talk of the show at the Oscars as the three-hour-long epic movie scooped seven awards, including the Best Actor, Best Director and Best Picture categories, amongst others.
The 2023 movie which was written, directed, and produced by Christopher Nolan, starred Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist credited with being the ‘father of the atomic bomb’ for his role in the Manhattan Project— the World War II undertaking that developed the first nuclear weapons.
Oppenheimer was notable among the list of nominees for the much-coveted awards.
Below is the full list of winners at the Oscars 2024 Awards:
Best Picture
American Fiction
WINNER – Oppenheimer
Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Past Lives
Poor Things
The Zone of Interest
Best actor in a leading role
Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Colman Domingo – Rustin
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
WINNER – Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction
Best actor in a supporting role
Sterling K Brown – American Fiction
Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon
WINNER – Robert Downey Jr – Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling – Barbie
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things
Best actress in a leading role
Annette Bening – Nyad
Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall
Carey Mulligan – Maestro
WINNER – Emma Stone – Poor Things
Best actress in a supporting role
Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
America Ferrera – Barbie
Jodie Foster – Nyad
WINNER – Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Best 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
Best animated feature film
WINNER – The Boy and the Heron
Elemental
Nimona
Robot Dreams
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Best adapted screenplay
WINNER – American Fiction
Barbie
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
The Zone of Interest
Best original screenplay
WINNER – Anatomy of a Fall
The Holdovers
Maestro
May December
Past Lives
Best Cinematography
El Conde
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
WINNER – Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Best costume design
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
WINNER – Poor Things
Best documentary feature film
Bobi Wine: The People’s President
The Eternal Memory
Four Daughters
To Kill a Tiger
WINNER – 20 Days in Mariupol
Best documentary short film
The ABCs of Book Banning
The Barber of Little Rock
Island in Between
WINNER – The Last Repair Shop
Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó
Best film editing
Anatomy of a Fall
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
WINNER – Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Best international feature film
Io Capitano
Perfect Days
Society of the Snow
The Teachers’ Lounge
WINNER – The Zone of Interest
Best makeup and hairstyling
Golda
Maestro
Oppenheimer
WINNER – Poor Things
Society of the Snow
Best original score
American Fiction
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Killers of the Flower Moon
WINNER – Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Best original song
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
WINNER – What Was I Made For? – Barbie
Best production design
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
WINNER – Poor Things
Best animated short film
Letter to a Pig
Ninety-Five Senses
Our Uniform
Pachyderme
WINNER – WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko
Best live-action short film
The After
Invincible
Knight of Fortune
Red, White and Blue
WINNER – The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Best sound
The Creator
Maestro
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Oppenheimer
WINNER – The Zone of Interest
Best visual effects
The Creator
WINNER – Godzilla Minus One
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Napoleon
Punch