'Oppenheimer' Was the Big Oscar Winner

The Oscars: The Big Winners

The 2024 Oscars were hosted by Jimmy Kimmel on Sunday, March 10, airing on ABC (in the new earlier time slot of 7 p.m.).

The Christopher Nolan flick starring Cillian Murphy was this year’s frontrunner, with a staggering 13 nominations — including for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor for Murphy and Robert Downey Jr., respectively.

The Best Actor race was a battle between Murphy, Bradley Cooper (“Maestro”), Paul Giamatti (“The Holdovers”), Colman Domingo (“Rustin”) and Jeffrey Wright (“American Fiction”).

Murphy took home the expected win, and Nolan and Downey Jr. also won big for “Oppenheimer” while the movie took home the Best Picture prize.

Cillian Murphy dedicating his first #Oscars to the peacemakers all around the world - JUST SO PROUD OF HIM ❤️❤️#Oscars2024 #Oppenheimer

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— Anuradha Gupta (@AajKiRadha) March 11, 2024

Meanwhile, Cooper remained a big Oscars loser, failing to take home a trophy for a 12th time, this year for “Maestro.”

The Best Actress race (which snubbed “Barbie” star Margot Robbie from the category) was a face-off between Annette Bening (“Nyad”), Lily Gladstone (“Killers of the Flower Moon”), Sandra Hüller (“Anatomy of a Fall”), Carey Mulligan (“Maestro”) and Emma Stone (“Poor Things”). 

"My dress is broken. I'm pretty sure it happened during 'I'm Just Ken.'"

Emma Stone has a hilarious start to her Oscars acceptance speech for Best Actress for "Poor Things."#Oscars#Oscars2024https://t.co/X7unxQW0XY pic.twitter.com/pynAPcDeUL

— ABC News (@ABC) March 11, 2024

After referencing Robert Opel, the man who streaked at the 1974 Oscars, Kimmel wondered what it would be like if such a thing happened that night. Then he repeated it until a terrified-looking and thoroughly unclothed John Cena peeked out from behind the set, saying he had changed his mind and would no longer be streaking. Eventually, he shuffled across the stage to the mic in Birkenstocks, looking humiliated as he used an Oscars envelope as a loin cloth. Naturally, the category he presented was Costume Design.

🚨#BREAKING: Watch as John Cena shocks the crowd by presenting an award completely naked, only covered by a sign, at the 96th annual Academy Awards, the Oscars pic.twitter.com/JhWulJZEE2

— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) March 11, 2024

🎥ACADEMY AWARDS:  Winner's List HERE