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Oppenheimer eneded its awards-season with the Best Picture win at the 96th Oscars that was held on Sunday at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood. The award was accepted by producers Emma Thomas, Charles Roven and Christopher Nolan.

Nolan won the Best Director award, earning Universal’s film about J. Robert Oppenheimer and his Manhattan Project a leading seven statuettes. “Movies are just just over a 100 years old, and just imagine 100 years into painting or theater. We don’t know where this journey is going from here, but to know that you think I’m a meaningful part of it means the world to me,” Nolan said in accepting the directing prize.

Cillian Murphy took home the Best Actor for Oppenheimer. “For better or worse we made a film about the man who created the atomic bomb, and for better or for worse, we’re all living in Oppenheimer’s world. So I’d like to dedicate this to the peacemakers everywhere,” he said while accepting the award.

Emma Stone won the Best Actress prize for Poor Things, upsetting Killers of the Flower Moon star Lily Gladstone. In her acceptance speech, Stone thanked director Yorgos Lanthimos “for the gift of a lifetime in Bella Baxter.”

Following Oppenheimer, Poor Things stood second with four awards — three of which were won consecutively. A24’s The Zone of Interest is the only other multiple winner on the night.

Universal topped the distributors’ list with seven wins, followed by Searchlight with four, and A24 and Toho each securing two. Notably absent from Sunday’s winners’ circle were Netflix, Sony, Paramount, and Disney among the major studios.

Here is the full list of the winners at the 96th Academy Awards:

Best Picture
Oppenheimer
Emma Thomas, Charles Roven and Christopher Nolan, Producers

Actress in a Leading Role
Emma Stone
Poor Things

Directing
Oppenheimer
Christopher Nolan

Actor in a Leading Role
Cillian Murphy
Oppenheimer

Music (Original Song)

“What Was I Made For?” from Barbie
Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell

Music (Original Score)
Oppenheimer
Ludwig Göransson

Sound
The Zone of Interest
Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn

Live Action Short Film
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Wes Anderson and Steven Rales

Cinematography
Oppenheimer
Hoyte van Hoytema

Documentary Feature Film
20 Days in Mariupol
Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner and Raney Aronson-Rath

Documentary Short Film
The Last Repair Shop
Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers

Film Editing
Oppenheimer
Jennifer Lame

Visual Effects
Godzilla Minus One
Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima

Actor in a Supporting Role
Robert Downey Jr.
Oppenheimer

International Feature Film
The Zone of Interest (UK)

Costume Design
Poor Things
Holly Waddington

Production Design
Poor Things
Production Design: James Price and Shona Heath; Set Decoration: Zsuzsa Mihalek

Makeup and Hairstyling
Poor Things
Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
American Fiction
Written for the screen by Cord Jefferson

Writing (Original Screenplay)
Anatomy of a Fall
Screenplay – Justine Triet and Arthur Harari

Animated Feature Film
The Boy and the Heron
Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki

Animated Short Film
War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko
Dave Mullins and Brad Booker

Actress in a Supporting Role
Da’Vine Joy Randolph
The Holdovers

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