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- By Steven McIntosh
- entertainment reporter
Barbie, Oppenheimer and a wardrobe mishap? The best Oscar moments in 60 seconds
Cillian Murphy has become the first Irish-born to win the best actor award, after Oppenheimer swept the Oscars.
The film dominated the ceremony, winning best picture, best director for Christopher Nolan and best supporting actor for Robert Downey Jr.
Murphy was named best leading actor for his acclaimed portrayal of theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer.
The actor said he was “overwhelmed” to have won, adding: “I’m a very proud Irishman to be here tonight.”
He thanked Nolan and producer Emma Thomas for “the wildest, most exhilarating and creatively satisfying journey you’ve ever taken me on.”
Murphy also paid tribute to “every single cast and crew member, you guys helped me get through it.”
He concluded: “We made a film about the man who created the atomic bomb and, for better or worse, we all live in Oppenheimer’s world, so I would like to dedicate it to peacemakers around the world.”
At the ceremony, Oppenheimer won seven awards in total, while Poor Things took home four (including best actress for Emma Stone) and The Zone of Interest won two.
Murphy said he was “a very proud Irishman to be here tonight” as he won best lead actor for Oppenheimer.
Downey Jr won best supporting actor for his portrayal of US government official Lewis Strauss in Oppenheimer.
Upon receiving the award, the actor joked: “I would like to thank my terrible childhood and, in that order, the Academy.
“I needed this job more than he needed me,” she continued. “I stand here before you a better man because of it.”
The star also paid tribute to his wife Susan Downey, who he said had found him as a “grumpy rescue pet”, adding that she “loved me to death, that’s why I’m here”.
Downey Jr, best known for his career as Marvel’s Iron Man, has enjoyed a hugely successful return to Hollywood after serious drug addiction problems more than two decades ago, which saw him serve a prison sentence after missing school. court-ordered drug testing.
He concluded his speech by telling the audience, “What we do is meaningful and what we decide to do is important.”
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Host Jimmy Kimmel joked that the cast and crew were “beating up Oppen in the bar”, such was the film’s success.
Accepting his first Oscar for best director, Nolan said: “Thank you to those who have been there for me, believed in me throughout my career.”
Addressing the Academy, he said: “The films are just over 100 years old, we don’t know where this incredible journey goes from here, but knowing that you think I’m a significant part of it means the world.” me.”
Accepting the award, producer Emma Thomas said: “I think any of us who make films dream of this moment. But it seemed very unlikely that it would ever happen.”
Oppenheimer also won best editing, original score and cinematography. However, he lost several other technical categories, denying him a record number of wins.
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Emma Stone won her second Oscar for best actress after her previous win for La La Land in 2017.
Instead, the unusual steampunk drama Poor Things won best production design, costume design, makeup and hair, as well as best actress for Emma Stone.
Yorgos Lanthimos’ film follows a baby whose brain has been implanted in the body of an adult woman, who then goes on an adventure of discovery around the world.
“This is truly overwhelming,” Stone said in his speech. “I am deeply honored to share this with every cast member, crew member, every person who put their love, care and brilliance into the making of this film.”
Best Actress was the only major category that awards watchers had struggled to pick: It had been seen as a tie between Stone and Lily Gladstone for Killers of the Flower Moon.
But Martin Scorsese’s drama about a series of Osage murders in the 1920s went home empty-handed despite being nominated in 10 categories at the ceremony.
Barbie, the highest-grossing film of 2023, won only one of the eight awards for which it was nominated: best original song for What Was I Made For? by Billie Eilish.
“Thank you very much to the Academy, I didn’t expect this, I feel incredibly lucky and honored,” Eilish said when accepting the award with her brother and collaborator Finneas O’Connell.
Barbie won only one award: best original song for What Was I Made For? by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell
Da’Vine Joy Randolph won best supporting actress for her performance as a school chef trying to cope with the death of her son in The Holdovers.
In his acceptance speech, Randolph told the audience: “For a long time I always wanted to be different. And now I realize that I just needed to be myself, and I thank you for seeing me.”
The Zone of Interest won best sound and became the first British film to win best international feature film. The critically acclaimed Holocaust drama follows a German family living next to the Auschwitz concentration camp.
The award for best documentary went to 20 Days In Mariupol. Its director, Mstyslav Chernov, told the audience that he was “honored” to become the first Ukrainian Oscar winner.
“I’m probably the first director on this stage who says I wish I’d never made this movie,” he said, adding, “I wish I could change this (to) Russia never attacking Ukraine, never occupying our cities.” “.
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Da’Vine Joy Randolph won best supporting actress for her performance in The Holdovers
On the other hand, Anatomy of a Fall won the award for best original screenplay. The film’s director and co-writer, Justine Triet, joked that the Oscar would “help me get over my midlife crisis.”
The film follows a woman accused of killing her husband, with the only nearby witness being her visually impaired son.
American Fiction took home the award for best adapted screenplay. Its writer Cord Jefferson said: “I’ve been talking a lot about how many people overlooked this movie when I discussed it, and I worry that I sound vindictive, but it’s more of a plea to recognize that there are a lot of people who want the opportunity I was given.”
The writer said he understood that Hollywood “is a risk-averse industry,” but said studios should commission more smaller-scale films. “Instead of making one $200 million movie, try making 20 $10 million movies,” he said.
Japanese fantasy film The Boy and the Heron was named best animated film, beating competition from Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.
And director Wes Anderson won his first Academy Award in the live-action short film category for The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, based on the story by Roald Dahl.
Kimmel responds to Trump
American presenter Jimmy Kimmel will host the Oscars for the fourth time
For the fourth time, the ceremony was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. The American talk show host opened with a monologue reflecting on the past 12 months in the film industry.
Recalling the strikes that paralyzed Hollywood, Kimmel paid tribute to the efforts made to get fair treatment for actors and writers.
He joked that actors could now stop worrying about “being replaced by AI and could go back to worrying about being replaced by younger, more attractive people.”
Turning his attention to Barbie stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, he said: “If neither of you win an Oscar tonight, I’d like to say you won something much better: the genetic lottery.”
Kimmel also suggested that the nominated films “were too long this year,” adding, “When I went to see Killers of the Flower Moon, they forwarded my email to the theater.
“Killers of the Flower Moon is so long,” he continued, “in the time it took you to watch it, you could drive to Oklahoma and solve the murders yourself.”
Toward the end of the ceremony, Kimmel read an online post from former US President Donald Trump, who had complained about Kimmel’s performance.
Responding to Trump on air, Kimmel said, “Thank you President Trump, thank you for watching, I’m surprised you’re still awake, haven’t you already served your time in jail?”