Oscars 2024

Al Pacino announced "Oppenheimer" as the best picture Academy award winner on Sunday night.

Emma Stone earned the best actress Academy award for "Poor Things."

Stone was emotional while accepting her award, and thanked her family and husband, Dave McCary, in addition to director Yorgos Lanthimos.

Stone added, "Most importantly, my daughter whose going to be three in three days and has turned our lives technicolor. I love you bigger than the whole sky my girl."

The award-winning actress previously won an Oscar in 2017 for her role in the film, "La La Land."

After winning her Oscar, she joked in the press room that she broke her dress after watching Ryan Gosling's "I'm Just Ken" performance.

"I was so amazed by Ryan and what he was doing and that number just blew my mind and I was right there and I was just going for it ... and, you know. Things happen," Stone said.

Christopher Nolan picked up the best director Academy award for "Oppenheimer."

Nolan accepted the Oscar from Steven Spielberg.

He thanked his wife, Emma Thomas, "the producer of all our films and all our children. I love you."

Cillian Murphy won the best actor Academy award for his role in "Oppenheimer."

While accepting his Oscar on stage, Murphy acknowledged, "I'd really like to dedicate this to the peacemakers everywhere."

Past Oscar winners Nicolas Cage, Matthew McConaughey, Brendan Fraser, Ben Kingsley and Forest Whitaker presented Cillian his award.

Andrea Bocelli with his son Matteo Bocelli honored stars of stage and screen during the 96th Academy Awards In Memoriam tribute.

Billie Eilish and brother Finneas O'Connell earned the best original song Oscar for “What Was I Made For?” from “Barbie."

Eilish admitted she had "a nightmare about this" while accepting the trophy at the 96th Academy Awards on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

"I was not expecting this," she said. "Thank you to Greta. I'm so grateful for this song and this movie."

Ryan Gosling danced and sang his way to Oscars infamy Sunday night.

The Academy award-nominated actor was joined by Slash and Wolfgang Van Halen on the guitars as he sang "I'm Just Ken."

Gosling performed wearing a hot pink, rhinestone studded suit with the cast of "Barbie" dancing alongside him.

Later on in the evening, Gosling's wife, Eva Mendes, showed support for the main man in her life while backstage wearing his pink blazer.

"You took Ken all the way to the Oscar’s, RG," she wrote on Instagram. "Now come home, we need to put the kids to bed."

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito enjoyed a mini "Twins" reunion at the 96th Academy Awards Sunday night in Los Angeles, Calif.

The actors starred together in the 1988 buddy comedy, in which they played genetically engineered twins who found each other later in life after being separated at birth. 

DeVito and Arnold joked that they were presenting together for "a very obvious reason ... we both tried to kill Batman."

Cameras panned toward the audience where Michael Keaton sat motionless.

"You have a lot of nerve to show your face here!"

Robert Downey Jr. earned his first Oscar Sunday at the 96th Academy Awards.

"I'd like to thank my terrible childhood and the Academy, in that order," Downey said while accepting the best supporting actor Oscar for his role in "Oppenheimer."

He also expressed gratitude toward his wife Susan Downey and his stylist.

Earlier in the program, Jimmy Kimmel joked about Robert's history with drug addiction during his opening monologue.

“This is the highest point of Robert Downey Jr.’s long and illustrious career — well, one of the highest points,” Kimmel said.

Cameras then showed Downey Jr. double tapping on his nose, likely alluding to his past history with cocaine addiction. 

“Too on the nose? Or is that a drug motion you made?” Kimmel asked.

"Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" had a war of words at the 96th Academy Awards.

Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt joined forces to honor stunt performers, before Gosling offered up an opinion s to why "Barbenheimer" was not coined "Oppenbarbie."

Gosling joked, "you were riding Barbie's coat tails all summer."

Blunt was quick to respond, "Thanks for Ken-splaining that for me."

Jimmy Kimmel joked about Robert Downey Jr.'s history with drug addiction during his opening monologue at the 96th Academy Awards Sunday.

“This is the highest point of Robert Downey Jr.’s long and illustrious career — well, one of the highest points,” Kimmel said.

Cameras then showed Downey Jr. double tapping on his nose, likely alluding to his past history with cocaine addiction.

 “Too on the nose? Or is that a drug motion you made?” Kimmel asked.

Downey was arrested in 1996 and charged with driving under the influence. Police also found heroin, cocaine, crack and a .357 Magnum in his vehicle.

Downey was also once arrested at Disneyland for "smoking pot in a gondola."

Jimmy Kimmel hoped to recreate a memorable moment from the 1974 Oscars at the 96th Academy Awards.

He enlisted the help of John Cena, but the former pro wrestler had a bit of stage fright when it came down to streaking across the stage.

"What’s the matter, you were supposed to run across the stage?" Kimmel asked Cena, as he hid behind a screen.

"I changed my mind. I don’t feel right about it," Cena said.

"You wrestle naked," Kimmel told Cena who corrected him by saying, "I wrestle in jorts!"

Cena then shuffled to the microphone with just the award card covering himself up.

"Costumes, they are so important," he said. "Maybe the most important thing there is."

Billie Eilish and brother Finneas O'Connell performed a moving rendition of their Oscar-nominated song from Greta Gerwig's "Barbie."

Finneas sat at the piano while Billie stood at the microphone to sing "What Was I Made For?" at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, Calif., for the 96th annual Academy Awards.

Actress Da’Vine Joy Randolph won the best supporting actress Oscar for “The Holdovers” at the 96th Academy Awards Sunday.

"For so long, I have always wanted to be different, and now I realize I just need to be myself," she said while accepting the award.

Randolph portrayed a New England boarding school cafeteria manager dealing with grief and loss.

She previously earned a Screen Actors Guild award, BAFTA and Golden Globe award.

Jimmy Kimmel opened the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, Calif. despite hundreds of protestors outside causing traffic issues, according to The Associated Press.

Hollywood stars were delayed making their way to the 96th Academy Awards on Sunday due to demonstrators protesting Israel’s war in Gaza.

Los Angeles police, which had expected protests, beefed up their already extensive presence.

Ariana Grande rocked a billowing pink Giambattista Valli Haute Couture gown at the 96th Academy Awards Sunday in Los Angeles.

The pop princess, who performed on "Saturday Night Live" just the night before, released her seventh studio album "Eternal Sunshine" on Friday.

Grande shared a message to followers on Saturday after facing backlash for the album, which fans speculated may have undertones related to her divorce with ex-husband Dalton Gomez.

"i just wanted to say anyone that is sending hateful messages to the people in my life based on your interpretation of this album is not supporting me and is absolutely doing the polar opposite of what i would ever encourage (and is also entirely misinterpreting the intention behind the music)…i ask that you please do not. it is not how to support me. it is the opposite," Grande wrote.

Read more here about Grande's message here.

Valerie Bertinelli had a proud mom moment with her son, Wolfgang Van Halen at the Oscars.

Bertinelli walked the 96th Academy Awards red carpet with Wolfgang and his wife, Andraia Allsop, on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

Wolfgang, the son of late Van Halen frontman Eddie Van Halen, is nominated for an Oscar for best original song. The musician plays guitar on the "Barbie" hit, "I'm Just Ken."

American Ferrera is forever indebted to Barbie.

Ferrera, who is nominated for an Oscar for her work in the Greta Gerwig film, admitted that working on "Barbie" impacted her life in more ways than one.

"I feel personally transformed by this journey," she said during an interview on the Academy Awards red carpet.

Earlier in the day, Eva Mendes gave a subtle shout-out to her favorite "Barbie" star while posing next to Ryan Gosling's dressing room backstage at the Oscars.

"Always by my man," Mendes wrote on Instagram.

Tom Hanks can rest easy knowing no one is coming for his unique title this year.

The actor is one of only five performers to win two consecutive Academy Awards for acting.

He won his first Oscar in 1994, for his performance in "Philadelphia," and again in 1995 for his performance in "Forrest Gump."

When Hanks won his second Oscar, three of the other four actors to reach that career milestone were still alive.

However, after Luise Rainer passed away in 2014, Hanks became the only living actor to win an Oscar two years in a row. He has managed to keep that status for the past decade.

Read more about Hanks' acting accomplishments.

Academy Award nominee Emma Stone illuminated the Oscars red carpet wearing a gorgeous green Louis Vuitton dress.

She joined Emily Blunt who sparkled in a couture Schiaparelli gown with Tiffany & Co. jewels

See photos of all the stars on the red carpet at the 96th annual Academy Awards.

With every round of Academy Award nominations , there are bound to be a few disappointments.

In years past, the Oscars were criticized for snubbing "Straight Outta Compton" in all categories and for the failure to recognize Samuel L. Jackson's work in "Django Unchained" and Gary Oldman's performance in "Leon: The Professional."

This year is no different, with stars being looked over in both the acting and directing categories. 

Here are the biggest snubs of the 2024 Academy Awards.

Everyone wants to get their hands on an Oscar, but most aren't willing to put in the work in Hollywood.

Some stars have had their Oscar statue stolen in shocking heists, while others have been unintentionally careless and lost track of their statues over the years.

There was even a daring theft of 55 statues from a loading dock in LA in 2000. A man found the bulk of them in a dumpster several days later and returned them to the academy.

Learn more about some of the biggest stars who lost Tinsletown's most coveted trophy.

Vanessa Hudgens kicked off the Oscars red carpet with some big news – she’s pregnant with her first baby.

The “High School Musical” star walked the red carpet in a form fitting black dress, showing off her bump.

Hudgens, who is co-hosting ABC’s “The Oscars Red Carpet Show” recently married MLB shortstop Cole Tucker in December.

For almost a century, the Academy Awards of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has recognized and awarded professionals working in the entertainment industry for their outstanding achievements.

Every year, the Academy hosts an awards ceremony watched by millions of Americans to honor the best films and actors and actresses.

More than 10,500 global film industry experts are members of the organization and help to select the nominees for the various categories, according to the Oscar's site.

Some of the biggest names in Hollywood have received Oscars throughout their career, including Barbra Streisand, Katharine Hepburn and Anthony Hopkins.

Read more about the history of the Academy Awards here

Receiving that coveted gold Oscar trophy is one of the highest honors for those working in the film industry. 

The A-list actors nominated for major awards like an Oscar are often swimming in cash as they've taken Hollywood by storm and appeared in some of the most watched movies of the year.

Margot Robbie was named as the second-highest paid actor of 2023, behind Adam Sandler, according to Forbes.

Robbie made an estimated $59 million last year, according to the source. Most of this money came from the movie "Barbie," a film presently up for Best Picture at the 2024 Academy Awards ceremony. 

And while there are nominees, winners, and those snubbed, only Oscar winners walk away with that all-important trophy and a high potential for financial gain in the future. However, some go home with even more. 

Learn more about what's at stake for Oscar winners.