Best and worst moments of Oscars 2024: From a naked John Cena, ‘Barbenheimer’ and more
nypost.com2024 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. Meanwhile, Cooper remained a big Oscars loser, failing to take home a trophy for a 12th time 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 Huller (“Anatomy of a Fall”), Carey Mulligan (“Maestro”) and Emma Stone (“Poor Things”).
Here are the best and worst moments from the 2024 Oscars. Kimmel, 56, is a seasoned showbiz pro. So, while he might have been the boring “safe” choice for a host, he kicked off with an entertaining opening monologue.
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