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“Oppenheimer,” Christopher Nolan’s epic take on the father of the atomic bomb, was the big winner atSunday night’s Academy Awards.

Emma Stone (“Poor Things”) won best actress for the second time in her career. “Poor Things” also won Oscars for best production design, best costume design and best makeup and hairstyling.

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Emma Stone celebrates with presenters after winning the Oscar for best actress. "This is really overwhelming," said the "Poor Things" star while accepting her award. This is Stone's second Oscar for best actress. She also won in 2017 for "La La Land."

Messi the dog, one of the stars of "Anatomy of a Fall," attends the show.

Robert Downey Jr. poses in the press room with the Oscar he won for best supporting actor. "I'd like to thank my terrible childhood and the Academy," he said in his acceptance speech. "In that order."

John Cena and Holly Waddington talk backstage after Cena presented Waddington with the Oscar for best costume design ("Poor Things").

Jon Batiste performs the Oscar-nominated song "It Never Went Away" from the film "American Symphony."

Gosling and "Barbie" co-star Margot Robbie hold hands during the show.

Da’Vine Joy Randolph accepts the award for best supporting actress.

What a night!

Raise your hand if you did not have naked John Cena on your Academy Awards bingo card.

This year’s Oscars was a delightful — and surprisingly fast-moving — event.

From Da’Vine Joy Randolph making costar Paul Giamatti cry when she won the best supporting actress award to Al Pacino’s unorthodox presentation of the best picture award, the show had moments of both heart and surprise. Not to mention, host Jimmy Kimmel’s roasting of former President Donald Trump for his criticism of Kimmel on social media.

In between, we also got Ryan Gosling turning it up with the bravado performance of his song from the “Barbie” soundtrack and Wes Anderson finally winning his first Oscar.

Ryan Gosling, left, performs onstage with Slash.

One not-very surprising moment was “Oppenheimer” winning best picture. It was completely expected, but still lovely to witness.

The BAFTA awards also continued its role of accurately predicting the best actress category.

Going into Sunday night, Lily Gladstone was expected to make history as the first Native American to win best actress. But Emma Stone won the BAFTA in that category, and also took home the Oscar.

The biggest surprise of the night may have been that it ended on time. Perhaps the producers may have been onto something starting an hour earlier this year.

Other award shows, take note.

Jimmy Kimmel speaks onstage.

Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel called out Donald Trump during the televised show on Sunday after the former president insulted the comedian on social media.

“I was told we have like, an extra minute, and I’m really proud of something and I was wondering if I could share it with you. I just got a review,” Kimmel said, before, pulling out his phone to read Trump’s Truth Social post out loud.

The post from Trump reads, “Has there EVER been a WORSE HOST than Jimmy Kimmel at The Oscars. His opening was that of a less than average person trying too hard to be something which he is not, and never can be. Get rid of Kimmel and perhaps replace him with another washed up, but cheap, ABC ‘talent,’ George Slopanopoulos. He would make everybody on stage look bigger, stronger, and more glamorous.”

His comment prompted cheers and laughs from the audience.

Margot Robbie, America Ferrera and Greta Gerwig.

The cast of “Barbie” will go down in red-carpet history fortheir dedication to method dressing,as stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling diligently showed up to press events, premieres and award shows in outfits that could have been borrowed straight from Barbie and Ken’s dollhouse closets.

But at the Academy Awards on Sunday, where the summer blockbuster was nominated for nine awards, including “Best Picture,” Robbie appeared to pass the pink torch to co-star America Ferrera, wearing a striking black (but decidedly non-Barbie-like) gown — while Ferrera arrived in shimmering hot pink.

Still, it seemed as if the actors’ dresses were connected, and linked to “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig’s too.

While Robbie and Ferrera’s dresses were polar opposites in color and mood, they were both courtesy of Versace and seemed to be made of the same chainmail fabric. (Robbie’s was fresh off the Fall-Winter 2024 runway, while Ferrera’s was custom-made.) Gerwig’s gown, meanwhile, was a sparkling Gucci number of crystal mesh that also had an armor-like feel.

The collection of feminine chainmail was a subtle play on power dressing — appropriate for the movie’s message of female empowerment. But they weren’t the only “Barbie” cast and team members to sparkle. With a touch of Ken’s flair for opulence, Gosling wore a custom Gucci black tuxedo suit lined with sparkling beading, while Simu Liu opted for a black jacket cinched with a glittering brooch clasp.

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Cast and crew of “Oppenheimer” accept the award for best picture.

“Oppenheimer” wins the Oscar for best picture, sweeping the major awards tonight.

Producer Emma Thomas admitted that winning best picture was a dream come true and praised director — and her husband — Christopher Nolan for his talent.

“Oppenheimer” dominated the Academy Awards this year, picking up seven Oscars including best movie, acting honors for Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr., and best director for Christopher Nolan.

It has been an award season rich with success for “Oppenheimer,” which picked up dozens of awards across the major and guild awards shows before tonight.

A slightly halting presentation: Given that host Jimmy Kimmel joked about the “Moonlight”-“La La Land” best picture snafu from a few years ago, it was hard to tell if thisyear’sbest picture presenter Al Pacino was being his usual “I have lots of things going on in my head at once” self, or if there was a hiccup in production.

The delivery felt somewhat anti-climactic, and some in the room seemed caught off-guard when the acting legend read the winner’s name. That “Oppenheimer” was widely expected to take home the award likely helped everyone get with the program.

Christopher Nolan and Cillian Murphy embrace after winning the best picture award.

The post has been updated with more details on “Oppenheimer.”

Emma Stone accepts the best actress in a leading role award for "Poor Things.”

Emma Stone has won the Oscar for best actress in a leading role, thanks to her daring portrayal of Bella Baxter in “Poor Things.”

She pointed out the other nominees within the lead actress category this year: Lily Gladstone for “Killers of the Flower Moon,” Annette Bening for “Nyad,” Sandra Hüller for “Anatomy of a Fall” and Carey Mulligan for “Maestro.”

“I share this with you. I’m in awe of you. And it has been such an honor to do all this together. I hope we get to keep doing more together,” she said.

She thanked those who worked on the film and her family for the award. This was one of the few major races widely considered a toss-up heading into tonight.

Stone in “Poor Things.”

This is Stone’s second Oscar for best actress in a leading role, after winning the award in 2017 for “La La Land.”

In “Poor Things,” Stone plays a child-like woman who is reanimated by a mad professor-type using the brain of her unborn child.

The bizarre and outlandish film was nominated for 11 Oscars total this year.

This post has been updated with details from Stone’s speech and about the movie.

Host Jimmy Kimmel speaks onstage.

Jimmy Kimmel referenced the 2017 “Envelopegate” blunder as he introduced Al Pacino to announce the night’s Best Picture winner.

That year, before “Moonlight” won Best Picture, the winner was announced by Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway as “La La Land,” due to a mix-up.

The “La La Land” cast took the stage when they realized the mistake.

Steven Spielberg presents Christopher Nolan with the Oscar for best director.

Christopher Nolan has won the best director Oscar for “Oppenheimer.”

Nolan thanked the cast and crew, with a special shoutout to his wife and producer on the film, Emma Thomas.

“The incredible Emma Thomas. Producer — producer of all our films and all our children. I love you,” he said.

He then went on to give a heartfelt thanks to the Academy.

It has been an award season rich with success for “Oppenheimer,” which picked up dozens of awards across the major and guild awards shows, even before tonight.

Cillian Murphy accepts the award for best performance by an actor in a leading role for "Oppenheimer.”

Cillian Murphy has won the Academy Award for best actor in a leading role for his part in “Oppenheimer.”

The native of Cork City dedicated the win to what he called “the peacemakers everywhere,” and thanked his fellow cast and crew members on the movie. He wrapped up with “Gura míle maith agaibh” — Gaelic for “a thousand thanks to you all.”

Murphy portrayed the eponymous J. Robert Oppenheimer, father of the atomic bomb, in Christopher Nolan’s epic “Oppenheimer.” This was his first Academy Award nomination, and now his first win.

Director Nolan and Murphy have enjoyed an illustrious and longstanding collaboration, beginning with the actor’s chilling portrayal of the villain Scarecrow in Nolan’s “Batman Begins” in 2005. Murphy also appeared in the director’s sci-fi mindbender “Inception” in 2010, as well as the 2017 war epic “Dunkirk.”

A photo of Matthew Perry is displayed during the In Memoriam tribute.

Every year the Academy pays tribute to those we have lost, and every year it’s a gut punch.

This year the show bid farewell to everyone from Andre Braugher to composer (and Spike Lee’s father) Bill Lee, “Friends” star Matthew Perry, Tina Turner and legendary actress Glenda Jackson, as well as a host of others.

Names and photos appeared on screen as dancers performed to Andrea Bocelli and his son Matteo who sang “Time to Say Goodbye.”

It was a moment.

Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie hug Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell after they won the award for best original song for "What Was I Made For" from "Barbie.”

Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas O’Connell have won the Oscar for best original song in the movie “Barbie.”

Eilish and Finneas thanked an array of people, from “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig to their parents and Eilish’s childhood friend, whom she says she played dolls with growing up.

Eilish had said her award-winning song was more personal than she thought it would be. She wrote most of the song, a haunting track that speaks to finding meaning and purpose, with Finneas in one night, she said in an appearance on The Hollywood Reporter’s Songwriter Roundtable.

This post has been updated with details from the acceptance speech and background on the song.

Ludwig Göransson accepts the best original score Oscar for "Oppenheimer.”

“Oppenheimer” has taken home the Academy Award for best original score.

Composer Ludwig Göransson thanked director Christopher Nolan for his idea of using a violin in the score, because it allowed him to collaborate with his wife, who is an acclaimed violinist.

More on the film: As the name suggests, Nolan took on the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the scientific genius and conflicted godfather of the atomic bomb.

Working in IMAX, the director conjures an overwhelming, altogether haunting retelling of the story of the bomb’s creation and its fallout across three taut hours that push the limits of the medium itself. Nolan’s screenplay – written, unusually, in the first person – drew from the definitive biography “American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer” by Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin.

All it took was Ryan Gosling to pop up in the seat behind Margot Robbie singing the opening line of “I’m Just Ken” from “Barbie” to make her burst into uncontrollable laughter.

Wearing a hot pink glitter suit with sunglasses, Gosling started the song in Robbie’s ear, as she broke into giggles.

Both “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig and the movie’s “Weird Barbie,” Kate McKinnon, enthusiastically cheered on the performance while Carrie Mulligan gave a standing ovation.

Ryan Gosling performs "I'm Just Ken" from "Barbie.”

Ryan Gosling, what a doll!

The actor’s performance of “I’m Just Ken” from the film “Barbie” at the Oscars couldn’t have been more eagerly awaited, and he delivered.

Donning a sparkly pink suit, he began his performance in the audience wearing a cowboy hat, before hitting the stage with a ton of backup dancers.

It was a full-on performance, and legendary musician Slash even showed up on guitar.

“Barbie,” you’ll recall, was a box office hit last year and snagged Gosling a best supporting actor nod for his role as Ken.

Gosling performs onstage.

He also became a breakout music star thanks to the playful single, which hit the charts after it was released.

The song was nominated for an Oscar for best original song, and Gosling was joined for the performance by co-composer Mark Ronson.

It faces competition from another member of the “Barbie” family — Billie Eilish’s “What Was I Made For,” also from the “Barbie” soundtrack, is nominated as well.

“The Zone of Interest”

“The Zone of Interest” has won the Oscar for best sound.

It’s a fitting accolade: The movie was critically lauded for conveying the horrors of the Holocaust primarily through what the audience hears.

Becky G performs "The Fire Inside.”

“Flamin’ Hot” didn’t just describe the movie about spicy cheetos.

Becky G performed “The Fire Inside” from the film’s soundtrack and it was brief, but caliente.

Funny story, producer Eva Longoria is responsible for getting famed songwriter Dianna Warren to write the lyrics for the song after sharing an elevator with her.

“The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar”

“The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar,” directed by Wes Anderson, has won the Academy Award for best live action short film.

This was the first Oscar for Anderson after eight nominations. He was not at the Dolby Theater to accept the award.

"Oppenheimer"

Is the big night for “Oppenheimer” officially underway?

Christopher Nolan’s epic on the father of the atomic bomb has won the Academy Award for best cinematography, marking its third win of the evening as it gained even wins with the Emma Stone-led “Poor Things.”

More on the movie: Part of the buzzy cultural phenomenon known as “Barbenheimer” from last year, the film scored the most Oscar nominations this season with 13.

That includes acting nods for Cillian Muphy, Emily Blunt and Robert Downey Jr. (who just won his first Oscar), as well as three for Nolan — for directing, adapted screenplay and as a producer for best picture.

Working in IMAX, Nolan conjures an overwhelming, altogether haunting retelling of the story of the bomb’s creation and its fallout across three taut hours that push the limits of the medium itself. Nolan’s screenplay – written, unusually, in the first person – drew from the definitive biography “American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer” by Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin.

Mstyslav Chernov, center, accepts the award for best documentary feature film for "20 Days in Mariupol.”

“20 Days in Mariupol,” a film that documents Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, has won the Academy Award for best documentary feature film.

He said this is the first Oscar won in Ukraine’s history.

“I’m honored,” Chernov said.

His words were met by emphatic applause from the crowd in the Dolby Theatre.

“The Last Repair Shop”

The Oscar for best documentary short film has gone to “The Last Repair Shop,” directed by Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers.

“‘The Last Repair Shop’ is about the heroes in our schools who often go unsung, unthanked and unseen. Tonight you are sung, you are thanked and you are seen,” Bowers said during his acceptance speech.

Bowers also paid homage to Los Angeles public schools, which he attended. He brought on stage with him a current violin pupil who appeared in the documentary.

The post was updated with details from the acceptance speech.