Christopher Nolan, winner of the best directing award and the best picture award for Oppenheimer poses in the press room during the 96th Annual Academy Awards. Arturo Holmes/Getty Images hide caption
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Oscars 2024
News, reviews, interviews and features about Hollywood's biggest nightNadim Cheikhrouha, producer for the Oscar-nominated documentary Four Sisters, wears an Artists4Ceasefire pin as he attends the Academy Awards on Sunday. The pin features a hand with a black heart in the middle of it. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The Oscar for best picture went to Oppenheimer at the 96th Annual Academy Awards. Kevin Winter/Getty Images hide caption
Writer, director and producer Christopher Nolan says Oppenheimer is the "darkest" of all the films he's worked on. Melinda Sue Gordon//Universal hide caption
Gabrielle Union and Dwayne Wade pose for a selfie at the Oscars on Sunday, March 10, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. John Locher/Invision/AP hide caption
Da'Vine Joy Randolph accepts the award for best actress in a supporting role for her performance in The Holdovers. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
An Oscar statue at the Ray Dolby Ballroom in Los Angeles on Jan. 9, 2024. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
What to expect at the Oscars: The bomb, the bombshell, and the possible comeback
A drink prepared in honor of "Poor Things" starring Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo. The movie received 11 Oscar nominations. Mhari Shaw/NPR hide caption
The Oscars are nigh! Here are our predictions, some party menu ideas, and guides to six major categories, plus international films and documentaries. Kevin Winter/Getty Images hide caption
Wherein lies the snub? Barbie has been nominated for eight Oscars. Warner Bros. Pictures hide caption
Clockwise from top left: Billie Eilish, Mark Ronson, Scott George, Diane Warren and Jon Batiste. Getty Images hide caption
Does climate change exist? And does a character know it? The Oscar-nominated films Nyad, left, Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One and Barbie met the criteria for a new challenge inspired by the famous Bechdel Test. Liz Parkinson/Netflix; Christian Black/Paramount Pictures and Skydance; Warner Bros. Pictures hide caption
There's a new 'Climate Reality Check' test — these 3 Oscar-nominated features passed
Thelma Schoonmaker accepts the Oscar for achievement in film editing in 2007 for her work on The Departed. Mark J. Terrill/AP hide caption
Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs. AJ Picks/Alamy Stock Photo hide caption
The Oscar-nominated documentary Four Daughters blends truth and fiction with rare transparency — you won't see another film like it. Kino Lorber hide caption
Enzo Vogrincic as Numa in Society of the Snow, one of five films nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature. Quim Vives/Netflix hide caption
So many Oscar nominations, so little time! Let us help. Dean Treml/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Filmmaker Sean Wan moved back in with his grandmothers Yi Yan Fuei, left, and Chang Li Hua during the pandemic. His film chronicling their day-to-day life has been nominated for an Academy Award in the Documentary Short Film category. Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP hide caption
He moved in with his grandmas during COVID. Now, they're all going to the Oscars
Seydou (Seydou Sarr, in gray) crosses the desert in Io Capitano. Greta De Lazzaris/Cohen Media Group hide caption
Join a Senegalese teen on a harrowing journey in this Oscar-nominated film
"We have to live with the monsters we create," Justine Triet told NPR's Scott Simon, when he asked whether characters linger with her after a film. "I've been living with these people for three years, and I think I'll probably live with them for at least another year." Les Films Pelléas hide caption