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Oscars Live Blog: Stay Up-To-Date With The 96th Annual Academy Awards!

March 10th, 2024 - 2:30 PM

Oscars Live Blog: Stay Up-To-Date With The 96th Annual Academy Awards!

Hey everyone! This page will host the live blog for all the up-to-date news from the 96th Annual Academy Awards. Will Oppenheimer sweep the big categories? Will Ryan Gosling perform “I’m Just Ken” live? Will Lily Gladstone make Oscars history? Find out here! The blog will begin running when the Red Carpet begins at 3:30 PT/6:30 ET.

6:30 PM/ET

The Official Oscars Pre-Show has just begun! The 96th Academy Awards will start at 7:00 PM ET this year.

6:36 PM/ET

America Ferrera, nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Barbie, says her favorite memory from set was the Barbie dance rehearsal!

6:39 PM/ET

Paul Giamatti, nominated for Best Actor for The Holdovers, says he is going to In-And-Out Burger again if he wins the Oscar! He recently went viral for visiting after the Golden Globes.

6:43 PM/ET

Simu Liu, from Shang-Chi and Barbie, never got sick of the pink on the Barbie set! Says that director Greta Gerwig has a child-like sense of wonder “in the best possible way!”

6:45 PM/ET

Danielle Brooks, from The Color Purple, says that growing up in the church gave her a “good foundation” to navigate Hollywood

6:46 PM/ET

Jeffrey Wright, the star of American Fiction, says that reading the first scene made him want to sign on to the film.

6:47 PM/ET

Lupita Nyong’o and Joseph Quinn, stars of A Quiet Place: Part One, have arrived.

6:52 PM/ET

Emma Stone, the star of Poor Things, says she watched videos of toddlers for her early research for Bella Baxter. Poor Things is Emma’s first Oscar nomination as a producer!

6:54 PM/ET

Ramy Youssef, from Poor Things, says a hug from co-star Mark Ruffalo helped him feel at ease on set. Youssef will be hosting SNL next Saturday.

6:55 PM/ET

Ariana Grande says she learned so much while making Wicked. She freaked out when she saw co-star Michelle Yeoh, whose role she describes as “incredible”

Michelle Yeoh “does not remember anything” from her win last year.

Ariana Grande is a “die-hard purest fan” of Wicked but hopes to bring a new energy to the classic story.

6:57 PM/ET

Mark Ruffalo played puppetry games with his co-stars in Poor Things.

6:59 PM/ET

Issa Rae, who stars in Barbie, American Fiction, and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, says her award season has “been a breeze.”

7:02 PM/ET

Billie Eilish says she “didn’t know she needed” to write Oscar nominated song “What Was I Made For?” for Barbie. She wrote the song with her brother and producer Finneas. The pair just finished producing Billie’s next album!

7:03 PM/ET

The show is about to begin. Grab your popcorn, crispy beef, cookies, and other treats!

7: 07 PM/ET

The show has begun with a montage of all of this year’s fantastic films!

Host Jimmy Kimmel was edited into a key scene from Barbie.

7:08 PM/ET

Jimmy Kimmel has taken the stage! The show starts an hour early this year but, Kimmel jokes, “will still run an hour late.” He alludes to this year’s strikes and how many good films came out despite them.

“What an achievement to take a plastic doll nobody liked anymore” Kimmel jokes, and “make Barbie a feminist icon.”  He jokes about Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie winning “the genetic lottery.”

Kimmel jokes about Christopher Nolan’s lack of internet presence. Kimmel jokes about Robert Downey Jr.’s past struggles with drug addiction, which RDJ takes in stride.

The dog actor Messi from Anatomy of a Fall is here despite earlier fears that he would not be allowed to the ceremony!

Kimmel jokes that the audience could solve the murders featured in Killers in the Flower Moon in less time than watching the movie would take.

Lily Gladstone is the first Native American to ever be nominated for Best Actress for Killers of the Flower Moon. She almost quit acting before landing this role.

Kimmel jokes that Sandra Hüller’s films are considered “rom-coms” in her native Germany.

Kimmel celebrates that Hollywood is full of real American laborers.

The crew putting together the Oscars has been brought on stage to celebrate their contributions.

My father’s favorite part of Kimmel’s monologue was a joke about Jodie Foster being 20 years too young to be Robert DeNiro’s girlfriend.

7:22 PM/ET

Jamie Lee Curtis, Lupita Nyongo’o, Regina King, Rita Moreno, and Octavia Spencer, recent winners of Best Supporting Actress, have joined the stage to celebrate this year’s nominees.

7:24 PM/ET

Da’Vine Joy Randolph has won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for their role in The Holdovers!

7:27 PM/ET

Through tears, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, says that she did not think she could have a career in acting. She thanks everyone who has “ushered” and “guided” her. “I wanted for so long to be different, but now I realize that I just need to be myself!” She gives a special shoutout to her publicist who she is “forever grateful” for. 

Watch her speech here!

7:33 PM/ET

The broadcast shows a montage of the highlights of Best Picture Nominee The Holdovers.

7:35 PM/ET

Kimmel jokes that Da’Vine started smoking for the first time for her role in this film.

7:36 PM/ET

Chris Hemsworth and Anya Taylor-Joy from Furiosa have come onstage to award Best Animated Short and Best Animated Feature.

7:37 PM/ET

War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko wins Best Animated Short!

7:38 PM/ET

The Boy and the Heron wins Best Animated Feature! Chris and Anya accept the Oscar on Miyazaki’s behalf. This is Miyazaki’s first win since 2001’s Spirited Away!

7:44 PM/ET

The broadcast shows a montage of the highlights of Best Picture Nominee Poor Things.

7:45 PM/ET

The awards for Original and Adapted Screenplay are next! Octavia Spencer and Melissa McCarthy are presenting.

7:46 PM/ET

Anatomy of a Fall wins Best Original Screenplay! Justine Triet jokes about her “mid-life crisis” on stage and thanks Sandra Hüller.

7:49 PM/ET

American Fiction wins Best Adapted Screenplay! Writer Cord Jefferson hopes that more small, risky movies get made.

7:55 PM/ET 

Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell perform their Oscar Nominated Song “What Was I Made For?” from Barbie. A full orchestra accompanies the song.

7:59 PM/ET

Watch the performance here!

8:03 PM/ET

The broadcast shows a montage of the highlights of Best Picture Nominee Past Lives.

8:04 PM/ET

Michael Keaton and Catherine O’Hara from Beetlejuice Beetlejuice present the award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling.

8:05 PM/ET

Poor Things wins the Oscar for Best Makeup and Hairstyling.

8:07 PM/ET

Keaton and O’Hara also present the award for Best Production Design.

8:08 PM/ET

Poor Things wins the Oscar for Best Production Design.

8:10 PM/ET

Jimmy Kimmel shares that this year is the 50th Anniversary of the time a streaker ran across the stage at the Oscars. John Cena comedically pokes out from behind the stage. He inches out on to stage in nothing but Birkenstocks and an envelope covering his pelvis to present the award for Best Costumes.

8:13 PM/ET

Cena is now wearing a drape. Poor Things wins for Best Costumes.


8:20 PM/ET

The broadcast shows a montage of the highlights of Best Picture Nominee Killers of the Flower Moon, leading into a performance of “Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)” from the film.

8:23 PM/ET

Dwayne Johnson and Bad Bunny present Best International Film.

8:24 PM/ET

The Zone of Interest wins the Oscar for Best International Film. The winners talk about the ongoing conflict in Gaza.

8:26 PM/ET

Nominees Emily Blunt and Ryan Gosling, stars of The Fall Guy, joke and roast each other about the “Barbenheimer” rivalry on stage. They present a highlight reel of incredible stunt performances throughout film history.


8:30 PM/ET

Watch the performance of “Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)” from Killers of the Flower Moon.

8:33 PM/ET

The broadcast shows a montage of the highlights of Best Picture Nominee Barbie.

8:34 PM/ET

Ke Huy Quan, Tim Robbins, Mahershala Ali, Christoph Waltz and Sam Rockwell, past winners of Best Supporting Actor, have joined the stage to celebrate this year’s nominees.

8:40 PM/ET

Robert Downey Jr. wins the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Oppenheimer! “I would like to thank my terrible childhood and the Academy, in that order.”


8:43 PM/ET

Anatomy of a Fall’s dog actor Messi clapped for Robert Downey Jr. first Oscar Win!

8:45 PM/ET

The broadcast shows a montage of the highlights of Best Picture Nominee Anatomy of a Fall.

8:47 PM/ET

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito are presenting the Oscar for Best Visual Effects “We’re together for a very obvious reason” DeVito jokes. “We both tried to kill Batman!” quips Arnold! They call out Michael Keaton (the Batman from DeVito’s Batman Returns).


8:49 PM/ET

Godzilla: Minus One wins the Oscar for Best Visual Effects. The team reads a speech in their native Japanese, talking about how Star Wars, over 40 years ago inspired them. They stand as proof that “everyone has a chance.”

8:52 PM/ET 

Arnold and DeVito also present Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing.

8:53 PM/ET

Oppenheimer wins Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing. Winner Jennifer Lame tells Arnold and DeVito that she loves their movie “Twins!”

8:55 PM/ET

Jon Batiste performs his Oscar Nominated song “It Never Went Away” from American Symphony.


 9:00 PM/ET

The broadcast shows a montage of the highlights of Best Picture Nominee Maestro.

Jimmy Kimmel asks for a round of applause for the Maestro of the band as they play a orchestral version of Aqua’s “Barbie Girl.”

Guillermo, Kimmel’s partner from his late show, makes an appearance!

9:02 PM/ET

Kate McKinnon and Nominee America Ferrera from Barbie present the award for Best Documentary Short Film. McKinnon jokes about thinking that the Jurassic Park films being documentaries. She asks “Dr. Spielberg” in the audience, who nods. McKinnon learns that Jeff Goldblum is not real, and she has actually been sending her “tasteful nudes” to Spielberg, instead.

9:04 PM/ET

The Last Repair Shop wins the Oscar for Best Documentary Short. A young star of the film, Portia, who goes to an LA public school comes on stage.

9:07 PM/ET

20 Days in Mariupol wins the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature Film. The director wishes he had not had to make the film and wishes that Russia would stop its invasion of Ukraine.

9:10 PM/ET

The orchestra plays the tune of “I’m Just Ken” which will be performed soon.

9:13 PM/ET

The broadcast shows a montage of the highlights of Best Picture Nominee The Zone of Interest.

9:14 PM/ET

Zendaya from Dune: Part Two presents Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography.

9:15 PM/ET

Oppenheimer wins the Oscar for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography.

9:17 PM/ET

Issa Rae and Ramy Youssef present the award for Best Live Action Short Film.

9:18 PM/ET

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar wins the Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film. Issa and Ramy accept the award on Wes Anderson’s behalf. This is Wes Anderson’s first ever Oscar!

9:19 PM/ET

Becky G. performs “The Fire Inside” from Flamin’ Hot, a film about the snack Cheetos.


9:24 PM/ET

The broadcast shows a montage of the highlights of Best Picture Nominee American Fiction.

9:24 PM/ET

Jimmy Kimmel changes jackets (so they can’t edit him out of the show).

9:25 PM/ET

John Mulaney presents the Oscar for Best Sound. He quotes the incredibly memed line from the trailer for Madame Web: “He was in the Amazon with my mom when she was researching spiders right before she died.” This line did not appear in the final movie, for some unknown reason.

9:28 PM/ET

The Zone of Interest wins the Oscar for Best Sound.

9:29 PM/ET

Ryan Gosling and a crew of 65 male dancers perform “I’m Just Ken” from Barbie. Gosling wears a sparkly pink suit and sunglasses. He starts the performance sitting behind his Barbie, Margot Robbie, who chuckles.

Other Kens from the film, including Simu Liu, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Scott Evans, and Ncuti Gatwa,
join him on stage as well.

Slash from Guns n’ Roses plays the electric guitar next to Gosling.

Gosling has Greta Gerwig, Margot Robbie, America Ferrera, and (his La La Land co-star) Emma Stone sing into the mic. He kisses the camera-person’s hand during the lyric “put your manly hand in mine.”


 

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9:37 PM/ET

Watch Ryan Gosling’s (and friends’) FULL performance of “I’m Just Ken.”


9:39 PM/ET

The broadcast shows a montage of the highlights of Best Picture Nominee American Fiction.

9:40 PM/ET

Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande (in color coordinated dresses) from Wicked present the award for Best Original Score.

9:41 PM/ET

Oppenheimer wins the Oscar for Best Original Score. The second Oscar win for Ludwig Göransson after his incredible score for Black Panther (one of my personal favorites).

9:42 PM/ET

“What Was I Made For?” from Barbie wins the Oscar for Best Original Song. Billie Eilish jokes “I had a nightmare about this last night.”

9:50 PM/ET

The Oscars broadcast their “In Memoriam” honoring many deceased Hollywood legends including Michael Gambon, Andre Braugher, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Reubens, Carl Weathers, Tina Turner, and countless others.. Andre Bocelli and his son Matteo Bocelli perform “Con te Partiro.” My family friend would like to note this song is seen in Stepbrothers.

9:55 PM/ET

Brendan Fraser, Nicholas Cage, Matthew McConaughey, Forrest Whittaker, and Ben Kingsley, a group of past winners, present the award for Best Actor.

10:01 PM/ET

Cillian Murphy wins the Oscar for Best Actor his role in Oppenheimer. “For better or worse we’re all living in Oppenheimer’s world, so I would like to dedicate this to the peacemakers everywhere.”


10:03 PM/ET

Legendary director Steven Spielberg presents the award for Best Director.

10:04 PM/ET

Christopher Nolan wins the Oscar for Best Director for Oppenheimer.


Martin Scorcese did not win Best Director, but he does win for Best Eyebrows.

10:10 PM/ET

Michelle Yeoh, Jessica Lange, Jennifer Lawrence, Sally Field and Charlize Theron, a group of past winners, present the award for Best Actress.

10:12 PM/ET

Emma Stone wins the Oscar for Best Actress in Poor Things! Emma Stone jokes that the back of her dress broke during “I’m Just Ken.” Emma celebrates each of her fellow nominees by name as she tears up.

10:18 PM/ET

Kimmel reads a real Trump post from Truth Social. Kimmel jokes “Isn’t it past your jail time?”  I’m not embedding that.

10:20 PM/ET

Al Pacino presents the award for Best Picture!

10:22 PM/ET

Oppenheimer wins the Oscar for Best Picture!

10:23 PM/ET

Messi the Dog pees on Matt Damon’s Hollywood Walk of fame star to the tune of Dua Lipa’s “Dance the Night” from Barbie.

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And that’s a wrap! Thank you all for reading. This was one of the most intense and incredible things I have ever done. Thank you for reading! Much Love!

 

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