Oscars Recap: Biggest Winners, Surprise Snubs & Memorable Moments
The 97th Academy Awards were full of surprises good and bad, from major first-time winners to a new low for live streaming.
An Oscar statue is pictured at the red carpet of the 97th Annual Academy Awards. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)
After a rollercoaster awards season, the best and brightest of Hollywood and beyond came together last night to celebrate 2024âs most impactful films. While some predicted winners like Kieran Culkin, Zoe Saldaña, and Adrien Brody came out on top in their respective categories, there were still plenty of surprises across the board in other categories. It was an uneven show overall thanks to questionable production decisions and notable technological failures, but the competition stayed heated for the most part. All the biggest moments are recapped below.
See all of our newsletters Mikey Madison as Ani in Anora, which took home five Academy Awards. Courtesy of NEONBiggest winner: Anora and Sean BakerBy the time writer-director-producer-editor Sean Baker won his second award of the night, it was pretty clear that the Academy was all aboard the Anora train. The Palme dâOr winner had a strange trajectory this awards season, fading out during the Golden Globes but coming back in full force as the various guilds voted, and that was enough to secure the film five winsâincluding Best Picture. The fact that Baker is included in four of those wins means he matches a record held by Walt Disney for most wins in a single year, and heâs the first to win four Oscars for the same movie (for eagle-eyed Academy Awards viewers, Bong Joon-ho technically only won three for Parasite, even though he was around for four speeches on the night). Baker used his platform to call positive attention to sex workers, independent film, and movie theaters, all of which have been integral to his cinematic journey thus far.
Demi Moore in The Substance. Christine Tamalet/MUBIBiggest snub: Demi Moore for The SubstanceWhile Anora and its undeniably talented lead Mikey Madison won over the Academy, it was disappointing to not see Demi Moore celebrated for her revelatory and relevant work in The Substance. The feminist body horror flick was nominated in five categories but only won for Best Makeup and Hairstyling, a nod to its massive aesthetic achievements. The Academy has long held a tenuous relationship with the horror genre, so Oscar success was always going to be an uphill battle, but Mooreâs massive wins and beautiful speeches on the awards circuit made her seem poised to take home the trophy. It wouldâve been a powerful moment to see her recognized on Hollywoodâs biggest night after over four decades of work, but it wasnât to be. Again, Madisonâs win is certainly deserved, but thereâs a cruel irony to Moore losing out to the youngest actress in the category, given The Substanceâs take on aging in the industry.
Biggest mess: Huluâs live streamingThis was the first year that the Oscars dared to be broadcast both on network television and a streaming service, and Hulu really dropped the ball. First, many eager viewers werenât able to view the show at all. Later, streams cut out just as Emma Stone was about to announce the aforementioned hotly contested Best Actress winner. The message from the streamer was that the show had concludedâbefore Best Picture was announced. Apparently, the powers that be at Hulu only allotted three and a half-ish hours for the stream, and the ceremony clocked in at three hours and 47 minutes. Cutting the show before the biggest award of the night is one of the biggest failures in live streaming yet, and itâs a major blow to Huluâs (and parent company Disney) live streaming ambitions.
Academy Award nominee Fernanda Torres as Eunice Paiva in Iâm Still Here. Courtesy of Sony Pictures ClassicsBiggest upset: Iâm Still Here beats Emilia PĂ©rezExtratextual X/Twitter drama ended up having a sizable impact on the Oscars, a fact made most clear by Brazilian drama Iâm Still Here winning Best International Film over the lauded (but controversial) Emilia PĂ©rez. The latter film has been the subject of many a think piece thanks to its stereotypical characterizations and less-than-stellar Spanish, not to mention star Karla SofĂa GascĂłnâs painful web presence. Even with all of that mess swirling about, though, Emilia PĂ©rez looked to be the likely winner of Best International Film based on sheer exposure. But, in a welcome twist, Brazil took home its first Oscar for Iâm Still Here, a far more culturally sensitive (and specific) work telling the story of activist Eunice Paiva.
Biggest statement: No Other Land wins Best DocumentaryDespite not having a formal US distribution plan, No Other Land pulled off the unthinkable last night by winning Best Documentary. The co-production between Palestinian and Israeli activists is a vital document for our time, displaying the Israeli occupation of Masafer Yatta in the West Bank for all the world to see. Despite most of the documentary being recorded before the horrific October 7 attacks and the subsequent outbreak of war, distributors found it too controversial, but audiences and Academy voters clearly disagreed. Two of the filmâs directors, Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham, gave the only overtly political speech of the night, with Adra calling on the world to put a stop to the âethnic cleansing of Palestinian peopleâ and Abraham calling out the current US foreign policy for blocking the path to peace and freedom. It was a powerful moment of unity and possibility in a ceremony that seemed surprisingly averse to politics.
Biggest underperformers: Wicked, A Complete UnknownWhen the show opened with overlapping performances from Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, culminating in a live rendition of âDefying Gravity,â it seemed like the Oscars broadcast was ready and willing to highlight Wickedâif only the Academy felt the same. While the musical walked away with two deserved awards (Best Costume Design for Paul Tazewell, the first Black man to win in the category, and Best Production Design), it fell away in the other technical categories. In a real surprise, Dune: Part Two came out on top instead for Best Sound and Best Visual Effects. Given its lackluster nomination total compared to Dune, it looked like the sequel wasnât destined to win anything, but looks can be deceiving! Surprisingly, Dune: Part Two was the only TimothĂ©e Chalamet vehicle to win an Oscar last night, as A Complete Unknown went zero for eight. The Bob Dylan picture seemed like a major player going into the ceremony, but it ultimately didnât register with voters.
From left: Lily-Rose Depp, Elle Fanning, John Lithgow, Connie Nielsen, and Bowen Yang present the award for Best Costume Design onstage during the 97th Annual Academy Awards. (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)Biggest production fumble: timing should have been everythingÂConan OâBrien finished his raucous monologue with a song and dance about not wasting time as the host, but the show as a whole didnât have a good sense of what that actually meant. One of Conanâs big messages for the night was that the Oscars exist to celebrate craftspeople and artists who donât get A-list recognition (or paychecks), so it was great to see five film-specific presenters for categories like Best Costume Design and Best Cinematography. However, the fact that other technical categories didnât receive that same treatment was strange. Did we need a lengthy James Bond tribute, or could that time have been spent highlighting the nominees for Best Visual Effects and Best Production Design? Similarly, the Oscars seemed to pick and choose who they wanted to play off, cutting off speeches from the Dune: Part Two VFX and sound teams but letting The Brutalistâs Adrien Brody drone on for nearly six minutes. It was a hypocritical production choice to say the least, and disrespectful to the winners. But hey, at least we got to see the Dune sandworm play the piano!
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