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Oscars 2024: all the latest from the biggest night in film

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“I needed this job more than it needed me.”

As with the best supporting actress award, a quintet of past winners were on stage to present Robert Downey Jr. with the best supporting actor statue for his performance in Oppenheimer. He beat out a pretty stacked group including Sterling K. Brown (American Fiction), Robert De Niro (Killers of the Flower Moon), Ryan Gosling (Barbie), and Mark Ruffalo (Poor Things).

US actor Robert Downey Jr. accepts the award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for “Oppenheimer” onstage during the 96th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 10, 2024. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP)
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