The film’s team of Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier, and Josh Weston took home the Oscar for best makeup and hairstyling, while the movie also won for production design, thanks to the crew of James Price, Shona Heath, and Zsuzsa Mihalek. On top of all of that, a naked John Cena presented a third award to Poor Things for costume design, with Holly Waddington accepting the award.
Anatomy of a Fall’s Justine Triet and Arthur Harari scooped up the best original screenplay award, while Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction snagged best adapted screeenplay — and used the opportunity to urge Hollywood to take a chance on similarly risky movies.
First, War is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko took home the statue for best animated short. That was followed by Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron — which may not actually be his final movie — winning the feature film category, though Miyazaki wasn’t on hand to accept.
That’s because the canine star from Anatomy of a Fall got his own seat. What a good boy.
A squad of five former winners were on stage to present the award for Actress in a Supporting Role, each going into detail about why the nominees were being honored tonight. It was much more touching than the typical reveal. Da’Vine Joy Randolph ultimately won for her performance in The Holdovers, beating out Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer), Danielle Brooks (The Color Purple), America Ferrera (Barbie), and Jodie Foster (Nyad).
Godzilla Minus One is up for the Visual Effects award tonight, and director Takashi Yamazaki brought his own kaiju statue to the red carpet. Looking snazzy there, Godzilla. (Make sure to check out our interview with Yamazaki about the many influences behind the film.)
We’re about an hour out from the 2024 edition of the Academy Awards, where movies like Oppenheimer, Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Poor Things are all up for a lot of statues. There’s even have some pre-show drama. We’ll be covering the awards live right here, but if you’re not sure how to watch, check out our handy guide below.
Those wise words come from Fatboy Slim, and have turned into a meme now that Christopher Walken has starred in both the music video for “Weapon of Choice” and Dune: Part Two. GQ caught up with Walken, who was apparently unaware of the connection. “He’s a very interesting guy, the Fatboy Slim guy,” Walken said. “He must’ve read the book.”
