96th Academy Awards

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In a season that 2 big blockbuster hits of the year, Barbie and Oppenheimer (or Barbenheimer as it is called), Jimmy Kimmel returned to host the Academy Awards for the fourth time. For the sixth straight year, the Best Picture nominees consisted of films that were directed by women. John Williams extended his record for most nominations with 54, while Lily Gladstone became the first indigenous actor to receive a nomination and Scott George became the first member of the Osage Nation to receive a nomination, Ukraine had finally won an Academy Award in the Documentary Feature category. (see winners below) while Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell became the youngest two-time winners in Oscar history and Godzilla Minus One achieved its own success by the having the first woman of color win a Visual Effects trophy and The Boy and the Heron became the first PG-13 rated movie to win Animated Feature. For ratings, it had a much better ratings success with its earlier start time, becoming the most watched awards show since 2020 Michelle Satter received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, while 3 Honorary Oscars were given out: one to Mel Brooks for lighting up everyone's hearts and leaving a legacy that has made a lasting impact on every facet of entertainment, one to Angela Bassett for delivering transcendent performances that set new acting standards for decades, and one to Carol Littleton for being a film editing model for those who came after her. 
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#- winner for Best Sound Mixing *- winner for Best Sound Editing
The War Is Over! Inspired By The Music Of John And Yoko won Best Animated Short
The Boy And The Heron won Best Animated Feature
The Last Repair Shop won Best Documentary Short
20 Days In Mariupol won Best Documentary Feature
The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar won Best Live Action Short 
Barbie won Best Original Song (What Was I Made For?)
American Fiction won Best Adapted Screenplay
Anatomy Of A Fall won Best Original Screenplay
The Holdovers won Best Supporting Actress
The United Kingdom won Best International Feature Film for their entry The Zone Of Interest which also won Best Sound #
Poor Things won 4 Academy Awards for Best Actress, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design and Best Makeup and Hairstyling
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Oppenheimer won 7 Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Score, Cinematography and Best Film Editing *
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