Oscars 2024 – Kenergy, nudity, and Al Pacino: Here is what everybody’s speaking about after the present | Ents & Arts Information

He is simply Ken, performing on the Oscars he gave us a ten…

Ryan Gosling‘s stay rendition of the comedy energy ballad from Barbie was at all times going to be one of many viral moments of this yr’s awards, however Ken exceeded all our expectations.

We’ll convey your our severe critique of his Oscars efficiency right here – but it surely wasn’t the one massive speaking level of the night time.

After all, Oppenheimer was the massive winner, with prizes for stars Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr, in addition to the perfect image prize and finest director for Christopher Nolan.

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However in information that nobody was anticipating, we had Twins! (Sure, the Twins, capital T!). We had John Cena bare! We had Al Pacino inflicting confusion!

Here is what everybody’s speaking about after the 2024 Academy Awards.

Al Pacino’s slip-up

What’s it about that pesky finest image envelope?

Okay, so it is not each yr, however 2024 is definitely not the primary time that the trail to asserting the perfect movie has not run easily – keep in mind envelope-gate with the La La Land and Moonlight mix-up in 2017?

This yr, it was right down to Al Pacino to announce the largest prize of the night time. Nevertheless, the Oscars veteran triggered a little bit of confusion when he known as out Oppenheimer’s identify – with out asserting the total record of 10 nominees first.

Now, all of us knew Oppenheimer was going to win. Perhaps Pacino felt the identical and wished to get on with it; there is a Vainness Honest after social gathering to get to, in spite of everything.

So it was just a little rushed on the finish, however worse issues occur on the Oscars, proper? No less than nobody was slapped this yr.

Emma Stone’s massive win – and wardrobe malfunction

She received her first finest actress Oscar in 2017, for her efficiency in La La Land. Now, Emma Stone has picked up her second, for enjoying a girl given the mind of a child within the surreal comedy Poor Issues.

It means she joins only a handful of stars, together with Meryl Streep and Jodie Foster, who’ve received second Oscars by the age of 35.

However as she walked on stage for her acceptance speech, Stone revealed she was battling a wardrobe malfunction.

“My gown is damaged,” she instructed the viewers, earlier than quipping: “I feel it occurred throughout I am Simply Ken.”

After thanking her household, Stone saved her last thanks for “my daughter, who’s going to be three in three days and who turned our complete lives technicolour. I really like you larger than the entire sky, my woman”.

Then, earlier than exiting the stage, she pleaded: “Do not look in the back of my gown.”

Battle of Barbenheimer

Barbie, a movie a few youngsters’s toy, and Oppenheimer, the story of the scientist who developed the atomic bomb – not two movies you’ll usually put collectively, however you possibly can’t argue with the facility of the web.

Forward of the 2 movies being launched on the identical day final yr, the Barbenheimer phenomenon was born.

Barbie received the battle of the field workplace, however Oppenheimer has swept awards season – and the rivalry was resurrected by stars and performing nominees Emily Blunt and Ryan Gosling on stage as they launched a tribute to the stunt group.

British star Blunt, who performed Robert Oppenheimer’s spouse Kitty, urged there “wasn’t that a lot of a rivalry” – as it’s Christopher Nolan’s epic that has hands-down stormed the 2024 awards season.

However Oppenheimer was “driving Barbie’s coat-tails all summer time”, Gosling joked – therefore “Barbenheimer” and never “Oppenbarbie”.

Barbie star Margot Robbie could possibly be seen laughing within the viewers as Blunt replied: “Thanks for Ken-splaining that to me, Mr “I want to color my abs on to get nominated” – you do not see Robert Downey doing that.”

Painted on abs? Ken would by no means.

Talking of Ken…

The prize for finest music went to a different hit from the Barbie soundtrack, Billie Eilish’s What Was I Made For?, but it surely was Gosling who stole the present along with his efficiency.

I am Simply Ken, stay on the Oscars, began with the star serenading a laughing Margot Robbie and ended with a full-blown energy ballad sing-along with the Barbie actress, co-star America Ferrera, and director Greta Gerwig.

Wearing a vivid pink rhinestone swimsuit with pink leather-based gloves and stetson to match, Gosling introduced the Kenergy, singing his coronary heart out as he was joined by songwriter Mark Ronson on guitar – after which Weapons ‘N’ Roses guitarist Slash for a killer solo.

Different actors together with Ncuti Gatwa, Simu Liu and Kingsley Ben-Adir, who performed totally different variations of Ken within the movie, additionally joined the efficiency.

Bravo, Ken. Perhaps your future is extra than simply to stay and die a lifetime of blonde fragility, in spite of everything.

John Cena presents Oscar bare

“Costumes, they’re so vital,” actor and wrestler John Cena instructed the Oscars viewers, presenting the award for finest costume within the buff.

The 46-year-old held the envelope over his center as he went on stage, earlier than host Jimmy Kimmel appeared to present him a chunk of material to wrap round his physique.

Cena’s nudity was a nod to the fiftieth anniversary of the earlier “craziest second” in Oscars’ historical past, when a unadorned man ran on stage, Kimmel mentioned.

David Niven was introducing Elizabeth Taylor when a streaker, later recognized as US photographer and gallery proprietor Robert Opel, ran out from behind the stage – with the 1974 crowd responding with laughter and cheers.

“The male physique just isn’t a joke,” Cena instructed the gang. He additionally disagreed with Kimmel that he “wrestled bare”, saying he was wearing jorts, the jean shorts which he’s identified for performing in throughout WWE occasions.

The award went to the costume designer for Poor Issues, which additionally received the prize for make-up and hairstyling.

Twins reunion

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito, each stars of comedy movies Twins and Junior, reunited to current Oscars in two award classes, visible results and movie enhancing.

Their unlikely pairing as twins in 1988 is the movie they’re finest remembered collectively for, however the duo gave their on-stage reunion a shock twist.

“Arnold and I are presenting collectively tonight for very apparent causes,” DeVito mentioned, earlier than Schwarzenegger completed: “We each tried to kill Batman.”

Each have performed Batman villains of their time – DeVito was The Penguin in Batman Returns in 1992, whereas Schwarzenegger was Mr Freeze in Batman & Robin in 1997.

The digicam then panned to former Batman Michael Keaton, who signalled to the pair to convey it on as Schwarzenegger known as him a “son of a bitch” and instructed him: “You’ve loads of nerve to indicate you face round right here.”

Oscars firsts

There have been just a few notable firsts at this yr’s occasion, not least for British filmmaker Christopher Nolan – some 22 years after he was first nominated.

That nod in 2002 was for finest authentic screenplay for Memento, adopted by a spot on the shortlist in the identical class in 2011 for Inception, however on each events, he left empty-handed.

In 2018 he was nominated for finest director for Dunkirk, however once more walked away with out an Oscar.

Now, due to his work on Oppenheimer, he has lastly received his first Academy Award.

The movie additionally makes Cillian Murphy the primary Irish actor to be named finest actor, and additionally it is a primary win for his co-star Robert Downey Jr – who was first nominated in 1993 for Chaplin.

Nolan’s fellow British filmmaker Jonathan Glazer has additionally made historical past, with The Zone of Curiosity changing into the primary UK manufacturing to win the Oscar for finest worldwide function. The movie, set in and across the Auschwitz focus camp in the course of the Second World Conflict, options dialogue that’s largely in German and Polish, which made it eligible for the award.

One other historic second got here when 20 Days In Mariupol was named finest documentary function, marking the primary Oscar to be received by Ukraine.

However it was an evening of dangerous luck for Oscars hopeful Diane Warren, who has now notched up a complete of 15 nominations however no wins for finest authentic music.