'Oppenheimer' wins best picture at Academy Awards, Emma Stone takes best actress

(From left) Robert Downey Jr, winner of the award for Best Supporting Actor for 'Oppenheimer', Da'Vine Joy Randolph, winner of the award for Best Actress for 'The Holdovers', Emma Stone, winner of the award for Best Actress for 'Poor Things', and Cillian Murphy, winner of the award for Best Actor for 'Oppenheimer', pose in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, March 10, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Photo: AP

Oppenheimer, a solemn three-hour biopic that became an unlikely billion-dollar box-office sensation, was crowned Best Picture at a 96th Academy Awards that doubled as a coronation for Christopher Nolan.

After passing over arguably Hollywood’s foremost big-screen auteur for years, the Oscars made up for lost time by heaping seven awards on Nolan’s blockbuster biopic, including Best Actor for Cillian Murphy, Best Supporting Actor for Robert Downey Jr and Best Director for Nolan.