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Barbenheimer bombshell! Oppenheimer takes home SEVEN Oscars - including first wins for Robert Downey Jr., Cillian Murphy and Christopher Nolan... as rival Barbie wins ONLY one


Robert Downey Jr jokingly thanked his 'terrible childhood' as he finally won an Oscar at Sunday's ceremony.

The veteran actor - who has acted for over five decades - took home the Academy Award over stiff competition including Sterling K. Brown, American Fiction, Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon, Ryan Gosling, Barbie, and Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things. The Oppenheimer star, 58, who triumphed in the Best Supporting Actor category for his portrayal of Lewis Strauss (pictured), was delighted as he took to the stage - after host Jimmy Kimmel made a very awkward quip about his drug use After the police on the scene found an open bottle of alcohol in Gibson's vehicle, the Braveheart actor launched into an angry tirade filled with anti-Semitic slurs and sexist overtones towards the arresting officer.

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